
the present | ironstone cake stand
You probably know that I have a thing for white ironstone. I’ve been collecting it for years and have a wide variety of pieces from brush boxes to sugar jars, tureens, and pitchers to punch bowls and platters, casseroles, mugs, compotes, and a huge slop jar. A piece I’ve always wanted was an ironstone cake pedestal. I saw one in person in the home of an antique vendor a few years ago and it stopped me in my tracks. I never knew there were ironstone cake stands! I asked her to let me know if she finds another one and I would buy it. I had no idea what a crazy request that was, since cake pedestals are like the ironstone holy grail. So, for a few years, I’ve been keeping an eye out for an ironstone cake stand. I never saw one…even an expensive one. Zip. I started









