Tobacco Leaf Tea Cup & saucer Dessert & Cake Stands A practical and perfect gift

A practical and perfect gift

Midnight blue crystal

and a delicious dip in between the two on the Lastra White Small Three Part Server

While it has often been used as a complement to Herend's patterns

Tobacco Leaf Tea Cup & saucer Dessert & Cake Stands A practical and perfect giftThis extravagant design was originally made in China, probably for export to the Portuguese and Brazilian markets. Of all the 18th century dinner patterns, this was the most highly prized. A small phoenix bird perches on the leaves of the flowering Nicotiana (Tobacco) plant. Twenty seven colors and 22k gold make up this pattern based on an original in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This pattern, one of the longest running patterns by Mottahedeh