Classic Blue Willow
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Blue Willow Porcelain - Always in Style -
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Don't you just love the Classic Details of Blue Willow? You'll find it here in these pieces that are just waiting to grace your tea table. Tea caddies make great Tea favors. The classic Blue Willow teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl are always in style.
Always a favorite, the Blue Willow Pattern tells of the charming old Chinese legend of an angry father pursuing his eloping daughter, only to see the maiden and her lover transformed into birds who fly away together. Every part of the pattern on Blue Willow pieces is symbolic of an aspect of this Chinese Legend.
The father lived in the magnificant pagoda under the branches of an apple tree to the right of the bridge. The apple tree was towered by a willow tree. His beautiful daughter was in love with her father's clerk but she had been promised to a wealth old merchant. She eloped with her true love but they were hunted and about to be killed. The gods took pity on them and transformed the couple into a pair of turtle doves who now spend eternity, ever in love, gazing into each others eyes.
