Monday 9 April 2012

Green.



I've previously written about my love of WHITE plates, tureens, jugs, etc; but my other love is for GREEN. 
At boot sales, antique shops, or rubbish tips, nothing that is useful and dark green will escape my clutches.

Above, the olive pot, the dinner plate (below it), and the crimped edged platter (all much darker in reality), are from my favourite potter M. Augé-Laribé of Biot in Provence. I also have other pieces from him, but fitting them all in the one picture was tricky. 

Eating from simple dark green plates increases one's appetite and pleasure. Eating from M. Augé-Laribé's plates does so ten-fold. ,

Sur le Pont d'Avignon, l'on y danse, l'on y danse.
Sur le pont d'Avignon, l'on y danse, tous en rond......

Then afterwards we all go and dine off M. A-L's lovely green plates.

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15 comments:

  1. Goodness, where's kermit? lol!

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  2. No green plates here but they do look excellent.

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  3. Beautiful. Food looks better when it is served on plain well made platters. I love green too.

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  4. Green increased appetite? I'd better steer clear of green then. ;)

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  5. That is a very nice green- my compliments to the potter!!

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  6. Indeed, they are nuggets of purest green :-)

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  7. Very pretty plates. The way a meal is presented so adds to its enjoyment.

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  8. Green is one of my favourites. I have a set of four coffee mugs purchased from a local potter that are mine alone. The little olive pot is sweet.

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  9. Wonderful looking pottery - I love the olive pot and the crimped plate. I have nowhere to store such wondrous items sadly otherwise the house would be knee high in sexy ceramics!!

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    1. We have over 100 dinner plates in our tiny house. No wonder I get shouted at occasionally!

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  10. Question is - how do you find your lettuce leaves when eating off a green plate?

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  11. I have a thing about green glass but it is all depression era pieces and not so easy to find these days...most younger people have white I notice these days but here in our old house it is all very old odd plates that we eat off..I am a bit worried about how good the food looks on green plates,does that mean the track suit pants will be shrinking more lol...in all honesty the plates etc look great.

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  12. Love the green plates! You definatly have good taste.(for a guy)

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  13. I thought I was alone is having odd preferences for the colour of my crockery lol! You have great taste Cro :)

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