If I had to do it all over again, I’d choose Lenox Jefferson. It always caught my eye whenever I was in the china department. I know I could collect some now, but it doesn’t go with the vibe our current house at all, and I have too many dishes as it is. Oh to be 20 again…
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That’s very pretty @ChoatieMom . I loved my annual trip to the Lenox Factory with my husbands grandma. It was like going to a museum. All sorts of different dishes. There was an area where they had patterns in glass cases. IIRC, there were some that were White House patterns as well.
They also had a factory sale a few times a year, and one always coincided with a visit we made. It was fun to look for things.
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I still love my fine china, Lenox Tuxedo Platinum. It is classic and can be switched up with accent plates. (I particularly love the Lenox Solitaire Christmas Holly accent.) It doesn’t get enough use these days so we’ve started using it every couple of weeks even if it is just two of us. I was gifted a set of Royal Doulton Oxford Platinum so I used to mix and match the two patterns when we had larger gatherings. Oh, those were the days.
This is a fun topic! Thanks for sharing!
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And I love your dishes, Twist Alea, so much, that I gave a set to my sister.
Life is too short to use chipped dishes. 
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I loved Nancy Reagan’s White House china. Red is my favorited color.
One of the reasons I was attracted to the Lenox Jefferson is because it reminds me of several White House patterns.
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I am bored with using my everyday dishes for past 20+ years. I have 2 sets of good dishes (1 was gifted to me), but both have tiny gold trim. Neither can be used in microwave.
Soup bowl is Fitz & Floyd. PalaIS
The second set has different fish on dinner plate, but the rest is simple round, with slight gold trim
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I LOVE that pattern, @bookworm!
@bookworm so if you need to hear something up in the microwave, use a Pyrex vessel, and then put it on your beautiful dishes.
Most fine china has a metallic trim that you would not risk in the microwave. I simply use a microwavable container for nuking and then move onto the dish ir bowl.
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I’m listening. Ok, from now on, stoneware when just me (and SO), but the fish pattern for all the rest.
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Use the nice stuff for YOU. After all…who is more special than you?
My mom used Waterford on the rocks glasses for orange juice…which actually isn’t recommended for crystal, but heck…she used them!!
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I have been told that the thrift store won’t take chipped dishes, then I realized that if the thrift store won’t take it, perhaps I should treat myself and throw away my chipped items.
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@somemom our thrift store won’t sell chipped items. When we receive them, we send them either to the trash or goodwill depending on how badly they are chipped.
Having said that, I have an acquaintance who does glass collages, and she loves these damaged items because all she does is break them into small pieces anyway. Her collages are gorgeous. Sometimes we will save things for her to pick up.
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