Anyone who knows me will testify to the fact that usually I hate having visitors to my home - i'm just not one for entertaining (or dusting for that matter). And if you were to drop by uninvited and unannounced you would be met with a look of horror and daggers. Well, no longer. I can now say that we have actually entertained people for dinner at our house - ok, so they were family who know all about my general aversion to hoovering, but they were guests none-the-less. And, as guests, they were allowed to use the "good china" which is a set of plates and tazzas/comports that I purchased from a Scottish seller on Ebay. I took a gamble after viewing the very blurry photos and scant description and was well and truly delighted with my purchase. I could not believe my luck in buying so many pieces for such a low price - i won't divulge it here or i might blush. Needless to say, the cost of postage was actually more than the final hammer price and even with that I got an absolute steal. My family were very impressed, I think, when they sat there eating their take away curries off it; some seated on the floor round the coffee table because we don't actually have a dining room! Don't ever let it be said that we're not classy in this household ;-)
A couple of close ups of some of the plates. There are several flowers illustrated in the set: carnations, daisies, forget-me-nots, roses, daffodils, cornflowers etc. The grey colour you can see on the plates is not staining or a trick of the light, it's actually a patented glaze design that P.B&S registed which on closer inspection you can see is tiny cherry blossom flowers.
Anyone who knows me will testify to the fact that usually I hate having visitors to my home - i'm just not one for entertaining (or dusting for that matter). And if you were to drop by uninvited and unannounced you would be met with a look of horror and daggers. Well, no longer. I can now say that we have actually entertained people for dinner at our house - ok, so they were family who know all about my general aversion to hoovering, but they were guests none-the-less. And, as guests, they were allowed to use the "good china" which is a set of plates and tazzas/comports that I purchased from a Scottish seller on Ebay. I took a gamble after viewing the very blurry photos and scant description and was well and truly delighted with my purchase. I could not believe my luck in buying so many pieces for such a low price - i won't divulge it here or i might blush. Needless to say, the cost of postage was actually more than the final hammer price and even with that I got an absolute steal. My family were very impressed, I think, when they sat there eating their take away curries off it; some seated on the floor round the coffee table because we don't actually have a dining room! Don't ever let it be said that we're not classy in this household ;-)
A couple of close ups of some of the plates. There are several flowers illustrated in the set: carnations, daisies, forget-me-nots, roses, daffodils, cornflowers etc. The grey colour you can see on the plates is not staining or a trick of the light, it's actually a patented glaze design that P.B&S registed which on closer inspection you can see is tiny cherry blossom flowers.
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