Vintage Beer Steins and Modern Plaid

This Knowles china is called "Modern Plaid".


I bought it many years ago.

I never cared much for the modern retro look in china. I always felt it too stark with a somewhat harsh feeling. But something about this china drew me in and I purchased it anyway.

It sat in the back of the china closet for a long time. Now and then I would look at it and try to determine if I actually liked it or not. The retro look has been growing on me and last year I decided I liked it enough to design and make a coordinating table runner.


Because of its informal nature and the brown stripe in the plates, I used a brown Hull pitcher filled with yellow flowers as the centerpiece and scattered a few amber glass votive candle holders across the runner. I omitted the chargers (though now I wish I had used my dark brown metal ones). While overseas in the 1970's DH bought a set of logoed beer steins from different countries.
I have never heard of the beers, but the logos are interesting.



I decided that beer went well with an informal meal. I had a few bottles of new beer and decided to use a different bottle at each setting. I like the look of the bottle next to the stein. It also gives people the option of drinking right from the bottle, which is what most of the men I know prefer to do.

What meal would you serve with this? How about a big juicy cheeseburger, tossed salad and roasted potato sticks? YUM!

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