Whether for breakfast à deux or a banquet for 100, antique dinnerware makes a memorably smart table. Skip to main content. Open Navigation Menu. ... View a slide show of exquisite antique china.

After the company stopped producing dinnerware in 1973 (before starting up again in the 1980s), people started collecting the pieces in earnest — today, it's "the most collected brand of china ...

If you are preparing for holiday dinner parties and you intend to use your grandmother's antique china plates or your mother's vintage mixing bowls, here are some tips.

How to shop for vintage plates and dinnerware There is a distinct charm in a set of good-quality plates that feels well-worn-in, both aesthetically and functionally.

Vintage china set was made in America in '20s. Updated: Oct. 22, 2009, 7:01 p.m. ... Replacement value for your circa 1920s dinnerware would probably be in the $550 to $700 range.

Each set comes with four dinner plates, four salad plates, and four bowls and reviewers say these dishes even feel like fine china. The Pioneer Woman Agatha 12-Piece Dinnerware Set, Blue $50 ...

Determine if your dinnerware is safe to use. Since 1971, the Food and Drug Administration established and began enforcing limits on leachable lead in ceramics and tableware.

Vintage dishware doesn't have to gather dust in the china cabinet. Outdated table settings, such as a stack of your grandmother's old plates or a bundle of used mugs you scooped up at Salvation ...

It’s time for the vintage china dishes, silver serving pieces and old glassware to bust out of our china cabinets and finally take their rightful place on our tables.

At dinner tables and restaurants around the country, vintage plates, even the flowery variety often dismissed as “granny china,” are making a comeback. There’s a move to homier place ...

As long as you take precautions and use common sense, your Syracuse China won't explode in the kiln. You can glaze and fire your new dishes, plates and cups safely. Last weekend, thousands of ...