I've been deep in the research rabbit hole for a new series I'm writing. The first book will release in time for Christmas.
One of the things I spent considerable time looking at for this story was fine china.
The story takes place in 1892 in a newly constructed mansion. The "lord of the manor" has very distinct tastes. After searching and searching for a china pattern I could envision him choosing, I gave up and described one from my imagination.
But it was still fun to look at pictures of antique dishes.
I loved the pink flowers on these Limoges A. Lanterniern plates.
The rosebuds on this Aynsley China, England delicate bone china are so delicate and pretty, but not what my hero would have in his house.
He'd go for something blue.
The dishes that seemed the most like my hero aren't antique, although they certainly were designed to look that way. Andrea By Sadek created The Vanderbilt Service. It's so gorgeous. If the flourishes on this were silver instead of gold, and all the flowers were pink rosebuds, it would be exactly how I envision the china in the story.
Do you have a favorite china pattern?
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Shanna creates character-driven romances with realistic heroes and heroines. Her historical westerns have been described as “reminiscent of the era captured by Bonanza and The Virginian” while her contemporary works have been called “laugh-out-loud funny, and a little heart-pumping sexy without being explicit in any way.”
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