Before the table gets set
Thanksgiving comes before Black Friday, which has always struck us as backwards for a shop that sells serving pieces. So our holiday offer opens early, for the people who ask, with time for an order to arrive before the first guest does.
You're on the list. We'll write on November 18, when it opens.
You'll get the note on the 18th, and our regular emails after that. You can leave whenever you like, and we don't share your address with anyone.
You're on the list.
We'll write on November 18, when it opens. It runs until noon on Friday the 20th, which is also our cutoff for getting an order to you before Thanksgiving.
Early access is open
Until noon Eastern on Friday. That's also our cutoff for getting an order to you before Thanksgiving.
Early access has closed
The holiday offer comes back on Black Friday, November 27. Some of the pieces may not. We keep only a few of each, and restocks from small makers take time.
For the Thanksgiving table
The pieces we'd set out first. Every one is part of early access.
Setting the table
What people notice before they sit down.
Woven Honeysuckle 13" Chargers
Anne coils her baskets from wild honeysuckle vine, and two of them are in the Smithsonian's permanent collection. Under the plates at Thanksgiving, these are what people will ask about.
Colored Stemware
Hand-blown in Asheville, in colors that make a glass of water look like an occasion.
Clementina Table Runner
Lay it down the length of the table and the whole room changes around it.
From the oven to the sideboard
Made to be carried to the table, not hidden in the kitchen.
Carbon Steel Oval Roaster
Carbon steel, forged in Charleston. Big enough for the bird, and good-looking enough to bring it to the table in.
Carrot Platter
A handmade platter for the side dishes, which somehow always outnumber the main.
Hand-blown Trifle Bowl
Hand-blown, and made for the dessert someone always insists on bringing.
The centerpiece
Two-Stem Geranium
Tommy Mitchell cuts and paints each flower from tin by hand, the old craft called tole. It's the one arrangement on the table that will still be there next Thanksgiving.
Why we open early
Some of the best things in the shop belong on the Thanksgiving table, not under the tree, and they ought to arrive in time to be used.
Everything here is made in the South by makers we know, most of it in small batches. The holiday season is the only time we take anything off.
The Camellia Club is our small circle of collectors. Orders of $1,000 or more during early access bring you in, with a first look at our limited releases and a welcome gift of your choosing. We'll be in touch after your order so you can pick.
Online only, November 18 until noon ET November 20. Excludes Short List releases and Sea Island Forge. Doesn't combine with the welcome offer. Orders over $300 ship free, except fragile pieces like glass, ceramics and artwork.