When I was much younger and still believed in fairytales, I fantasised that I would have a big, white meringue of a wedding - the dress, the cake, the dessert... I even had my wedding china picked out. After many hours, over many summers, meandering through the china halls in Harrods, I decided that it had to be Wedgwood Florentine in black and white, though Turquoise was also lovely.
Cut to many, many years later. The Boyfriend and I eloped - Blue, black, gold dress with black shearling coat and black boots; romantic lunch at Il Buco. Needless to say, we don't lead a Wedgwood china life, though we went to a dinner at some friends' house and it was served on inherited Wedgwood Florentine plates in turquoise. But we have our wedding china.
It still amuses me no end to think of the dishes as our wedding china - it didn't occur to us to have a registry but our friends asked; I am most grateful and thrilled that they did. We registered for Mud Australia at Global Table. I love that no two pieces of Mud Australia china are the same. The china is perfect in its individual imperfection. The core collection began with sale pieces I found out and about years ago. It was great fun to go to the store and work out what we needed. We have expanded the collection to be able to have a dinner party - now we just have to tidy the house around the dishes.
The last pieces we got were pink dessert plates. Nathalie, who owns Global Table, was absolutely right when she told me they would be beautiful and whimsical at the end of a meal.
