I HAVE BEEN SEEING GORGEOUS FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS ON PINTEREST USING DELFT TOBACCO JARS.
GORGEOUS ARRANGEMENT, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?
WHEN I MOVED INTO MY MINNEAPOLIS HOME, I THOUGHT I WOULD LINE UP BLUE AND WHITE DELFT TOBACCO JARS ALONG MY KITCHEN COUNTER TOP. I DECIDED THAT I WOULD NOT USE UPPER CABINETS ALONG THAT COUNTER.
I ACTUALLY PURCHASED THREE LARGER ONES AND SEVERAL SMALLER ONES, BUT LIKE ALL PLANS, I ACTUALLY GOT SIDETRACKED WITH MY OPEN FLOOR PLAN. WHEN I STARTED BUYING CHINESE POTS AND PORCELAIN, THE DELFT JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT.
WHAT TO DO? DISPLAY THEM IN THE MASTER BEDROOM OF COURSE! DOESN'T EVERYONE DISPLAY ANTIQUE COLLECTIONS IN THEIR BEDROOM?
THE LOWER PART OF THE CABINET, WHICH WAS FROM WISTERIA, BUT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.. I BOUGHT IT FOR OUR LAKE HOME AND IT HOUSED WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF TRAMP ART AND NATIVE AMERICAN BEAD WORK THERE.
THE BOTTOM SHELF HAS SEVERAL SMALLER JARS. THERE IS ALSO A PAIR OF EGG PRINTS FROM THE 1800'S. THE JAR ON THE LEFT IS A RECENT PURCHASE. WHEN I WAS IN FLORIDA THREE YEARS AGO FOR THE INTERNATIONAL QUESTER CONVENTION, I SAW THAT JAR FOR $1,200.00. I TOOK A PHOTO OF IT TO REMEMBER IT. I FOUND THE SAME JAR IN ARIZONA FOR $130.00! (I HAGGLED THE PRICE DOWN FROM $150.00) YES, THERE ARE ANTIQUE BARGAINS IN ARIZONA!
THE NEXT PAIR OF JARS WERE MEANT FOR THE KITCHEN. THEY ARE DISPLAYED WITH A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRONZE SCULPTURE.
OKAY, THIS SHELF TECHNICALLY DOESN'T HAVE DELFT. IT HAS A SEVERAL PIECES OF LALIQUE FRENCH CRYSTAL AND A WONDERFUL CARVED BLACK FOREST BOX THAT MY HUSBAND PURCHASED FOR ME IN EUROPE.
THIS SHELF ALSO DOES NOT CONTAIN DELFT, BUT IT IS PRECIOUS TO ME BECAUSE OF THE ANTIQUE LALIQUE BOWL AND THE TWO GERMAN METTCHLACH VASES THAT BELONGED TO MY LATE SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, BERNI AND ROGER DONNELLY.
THE TOP SHELF HAS MORE SMALLER DELFT PIECES AND A WONDERFUL DUTCH DELFT TULIPIERE THAT I PURCHASED FROM THE LATE INTERIOR DESIGNER, CHARLES FAUDREE, IN HIS TULSA SHOP. ALSO THE THIRD OF THREE EGG PRINTS AND A LALIQUE SMALL.
A VIEW OF THE TOP OF THE CABINET.
I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT TULIPIERES. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT ONES ON PINTEREST. I HAVE ONLY USED MINE FOR RED TULIPS AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
THEY COME IN SO MANY SIZES AND STYLES.
MINE LOOKED SIMILAR TO THIS ONE AT CHRISTMAS. CONFESSION: MY TULIPS WERE SILK!
OH! THE POSSIBILITIES!
LIVE TULIPS REALLY DO GROW WHILE IN THE HOLES!
THIS LAST PHOTO IS FROM THE ENCHANTED HOME. THE OWNER OF THE ENCHANTED HOME HAS A BLOG BUT ALSO SELLS BLUE AND WHITE REPRODUCTIONS ON HER WEBSITE.
THANK YOU TO PINTEREST FOR MANY OF THE IMAGES USED ON THIS BLOG.
GORGEOUS ARRANGEMENT, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?
THIS TOBACCO JAR IS MIXED WITH CHINESE JARS FOR A LOVELY BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISPLAY
I ACTUALLY PURCHASED THREE LARGER ONES AND SEVERAL SMALLER ONES, BUT LIKE ALL PLANS, I ACTUALLY GOT SIDETRACKED WITH MY OPEN FLOOR PLAN. WHEN I STARTED BUYING CHINESE POTS AND PORCELAIN, THE DELFT JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT.
WHAT TO DO? DISPLAY THEM IN THE MASTER BEDROOM OF COURSE! DOESN'T EVERYONE DISPLAY ANTIQUE COLLECTIONS IN THEIR BEDROOM?
THE LOWER PART OF THE CABINET, WHICH WAS FROM WISTERIA, BUT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.. I BOUGHT IT FOR OUR LAKE HOME AND IT HOUSED WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF TRAMP ART AND NATIVE AMERICAN BEAD WORK THERE.
THE BOTTOM SHELF HAS SEVERAL SMALLER JARS. THERE IS ALSO A PAIR OF EGG PRINTS FROM THE 1800'S. THE JAR ON THE LEFT IS A RECENT PURCHASE. WHEN I WAS IN FLORIDA THREE YEARS AGO FOR THE INTERNATIONAL QUESTER CONVENTION, I SAW THAT JAR FOR $1,200.00. I TOOK A PHOTO OF IT TO REMEMBER IT. I FOUND THE SAME JAR IN ARIZONA FOR $130.00! (I HAGGLED THE PRICE DOWN FROM $150.00) YES, THERE ARE ANTIQUE BARGAINS IN ARIZONA!
THE NEXT PAIR OF JARS WERE MEANT FOR THE KITCHEN. THEY ARE DISPLAYED WITH A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRONZE SCULPTURE.
OKAY, THIS SHELF TECHNICALLY DOESN'T HAVE DELFT. IT HAS A SEVERAL PIECES OF LALIQUE FRENCH CRYSTAL AND A WONDERFUL CARVED BLACK FOREST BOX THAT MY HUSBAND PURCHASED FOR ME IN EUROPE.
THE TOP SHELF HAS MORE SMALLER DELFT PIECES AND A WONDERFUL DUTCH DELFT TULIPIERE THAT I PURCHASED FROM THE LATE INTERIOR DESIGNER, CHARLES FAUDREE, IN HIS TULSA SHOP. ALSO THE THIRD OF THREE EGG PRINTS AND A LALIQUE SMALL.
A VIEW OF THE TOP OF THE CABINET.
MY TULIPIERE
I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT TULIPIERES. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT ONES ON PINTEREST. I HAVE ONLY USED MINE FOR RED TULIPS AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
THEY COME IN SO MANY SIZES AND STYLES.
A TULIPIERE OR TULIP-HOLDER IS AN ORNATE VESSEL IN WHICH TO GROW TULIPS AND IS USUALLY MADE OF HAND-CRAFTED POTTERY, CLASSICALLY DELFTWARE. THEY ARE TYPICALLY CONSTRUCTED TO ACCOMMODATE ONE BULB PER SPOUT WITH A LARGER COMMON WATER RESERVOIR BASE. THEY WERE NOT DESIGNED AS VASES FOR A CUT BLOOM, AS IS SOMETIMES SUPPOSED, THOUGH THEY COULD BE USED FOR THIS.
HISTORY
WHILE FAIRLY UNCOMMON IN MODERNITY, DURING THE 17TH CENTURY TULIPIERES WERE USED TO GROW TULIP BULBS INDOORS AND WERE VERY COMMON PIECES OF DECORATIVE ART THAT COULD OFTEN BE FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF EUROPEAN ELITES. AFTER THE ADVENT OF LARGE-SCALE GLOBAL TRADE IN THE 17TH CENTURY, NUMEROUS FLOWER BULBS FROM ASIA SUCH AS THE TULIP, CROCUS, AND HYACINTH BECAME LUXURY ITEMS IN EUROPE AND THESE BULBS REMAINED AN EXOTIC NOVELTY UNTIL THE END OF THE 17TH CENTURY. LARGE FLOOR-STANDING PYRAMID-SHAPED TULIPIERES WERE PARTICULARLY ORNATE AND WERE USED AS A STATUS SYMBOL TO INDICATE THE OWNER'S WEALTH.
MINE LOOKED SIMILAR TO THIS ONE AT CHRISTMAS. CONFESSION: MY TULIPS WERE SILK!
OH! THE POSSIBILITIES!
LIVE TULIPS REALLY DO GROW WHILE IN THE HOLES!
THIS LAST PHOTO IS FROM THE ENCHANTED HOME. THE OWNER OF THE ENCHANTED HOME HAS A BLOG BUT ALSO SELLS BLUE AND WHITE REPRODUCTIONS ON HER WEBSITE.
THANK YOU TO PINTEREST FOR MANY OF THE IMAGES USED ON THIS BLOG.
