Dishes/China In Your Cupboards

5 years ago

How MANY sets do you have? And what do you use them for? (i.e. good china used only for Thanksgiving and Christmas; ironstone used every day, etc.). If you have pictures (even from Replacements so much the better) for I love to see china. I droll over it in thrift stores and consignment shops and think what fun it would be to set a table with it!

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5 years ago

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Oh my! More potential members for a new chapter of “Dishes Anonymous”!

My first everyday dishes were the Adams “Bentwood pattern! So many broke over the years I could not afford to replace them, but still love them. DD has the remains as the work well with her dishes.

Okay, where to begin....

My present everyday dishes - Royal Copenhagen “Tranquebar Blue “ I have 12 place settings of this, plus all sorts of "extra" things - mustard pot, jam jar, small cream & sugar, large cream & sugar, small 2-cup teapot, large teapot, sandwich tray, cake plate, soup tureen with stand - you name it, I've got it! Most found on eBay!

My “best” dishes - ”Abbeydale Chrysanthemum “ used every Xmas Eve

Herend “Chinese Bouquet Rust” used for lobster stew on top of plate above

Minton “Minton Rose” (my uncle had a huge set shipped his mother from the Canal Zone right after WWII - much arrived broken - I’ve filled in over the years’ These are often used for Easter dinner.

Spode “Ann Hathaway “ (this was my mother’s wedding china) I use these for my Mother's Day brunch after church.

Royal Doulton “Coaching Days” (uncle bought this for himself in Canal Zone) different scenes on each plate. These are our traditional Thanksgiving dishes.

Herend “Queen Victoria” - have dessert plates (the deeper ones that can be used with ice cream), tea cups and large tea pot They get used for dessert for my Christmas Eve dinner

Must go feed dogs and look to see what I may have forgotten! Need to take pictures of the rest - don't know names of the patterns!

I'm back!

Shelley "Blue Rock" breakfast set (haven't yet found anyone to bring me breakfast in bed, but perhaps before I die...)

More from Uncle Paul - huge set including buffet-size plates - very useful when I used to do big parties, with eating on ones lap.

Wedgwood 19th c "Napoleon Ivy" octagonal dessert plates. They look so great in my DR with my green striped wallpaper and Colefax & Fowler "Bowood" curtains.