'Best' china

Morning Glory said:
An absolute pain. If you can't afford servants, forget the silver! I have a few single silver items I use as props for food photos. I use several bits unpolished in that context. Its a vintage look... yeah, I know. :laugh:
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My mom kept the silver set they got for their wedding. I don't know if that goes to me or my sister.

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I'm pretty sure it's not silver, but I got both cutlery sets that my maternal grandparents got as wedding gifts. It's what I use everyday. When my grandparents moved from Mozambique to Portugal they were very poor ( a "riches to rags" story like what happened with most Portuguese who lived in the former African colonies), but they still bought a cheap set of cutlery because they didn't want to use the good ones.
 
Several years ago, MDH called from Costco. They had boxed sets of 6 six-piece settings of Mikasa "everyday" bone china for$100. I had him get two sets. I see similar sets at Costco each year around Thanksgiving/Christmas.
 
Some of my new dishware. I realized I've been calling these "China", because I thought "China" just meant nice dishware, but none of the items I've purchased are actually "China", they're actually ceramic I believe. They're still nice dishware, to be used when I want to feel special :laugh:
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China is a form of ceramic that is vitrified. I think it is more often called porcelain in Europe. The dishes you have look like what we call ironstone in the U.S. It is a ceramic fired at a lower temperature than china. It looks like your collection is growing nicely.
 
blades said:
China is a form of ceramic that is vitrified. I think it is more often called porcelain in Europe. The dishes you have look like what we call ironstone in the U.S. It is a ceramic fired at a lower temperature than china. It looks like your collection is growing nicely.
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Thank you for explaining! Yes, I think we call "China" porcelain here in Portugal. It is considered the finest, most delicate kind of dishware one can own. I wasn't aware of the differences in their production process though. Thank you for explaining that bit.
 
"China", in London, can mean two things.
The first, obviously, is fine porcelain crockery.
The second, as in " 'ello, me old china !, "
means a good friend. Cockney rhyming slang. "China plate" equals "Mate" :cool: :cool: 😆 😆
 
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