#blue onion

[flamefireflower]

[Day 28 - Sunset]

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[justforbooks]

Μeissen, The Blue Onion

It is one of the most famous and iconic blue patterns in the world. The blue onion pattern, which found its home on MEISSEN porcelain, has its roots not in Europe, but in China. In the 17th century, at a time when long-distance trade was flourishing, Chinese porcelain, which was considered a real treasure at the time, reached European traders for the first time. These valuable pieces, often decorated with blue designs on white porcelain, aroused enthusiasm in Europe, which stimulated trade and ultimately led to the desire to produce their own porcelain.

European porcelain was born in 1710 with the founding of the MEISSEN Porcelain Manufactory by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony. The manufactory was the first in Europe to unlock the secret of porcelain production. Just a few years after it was founded, the blue onion pattern was developed in Meissen (around 1739). In contrast to its Far Eastern models, however, the MEISSEN blue onion was not an exact copy. Rather, it was a stylized, Europeanized version of the Chinese decorations. The name “blue onion” is misleading, as the original motifs did not depict onions, but peaches, melons and bamboo plants, which looked like onions to European eyes. The patterns were classically executed in cobalt blue underglaze painting, which is still considered a characteristic feature of this decoration today.

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[estatesalefinds]

SW Portland, OR

[vintagelasvegas]

Fremont Street, 1962.

Blue Onion, Roulette Motel, Sky Ranch Motel, Safari Motel, and on to Casino Center.

[darkipt]

I keep picturing this in my brain and i want it to be real so bad. Ideally it would come in all the pikmin colors with the flower bud side corresponding to the pikmin who's onion it belongs to (e.i. the Gray onion would have a purple flower bud; the White onion would have a pink flower bud)

the middle images are to show the stuff that would overlap, and to prove that those two shapes could potentially work together.

[rookiepikmin]

Another random drawing but this time I figured hey why not color the darn thing and did it lol.

[mercuryacejonez]

[abybweisse]

Someone stole my Blue Onion teacup and saucer at work either yesterday afternoon/evening or early this morning. 😡

I’ve sent out an email lab-wide, posted fliers on every floor and in every elevator, spoken to the building manager, the security desk, and the people I saw in the SMOC section.

One person is even offering to help me replace them. That’s kind, and I’m looking into replacements now, but I still want the stolen ones returned.

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