I have set up my gate-leg table in the living room for coffee for two. Included is a vintage electric coffee percolator in china with matching creamer and sugar. My parents received it as a wedding present in 1937. It is complete with its coffee basket and stem inside plus the 1930's electric cord. As far as I know, it still perks; but I'm afraid to try it with its old electrical works. It is insulated, so it still makes a great server for coffee with its cute little spigot. It is marked "Royal Rochester Hand Decorated Royalite Electric Chinaware".
For a treat with our coffee today, we are having Madeleines, a French cookie.
The white plates, cups, and saucers are part of my great-grandmother's good dishes from Austria. The same great-grandmother embroidered the tea cloth and napkins.
Please check out the wonderful blog of Susan at Between Naps on the Porch
as she is hosting Tablescape Thursday today.
And, Suzanne at Colorado Lady
is hosting Vintage Thingies Thursday. Please check her blog out for a list of other vintage treasures.
Thanks for stopping by for coffee today.
Sally
Sally
I didn't even know that they made china electric percolators. The only ones I have seen are metal.
ReplyDeleteall I can say is you have the best stuff ever....love the old percolator....my father-in-law is always on the lookout for one...not that fancy but he swears they make the best coffee...
ReplyDeleteThis is my first visit - I found you via Colorado Lady's Vintage Thursday!
ReplyDeleteI read your blog profile and I think it's a great idea to share your present life for your descendants.
When I first started my blog (a whole 6 months ago) I was focused on documenting my ancestors' lives but now I've slowly begun adding my own stories and those of my parents.
This is a great blog,
Evelyn in Montreal
That percolator is great; love the glass top. And your grandmother's linens are just beautiful!
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Beautiful blue table linens and how wonderful they were made by your great-grandmother. Everything looks so inviting.
ReplyDeleteWow--very pretty. Love the coffee pot
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely and interesting post. I enjoyed seeing how you displayed all your nice goodies. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThat coffeemaker is spectacular, Sally. Absolutely beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteHi Sally !
ReplyDeleteBoy, it is sure hot today...maybe we will get some summber weather....
I love that coffee pot - just a beauty !
Kammy
What a fabulous coffee peculator. You truly have a treasure!
ReplyDeleteChristi
So pretty and I love that wonderful shade of green too. What a wonderful treasure that coffee perculator is.
ReplyDeleteI can still hear the percolator at my grandparents....and the tea kettle whistling...great memories and your tablescape is perfect for remembering those things....I can almost smell the coffee!! Happy TT!
ReplyDeleteYour table linens are so pretty and delicate. I know you cherish them!
ReplyDeleteThe china percolator is a new one on me!! It's lovely, but what i find the most beautiful are the embroidered linens--What a keepsake treasure!
ReplyDeleteThe coffee pot is amazing!
ReplyDeleteJoyce
Beautiful, beautiful percolator!
ReplyDeleteEveryone should have a gate-leg table in their home. We have several and they are so useful! Thanks for sharing this lovely setting. The vintage coffee pot is most unusual.
ReplyDeleteThere you go again ...taunting me w/ your madeleines. LOL Love that vintage percolator & waht a great starting point for a tablescape it is!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing tablescape. I love that pattern on your coffee pot...and I never knew they made china ones. Oh, what a treasure that this was kept in wonderful condition after all these years. It is just lovely. Thanks for sharing this with us today...have a great VTT!
ReplyDeleteThat percolator is just gorgeous, and it's such a shame that we have to be afraid of the old cords! I have an old radio that I am afraid to use too. The table linens are so pretty too, and a great family heirloom!
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for anything in the way of china tea service - - - yours are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful China!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful table setting. I love the china coffeepot.
ReplyDeletevery nice tablesetting and the coffee set you used, just lovely! thanks for sharing & happy VTT
ReplyDeleteThe soft colors in your linens and vintage dishes make a lovely setting!
ReplyDeletethat percolator is adorable..never seen one like that before :)
ReplyDeleteBeautifully set table! I remember making coffee for my parents with a percolator on the stove. The madeleine looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteI'm STiLL drooling over that recipe you gave earlier for those cookies!
ReplyDeleteSo precious- I love that china and your madeleines look scrumptous! Very feminine and pretty.
ReplyDeleteWow - LOVE that coffee pot!!! I've never seen one anything like it.
ReplyDeleteAnd the table linens are outstanding.
-The Tablescaper
Fabulous vintage table... love the percolator .. it is so pretty. I love anything vintage. Thanks for the treat.
ReplyDeleteMaryrose
Hi Sally! Your vintage coffee percolator is so unusual and so beautiful. Pretty tablescape...Christine
ReplyDeleteOh, all I can say is wow, just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat more could you wish for?? Vintage linens, heirloom dishes, cookies and great company! Pour me a cup,please. :)
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ReplyDeleteYour coffee set is gorgeous! How wonderful that you can still put it to good use as well!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Great post such a plethora of treasures. I particularly like the electric china coffee pot I have never seen one before.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I didn't know they made electric china coffee pots either!! Have a great evening!
ReplyDeleteYour heirlooms are so pretty! I don't have any, so I'm picking up stuff at antique malls and estate sales. So nice to see things and hear a story behind it!
ReplyDeleteBrenda
Lovely treasures! What a cute vintage perculator and the china is gorgeous! You are so lucky to have such wonderful heirlooms! I've never had Madeleines...but they sound delish! Oh, the blue glasses I used came from Pier 1 this summer. :-) Thanks for this beautiful tablescape! Susan
ReplyDeleteGreat vintage TT! Love that percolator!
ReplyDeleteKatherine
That china percolator is to die for! So pretty! What a lovely way to be able to serve coffee!
ReplyDeleteManuela
Sally,
ReplyDeleteLove that beautiful vintage percolator. How precious. Sorry that I haven't been around much to visit. I have kinda had the blahs. I think we have had too much change and it finally caught up. I was even considering deleting my blog, but haven't. Yesterday and today, I have felt more myself, so hopefully the funk is gone!
Love you tablescape...you gals that participate in this have more energy than I!
~Jill
Everything you incorporated is special and very beautiful! Loved seeing your family heirlooms!
ReplyDeleteBill
Hi Dear Sally! Oh, what a beautiful percoloator! I remember these and the sound was wonderful and the coffee popped up and down in the little glass dome on top, well, in my mother's it did. Lovely dishes and linens. How special to have all of these wonderful family treasures.
ReplyDeleteNow look at you, getting all mosaic in your header ~ it's beautiful!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Sally, I love that perculator! What a treasure to have. I have seen china percolators, but not with the pretty little spigot on the front. Your linens are so pretty too, and your mosaics are lovely. laurie
ReplyDeleteOh Sally this is all so pretty...I just love familt pieces...they are the best things in the world to me...May you have a great weekend my Dear friend...Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria
ReplyDeleteSally- I always marvel when I come over to view your blog at all the heirloom pieces you have that have been passed down to you.
ReplyDeleteYour table setting is so lovely- the percolator is wonderful!!! I have not seen one like this before. I love the embroidered cloth and napkins- lines have always been a love of mine!
I want to thank you for suggesting the Nell Hill's decorating books - I borrowed them through the Co state inter library loan - it took a little bit of time for them to find them and get them here but, my, what great inspiration! I love the little metal birds that seem to show up in all the books-
Have finished my little breakfast nook enough so that I had a friend over for lunch today and we ate in the little nook- it was Gayle my friend that I have blogged about several time. Would love to get you 2 together sometime- she is a quilter and lover of all things old and pretty- know you 2 would hit it off!
Blessings
mary
Hello friend...
ReplyDeleteWOW...what a lovely vintage coffee pot! I've never seen one like that before...it's beautiful!!! What a blessing to have this pretty coffee pot with matching creamer and sugar!!! It sure makes for a beautiful table! Girl, your Grandmother's hand embroidered cloth and napkins are gorgeous...simply exquisite! I really, really enjoyed this post...so many pretties! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
Love ya,
Chari