A Vintage Old Country Rose Tablescape

I had seen this bone china pattern, Old Country Rose, before on several tablescaping pages but I never thought about buying it. My good buddy acquired a set from someone and asked if I wanted to buy it. I don’t usually buy sets of dishes, just individual pieces, but I decided to do it just this once. Once I saw it, it was so much prettier than I thought it would be, I was so glad that I had bought it. This Royal Albert bone china pattern was introduced in 1962 and is still in production although production was moved from England to Asia around 2000. You can tell by the maker’s backstamp on the back of the dish when your dishes were made. My backstamp indicates that mine were made in England at the beginning of production from 1962 until 1974 when the backstamp changed.

I love the three different colors of roses and the 22K gold banding.

The set included dessert, salad, and dinner plates.

My mother loved roses and these dishes remind me of her. My daughter has a beautiful rose garden as well.

This gold plated flatware was a gift from Hubby last Christmas season. I had bought a cheap set of gold flatware several years ago. It was poor quality and the gold started flaking off. You get what you pay for! We found this set on major sale at Macy’s last year. It is made by Wallace and is called Mikasa Duchess Gold. It is brighter than this photo shows and it is heavy. I decided to use it on this table to match the gold banding on the plates and to give the tablescape a vintage feel.

I found these gold place card holders on Amazon early this year. They were made by Gray Bunny.

The clear goblet on the left is my wedding crystal, Lismore by Waterford. The clear goblet on the right is actually the pattern my mother chose for her wedding crystal in 1938. She couldn’t remember the name of the pattern or who made it and I searched for decades trying to identify it with no luck. Finally one day I was reading through old San Bernardino newspapers online doing some genealogical research looking for information about my grandparents and I stumbled on an article about a wedding shower for my mother that mentioned her gifts and the name of her crystal! This Rock Sharpe crystal goblet was made by Libbey and the pattern was called Ridgeway. I was able to complete the set buying them a few at a time on Ebay.

I don’t usually have a matching cream and sugar set but because I was buying a set, they were included as well as a couple of serving pieces.

Hubby found this cut glass salt and pepper set at an Estate Sale last year.

Since this table is full of vintage pieces I decided to use my white California pottery vase that was my mother’s. I have a matching second one as well. I think they were wedding gifts to her in 1938. All the faux roses came from Amazon and I tried to match the roses on the plates.

The sage green tablecloth and napkins are vintage damask and I bought them on Ebay several years ago. I love the rose design in the damask fabric.

You can see the centerpiece white vase and gold flatware on another tablescape that I did with a vintage lighter green damask tablecloth here.

I love these dishes, I am so glad that I bought them!

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