A Tablescape In A Jiff

I opened my Blog dashboard and I saw Shelia's Tablescape Thursday post. I did not even realize it is already Thursday tomorrow until then. We just arrived from London late last night and I have been so busy unpacking, both luggage and boxes that came in the mail.

But hey, I missed TT last week since I was out of the country but there is no reason to miss this week's, right?

Come on, let's all visit Susan at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ and Leigh at http://lbratina.blogspot.com/ to check out this week's creativity on the table and awesome great deal finds.

So I hurrried up and created this.
And what better way to create a mini tablescape than using our game table in the family room?
Do you see the pair of brass candlestick holders? I got them at a flea market in Vidalia during the balloon festival for $2.00 for the pair. They are solid and heavy. They are my contribution for Thrifty Thursday.

I just unpacked these dishes today. They came in while we were gone. They are vintage, Bavarian Tirschenreuth china in Rosedale pattern. I won them on Ebay. I was watching the auction and I was ready to place a bid at the last 30 seconds when my internet service went out. I was so mad and needless to say, I lost the bidding. It was a complete service for 8 including serving pieces in hardly used condition and it only went for $89 for the whole set.

The next day, I was notified by Ebay that the item was relisted so I went to it and this time it had a $150.00 "Buy It Now" option so I bought the set. I don't know what happened to the first winner but it looks like the deal did not go through. You see, Tirschenreuth had been out of business since the 30's so I know these dishes are old. And when we went to an estate auction a few days before we left London, the set of dishes of the same quality were going for over $800.00. I could not even bid cause I knew I would never pay that much.
I think they are pretty, don't you? Unfortunately, some pieces were broken during transport. I still have to collect from the insurance company but there are still enough left in the set which makes the set still worth what I paid for, I think.
Since I used the brass candlesticks holder, I also used brass plate chargers and flatware. The flatware also have mahogany in the handles and they are marked "Siam".

Unfortunately, the cover for the round vegetable server was one of the broken items and it makes me sick because I just checked the value on Replacements.com, the covered vegetable is worth $159.95. I wonder how much the value is without the cover.

I added a pair of salt cellars here.

I told you this is quick one. I forgot to put my goblets, lol. Sorry!

I hope you like my impromptu creation. Thanks for coming. I missed you all. And thanks to Susan and Leigh for these 2 fun events.