Lotty B's glorious new Palms and Coconuts dinner service was featured in the Press and Journal at the end of May. Since when Lotty hosted a Jubilee tea using part of the dinner service - yum!
Entitled "Rhapsody in blue and white", read the full article which talks about the long love affair that we have had with a blue and white combination for interiors and how we imported porcelain from China in the 1600s, which was called "white gold". More here.
Whilst the Chinese invented porcelain, Josiah Spode the Second is credited with inventing fine bone china in the 1800s and this is the standard that is still used here in the UK where our Lotty B fine bone china is made.
