Portmeirion Botanic Garden Storage Jar

Monday, July 11, 2011

Portmeirion Botanic Garden Storage Jar

Artist Susan Williams-Ellis found her inspiration for Botanic Garden from antique botanical Illustration plates. The mix and match collection currently features around 30 individual floral and butterfly designs with the signature leaf motif border. This colorful dinnerware collection is complimented with a large range of bakeware, serving items and giftware. Botanic Garden has decorated homes all over the world for over 30 years. Start your collection today and watch your Botanic Garden grow. This storage jar can be used throughout the home to add a fresh look to any room. ...Read more

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Jars with lids are always useful, and this 7-by-9-inch one is a generous size for holding sugar or flour in the kitchen or personal items in the bathroom. This particular jar displays butterflies flitting about a cluster of sweet pea blossoms, one of the newest additions to Portmeirion's Botanic Garden collection. Featuring a mix-and-match 'garden' of more than thirty intricately detailed flowers inspired by 19th-century illustrations, Botanic Garden is perhaps Portmeirion's most classic pattern.

Glazed in a glossy white inside and out, the straight-sided jar is crafted of durable earthenware hand-decorated with Susan Williams-Ellis's designs. A signature wreath of green leaves encircles the knobbed lid. Although it's safe for the oven, microwave, freezer, and dishwasher, the jar will probably end up only in the latter. --Ann Bieri ...Read more

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