"With sweet muskroses and eglantine. There sleeps Titania some time of the night lulled in these flowers with dances and delight." - William Shakespeare
The period from 1700 to 1900 was an era of plant hunting, a time marked by the search for new daylily species. A theory popular among Westerners at this time was that the Garden of Eden could be recreated by gathering together the beautiful plants that had been scattered around the globe at the fall of Adam and Eve. In the 18th and 19th centuries botanist and plant collectors, Ernest Wilson, George Forrest, Francis Kingdon Ward, and Joseph Rock brought many new species of daylilies to Europe and America. Despite their efforts, by 1900 only half the known species of hemerocallis had been introduced to the West.
The Mustardseed and Moonshine daylily tea cup and saucer sets come in six varieties - Slow Burn, Midnight Magic, Fairy Filigree, Navajo, Vanilla and Oriental. The tea cups have a capacity of slightly over 10 ounces (300 ml).
Mustardseed and Moonshine wares are crafted in Cape Town, South Africa and designed by artist and founder, Kate Carlyle. It takes 17 days to make one piece of Mustardseed and Moonshine. Each petal is laid one at a time by Kate's team of artisans. Each one is then lovingly and carefully painted and then inspected by people assigned to each stage of quality control. When just a ramekin alone can take up to two hours just to paint, the final product is held to a very high standard. Please remember that variations are the qualities of a handmade product. If a piece is allowed to leave the studio then founder Kate Carlyle is satisfied that it is the best quality possible.
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