Following a Pattern, Setting the Table

Dishes From The Past has most of the major manufacturers such as Lenox,Wedgwood,Royal Doulton,Noritake,and Haviland to name a few. If your pattern is not in stock your name will be added to the data base and you will be notified the minute it's found.

(PRWEB) December 18, 2004 -- The question has bugged generations of families: Who gets Mom's china when there's not enough for everyone? Well where there's a need there's a business. Ida May Fleet and her daughter Jennifer Marcell became china detectives, helping families scrounge up enough china for all the kids.The business grew from Fleet's kitchen to a 6000 square foot building with over one thousand shelves full of dishes, where they buy discontinued china by the set then sell it by the piece.

People tend to buy china when they are married and don't use it much while the kids are young. When the kids are gone they're ready to entertain at home and may need more of their china only to find it's been discontinued. That's when the china detectives come in.

It may be possible to match pieces of an existing set, but in the last few years all the rules of tablesetting have gone out the window. A new salad plate can change the look of a tired set in an instant. Add new colors by putting new dinner plates at every other placesetting. Use cream soups and saucers for a lucious dessert. The ideas are endless and are all waiting to be explored at Dishes From The Past.

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