Blue and White for Molly and Mom

     Blue and White china deserves a blog of its own.  It starts when the Chinese are able to obtain minerals from Persia.  It's imitated in Vietnam and Thailand, and in Holland and England. It's imported and exported.
     Some years ago, a pattern called Calico was manufactured. Calico combined blue and white with the fabric pattern which originated in Calcutta, India.  My mother loved the pattern and for several years her daughters gave her platters and special pieces in it. Molly loves it too!  These pieces are Chinese and Japanese that I've collected over the years from thrift shops and the like.