Vintage Dish Haul
Finding special vintage dishes is fun! See what I brought home with me in recent weeks, including some extra special items.
Tag: vintage dinnerware
A Small Collection of Harker Pottery
Harkerware is a beautiful vintage dinnerware that I notice as soon as I see it. I especially look for the pieces with creamy white motifs on a color background. They have a special charm in my book. I don’t see it that often, unfortunately. Harker was originally made in East Liverpool, Ohio, starting in 1840, […]
Birthday Cake – What Plates to Choose?
Happy 11th birthday, Diary of a Dishie! The cake is ready, now for the plates. Ah, serving dishes. Not as simple as the cake, which I let the bakery decorate. That was easy. Overall the cake and its bright frosting will be the star of the show. Choosing one pattern from my stash of small […]
Indigo Moon – Sleek and Modern
This kind of dinnerware, in the Indigo Moon pattern, is near the top of my permanent shopping list. I found a little bit more today. Four saucers might not seem like a lot, but I usually find loose cups without them, and I want all the pieces I can find, if the condition and price […]
Chop Platters Round and Sweet
It’s so much fun to use vintage dishes for display pieces to show off some special holiday treats. I went straight to my collection to find a sleek, modern plate to show some pretty Valentine goodies. I love to use my vintage favorites, like these platters. They are beautiful, and really personalize a creative table […]
Vintage Corelle Dinnerware Old Friend
I’m reaching for my Meadow pattern by Corelle most often these days, when I go to my dish cabinet and pull out a vintage dish to use. It’s a pretty spring pattern with pastel colors and bright green details. It was one of the early Corelle patterns in the 1970s, and it was my […]
Vintage Dishes – Just Two – What To Do?
I like to use my vintage china. One challenge: setting a table for a group, when I only have a few of the piece types I want to use to serve the foods I’ve cooked. What can you do, when you have only two? Secondary marketplaces are spotty in their detailed offerings. Yes, there’s lots […]
Vintage Dinnerware for Bohemian Style
The first thing I noticed about bohemian style is how much it reminds me of the 1970s. This trend caught my eye the first time I saw it in a decorating magazine. Many of the photos highlighted “found” items or personal collections based on years of living and travel. Vintage dinnerware, found in many, many […]
Starburst Search Vintage Franciscan China
I’m looking for a few pieces of the Starburst pattern to add to my collection. This is vintage dinnerware from the 1950s and 1960s, with an “atomic” star motif. Think Space Age, Mid-Century Modern, and Mad Men. The shapes are a bit of a twist: not quite round plates and triangular for the tray that […]
Vintage Dinnerware Look Alikes
A question from a reader, Beck, prompts this post. Do you ever see dishes in the marketplace that look a lot like your favorite pattern? And, when you flip, you see a frilly scroll mark with “made in China” under it. Probably not the match to grandma’s china. I’ve seen this kind of mark […]
Confessions of a Dish Flipper
I’m a dish flipper, no doubt about it. Dinnerware is my weakness. My collection of plates, glasses and mugs has outgrown the kitchen cabinet space, moved into other rooms, and headed off toward the hoarders end of the spectrum. Since you’re here, you know that I’ve been writing about, and for a few years selling, […]
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