I feel quite diffident about suggesting this, because it wouldn't occur to me I'd go for this sort of thing, but I just happened to see a display a couple of weeks ago and I lost my heart immediately.
http://www.chinacraft.co.uk/hsm-6024-10 ... lbert.aspx
I can't tell you how gorgeous the duchess tea service looked under the lights. My partner asked me what the hell I thought I'd do with a tea set, but I don't care. It's absolutely lovely and I would have the most amazing tea parties. Well, I'm bound to, aren't I?
That's if someone takes the hint and buys some of it for me.
http://www.chinacraft.co.uk/hst-6026-duchess-1910.aspx