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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where are all these antique stores with “gobs” of china? I’m in MoCo but willing to drive 90 mins in any direction.

Unfortunately I’m only interested in adding to my collection with a certain pattern, so online searching is far more convenient. [/quote]

The antiques stores in Kensington have some.  But it’s such a needle in haystack finding your pattern.  My mom has Blue Danube and they had a bunch of that last time I was there.  
I think people are just too precious about it all.  Just use it.  Put it in dishwasher.  If it breaks, so what.  Still better than trashing it all and buying new stuff from care and barrel.
I [b]seriously don’t get why younger generations claim to care about the environment but are unwilling to reuse/rehab antique stuff and would rather just get everything new from wayfair or ikea.  Do t[/b]hey think that stuff has no environmental impact?  Same with antique furniture.

Crap on Martha Stewart all you want but her asthetix was in many ways very green as she encouraged people to repurpose old stuff and showed how you could make it look great instead of just tossing everything in landfill.  [/quote]

Because the old china probably has a toxic glaze and when you put it in the dishwasher that lead gets all over everything else. The new stuff from IKEA is probably lead free.[/quote]

China would have to be very old to be worried about toxic glazes. Not your grandma's dishes.

I do have a set of lovely Haviland limoges that was my great grandparents' wedding china from 1903, and some old blue and white transferware from the early 19th century I also inherited and I mounted most of it and it's attractive and gets comments. But everywhere I go there is a huge glut of unwanted old china, including lovely hand painted Victorian china. I can't blame people. Outside holiday meals I never use my formal china and use high quality modern ceramics for our everyday china. And frankly, I like it better. [/quote]

Haviland Limoges like this?
https://tamararubin.com/2019/08/limoges-dish-by-haviland-co-france-7109-ppm-lead-90-is-unsafe-146-ppm-antimony-what-china-do-you-have/[/quote]

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