Dinnerware sets include various plate sizes for various uses, taking their names from the foods they are commonly used to serve. Bread, salad or dinner plates are just some of the possibilities.
Names for different sizes vary between manufacturers, or even within the product lines of a single manufacturer over time. Diameter alone will not tell [...]

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Setting your holiday table can be a snap when you choose red and green as your color scheme. So many of us grew up with bright red and green as the holiday decor at home, in shops and at school. These colors will bring back happy Christmas memories from times gone past.
Start with the red [...]

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Okay, OOAK - one of a kind - might be a bit obscure. But not if you’re into vintage dinnerware and china, and love to use those unusual pieces, as well as just looking at them.
It is not necessary to have a complete set of matching tableware to have a great time setting the table [...]

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Orange and black, the traditional Halloween colors for decorations and tableware, have been joined in more recent years by purple and lime green.
Halloween is second only to Christmas as the most-decorated-for holiday, so it’s not surprising that dishes and dinnerware dedicated specifically for October 31 are becoming easier to find.
Some of your vintage china favorites, [...]

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Summer entertaining time is here, and so are the sales on china and dinnerware. You’re thinking about serving corn on the cob, watermelon slices, iced tea and ice cream. Do you have the right pieces?
Here are some items to look for, to add to your tableware set in time for summer parties.

Corn holders. Shaped dishes [...]

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