Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Tablescape Thursday: Formal Soup Luncheon



Cold weather calls for soup, so we are having a little formal soup luncheon today. :)




The antique transferware soup bowls were my can't-possibly-leave-the-store-without-them thrift store find. I got four of them for $24. You can read about it here.




I have paired them with another partial set of thrift store finds -- dinner plates made by Paragon, an old English manufacturer.




Dupioni silk placemats, Oneida silverplate soup spoons and antique bone-handled knives. They are a tiny bit worn, but I love the intricate monograms.




Rogers & Smith monogrammed dinner forks and RC Co. salad forks. Damask napkins and Target mother-of-pearl napkin rings.




Waterford water goblets and candlesticks, thrift store wine glasses, pierced creamware cachepots from Michael's and (I'm sorry to say) faux roses.

Would you like some soup?

Many thanks to our gracious hostess, Susan, of Between Naps on the Porch. Do visit Susan for more wonderful tablescapes. :)

38 comments:

  1. Beautifully photographed, Mary. Rich, sumptuous color. And I love it against the wood of the table.

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  2. Mary, your table looks beautiful and quite inviting. I love the bouquet, too.

    Michele

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  3. A very elegant table. I love old silver especially monogrammed!

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  4. How elegant and pretty, Mary. I am loving everything!! I really like how you mixed the silver.

    Your faux floral arrangement looks anything but! Lovely photographs, too!

    xoxo
    Jane

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  5. Beautiful!! I love the plates and the colors together are wonderful. And I love that old silverware!

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  6. Hi Mary! Love your interesting dishes and your setting. Love the photographs!! The layering is great...

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  7. Your thrift store mismatched bits look so perfect together!! Everything is always beautiful at your house Mary.

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  8. Simply beautiful...I thought of your plates today...as I picked up some Spode plates at my thrift store for .49 each...(you're an inspiration)...smiles.

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  9. So very elegant as always Mary. Everything is beautiful.

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  10. Beautiful table, Mary. I love the soup bowls and all the flatward!!

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  11. Oh SO pretty...I love silverware and blue and white classics.
    Char

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  12. Wow factor is definitely here. You had me fooled with the faux flowers...I would have never known. Great tablescape! Miss Bloomers

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  13. I think you got a great deal on the soup bowls. They look like they are flow blues. Very pretty tablescape, Mary!...Christine

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  14. Hello Mary, your table is beautiful! I love everything about it... I hope you don't mind if I linger a while to admire it.

    Thank you for inviting us and sharing your lovely finds. (The roses look fabulous!)

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  15. I love everything. From the silver to the china to your polished wood table to the flowers, you've created a gorgeous setting.

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  16. Mary, this is beautiful (as is everything you touch!) What a lovely way to make a lunch extra-special. Thanks for sharing and happy TT to you!

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  17. Oh my goodness those dishes are gorgeous!

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  18. I love your mismatched silverware. The bone handled knife makes my heart pitter patter! An the dishes are also wonderful. Beautiful! --Delores

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  19. Love the beautiful table setting, the centerpiece is beautiful and I love the way you mixed all the silver, the old pieces are so special....Love the whole setting...

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  20. Beautiful tablescape. Everything looks like it was made to go together and as usual wonderful photography.

    Carol

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  21. Such a beautiful tablescape, it doesn't matter that your treasured pieces are mismatched because they all complement each other so well.
    Maggie

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  22. Mary...I loved the transferware bowls when you first shared them with us...now seeing them in a tablescape, they are absolutely stunning. I LOVE the complementry, mismatched look :)

    Blessings!
    Gail

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  23. So beautiful your house is what mine would be in my dreams I think rather than the chaos it is :)

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  24. i love anything monogrammed and the bone handled flatware! how lovely...you simply must have us all over!

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  25. Stunning. Your china is absolutely gorgeous, love the pattern. Such a beautiful table and so elegant. Hugs, Marty

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  26. Beautiful china...your table is stunning. Thank you for sharing.

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  27. Of course I want some soup! I thought you'd never ask! Everything looks lovely!

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  28. I love the utensils, especially the bone-handled knives. Thank you for inspiring us daily with your blog.

    www.agnesandco.com

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  29. Such an elegant setting! You've come across some wonderful finds and combined them to perfection in this tablescape!

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  30. Very lovely! You have some amazing thrift store prices! Of course, I live in the land of unformal and only-recently-populated, so there aren't a lot of OLD choices at the thrift stores (I look, and I frequent the senior neighborhood's twice annual garage sale--though I did find a 1917 embroidery hoop once there, but it's mostly casino bonus offerings; I live in Las Vegas).

    Your flowers, though not real, still look very pretty! In the photo it's hard to tell that they aren't real; if you hadn't said, I would have thoughtyou nought a bunch of lovely blooms!

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  31. OH! I am so envious of the beautiful bowl and plate! The windmill (Dutch) is so pretty! What a wonderful thrift store find! I am NEVER that lucky!

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  32. Very pretty, Mary..Our thrift shops are not so thrifty here!
    Have a good weekend!

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  33. What a beautiful and inviting table setting, You have some amazing pieces with great details.

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  34. i love the knives especially.
    xoxo

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  35. i would love some soup, thank you. :) your tablescape is lovely. i love TT!

    xo
    elyse

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  36. Mary...this is so beautiful...love all your monogrammed flatware. The worn handles on the knives just makes them even more special to me. :-) I'm drooling over your beautiful china that I caught a glimpse of on the corner piece in the background. Lovely tablescape, filled with ageless beauty.

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  37. Just found your beautiful blog and your table is lovely! The transferware collection peeking through in the background is stunning and your thrift store find plates on the table are gorgeous!

    Kat :)

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