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Lettuce ware has seen a comeback in recent years thanks to a collaboration between entrepreneur Tory Burch and Palm Beach potter Dodie Thayer. Known as the “Pottery Queen of Palm Beach”, Thayer opened her shop in the early sixties and started experimenting with lettuce and cabbage leaves to create European-inspired plates, tureens, cups and saucers. Her wares were sold exclusively through Harriet Healy’s Palm Beach gourmet food and kitchenware store Au Bon Gout and could be found on the tables of women of stature of Palm Beach and beyond. C.Z Guest, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Bunny Mellon, Brooke Astor were just a few of Thayer’s many fans. Because Thayer opted to hand-craft each piece herself, the waiting period for her wares could be as long three years and therefore her plates and tureens became highly collectable, to be found only in the country homes of the elite.
