Decor Crush: Let There Be White

I'm not sure when my love affair with white ironstone began, but I know it was a long, long time ago. Personally, I haven't met a piece of antique ironstone I didn't love, French, English or American. Each one has its own personality, and stories of past homes, families and meals, don't they? Because the best things belong together it's my latest Decor Crush: Let There Be White!

A collection of antique French and English ironstone serving pieces are both decorative and useful. White ironstone comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, the beauty of it is that it's lasted for over 100 years, it's sturdy, meant to be used, and beautiful!

The simplicity and utilitarian quality of gleaming white ironstone makes it a favorite collectable. Sometimes known as “the little black dress” of pottery, white ironstone mixes beautifully with antique, traditional, farmhouse, French country or contemporary interiors

Originally potted in England in the early 1800’s, ironstone blanks were decorated with transfer patterns or hand painting to imitate Chinese porcelain. An immediate success in England, ironstone is not porcelain, it’s a porous earthenware, made of clay mixed with feldspar

A collection of fine antique ironstone adds history and decorative beauty to your home, and the pieces are still very usable! That is the best part of these strong white dishes, they can still be used every day or on holidays, they earn their keep.

Not just for serving, large ironstone pitchers make the most wonderful containers for flowers.

In the kitchen ironstone pitchers can hold bouquets of antique wooden spoons with style!

Stacked on top of each other, small ironstone plates are a perfect pedestal for antique ironstone 'jelly' molds, they are decorative but can do double duty for holding just about anything.

Love in pure white, this is what some of my clients who collect antique ironstone call it. Ironstone

There are so many beautiful ways to use your collection of antique ironstone, including using some of your larger soup tureens to hold plants, especially orchids like I sometimes do in our living room,.

White ironstone mixes beautifully with antique, traditional, farmhouse, French country or contemporary interiors.

Ironstone pieces are survivors, their resilience tells their story, minor discoloration only adds to their patina and beauty.

Do you have an all white color crush on Ironstone too? How do you use your collection at home?