A Vintage Yellow Spring Tablescape
This is a really simple tablescape using all vintage items except the yellow roses and maybe the salt and pepper, not sure of their age. I bought the yellow damask tablecloth and matching napkins on Ebay a few years ago. I always look for sets that are still in the box even though sometimes I can tell that they have been used anyway and put back in the box. The tablecloth and napkins are a pretty yellow color but most of the photos in this post don’t show the colors accurately. The photo of the napkin by itself shows the true colors.
The pattern of this yellow Depression Glass is called Florentine No. 2, or Poppy No. 2. It was made by the Hazel Atlas Glass Company probably between 1932 and 1937. Hubby found it all at an estate sale last year on the last day for a really good price. I love this small sherbet. I probably won’t keep this dish set but it makes a pretty table setting.
I don’t use glass plates often on my tablescapes because they are really difficult to photograph unless you put them on a tablecloth with the same color as I did here. Even so, the yellow color got washed out in some of these photos. Stacking the salad plate on the dinner plate does help a bit.
These are really delicate looking dishes and the yellow tablecloth underneath this dinner plate really helps show the color.
This photo would have been so much better if the tablecloth had shown as the right color, oh well… This sterling flatware was my mother’s wedding sterling. It was made by Towle starting in 1928 and the design was called Chased Diana. I love the plain design with a simple border. I remember it from my childhood when my mother entertained company.
This is the true color of the yellow damask tablecloth and the yellow napkins. I was lucky to find a matching set together on Ebay. Vintage linens are often smaller in size. I usually try to buy 20 inch napkins and these napkins are 14 inches. I have a large table and this tablecloth just fits with a few inches left over the sides.
Hubby bought these vintage yellow glass goblets with etched flowers and leaves at an estate sale last year too. I didn’t realize that I had two different patterns until I took photos. I don’t know the pattern names. If anyone recognizes either pattern, please let me know.
I found the vintage yellow vase on Ebay a few years ago. It is impressed with the letters USA on the bottom. I filled it with a bouquet of faux yellow roses. I have a few plastic bins full of different faux flowers that I have gathered over the years to use on my tablescapes. ( I actually had Hubby buy these faux flowers last week because I didn’t have any yellow roses.)
This rose bowl is one of my most cherished possessions. It sits in one of my china cabinets for protection but I add it to my vintage tablescapes once in a while. It was my mother’s, I think it was a wedding gift to her in 1938. I can remember it sitting on a shelf while I was growing up. I love the hand-painted flowers. The bottom says, “Made in Czechoslovakia”.
I’m not sure how old this yellow ceramic salt and pepper set is. I was looking for a yellow set and this one popped up on Ebay a few weeks ago. (A secret, they both arrived in pieces but Hubby glued them back together so I would have them for this tablescape.)
I did a tablescape using pink Depression Glass four years ago. You can read about that tablescape here.
I did a tablescape three years ago using green Depression Glass. You can read about that tablescape here.
You can see a bit of the delicate design on the yellow damask tablecloth in this photo. I love damask tablecloths, they remind me of my mother. She loved them too.
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