I love the leaf design and I am thinking that if I can just find dinner plates with the same rim and maybe with some pink floral design...well, that would be just about perfect. I do have to take a plate with me when I shop because there are so many variations of "white".
I did go on-line and look for replacement plates from this manufacturer. There were very few plates listed and the price per plate was outrageous. Besides, I would MUCH rather add some new china to my collection!
Pink flowers? You would probably love my china. Here's the joke: It came from Standard Oil! Yes, gasoline purchase china. (You know, dinner plate for 99 cents with a fill-up.) My father was a Standard Oil dealer in the 60's and Mom saved me a set of the dishes. The really funny thing is that they are very, very good china. Thin as parchment, with a beautiful ring when tapped. The designs are transfer but delicate and beautiful the they are gilded. I love telling dinner guests that the dishes came from a service station!
ReplyDeleteGood luck in your search for the china.
ReplyDeleteI love the delicate rim design! I am a closet plate-a-holic. My wedding china is a Noritake pattern from pre-war Japan (got service for 8 for a song at a garage sale, now have service for 13)--it's a wonderful, happy floral that just makes me smile! NOT cheap to replace or add to, but from time to time ya just gotta splurge and indulge! (At least that's what I tell myself!)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, a little variety would make the table setting so interesting. I know people who only buy one place setting of all kinds of different patterns. A lot of sets today have 2 or 3 different patterns with the sets too.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking, Suzan, but so far, no luck. Just when I least expect to find them, or you don't want them anymore, THERE they will be!
ReplyDeleteMichelle
Suzan have you tried www.replacements.com
ReplyDeleteI have ordered replacement pieces for my china from there.