Legend states that the dogwood's bright white flowers are the result of an accidental tip of a paint bucket from high in the sky as the French pantomime clown, Pierrot, climbed a ladder to brighten up the moon's face with whitewash paint. 

{HISTORY}

Adding a touch of springtime to tea time, this vintage midcentury cup and saucer features branches of a blooming dogwood on both the cup and the saucer. 

Containing shades of grey-green, bubblegum pink, chocolate brown, dove grey, butter,  and evergreen this pattern was in use by several potteries including Homer Laughlin, American Limoges, and Harker. That's how you know it was a favorite. When one pottery produced a bestselling pattern, other potteries were sure to follow. That also makes it a fun pattern to collect since you can pull from three different potteries to create one big collection in matchy mismatched fashion.

When it comes to this dogwood pattern in particular, slight differences can be found between the potteries, mostly in the shapes of handles on creamers, sugar jars and cups, and on subtle shape changes to platters and additional serving pieces. In order to differentiate themselves ever so slightly, some potteries moved the branches on the plates to the center or featured one large dogwood flower on a cup instead of a cluster. All these fun subtle differences give character and interest to a collection when displayed in a grouping, making this pattern pretty for not only table setting but display too. 

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

- Matching cup and saucer

- Stamped with USA mark on bottom of cup

{CONDITION}

In beautiful vintage condition. This cup and saucer contains no chips, cracks or stains. There is ever-so-slight wear around the gold rim on the cup and saucer. The florals are bright, crisp and clear. Please see photos.

{SIZE}

The cup measures 2.75" inches (height) x 3.5" inches (diameter). The saucer measures 6" inches (diameter). Together this set weighs 12 oz. 

{FOR THE COLLECTOR}

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