![]() ![]() So Evening Star or vintage Imari patterns may go well with Gold (or Red) Aves, and the Veronese Accent (etc.) They're fantastic as far as quality goes. If you like to mix and match, you can find variations that complement each other. ![]() Royal Crown Derby has some beautiful, ornate patterns and is available both new and in antique stores or at Replacements. Posted by pie ninja at 10:09 AM on April 5, 2013 Complete sets aren't selling for much these days. If you're still interested in vintage dishware but aren't into the thrifting thing, you can troll some local antique stores for a pattern you like and then look for complete sets on eBay and Etsy. I have found complete or nearly-complete sets of Swiss Alpine, Star Glow, Temporama, and other classic mid-century sets from high-quality makers like Denby and Mikasa for crazy-cheap. (If you have your smartphone with you, the plates will generally have the name of the pattern, and you can see if it's a better-known pattern or not.) If you find most of the set, it's pretty cheap to fill in missing pieces on eBay and Etsy, esp. Whole sets don't sell often, so they tend to hang around waiting for someone who will love them. If you're willing to do it, the best (but not fastest) way to get a terrific set of awesome dishes for crazy-cheap is to start visiting your local thrift store once every week or so. Posted by jph at 9:16 AM on April 5, 2013 A quick search for "colorful china pattern" yielded this Antique Minton dish set as well as this Wedgewood Forentine salad plate combo which are both reasonably priced and seem to fall within your taste preferences. It'll give you the same opportunity to play "We Like This/We Hate This" but you'll also be likely to find something that is reasonably priced. He's got antique hand painted Noritake, he's got Mid-Century Modern Russel Wright and a host of other patterns.Įven if that pattern is not one you like, I'd suggest that you two take a look through some of the china pattern listings on Ebay. His house looks like an antique shop at this point. ![]() Since then he's purchased no fewer than 15 different patterns in varying numbers of place settings. He found a set of Lenox "Mystic" (which was discontinued in 1924) which had a HUGE number of pieces, and sold for a couple hundred dollars. They're found at estate auctions/sales and they're often in excellent condition. The best part about Ebay is that whole sets will be sold for significantly under what Replacements Ltd. My dad has been on what can only be described as an Ebay Spree over the past few years. ![]()
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