Fine china is having a comeback. Or really, for those of us who love beautiful settings, it never went away. Fine china, crystal, and sterling are still the backbone of any classic bridal registry, and are treasured possessions of most Southern entertainers. Meant to be used throughout your own lifetime but also meant to be handed down through the generations, updated with each new bride’s registry.
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That’s why pattern mixing will never go out of style on our dining tables. There’s no better way to use your mother’s white platinum banded bone china from the 60s & 70s along with your grandmother’s Herend or Royal Crown Derby. If you are lucky, you’ve inherited miscellaneous plates and partial plate settings from both sides of the family, and together you can pick out what you need to set a gorgeous table. Hopefully, it’s a never ending process for you, which you add to and update through the decades.
We went to one of Charlotte’s best boutiques for tabletop and bridal registery, ELIZABETH BRUNS in The Specialty Shops South Park for some inspiration on perfect place settings. Elizabeth Bruns carries 20+ brands in fine & quality everyday china, several well known crystal brands, along with sterling, silver plate and stainless flatware and glassware, barware, linens and antique silver. Plus of course, the most beautiful jewelry ever. Here are some of our favorite place settings to spark your imagination:
Plates by Anna Weatherley, crystal by William Yeoward, Juliska Gold Flatware and coated linen placemats by La Gallina Matta
Plates by Meissen and Herend USA,Juliska Gold Flatware and crystal from William Yeoward
Matignon Green by R. Haviland & C. Parlon, Simply Anna Polka by Anna Weatherley ::: crystal by William Yeoward and accessories by Aerin
Charger by Anna Weatherley, Dinner plate is Corail Or by Medard de Noblat, sand dollar by Herend
Terrafirma Ceramics, Medard de Noblat, William Yeoward Crystal, Diane James Flowers
TerraFirma, Anna Weatherly, Aerin, William Yeoward, Mottahedeh
Meissen, Herend
Meissen, Herend
Paradis collection by Raynaud
Spring Serenade Accent Plate by Royal Crown Derby, Herend, William Yeoward
Royal Copenhagen, Aerin Gardenia, Juliska napkin and napkin ring
Anna Weatherley, bunny by Herend, Aerin tray, William Yeoward Crystal, Buccellati sterling flatware
Herend and Anna Weatherley
Jars France
Anna Weatherley, Buccellati, AERIN, L’objet, Herend, Childs Studio
Anna Weatherley and Mottahedeh
William Yeoward china and crystal, Aerin accessories
