Anonymous
Post 12/06/2023 00:42     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
Anonymous wrote:Why is it so hard to sell a china set (not worth it's value) vs buying a new place setting (pay full price)?

I have two sets of Meissen china. Sat in a cupboard for the last 50 years. One set is my mom's the other my grandmother's.


I think my family set is Meissen too! I love it. We wash ours in the dishwasher and it does fine!
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2023 00:26     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
My mom’s china is white on white embossed floral with a gold rim. We have matching gold plated flatware. I love the white on white! She uses colored chargers for holidays.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2023 00:24     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have Lenox Autumn for our formal china (https://www.lenox.com/collections/autumn).

I love it. We use it maybe 15-20 times a year on average over 15 years and counting. We use it for Thanksgiving, some other holidays or when we have infrequent guests but don’t limit it to just then; we have used it once in a while with pizza just because. We have separate Christmas china.



My mom has this. I think it’s one of the ugliest china patterns of all time.


Oh that’s too bad! I love it, it has such a distinctive Art Nouveau / Belle Epoque glamour to it .


I love it too!
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2023 00:22     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What do people have against Corelle? I use mine everyday. Except for when we use our fine china - Herrend Windsor Garden.


Growing up, we just had one Corelle plate that was our “microwave plate,” so I associate the name with smelly Saran Wrap and meh takeout leftovers


lol, same, we had a Corelle “microwave bowl.” Thanks for the memory!
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2023 22:46     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
For the second or third Christmas season, I’m leaving boxes of Spode Christmas china in my storage room. I just don’t like it’s worth the effort to get out holiday china for one brief season. The set was given to me mostly by ILs - piece by piece over years.

I also have wedding china that is stored, unused in a kitchen cabinet. It’s very pretty, plain Royal Doulton Alice.

Thinking of donating Spode Christmas after this season. Takes up 2 large shelves in my tiny storage room.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2023 21:35     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
Anonymous wrote:What do people have against Corelle? I use mine everyday. Except for when we use our fine china - Herrend Windsor Garden.


Growing up, we just had one Corelle plate that was our “microwave plate,” so I associate the name with smelly Saran Wrap and meh takeout leftovers
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2023 20:15     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
I don’t have china yet but my parents have two sets (also three sets of silver) that they inherited from their parents so I expect if I wanted one I’d get upon asking. My oldest sister already took a set of silver to make her holiday tables look nice. My kids are really little so I still IKEA-by-way-of-thrift-store plates and such but growing up we used the nice china for any fancy holiday meal — Christmas, Easter, weddings, sometimes formal dinner parties if my mother was really into it.
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2023 16:42     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
Anonymous wrote:Tell me you're 50+ without telling me you're 50+.


i’m 37, but OK?

Tell me you’re immature without telling
me you're immature.
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2023 16:40     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
i have the same set that has been in my DHs family since the late 19th century. i have no idea the brand. We use it on holidays and whenever i make a particularly nice dinner. We also have a set of real silver from his family and bust that out only on holidays and very very special events. Mainly because the silver needs polishing before use. That’s annoying.
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2023 09:57     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
Anonymous wrote:I'm under 60 so I was born in an era where people don't use fine china

Of course you just so superior with your ugly compostable brown paper plates.
Anonymous
Post 12/03/2023 09:08     Subject: Re:Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
Kate Spade June Lane Platinum and Spode Woodlands for Thanksgiving.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2023 21:08     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
My daily set is Royal Copenhagen Curved Blue Flowers. Discontinued now.

Special occasionis my collection of Hermes Mosaique au 24.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 08:15     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
I have my grandmother's Spode Cowslip from the 1940's. I used to not really care about it, but now I think it's pretty. And I miss her, so it's a nice memory.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 22:49     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
Villaroy and Boch my mother gave me. I used it every day. Solid china and it can go pretty much everywhere: dishwasher and microwave! I will use it until it is all broken. That said, I actually haven't broken anything!
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 00:00     Subject: Fine China- Which set do you have and how often do you use it?
Anonymous wrote:I have FloraDora Green by Royal Doulton and Blue Prose by Nippon. I probably use them each about 2 or 3 times a year. I also have a Christmas pattern for December, which is Jubilee by Andrea by Szadek, a Williamsburg collection. However, it is not real china. Beautiful though! I have 3 other sets that are also not china that I use on a regular basis. I like tablescapes and might set my dining room table to stay that way for a month at a time. We mainly eat in the kitchen, but on Sundays or holidays we typically eat in the dining room.


Oops! Looks like I responded to this thread last year and forgot.