#summer table setting

Sundown

Be Italian

I love summer evenings and eating outside. Vintage Italian majolica wine jug. Brass peasant girl candlestick. Italian majolica serving platter.

The Joy of Majolica

I took the inspiration for this table setting from my pair of smashing mid-century Italian majolica fruit baskets piled with lemons and white pineapples. Who can look at this table scape with out imagining their favorite summer place, whether it be the Amalfi coast or Pacific Palisades?  The Cabbage leaf plates are Bordallo Pinheiro of Portugal. The mouth-blown glass water decanter is 19th century French. The sterling silver flatware is Repousse. The colored glass water goblets and bowls are vintage.

It’s the simple things in life

I love to dine outdoors when the weather allows. There is nothing better than home-made burgers and fries served on the patio on a warm summer night.The vintage dishes are Beacon Hill by Hostess Tableware and the antique flow blue platter is Idris by W.H. Grindley circa 1910. The white swan is French faience.