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Manufacturer of fine porcelain china, Mottahedeh is the license holder for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Trust reproductions and adaptations. Commissioned to create china for the President, the State Department, and for the Diplomatic Corps, Mottahedeh also specializes in crystal, brass, silver plate, stoneware, faience, and lithographs. With an incredible collection of timeless patterns, like Mottahedeh Tobacco Leaf and Mottahedeh Blue Canton, this 81 year old company focuses on high quality, elegantly unique shapes and an array of vivid colored patterns to bring you a range of contemporary and classic dinnerware and home decor accessories crafted through centuries old techniques. Isn't it always great knowing that the quality you have in every giftware, vase, brass item or Mottahedeh dinnerware set is time proven with this company's reputation for producing the best? Wouldn't a classic piece reproduced from the 17th century be a great gift? Isn't the Mottahedeh Canton pattern truly one of the most vivid blue colors you've seen?

As a young girl, Mildred Root collected Japanese prints growing up in Manhattan. The same year she married Rafi Y. Mottahedeh in 1929 the pair founded Mottahedeh & Company. They built one of the largest private collections of Oriental porcelains, ivories, and bronze. They recreated historical art for prominent leaders, like the Pierre L'Enfant dinner set which was originally give to George Washington. The reproduced bowl with the Presidential Seal was given as a gift from Ronald Reagan to world leaders. Designing for museums, like MOMA in New York and Paris' Musee des Arts Decoratifs, they sold their reproductions in gifts shops and upscale stores, like Tiffany's.

Mildred and Rafi also started their own foundation, Mottahedeh Development Services, Inc. in 1958 to aid third world villages with schools and lessons in agriculture and health practices. After her husband"s death in 1978, Mildred assumed the role of president for Mottahedeh. As a follower of the Bahai religion, she also spent time as a representative for the United Nations for Bahai.

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