How old are your dinger plates?

[Ikeasucks]

Just that really - bought mine10/11 years ago - day in/day out. Only set i have but still going fairly strong

22 years old. Plates are fine, bowls not weathered the years as well.

Mine are from 25-30 years ago (plain white), but my favorite plates for everyday use are from around 1920ish.

I haven’t really got a set as we didn’t have any wedding china, just a crappy set from Woolies that’s long gone. I’ve got 6 Wedgewood Seville dinner plates that I’ve had about 15 years that I got for next to nothing in the outlet topped up with various IKEA and a few mismatched Villeroy & Boch that I pinched off my mum about 30 years ago.

Eventually I’ll inherit my mother’s Midwinter Spanish Garden set which I guess must be 50 years old as it was their wedding china.

Mine are Denby Potter's Wheel, bought in the late 1970s, so about fifty years old, and used everyday.

Oh, Spanish Garden is a lovely pattern!

Mine were about 30 odd years old, Churchill Somerset fruits and were getting a bit worn, I could only replace them on eBay which was a bit hit and miss so got a whole new set of Denby Regency Green which I can easily replace if needed, I bought my new crockery in theJanuary Sales and it will probably outlast me

Pasta bowls I bought when I had my first house a decade ago- our dinner plates were donated from a family clearing out their kitchen. We hardly buy anything new (except mattresses). It's not a money thing it just doesn't seem much point wasting perfectly good things and our family look after their things. I don't really care if everything matches.

About 5 years, as I bought them soon after moving into this house. Before that I had a random collection of cheapie ones I had picked up over the years.

I'm not sure exactly but I have 3 dinner and some side plates that were already 2nd hand when I got given them 18 years ago so they are at least 20+ years old but probably older than that. and another few side plates that must be at least 20 years old and the rest of my dinner plates I got free with a box of wine about 7-8 years ago, most of my cups are at least 15 years old but some are over 20.

Iv had a think and I think apart from a couple of cups and a couple of soup bowls the wine plates are my youngest crockery. Oh and I got some lovely "Christmas" plates a couple of years ago too.

My Royal Doulton wedding dinner and tea set are 28 years old.
My Portmeirion Christmas china is 1-20 years old. I buy a few pieces every year or so.
My Noritake everyday white china is about 15 years old. I have just bought some more bowls and mugs from Chinasearch so I am back to having a full set again. It does suffer a bit from teenage boys in the kitchen.

My Dad still uses a plate he had at university. He is now 90.

15yrs old. Portmerion Botanic garden.
Bit wanky but they're robust and will probably be produced for decades to come.
I think I've only broken a couple of pieces.

Gooing some of these brands- do people really spend £300+ on a set of plates

*googling

Just read the whole thread and remembered I also have 8 Villeroy and Boch huge charger plates along with some serving dishes that I rescued (with permission) from my neighbours skip about 10 years ago.

I also have some pressed glass plates that I got from a charity shop years ago. They are really old. Then there is a small collection of Cornish Blue that I started collecting on my first visit to Cornwall 21 years ago.

Believe it or not I am supposed to be decluttering. I think I have a bit of a crockery addiction.

Well as people have pointed out a £300 set may last 30 years, so why not

About five years old but have only been in daily use for six months or so, since we realised that there was no point having 'nice' plates in a box in a cupboard while using chipped, cracked, mismatched 20-year-old ones. DH smashed one at Christmas though.

Chinasearch is brilliant for finding replacement pieces. Or maybe EBay.

Well as people have pointed out a £300 set may last 30 years, so why not

Equally a set costing £30 may last just as long, so it's not the case that you get what you pay for in terms of durability. With the expensive ones you are paying for the brand, design and the enjoyment you might get from having 'proper' crockery.

Our oldest set of crockery is not far off 30 years of age and they probably didn't even cost £30, let alone £300.

I also said upthread about not being sure my Denbys were worth the high price - they scratched quite quickly, with hindsight, I probably should have looked into returning them.

43 years, I have topped up using E Bay and an antique shop that had a box full.

I bought a whole new set about 6 months ago that we use for everyday.
But then I’ve got my “naice” dinner service which belonged to my Nan & Grandad - it was a wedding gift and they got married in 1952! It only comes out on special occasions like Christmas!

I’ve also got a beautiful tea set that belonged to my Nan which is from the 1950’s too. My grandad picked it up in Hong Kong on his way back from war in Korea. It’s absolutely stunning and I darent use it!

100 years plus. All bought at flea markets for pence. Asiatic pheasant pattern dinner plates and Wedgwood green leaf side plates. None of it matches properly because it was all from different batches with years in between.I don't like matching stuff.

I've got some that are 20 years old. The ones we use every day, we've had about 5 years.

I had lots of pretty vintage ones. Then learned that old ones were usually painted with lead so got new plain white ones a few weeks ago.