Milk Pitcher, FTD, Especially For You, Vintage Japan

• Pattern:  Vintage Porcelain Milk Pitcher, Floral FTDA, Especially For You! (Discontinued)
• Made in: Japan
• Vintage: 1989
• Details:  A very bright and happy pattern!  This FTDA pitcher is in pristine condition and will be a lovely addition in any home.  There are scattered flowers all around the pitcher in soft pastel colors: pink, blue, purple, white and lots of green leaves.  It has a wonderful shape too, chubby in the center with a very wide spout.  Hand Washing is required to maintain condition.  Beautiful to use as tableware, we could see this on a breakfast table for serving milk or juice, or would also make a great vase for flowers or displayed as decor.  
• Material:  Porcelain
• Dimensions:   Approx. 5.5 inches Tall, (at its tallest point, spout), 4.125 inches in Diameter (bottom). Holds 20 oz.
• Condition:  Vintage - Used.  Excellent Condition.  There are no chips, cracks or crazing on this piece.  Actually it looks as if never used, retains its original foil sticker with the year "1989".  Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns.  Please remember these are VINTAGE and ANTIQUE items, they are NOT new, every effort has been made to show any scratches, wear and tear and imperfections.  

FTDA, known as 'Florists Telegraph Delivery Association' was founded in 1910 when a group of 13 American retail florists agreed to exchange orders for out-of-town deliveries. They began telegraphing orders to each other from different states because flowers didn't always last the long train trips required for delivery in far away places. The gold Mercury Man logo was first used by FTD in 1914, he is known as the god “Hermes” , messenger to Zeus.  He is also referred to as the Roman god, “Mercury” who traveled extensively, delivering important mail from one sender to another.  In 1923 a British unit of FTD was formed in response to the success of the network in America.  In 1946 International Telegraph Florists was established between FTD, the FTD British Unit and Europe's floral clearinghouse Fleurop, they became "Interflora".  By 1965, they expanded to include international transactions, and the company was renamed “Florists’ Transworld Delivery”, to reflect its growing worldwide presence and its partnership with Interflora.   Today they have grown to be the largest flower delivery network, associated with over 58,000 affiliated flower shops in over 140 countries.   Interflora is now a subsidiary of FTD Companies, acquired in 2006.