This famous china design has a significance here at Retrovert. Our first ever sale was a willow pattern plate (and our first exchange too...). A willow coffee pot also has the honour of being our most spectacular breakage!
Jane has long loved the pattern and has many items herself, but I have only come to admire it recently. I like the simplicity of blue and white and the contrast in tone, the intricacies of the geometric border and the evocative story contained within.
The boat, the birds, the willow tree, the bridge, the pagoda all combine into an eloquent design that tells the tragic legend.
Jane has long loved the pattern and has many items herself, but I have only come to admire it recently. I like the simplicity of blue and white and the contrast in tone, the intricacies of the geometric border and the evocative story contained within.
The boat, the birds, the willow tree, the bridge, the pagoda all combine into an eloquent design that tells the tragic legend.
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| The most unusual vintage item we've found in the pattern so far is this Willow knife. I am now on what will probably be a lifelong mission to find it a matching fork! People often comment on the nostalgia the design evokes when they see it at our market stall. Does Willow Pattern conjure up any memories for you? |  |
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