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  1. Six Beautiful Christmas Table Settings by Mottahedeh

    Picture made by: Williamsburg Brand Holidays are only occasions that we spend together with our families and loved ones. During these festivities, we feel serene and relaxed. Holidays make us think about the beauty of the event, and how everything should look perfect. Also, there are no better days to think about home decoration than before major holidays, especially Christmas...
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    By: Wendy
  2. Happy Thanksgiving: 6 Different Ways To Use Soup Tureens

    It’s that time of year again when we pull out all our collections of Thanksgiving recipes and begin to plan the first of the big holiday feasts! Thanksgiving is a wholesome occasion to give back, give thanks and fill our hearts with gratitude. A true celebration of love with family and friends, full of delicious smells trailing from our kitchens...
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    By: Wendy
  3. Halloween: Top 7 Go-To Candy Bowls

          Would you believe Halloween has been celebrated for over 2,000 years? The holiday dates all the way back to the ancient Celts and is now America’s biggest candy holiday of the year!   We think the type of treats you hand out this year are just as important as the bowls you decide to put them in...
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    By: Wendy
  4. Fun-Fact Friday: Mottahedeh Goes to The Movies

    Everyone grab your popcorn and a front row seat because Mottahedeh is coming to a theater near you! For many years now, Mottahedeh product has been featured in some of the greatest movies and television series to date. From the sweet, romantic comedy, You’ve Got Mail to one of the most terrifying, dramas, Silence of the Lambs, our products have...
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    By: Wendy
  5. Last Days of summer: Waterfront Cookout with Blue Torquay

    What do we love more than summer vacation? The foods of summer, of course! Fall is just around the corner and these final days of summer must be met with celebration, sunshine and outdoor feasts. Our idea of the ultimate summer BBQ is an array of fresh catches and grilled delicacies that all come together on our signature, summertime pattern...
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    By: Wendy
  6. Wendy Kvalheim: In search of the EXOTIC…

    When you don’t know about something and want to find out, do you do what I do?...jump on to your Apple or PC and Google it.  Do you realize how weird that sounds to the population of about 1/2 of today’s planet?  These developments didn’t exist when I was a kid, because, hard to believe, they had just invented TV...
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    By: Wendy
    Tags: Design, Books & exotic
  7. Wendy Kvalheim Blog Post: Why We Make Historical Design

    Why make the type of historical porcelain that we do? Everyone has a point of view and the great thing is that they differ. I learned in art school drawing classes that even when all the students are making a still life of the same subject, there will be as many variations on the treatments  as there are students. It is...
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    By: Wendy
  8. Hi from Wendy Kvalheim: "How color relates to beauty and joy in life."

      We are all about color.   There are a couple ways to view color. I notice it everywhere and think about it while looking. I dream in color, often of the ocean. There is brilliant shouting color and there is soft flowing subtle color. I like the latter and, in analyzing it further, it may be because it is so powerful that a...
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    By: Wendy
  9. 5 Reasons to Consider Mottahedeh Tobacco Leaf Pattern as Magical

    In this time of the year when National holidays are around the corner, it is good to think about all these tiny things that make the American history remarkable. One of them is tobacco, which is still the best-selling product in the world (in form of cigarettes). What is so impressive about it, but also about the plant that brings...
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    By: Wendy
  10. What is so great about Porcelain?

    Porcelain and other types of ceramics are such an integral part of our everyday life that it is not something we notice. This was not always the case. Porcelain was once the rarest of materials in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries so that only royalty and noblemen could afford it. The Chinese had discovered the secret of porcelain manufacture...
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    By: Wendy