Gracie China Rose Chintz Porcelain Tea Set, 5-Piece

A five-piece porcelain tea set — teapot, two teacups and two saucers — in Gracie China's Rose Chintz pattern.

Five pieces is a deliberately small set, and that is its advantage. A tea set for two gets used; a service for twelve lives in a cupboard waiting for an occasion that rarely comes. This is the one that comes out on an ordinary afternoon.

Chintz is an all-over floral rather than a border pattern, so the decoration covers the whole body of each piece. It reads as English and traditional, and it sits as comfortably on a kitchen table as on a dresser between uses.

Porcelain rather than earthenware means a thinner wall and a harder body, which is what lets a teacup be light in the hand. Hand wash to protect the pattern — chintz is a surface decoration, and a dishwasher cycle will dull it long before the porcelain itself shows any wear.

• 5 pieces: teapot, 2 teacups, 2 saucers
• Sized for two: a set that gets used, not stored
• All-over chintz: floral across the whole body, not a border
• Porcelain: thin and light in the hand
• Also a display piece: it earns its shelf between uses
• Hand wash: protects the pattern

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