Today is Thursday, and that means it time for
This Thursday I decided to present my table which was set for dinner, last night, with our good friends from next door. I decide to use my Duke of Gloucester from Royal Worcester, my Yamazaki gold plate flatware and my crystal water goblets.
This is a copy of the original service created for William Henry, Duke of Gloucester. It was originally produced circa 1775. His elder brother, King George III, visited the Worcester factory in 1788 granting the Royal Warrant the following year. The Gloucester service represents the first known Royal Service. It is detailed in 22 carat gold eyelash gilding and turquoise boarder, displaying a fruit and insect motif. All service is hand painted.
Since there were only the four of us, and I was too lazy to insert one of the extensions into the table, I kept the centerpiece simple. I placed a ring of ivy around my ivory dove and set them under a glass cloche.
Instead of using napkin rings, I decided to use snuff bottles form my collection to set the napkins.
For dinner we had.....
Spinach, Avocado and Mandarin Orange Salad
Beef Flank Pinwheel Roll stuffed with Fresh Basil and Cheese
Fresh String Beans tossed with Butter
Warm Buttered Dinner Rolls
Coeur la Creme with Raspberry and Grand Marnier Sauce
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have enjoyed my tablescape. To view the many other tablescapes today, head on over to Between Naps on the Porch where Susan is hosting Tablescape Thursday.
Have a most beautiful day today.
