Blue-Plate Special
Blue-and-white dishes, which go as far back as the Tang dynasty, are so classic that almost every era has a version. With this vast variety at hand, try mixing the formal and informal—china and stoneware, kidproof paper and metal—on your dessert buffet.
WALL PLATES
(Top row, from left)
Jasper Conran Blue Butterfly seven-inch plate, $35, Wedgwood. Blue fluted Half Lace bread-and-butter plate, $110, Royal Copenhagen, (800) 431-1992 for stores. Blue Canton dessert plate, $50, Mottahedeh.
(Middle row, from left)
Primary Dinnerware Cobalt Swirl metal sandwich plate, $9, Golden Rabbit. Blue Festive toile paper plate, $4 for eight, Caspari. Chaly plate, $53 for a three-piece setting, DFC.
(Bottom row, from left)
Explosion Series plate, $58, DFC. Burleigh English Pantry salad plate in Blue Burgess Chintz, $128 for four, Williams-Sonoma Home. Côte D'Azur white-on-blue dessert plate, $55, Ralph Lauren Home.
TEACUPS
(Far left, from top)
Blue fluted Mega thermal mug, $150, Royal Copenhagen, (800) 431-1992 for stores. Jasper Conran Blue Butterfly teacups, $40 each, Wedgwood.
(Near left, from top)
Blue fluted Half Lace teacup (sold with saucer), $200, and Blue Flower Plain teacups (sold with saucers), $125 each, Royal Copenhagen, (800) 431-1992 for stores. Spode Blue Willow teacup, $152 for four, Williams-Sonoma Home.
OTHER TABLEWARE
Party forks, $10 for six, and spoons (all in drawer), $10 for six, CB2. Blue Canton coffeepot, $195, Mottahedeh. Silver Leaf Moroccan tea glass (holding flowers), $16, Global Table. Jasper Conran Blue Butterfly cream jug, $75, Wedgwood. Al Fresco triple tray pedestal, $85, Two's Company, Burke Decor.
LINENS
Strand Stripe fabric in Royal (made into a runner), $174 a yard, Ralph Lauren Home for stores. Helene and Pippi napkins in indigo, $80 for four, Les Indiennes.
FURNITURE
Young America myHaven Cottage chest in black, $2,029, Young America for stores.
