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Dishware Display Love

December 29, 2010 by Jane F 19 Comments

dishware display - fitted dish dresser with 19th century faience in designer William Yeoward's kitchen - WOI via AtticmagFor me, having a dishware display in my hutch means I’m always ready for company.

I’m an out-of-sight-out-of-mind type. So I’m definitely into dishware display love — I love to my collections easy to reach and out to admire. I’m not much for closed cabinets, which always seem forbidding. That makes me an old-fashioned dish-dresser person. Nothing shows off dishes like the open shelves of a hutch and nothing can quite match that type of charm, whether the piece is in the kitchen or another room.

That’s true for many people, including William Yeoward who, with his partner Colin Orchard transformed a Victorian Gothic schoolhouse in the Cotswolds into a welcoming weekend retreat. The “fitted” (meaning built-in) dish dresser they installed in what was a doorway — now the kitchen and dining area [top] — is filled with 19th century Portuguese faience plates, a pair of 1914 large gray teapots, books, pitchers and vases with an impressive array of jugs on top.

dishware display - antique English majolica plates and pitchers collection in a pine hutch - AD via AtticmagA couple of New York antique dealers with a lavish, traditional apartment chose a simple pine hutch to show off their collection of English majolica dishes and pitchers. While old majolica isn’t food-safe, the highly colorful vegetable and plant motifs make it perfect to show off in a kitchen or sunroom.

dishware display - antique pine hutch filled with animal motif dishes - AD via AtticmagAnother pine beauty I came upon —  stuffed with animal-motif china — includes a couple of cute Staffordshire hens in addition to other gaily striped, dotted and flowered pieces. For me, the best dressers have hooks aplenty for mugs to hang as well. I wish we could see what’s in the long, top drawer. Silver serving pieces?

dishware display -English white ware including molds and mugs in an ebonized hutch - WOI via AtticmagIn the Suffolk (England) kitchen of the late portrait photographer Angus McBean is a  stupendous assemblage of white-ware including pieces by Wedgwood and Coalport. The larger pieces in that collection are stowed on a rather grand ebonized and parcel-gilt table with a shelf. Smaller pieces hang on a far plainer wall-mounted plate rack where the hooks display a collection of small pitchers and a lemon juicer along with a few mugs. I love the way the heart-shaped coeur à la crème molds are stuck up along with porcelain strainers and even a rolling pin up to the rafters. Great wall of china, for sure.

(Sources: WOI, AD)

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Comments

  1. lynne@lynnesgiftsfromtheheart says

    December 29, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    What incredible displays of some great dishware. I especially like the last picture, all the white and creams drew me in. From our home to yours Happy New Year! hugs ~lynne~

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  2. Donna says

    December 29, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    I LOVE all your displays AND of course ALL THOSE Lovely DISHES!!! I too keep mine handy for what I call “My Many Moods”… Thank you so much for sharing…
    Happy New Year to you and yours,
    Donna

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  3. Nancy's Daily Dish says

    December 29, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Jane, Each photo is stunning! I’m definitely a dish-o-holic so I feel right at home in any of these gorgeous settings! They’re all so beautiful!

    Nancy

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  4. Mid-Atlantic Martha says

    December 29, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    Oh my — so many dishes! Love these pretty displays.

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  5. Denise says

    December 29, 2010 at 8:59 pm

    Oh, my! What a love place you have. Of course, I jealous of all the dishes. But the house – ooooo the house! I’m in love with it.

    Happy New Year.

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  6. The Tablescaper says

    December 29, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    Oh my, it’s hard to decide which is my favorite. I wish I had the space for such a display.

    Happy New Year. Hope to see you at Seasonal Sundays.

    – The Tablescaper

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  7. Marlis says

    December 29, 2010 at 9:45 pm

    OOh I love the displays.. We are thinking of adding on to our home and I want a built in piece like the one in the top photo.. It would be perfect. Love the inspiring displays.. Happy New Year to you and yours, may the new year bring lots of blessings!

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  8. Entertaining Women says

    December 29, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    Wonderful vignettes! My Welsh dresser is one of my favorite things. Thank you for sharing these lovely designs. Happy New Year! Cherry Kay

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  9. Pattie @ Olla-Podrida says

    December 29, 2010 at 10:03 pm

    I am a dish/dinnerware addict and love to see hutches just bursting at the seams with beautiful dishes and tableware. Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures.

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  10. Yvonne @ StoneGable says

    December 29, 2010 at 10:31 pm

    These displays really speak to me! I just love the top example. Gorgeous. It is a real art to display treasure to be so lovely to the eye. Great and inspiring post!
    Yvonne

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  11. Pat@Back Porch Musings says

    December 30, 2010 at 7:51 am

    Wonderful inspiration for displays. Thanks so much for sharing these ideas!

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  12. Sheila says

    December 30, 2010 at 8:43 am

    I love your posting. Such great dish storage.

    Sheila @ raggedykingdom.blogspot.com

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  13. RHome410 says

    December 30, 2010 at 11:32 am

    I’m getting that your dish display warms your heart and lifts your spirit like the Christmas lights do for me in my home…Only yours is something that works, year around! I love dishes…Especially bowls, platters, and pitchers…but I have to have glass or screened doors, as I am anti-dusting! 🙂 Thanks for sharing these great displays.

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  14. mindstorm says

    December 30, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    Grand post! I’m so not a dish afficianado but that first picture – oh thud! I heart those grey teapots on there. Loverly.

    Now I do like white dishes and even more some of the white dishes with black text (sometimes) but the “pure lard” tray on the last picture has me weeping with laughing. What a pretty box for something so unappetizing!

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  15. Donnie says

    December 30, 2010 at 3:44 pm

    Love all your collection. Just gorgeous . Hope you and yours have a Healthy and Happy New Year.

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  16. Fifi Flowers says

    January 3, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    Hmmmm…. I don’t think we can have dishes piled up like that in California… one earthquake and goodbye FAB items… le sigh!

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  17. Andrea at Opulent Cottage says

    January 11, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    Those are right up my alley! So many good ideas for my new shelves, thank you for the inspiration. Hope you are having a wonderful new year!
    Cheers,
    Andrea

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  18. Vernice Duford says

    February 20, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    Love all dish display. I have never seen so many in one home.Just beautiful

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  19. Jane F says

    February 21, 2011 at 10:12 am

    Assume you mean the last one Vernice. Yes, it’s a lot (especially to clean). Just amazing what people amass over the years. And amazing that “more” looks so good.

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