BLUE WILLOW 24 PIECE CHILD'S TEA SET WITH TEAPOT AND PLATER:

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BLUE WILLOW, MADE IN JAPAN
24 PIECE CHILD'S TEA SET WITH TEAPOT AND PLATTER.
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THIS IS A CHILD'S TEA SET AND IS A SERVICE FOR 5.
**  AS A GUIDE, THE PLATTER IS ABOUT 6-1/4" BY 3-1/4" AND THE DISHES ARE ABOUT 3-1/4".
CONDITION IS EXCELLENT AS THE SET CAME FROM A COLLECTOR AND A DISPLAYED CASE.
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We are presenting a number of different items available in this nice Blue Willow pattern for your pleasure -- just search at
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BLUE WILLOW:
If you watch the Andy Griffith Show like I do, the dishes Aunt B. uses in her dining room is this Blue Willow pattern - just thought you might like to know that.
I also found the story of the two lovers de
picted as flying doves and I thought you might be interested.  Here it is:
The Willow Pattern depicts an ancient story:
There was once a Mandarin who had a beautiful daughter, Koong-se. He employed a secretary, Chang, who, while he was attending to his master's accounts, fell in love with Koong-se, much to the the anger of the Mandarin, who regarded the secretary as unworthy of his daughter.
Koong-se was soon dismayed to learn that she had been betrothed to Ta-jin, a noble warrior Duke. She was full of dispair when it was announced that her future husband was arriving, bearing a gift of jewels to celebrate his betrothal.   However, after the banquet, borrowing the robes of a servant, Chang passed through the guests unseen and came to Koong-se's room. They vowed to run away together.
The Mandarin, Duke and all the guests and servants had drunk so much wine that the couple almost got away without detection. Koong-se's father saw her at the last minute and gave chase across the bridge.
The couple escaped and stayed with the maid that Koong-se's father had dismissed for conspiring with the lovers. Koong-se had given the basket of jewels to Chang and the Mandarin, who was also a magistrate, swore that he would use the jewels as a pretext to execute Chang when he caught him.
One night the Mandarin's spies reported that a man was hiding in the house by the river and the Mandarin's guards raided the house. But Chang had jumped into the raging torrent and Koong-se thought he had drowned.   Some days later, the guards returned to seach the house again. While the maid talked to them, Chang came by boat to the window and took Koong-se away to safety. They settled on a distant island. Eventually the Mandarin heard of their whereabouts and sent guards to destroy them. Chang was put to the sword and Koong-se set fire to the house while she was still inside, unable to face life without her love.
Thus they both perished and the gods, touched by their love, immortalized them as two doves, eternally flying together in the sky.
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