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Six urns and vessels are on offer, as well as centerpieces, figurines and tableware. We love creamware for its pure creamy white color and also because the shapes are sculptural, fanciful and can be at home with lots of color in the room.  That may be all you want to know, but just in case, read more below about the...

Mottahedeh has partnered with Rookwood Art Pottery to introduce vintage and classic vessels that reflect the rich history of Rookwood, one of America’s most honored decorative arts companies. Founded in Cincinnati in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols, Rookwood Pottery was the first female owned manufacturing company in the United States.  Mottahedeh is know for its antique reproductions in porcelain, licensed...

Today we would like to talk about birds, because we love birds and have several different sorts of them on our plates. Guess how many birds there are in the world? I had to look it up. 18,000 bird species. New research led by the American Museum of Natural History suggests that there are about 18,000 bird species in the world—nearly twice...

The Limoges, France region is a consortium of small, specialized factories. The Limoges region is actually a consortium of small, specialized factories.  It is known as the ceramic capital of France. Any company that manufactures china and porcelain there has the right to call themselves “Limoges”. Conversely, any company that doesn’t manufacture china there does not have the right to...

When the fragrance is a memory, the vessel is a treasure. “Our home fragrances are not just candles” says Wendy Kvalheim, owner and product development director at Mottahedeh. “We wanted to make the ultimate fragrance experience; a keepsake, and at the same time, a spectacular gift.” It was quite easy to find the container, as historic porcelain reproductions are our...

Mottahedeh Takes a Leaf from Nature and we fused it onto our plates. We share with you here an article written by Tableware Today and thank Amy Stavis for spelling it all out.  We hope you enjoy it and it leads you to know more about us!

The special china of the colonial elite in North America. Have you seen the interesting blue porcelain with Chinese houses, boat scenes, butterflies and bugs?  This style of porcelain, that can still be found in abundance in antique stores today, was the special china of the colonial elite in North America.  During colonial times, cargo ships set sail for the...

This is the Duke of Gloucester dinnerware. The vibrant fruit and delicate golden brushstrokes of this dinner service have become a favorite of connoisseurs worldwide, but originally the pattern was quite rare. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the Metropolitan Museum of Art own pieces as well as it has been part of the Royal China Company’s archival collection. William Henry...

Are you a blue person or a warm colors person?  We find that most people have a preference in their décor or clothing.  Then there are the people who prefer beige or white and people who love gray.  We don’t have a category for the people who decorate with red and black. At Mottahedeh, we specialize in Blue and White...

In my book, From Drawing Board to Dinner Table, we show a number of historic tableware designs that come with great stories. Written there, “We all need to eat. It is a fact essential to our material existence and a characteristic that humans share with animals. But humans are essentially different than animals in that they have a rational soul...