<p>I never buy place settings. I get 12 dinner plates. I have salad/dessert plates in a couple of patterns, one of which is white and can be used with everything else.</p>
<p>Ellebud, my sister has Pink Cockatrice. I prefer green, but both are wonderful.</p>
<p>This thread has caused a relapse of my china disease. I have wasted too much time cruising web sites and lusting after patterns I don’t have. :D</p>
<p>@ellebud: replacements.com has 24 Imperatrice Eugenie dinner plates in stock for $69.95 each. We could split them. :D</p>
<p>Mad bean, I like those Coronado dishes, especially the apple green. That is close to the color I am painting my front door ( more of a leaf green)</p>
<p>Oh no, now I want new China! I’ve never had it – we’ve gone through a couple of sets of Corelle. I actually like corelle, but the patterns they have are not that great. Should I try me some Villeroy and Bach? We are hard on things, break things – just klutzy I guess --would it work for a family like us? I’m having my son pick up some Fire and Light stuff (recycled glass) at a seconds sale in Arcata today. I like the glasses, pretty heavy duty. And pretty/shiny!</p>
<p>I looked at some of your lovely china patterns, and now I’m seeing an add for china on every web page I visit, including CC. This is an improvement over Romney/Ryan ads–at least the china is esthetically pleasing and there is some variety in the patterns shown. :)</p>
<p>Oh no! That would be terrible. Thank you for sharing the information, as it saved me a costly mistake. Please let me know how they handle the situation.</p>
<p>Could the grey marks be from the dishwasher prongs? If the divider prongs are stainless steel, or the white plastic is wearing off coated prongs, that could be the reason. </p>
<p>What fun to see everyon’s favorite patterns–love the Green Cockatrice, and the VB Bon Appetit. </p>
<p>I must confess to a china addiction, too. Wedgwood Adams “Lancaster” for everyday–chips badly as it is stoneware; Wedgwood “Kutani Crane” for dressy tables; some outlet Royal Doulton white with a scalloped gold edge for patterned tablecloths; a Pottery Barn red French bold flourish pattern reminiscent of Hermes “Guadalquivar” (sp?), and…that’s all…I’ll admit to. </p>
<p>I miss the beautiful tables featured in the old Bon Appetit magazines. The earthy casual plates don’t provide the visual feast.</p>
<p>This has been a great thread. Now I am researching some Japanese hand painted scenic plates that seem to have been from the 40’s.
One only says-“made in Japan” on the back, but the front is signed. Can’t read it though.maybe something Kitami.</p>
<p>toledo, I will let you know how they respond once I get my act together to photograph the plates. I have never had this problem before (the china I had previously was Mikasa English Countryside - beautiful but it chipped like crazy - before that, Arabia). I have heard that it is a result of stainless flatware touching it in the dishwasher, but I keep the plates away from the silverware basket. </p>
<p>My dishwasher is in good shape, the prongs are completely coated. </p>
<p>I’ve enjoyed looking at all the patterns. One that I have always loved, but never had, is Wedgwood India (yellow, not green):</p>
<p>Haha, this is a dangerous thread! Because of this thread I went to an estate sale over the weekend, and I bought some cute stangl dishes. Not a complete set – but four and five of everything, along with a teapot and some big platters. Which is fine, I’ve never had a complete set of dishes before anyway. What we had before this purchase were a few mismatched Corelle plates. I was actually looking to buy some more Corelle before I started reading this thread. I couldn’t find any Corelle, though, that was aesthetically pleasing to me, so I held off. Then I started reading this thread and started lusting after something different.</p>
