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child of grace
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 274,600
August 2006
Posts: 7,286
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biochemipea
likes shiny things
PeaNut 114,614
November 2003
Posts: 19,605
Layouts: 450
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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Mine is Homer Laughlin Eggshell Nautilus in Aristocrat:
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*2GirlsMama*
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 50,618
September 2002
Posts: 5,258
Layouts: 49
Loc: nwLA
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Mine is Lenox Solitaire -- plain bone china with a platinum band.
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Lisa
We have often asserted and we affirm it yet again that no fact in history is better attested than the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. It must not be denied by any who are willing to pay the slightest respect to the testimony of their fellow men. That Jesus, who died upon the cross, and was buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, did literally rise again from the dead. (excerpted from Dance Your Shoes Off, Second Baptist Church)
Rachel (13), Sarah Beth (9), and sweet baby Jay (4)
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busypea
boring + nerdy
PeaNut 52,817
October 2002
Posts: 25,508
Layouts: 145
Loc: Oregon
| Posted: 1/31/2013 3:58:13 PM
We have a few.
Wedgwood Palatia (this is our wedding china)
Wedgwood White
Lenox Sleighride for Christmas
Lenox Chirp (still building our collection of this - this will become our everyday set soon)
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biochemipea
likes shiny things
PeaNut 114,614
November 2003
Posts: 19,605
Layouts: 450
Loc: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 1/31/2013 4:03:13 PM
I LOVE that chirp set and totally thought about buying it for everyday. |
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maryannscraps
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 75,215
March 2003
Posts: 6,452
Layouts: 2
Loc: massachusetts
| Posted: 1/31/2013 4:06:10 PM
Mine is Aynsley Shelbourne
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busypea
boring + nerdy
PeaNut 52,817
October 2002
Posts: 25,508
Layouts: 145
Loc: Oregon
| Posted: 1/31/2013 4:07:03 PM
I know! I love it too. I am about ready to make the switch, even though I haven't bought any serving pieces for it yet. I can always sub in plain white pieces, etc.. It's so pretty. I love our current everyday dishes too (Wedgwood Sarah's Garden) but we've had them for almost 14 years now and I'm ready for a change.
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eebud
Doxie Pea Mom
PeaNut 52,841
October 2002
Posts: 31,233
Layouts: 25
| Posted: 1/31/2013 4:12:22 PM
My main china is Wedgwood Florentine in Turquoise
Wedgwood Florentine in Turquoise
Wedgwood brought this pattern out in different colors like a green and a yellow. I think turquoise was the original color and I think the only color still made. It can't be bought in the U.S. though. I have seen it in London and in Tokyo. |
 
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busypea
boring + nerdy
PeaNut 52,817
October 2002
Posts: 25,508
Layouts: 145
Loc: Oregon
| Posted: 1/31/2013 4:13:29 PM
Ashley,
I don't know if this would be available in Canada, but Macy's is having a buy 1, get 1 free sale on Chirp (and other patterns) through Feburary 18. Just FYI  | |
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JustCallMeMommy
Magical Pea
PeaNut 62,544
January 2003
Posts: 11,132
Layouts: 31
Loc: Brandon, MS
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CMHS
PeaAddict
PeaNut 407,137
January 2009
Posts: 1,023
Layouts: 0
Loc: New Jersey
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Noritake "Shenandoah" Picked it out 25 years ago and I still love it.
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biochemipea
likes shiny things
PeaNut 114,614
November 2003
Posts: 19,605
Layouts: 450
Loc: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 1/31/2013 4:20:27 PM
Thanks, Busypea, that is good to know. We don't have Macy's stores here, but there is one less than an hour drive from me across the border.
I also promised myself I wasn't going to buy any dishes until my kitchen is done and I've decided what kind of colours I'm going with. But nice to know I can maybe get them on sale if I want to. That would be a great deal!
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TheBiscuitScraps
Bubbie is my most prized title.
PeaNut 99,833
August 2003
Posts: 5,226
Layouts: 2
Loc: Raleigh, North Carolina
| Posted: 1/31/2013 4:32:51 PM
Snow Lily by Lenox
and
Bellcrest by Noritake
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CADoodlebug
Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy
PeaNut 178,445
November 2004
Posts: 17,135
Layouts: 0
Loc: Northern California
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Windsong by Lenox. It's retired. My mom had 2 12-place
complete sets of Noritake china plus all the serving
pieces that my dad got in Japan in the 50's when he
was there on cruise with his submarine. Paid something
like $29 a set. I rarely use mine so didn't
get one of her sets when she passed away. |
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twinks
PeaNut
PeaNut 97,686
July 2003
Posts: 383
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 1/31/2013 4:46:21 PM
I had Lenox Solitaire as my wedding china. 14 place settings, serving pieces, and sterling silver place plates. This was my trouseau. I choose it to go with my mother's china when we had big parties. She had Lenox, a white on white pattern with a silver rim. It is the only thing that I feel really bad about not getting when I divorced, but, then again, who would want the memories.
My mother gave me my grandmother's china. It is Noritake Bellemead. 12 place setting and serving pieces. It it perfect for me. I have replaced the sterling silver place plates and was given my mother's sterling silver goblets. I was also given my mother's sterling silver flatware. I polish 
I use my china quite a bit. I use it for special occasions, celebrations and whenever I feel like it. I would say that my average is about 10-15 times a year.
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Iowa_girl
PeaNut
PeaNut 225,620
October 2005
Posts: 427
Layouts: 0
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BioChemPea!!!
I have the same china! It was my Mom's and it is very special to me. I love the square plates.
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pennyring
Thrift Ninja
PeaNut 226,011
October 2005
Posts: 22,492
Layouts: 40
Loc: Rite Aid
| Posted: 1/31/2013 5:01:14 PM
We ALMOST registered for Chirp, but I decided we didn't need china. I have 3 sets of "good" dishes, but none are china. Still like Chirp though!  |
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h&hmommy
PeaAddict
PeaNut 337,614
September 2007
Posts: 1,300
Layouts: 0
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Lenox Fruits of Life. Still love it after almost 18 years. | |
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biochemipea
likes shiny things
PeaNut 114,614
November 2003
Posts: 19,605
Layouts: 450
Loc: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 1/31/2013 5:07:42 PM
No way, Iowa girl! So funny. I love square plates, too. My mom gave me a huge set a few years ago for my birthday, and I think one of the reasons she chose that pattern for me is because of the square plates. |
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Jenny Lilac
For Esme with Love and Squalor
PeaNut 45,964
August 2002
Posts: 11,639
Layouts: 276
Loc: Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts
| Posted: 1/31/2013 5:13:29 PM
My wedding china was Palatial Platinum by Mikasa - see it here.
I also have my great grandmother's wedding china, which is called "Autumn Leaves" but I can't seem to find a pic online. |
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jennifercw
5,000 FINALLY!
PeaNut 52,019
October 2002
Posts: 6,525
Layouts: 50
| Posted: 1/31/2013 5:27:35 PM
I didn't register for china when I got married but inherited some from my nana. It's Iroquois Grecian Gold by Ben Seibel - made in 1959 and only found now at replacements.com and occasionally ebay and etsy!
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NanaKate
My Grandkids Are Cuter Than Yours! ;)
PeaNut 135,321
March 2004
Posts: 9,759
Layouts: 0
Loc: Baytown, TX
| Posted: 1/31/2013 5:44:53 PM
Mine is Old Country Roses by Royal Albert. I still love it today! |
Kathie
"Write it on your heart that those you love are the greatest gifts of all." | |
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mrse
PeaNut
PeaNut 578,606
January 2013
Posts: 36
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 1/31/2013 5:44:59 PM
My china is no longer available. It is Calla Lily by Mikasa. It is all white with a raised calla lily design on one side. I have matching silver. My wedding flowers were calla lilies. We rarely use it. I do have a Christmas set by Spode. Our everyday is Fiesta ware. I really need to pull down the good china and use it more often! The pictures here are beautiful-love the turquoise place settings! I think I may inherit my mom's china that was passed down to her from her mom. It's red and white-kind of like a toile design.I can't remember the name of the design or company. | |
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CreativeEngineer
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 134,808
March 2004
Posts: 6,157
Layouts: 4
Loc: East Coast
| Posted: 1/31/2013 5:47:02 PM
I have three current sets and one from my Grandmother.
My wedding china is Lenox Eternal
I added Christmas China, Lenox Holiday that coordinates with the Eternal pattern.
And recently bought a set of Lenox Opal Innocence.
I LOVE dishes! |
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cocoanmom
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 285,775
November 2006
Posts: 2,624
Layouts: 31
| Posted: 1/31/2013 6:03:57 PM
I have a few sets. I love dishes.
My Wedding China is
Noritake La Prada
La Prada
I have these for everyday during the summer.One of my favorite patterns
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Carolina Girl 71
AncestralPea
PeaNut 217,388
August 2005
Posts: 4,962
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mommythreee
PeaNut
PeaNut 519,746
September 2011
Posts: 167
Layouts: 0
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i have Lennox Gramercy...its bone chine with the signature gold pipe and a tiny calla lilly....i still love this pattern 25 years later. | |
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obsidian
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 300,909
March 2007
Posts: 2,154
Layouts: 1
Loc: Waikato
| Posted: 1/31/2013 6:11:11 PM
I have a Noritake set Espana. I had side dishes but they are long gone. My father bought it when he had cataracts. It's very strongly geometric to make up for his lack of colour sense.
Noritake
I keep it because he bought it for me.
Edited. I used to have the sugar bowl and milk jug in storage, I wonder if I still do I liked the sugar bowl.
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MommyofTriplets
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 141,375
April 2004
Posts: 2,703
Layouts: 57
Loc: NE Ohio
| Posted: 1/31/2013 6:14:04 PM
That Lenox Chirp set is gorgeous!!
My wedding china is Noritake Greenbrier - I still love it!
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AussieMeg
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 51,689
October 2002
Posts: 6,752
Layouts: 16
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
| Posted: 1/31/2013 6:31:45 PM
Oh lordy, I am such a bogan!! I don't have any 'good' china. I don't really have any need for good china, and to be honest (don't hate me LOL!) I really dislike patterned china. It looks really old fashioned to me, and I prefer modern stuff.
My everyday dinner sets are bright colours - 2 each of green, yellow, orange and blue. Certainly NOT to everyone's taste! Next time I buy a dinner set I will buy plain white and use it for everyday and also for 'good'. | |
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agnes
PeaFixture
PeaNut 11,430
February 2001
Posts: 3,684
Layouts: 23
Loc: No. CA 95610
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I have several:
Noritake Severy
Mikasa Monte Carlo
For every day we use either: Johnson Brothers Day in June,
Mikasa Sea Quest, or Macys Hotel Collection bone china
In white
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obsidian
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 300,909
March 2007
Posts: 2,154
Layouts: 1
Loc: Waikato
| Posted: 1/31/2013 6:53:08 PM
Oh lordy, I am such a bogan!! I don't have any 'good' china. I don't really have any need for good china, and to be honest (don't hate me LOL!) I really dislike patterned china. It looks really old fashioned to me, and I prefer modern stuff.
For my good china I mostly use plain cream plates with a gold trim. They were frightfully expensive once, but I found then in an import shop. I wish I had bought more than just 4 settings. The 4 place settings hog the china cabinet though. | |
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Peal
Hello, is this thing on?
PeaNut 60,761
January 2003
Posts: 8,529
Layouts: 28
Loc: Who's asking?
| Posted: 1/31/2013 7:16:36 PM
Mine is Noritake Squirewood
I picked it out 20 years ago. I still like it, but if something terrible where to happen to it in a move, I'd replace it with a much simpler style. |
Christina
You can't argue with popularity. Well, you could, but you'd be wrong.
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Runner5
Pea All You Can Pea!
PeaNut 36,843
April 2002
Posts: 16,621
Layouts: 25
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love, love, love Chirp 
Ours is India by Wedgewood:
and Casual Elegance by Lenox (which reminded me of British creamware)
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obsidian
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 300,909
March 2007
Posts: 2,154
Layouts: 1
Loc: Waikato
| Posted: 1/31/2013 8:13:55 PM
Ours is India by Wedgewood:
DH wouldn't let me buy any. *Sigh* | |
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moonpetal27
PeaNut
PeaNut 147,457
May 2004
Posts: 279
Layouts: 11
Loc: Indiana
| Posted: 1/31/2013 8:28:32 PM
lenox butterfly meadow.
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Oregon
PeaNut
PeaNut 448,954
December 2009
Posts: 279
Layouts: 0
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I have Christian Dior Tabriz
and Christian Dior White
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rachelg
PeaNut
PeaNut 43,887
July 2002
Posts: 494
Layouts: 342
Loc: NC
| Posted: 1/31/2013 9:18:08 PM
Lenox Carolina. Retired but you can still find it on Ebay and Replacements.
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Pea-T-A-Mom
Scrapmaven is stalkin my Kitteh!
PeaNut 159,334
July 2004
Posts: 13,508
Layouts: 0
Loc: Left Coast
| Posted: 1/31/2013 9:22:35 PM
We registered for china, Lenox Solitaire, and received 3 place settings as gifts. Most of our guests went off registry, which we were totally thrilled by!
We only registered at the urging of my stepmother, who insisted we had to give people that option. Most of our guests gave us gifts they had chosen for us, and I have to say that since we were older than the typical just starting out types, was preferable. We already had a house, most basic furnishings, so our friends gave us fun things and thrills.
But, back to topic, we received 3 settings of our china. We decided not to shell out the money for the rest (though we were established in our household, we paid for most of the wedding ourselves, and the Honeymoon 100 % ), so we decided to return the china and purchase a coffee maker and some serving platters that we could put to use right away.
Several years later, we inherited a set of china, which takes up space in our dining room storage. We very rarely use it - it has eight dinner plates, but seven of all other plates, teacups, saucers, salad plates. So generally it would be overkill if we had a couple over, and not enough if we had more over. |
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IScrapCrap
PeaAddict
PeaNut 570,639
October 2012
Posts: 1,127
Layouts: 0
Loc: pea formerly known as GIPfunny
| Posted: 1/31/2013 9:23:24 PM
I have no idea. My MIL was so sad I didn't get any for my wedding, I got some hand me downs from 1 of her six sisters. It's white, grayish-silver with pinecones and says made in Japan. Not ugly, but sitting in my basement collecting dust. 
p.s. I was a good DIL and never complained. She was just trying to be nice. | |
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gorgeouskid
You gots to access your uncrazy side.
PeaNut 83,119
April 2003
Posts: 9,793
Layouts: 10
| Posted: 1/31/2013 9:24:47 PM
Lenox Liberty.
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Leone
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 27,235
January 2002
Posts: 5,834
Layouts: 0
Loc: Margaritaville at The Islands (Gilbert, AZ)
| Posted: 1/31/2013 9:29:15 PM
Lenox Autumn and Spode Christmas Tree
Love the Lenox Chirp...I might need that! | |
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Runner5
Pea All You Can Pea!
PeaNut 36,843
April 2002
Posts: 16,621
Layouts: 25
| Posted: 1/31/2013 9:43:46 PM
I still want Autumn (Lenox) - so beautiful!
I think reading the pairings is as interesting as the patterns themselves. |
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BethAnneM
Hermetically sealed for your protection
PeaNut 95,504
July 2003
Posts: 7,485
Layouts: 0
Loc: Cali Baby
| Posted: 1/31/2013 9:54:06 PM
Royal Albert Old Country Roses. I love it in all its old lady glory!! I have the tea set and other serving pieces too.
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IScrapCrap
PeaAddict
PeaNut 570,639
October 2012
Posts: 1,127
Layouts: 0
Loc: pea formerly known as GIPfunny
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TXDancermom
PeaFixture
PeaNut 146,748
May 2004
Posts: 3,706
Layouts: 1
| Posted: 1/31/2013 9:57:36 PM
Mine is Tuxedo by Lenox - cream with a gold band, goes nicely with some antique white with gold china that was my great grandma's.
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busypea
boring + nerdy
PeaNut 52,817
October 2002
Posts: 25,508
Layouts: 145
Loc: Oregon
| Posted: 1/31/2013 10:00:03 PM
Still love your India, Mary
jennifercw - That is a really cool pattern! I love it.
obsidian - I like yours too. Great vintage style, and a sweet story
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Gravity
PeaAddict
PeaNut 371,428
April 2008
Posts: 1,771
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 1/31/2013 10:06:37 PM
My china is Noritake Blue Hill.
My casual dishes are Mikasa Italian Countryside. | |
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Wendy J.
PeaAddict
PeaNut 164,754
August 2004
Posts: 1,647
Layouts: 33
Loc: North Dakota
| Posted: 2/1/2013 12:05:42 AM
My wedding china is Noritake Sweet Leilani
and my everyday is
Aura by pfaltzgraff, which is so old, it is retired now!!!
I have been looking since before Christmas for new everyday. My pfaltzgraff has worn so awesome, that I will probably get that brand again. |
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weaser
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 25,393
December 2001
Posts: 2,927
Layouts: 55
Loc: Texas
| Posted: 2/1/2013 12:38:24 AM
From my wedding I have Noritake Rothschild. This one retired in 2009.
I inherited Noritake Antigua from my mom. This one retired in 1976.
In the past few years, my mom and MIL have started giving me
Lenox Winter Greetings for Christmas. |
Leisa - GO VOLS!
Completed 2010: 85
Completed 2011: cards - 16; los - 70
Completed 2012: cards - 26; los - 36
Completed 2013: cards - 0; los - 4
Apr goal: cards 0/4; los 4/4
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