Six roses, six settings, and a gold line thin enough to catch the candlelight
Round rose placemats and matching coasters, each one printed from an original oil painting by Australian artist Jill Kirstein and finished with a fine double gold pinline. Six different blooms run through the set - full pink cabbage roses, apricot tea roses, cream-white roses with golden stamens, a buttercup yellow bloom, and two softer blush studies. Look closely and you can see the canvas weave of the original paintings coming through the print, which is what separates these from the generic florals of the same era. Every coaster repeats the design of its matching placemat, so you get six coordinated settings rather than a mixed bag.
🔸 Key Features
▫️ Maker - Jason Products Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, with a printed copyright date of November 1998 on every piece
▫️ Artist - Jill Kirstein, Australian painter born in Katoomba, signed within each image
▫️ Design - Six individual rose studies on a cream ground, edged with a double gold pinline
▫️ Material - Cork-backed hardboard with a heat-sealed lacquer surface, the construction Jason built its name on
▫️ Shape - Round, the less common Jason format and considerably harder to find than the standard rectangle
▫️ Set size - 12 pieces: 6 placemats and 6 coasters, matched by design
▫️ Function - Wipe clean with a damp cloth, heat resistant, and the coasters are generous enough for a mug rather than only a wine glass
📏 Measurements
📏 Placemats - Diameter: 24 cm (9.4 in), set of 6
📏 Coasters - Diameter: 10 cm (3.9 in), set of 6
Roses Painted in Oils, Printed for the Dinner Table
Jason Products has been making cork-backed tableware from Auckland since 1962, and by the late 1990s the company had moved past commissioning anonymous florals and was licensing artwork from established painters instead. Jill Kirstein came to oils by way of competitive flower arranging, and has said roses are the subject she finds most challenging and most rewarding. Her paintings hang in collections across Australia, the UK, Singapore and South Africa, and turn up regularly through Australian auction houses including Leonard Joel. Alongside the originals, her work has been published as cards, prints, calendars and tableware, which is exactly how these came to exist.
In a home, round placemats soften a table in a way rectangles simply cannot manage - especially on timber, or over a plain linen cloth where the shape gets to do the work. Cream and gold is a forgiving palette, so these sit happily beside white ironstone, pink transferware, chintz teacups, or whatever mismatched china you already have in the cupboard. The printed 1998 date makes the set precisely dateable too, which is rarer than it sounds for tableware of this kind.
Condition & Packaging
▫️ Very good vintage condition
▫️ Lacquer surfaces are clean and glossy with only light age-appropriate wear
▫️ Gold pinlines are intact and unworn across all twelve pieces
▫️ Cork backing is complete and sound on every piece
▫️ Sold without original box
▫️ Carefully packaged with sustainable materials for a safe arrival
▫️ Combined shipping available - significant overages refunded at dispatch
📩 Need more photos or have a question? We're always happy to help - send us a message any time.
Set a Table with an Artist's Roses
Most surviving Jason sets are the standard rectangle, so the round format alone narrows the field, and a complete twelve with placemats and coasters still matched by design narrows it further. Kirstein's originals sell at auction in the hundreds, which makes this a rather affordable way to live with her rose work. Set for six, ready to use, and dated to the month.
Six roses, six settings, and a gold line thin enough to catch the candlelight
Round rose placemats and matching coasters, each one printed from an original oil painting by Australian artist Jill Kirstein and finished with a fine double gold pinline. Six different blooms run through the set - full pink cabbage roses, apricot tea roses, cream-white roses with golden stamens, a buttercup yellow bloom, and two softer blush studies. Look closely and you can see the canvas weave of the original paintings coming through the print, which is what separates these from the generic florals of the same era. Every coaster repeats the design of its matching placemat, so you get six coordinated settings rather than a mixed bag.
🔸 Key Features
▫️ Maker - Jason Products Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, with a printed copyright date of November 1998 on every piece
▫️ Artist - Jill Kirstein, Australian painter born in Katoomba, signed within each image
▫️ Design - Six individual rose studies on a cream ground, edged with a double gold pinline
▫️ Material - Cork-backed hardboard with a heat-sealed lacquer surface, the construction Jason built its name on
▫️ Shape - Round, the less common Jason format and considerably harder to find than the standard rectangle
▫️ Set size - 12 pieces: 6 placemats and 6 coasters, matched by design
▫️ Function - Wipe clean with a damp cloth, heat resistant, and the coasters are generous enough for a mug rather than only a wine glass
📏 Measurements
📏 Placemats - Diameter: 24 cm (9.4 in), set of 6
📏 Coasters - Diameter: 10 cm (3.9 in), set of 6
Roses Painted in Oils, Printed for the Dinner Table
Jason Products has been making cork-backed tableware from Auckland since 1962, and by the late 1990s the company had moved past commissioning anonymous florals and was licensing artwork from established painters instead. Jill Kirstein came to oils by way of competitive flower arranging, and has said roses are the subject she finds most challenging and most rewarding. Her paintings hang in collections across Australia, the UK, Singapore and South Africa, and turn up regularly through Australian auction houses including Leonard Joel. Alongside the originals, her work has been published as cards, prints, calendars and tableware, which is exactly how these came to exist.
In a home, round placemats soften a table in a way rectangles simply cannot manage - especially on timber, or over a plain linen cloth where the shape gets to do the work. Cream and gold is a forgiving palette, so these sit happily beside white ironstone, pink transferware, chintz teacups, or whatever mismatched china you already have in the cupboard. The printed 1998 date makes the set precisely dateable too, which is rarer than it sounds for tableware of this kind.
Condition & Packaging
▫️ Very good vintage condition
▫️ Lacquer surfaces are clean and glossy with only light age-appropriate wear
▫️ Gold pinlines are intact and unworn across all twelve pieces
▫️ Cork backing is complete and sound on every piece
▫️ Sold without original box
▫️ Carefully packaged with sustainable materials for a safe arrival
▫️ Combined shipping available - significant overages refunded at dispatch
📩 Need more photos or have a question? We're always happy to help - send us a message any time.
Set a Table with an Artist's Roses
Most surviving Jason sets are the standard rectangle, so the round format alone narrows the field, and a complete twelve with placemats and coasters still matched by design narrows it further. Kirstein's originals sell at auction in the hundreds, which makes this a rather affordable way to live with her rose work. Set for six, ready to use, and dated to the month.
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