That Wedgwood is gorgeous!
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Love the leaves!!! 
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I also have the Sherbrooke pattern. I got married in 1985. The pattern I really wanted was called Crescent Moon, I think. It was plain white with a silver band that looked like a crescent moon around the rim. My mother nixed it, said it was too modern for formal china.
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We have the same Wedgwood pattern!!
Lennox Lace Point is our main china:
I don’t have a table setting picture handy, but it’s my favorite for really formal dinners. With lots of sparkling crystal and silver in a sea of starched white linen, it’s beautiful. The floral pattern is not overwhelming, and the silver rim shines in candlelight.
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My china is Mikasa Solitude. I went through a phase when I wished that I had registered for something more traditional, but I’m back to really liking it again.
For my everyday dinnerware, I lived too many years with Correlle. I decided to finally upgrade last year, and I was focused on stoneware. It wasn’t until I went to Macy’s to look at the couple of patterns that I was considering (didn’t like either one in person), that I saw Lenox Tin Can Alley, marketed as casual china. I’m so happy with my decision to go with it. It wasn’t until I did some research on bone china vs. porcelain vs. stoneware that I was sold on the durability of bone china. Here I always thought it was fragile and to be treated with kid gloves. Tin Can Alley didn’t meet one of my requirements, which was to have pasta bowls. However, Macy’s had some of their hotel collection pasta bowls on clearance that work well with Tin Can Alley.
I also have my mom’s china stored for maybe one of her grandchildren. After reading all the comments, I am going to put it into use in the meantime. Her pattern is Royal Doulton Tiara, 12 place settings plus some serving pieces.
I tried to add pictures, but I got a message: “Sorry, you cannot embed media items in a post.” Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
I agree with others that this thread has been a lot of fun!
I had to upload pics that were in my photos…but for the internet ones, I just posted a link.
Lenox Tin Can Alley
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I honestly am really enjoying reading this thread and even seeing the photos but I have to say I SO am out of the loop of the china world never being interested in the least in having anything other than some everyday dishes.
Anyone for a thread on your favorite paper plates? 
(just kidding, I actually have been working on using less and less disposable food ware including paper napkins)
Keep posting! The only thing I registered for when I got married in 1981 was Pfaltzgraff Folk Art!
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Those are both very pretty!
We are using Royal Doulton St. Moritz for our everyday dinnerware. My mother died in 2013. Not one dish has a crack or anything. It all looks brand new. The stoneware we had had chips in almost every piece.
Here is a dinner plate. It’s been discontinued.
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This thread is no longer “What to do with PARENTS china” but
“I love my china and I want MORE!” (which I’m guilty of too)
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I also have Wedgwood Amherst. Seems to be a popular choice.
My everyday is my parent’s Noritake Whitebrook Noritake, Whitebrook | Replacements, Ltd.
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This is a fun thread. I inherited my china when my great aunt died in 1992. It’s Minton Ancestral. I like it but we never use it. We only have 6 place settings. This group is making me think we should just use it. It looks nice in the cabinet, but why not actually take it out? We have 2 single sons. No one is interested in it at this point. 
https://www.replacements.com/china-minton-ancestral/c/146129
I hope I put that link in correctly.
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I tried to post from my photos, and that is when I received the error message. I should have just posted thinks.
Thanks to thumper for posting the pictures for me!
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Beautiful. Obviously, I lean toward white or almost all-white dishes.
LOL on paper. When we moved to San Diego, we realized that while we had plenty of indoor entertaining ware, we needed unbreakable stuff for outdoor entertaining (especially around the pool). I found a favorite color of paper plates, napkins, and plastic flatware at Party City. Sadly that color was discontinued. But we also needed some service ware, like a chip and dip bowl and plates/bowls for outdoor Meetup and synagogue pot lucks. (We hadn’t run into pot lucks much in Chicagoland.) I spent a lot of time in Homegoods!
My mil gave me a lovely set of china. She had 2 sets so I was gifted one of them.
Unfortunately 2 years ago at thanksgiving, the shelf holding the dishes broke and I lost all of the dishes. I remember my daughter had flown home for thanksgiving and she was asleep. It was so loud and the kid did not wake up!
I’m sad that I no longer have the dishes. But I don’t miss them if that makes sense.
I have Spode Christmas dishes that I love using over Christmas.
My everyday dishes are also Jars. Slightly different style. I bought them several years ago from William Sonoma with a small life insurance policy that my Mom had. I love them but some of my family don’t like the rough unglazed bottom.
I didn’t register for china or silver. I ended up with the set my parents bought when my Dad was stationed in Japan. It is Noritake and pretty but I don’t use it.