Set of Four Blue and White Dessert Plates 8¾"

A set of four dessert plates from Patricia's blue and white collection, these contemporary Delft-style pieces reflect a collecting instinct that has shaped her tables in both Paris and Provence for decades.

Each plate is decorated in soft cobalt blue on a creamy white ground, with pastoral landscapes — figures, willow-like trees, waterways and distant architectural silhouettes — that vary subtly from plate to plate, giving the set a pleasing visual rhythm rather than rigid uniformity. Blue and white ceramics have long been a constant in Patricia's world, as natural on a table as a linen cloth or a bunch of market flowers.

Dessert-plate sized, they are generous enough for a slice of tart or a composed cheese course, and light enough to stack and bring out without fuss. They would sit beautifully on a kitchen dresser arranged with other blue and white pieces, or laid on a table set for lunch in the garden at Chanteduc.