Are people still interested in fine table linens any more?
I inherited a lovely collection from 1-2 generations back that I used to use years ago when I entertained often, but those days are long gone.
Would anyone like my MIL’s Baccarat? Or the hand crocheted tablecloths my paternal grandmother made?
My son has made it clear he does not want any of our stuff.
Mine are polyester and that makes a big difference.
I also don’t have much competition…
And I’m not a millionaire (yet).
So is the interest there? Yes, but it’s not an item that flies off the shelf very fast. There’s still groups out there that do over the top table settings (Beautiful Table Settings is the Facebook group). And since I can customize some, that makes me special (along with the 500 other quirks I have).
My mother in law is still trying to give me her mother in law’s china.
Who is the manufacturer? What is the name of the pattern?
I haven’t got a clue. I’ve never seen the stuff. It’s currently in storage, I think.
You know, they are just useful dishes. You could use them every night and every morning, put them through the dishwasher and just use them up as though you bought them on sale from Walmart.
That may be what we do with my Waterford crystal and Coalport china.
They are heavy, fragile, heavy, bulky, and heavy. Also, they weigh a ton. Maybe even a tonne.
Also, I am the dishwasher.
Replacements.com can be a useful place to sell or buy old dishes and china if you don’t want to do it yourself.
I bought a VERY expensive plate from them when I wrecked one in the microwave at my friend’s country house. It came in perfect condition, beautifully packed.
I’m glad to know Replacements.com is still in business. I have many beautiful pieces of china that might be of interest to them.
I used to sell in antique stores but sadly few walk-in buyers are interested in vintage and antique china no matter how good the quality or condition.
When I was growing up, we used the good china for special holiday dinners – Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter. It made the holiday more special. Today most young people have never eaten off real china or used a napkin made of cloth while dining.
That was a fun website to view.
They still do so at my house, where I continue the antique standards of gracious living I learned from several generations, if only a few days per year. Our descendants, many who still live in apartments and have little storage space, will either sell everything at an estate sale or donate to any non-profit willing to take it. Can’t see my husband, if I predecease him, cleaning silver or digging out the plates and wine-glasses from the china-cabinet. As for the lace runners and the multi-color napkins carefully chosen to match the plate’s border…
The man-of-the house has become the cook, for which I am forever grateful, for holiday meals where we eat brisket, boiled/fried shrimp and other Southern delicacies. He’ll slap the food down on paper plates, throw out high-quality plastic forks/ knives and slam a roll of paper towels in the middle of the table.
Love this part. Gives me a place to get something to blow my nose with too!
I tried doing this today for the annual Thanksgiving repast, with unfavorable results.
It seems that the consensus of predictions indicates that I’ll be fortunate if I get out of the doghouse in time for Christmas dinner… 
Well as a “Dogtamer”, I suppose you will be welcomed, and given a smothering of good licks while biding your time in da doghouse.
I did too, as in yesterday as it is 3:20 EST Friday. You are correct. It is not appreciated by the fairer sex. I was going to say another word related to our fine furry friends. Though I may be banned from the NSFE. Oh wait am I in the right place???