Another Tablescape Thursday....

Time for another Tablescape Thursday post! Doubleclick on any picture to enlarge it....

Welcome to Tablescape Thursday, most graciously hosted by Susan over at Between Naps on the Porch. This week I decided to highlight my assorted collection of Colclough china. Years ago when I married into the Colclough family, my mother-in-law told me about a now defunct china company that produced this china. I searched and searched in antique shops and at auctions for the china and found a few treasured pieces. Then the days of internet and Ebay arrived, and I quickly added an asssortment of patterns to my collection. It sure was more fun to have to search high and low for it...... I have quite a collection of cups and saucers and dessert plates. Thrown into the mix is my latest find from Goodwill, a pretty serving bowl with a fleur de lis pattern around the rim. It was so pretty that I couldn't pass it up, especially not for $2.99!

I used my mother's milk glass plates, goblets, and salad plates as well as some pretty glass bowls that also came from Goodwill at 59 cents each..... The pretty paper napkins came from Tuesday morning.

And the pretty orchid that was a Mother's Day gift serves as the centerpiece.

My favorite Colclough piece is the cake plate pictured below. The pattern is called Crinoline Lady and it's my favorite. Had I discovered it first, it's probably the only pattern I'd have bought........

I hope you enjoyed my post. Hop on over to
http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2009/07/welcome-to-48th-tablescape-thursday-and.html to view more spectacular tablescapes!