I love this pattern of china. This was Grandmother's everyday china pattern. Before she had this, she had the blue willow pattern but it eventually went away and she replaced it with this pattern. She got it from the Monroe Hardware Store since Granddad worked there. It was a part of my growing up. Almost every meal I had at her house except for Sunday lunch or holidays was served on this china. Oh, wonderful memories of eating off of these dishes (and I still do!)
When we were dividing up her estate, everyone took one piece of the Old Britain Castles as a keepsake. I chose the serving platter. I remember many family breakfasts when this platter would be heaped with piles of scrambled eggs surrounded by sausage. I can smell the aroma still! Well, no one really wanted the rest of the china so of course I took it. It stayed packed away for years with only my using that before mentioned serving platter. I finally decided to get it all out just to see what I had. Dinner plates, luncheon plates, salad plates, cups, saucers, serving bowls, soup bowls, etc. All different numbers, very few complete place settings but I don't care. There are chips and cracks in many of the pieces but I still love them. And they do fine in the dishwasher too haha!
Sometimes, when I am out thrifting and antiquing, I will pick up a piece here or there that I don't have but not too often. I have the dishes up in my kitchen cabinets now and I use them weekly. One day they will belong to someone else, I hope, but in the meantime it is another way for me to honor the memory of Grandmother every time I use one of these pieces. I love that!
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