Violets on a Spring Tablescape

I have been pondering this tablescape for over a year now and I finally pulled it all together. The purple polyester tablecloth came from TablecothsFactory online several years ago. The label says veeyoo. It is the perfect color for a spring or Easter table setting.

Several years ago our main bedroom was decorated with purple and green and I had a few violets accents scattered around. (The decor in that room has changed since then.) I found a Royal Albert bone china salad plate made in England while I was looking for anything with violets on it. I really like the violet flowers design on these plates and the scalloped gold rim. The plate design was copyrighted in 1973 and they were part of a series of plates called Provincial Flowers, this plate in the series was called Purple Violet. It took me several years to find six of them and then they sat in the hutch until now. I actually have four sets of cups and saucers too because they often came with the plates.

When I am looking for a basic dinner plate in a solid color I usually look at my Fiesta dinner plates first. I have this plate in several different colors now. I think this Fiesta color is called Plum. When I want to buy Fiesta plates I usually google the color that I want and buy them where they are the cheapest. You can read about what you need to think about when you are buying dinner plates here.

I bought these iced glass sage colored chargers at Pier 1 several years ago after I saw them on another blog. I love using them in the spring and the fall. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers please click here.

I often use this frosted green flatware set on Spring tablescapes. I bought the set at World Market several years ago and the pattern was called Madeline Green. I really like the frosted design on the handles. Every time that I use it I get comments about the set. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These green cotton napkins came from our World Market store many years ago when I first started tablescaping. I use them often in the spring and the fall. The vintage bone china violets napkin rings came from Ebay last month. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these vintage bone china violets place card holders on Ebay as well last month. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

The green goblet on the left came from Macy’s three years ago. They are called Qualia Glass Meridian. I like the height of them and the beautiful green color. It has taken me several years to gather goblets in the purple colors that I need for my tablescapes. I can’t remember where these purple glass goblets came from but it was probably HomeGoods. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

I found these faux violets on Amazon a few weeks ago. I put them in this large white pottery vase that I inherited from my mother. She received a pair of them as a wedding present in 1938. I decided to add one of my vintage violets hankies under the vase. (If you are the observant type you will notice that this hankie doesn’t match the hankie in my first photo. I changed the hankie because I thought the other hankie with curved edges looked better and I decided not to take the time to redo all the photos.)

I added this small violets trinket to the table setting on one side of the centerpiece. It was made by Royal Albert in England and it is bone china. It was part of their Flowers of the Month Series and it was called Violets. I probably found it on Ebay several years ago.

On the other side of the centerpiece I added this small lidded bowl covered with violets. It is labeled Royal Porzellan Bavaria KPM Germany Handarbeit. It probably came from Ebay as well.

It’s not Spring yet but it will soon be here.

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