I have wanted Christmas dishes forever. Scratch that, I have really wanted Christmas china. There are lots of cutesy Christmas patterns, but true to my personality, I wanted something more formal. I knew it would probably be a couple of years until I could afford a nice set. I still don't even have regular china... maybe someday. Anyway, last week at D.I. (Deseret Industries, our local thrift store that is amazing) I showed Nic a set of 4 that I liked. Although he wasn't against me getting them, he did point out that I would not have enough settings to have anyone over. So I decided to just keep my eyes open.
Yesterday I went browsing DI like I love to do frequently. In all actuality I could devote an entire blog to the amazing finds I have found there.Anyway, I spotted these gorgeous dishes in the Christmas section:
Do you see that sticker price? I will come back to that.
These dishes are gorgeous! They are exactly what I would buy if I could buy them brand new. They have a beautiful gold ring on the outside and the perfect holly berries I have always wanted.
My mom has always had Christmas dishes. We would actually eat Thanksgiving dinner on them and then use them for the month of December. I have fond memories of drinking eggnog out of the holly goblets.
So at DI I found 19 plates, 16 bowls, and one platter. I was so thrilled! I could actually host a Christmas dinner now. I immediately hopped online when I got home to see if I could complete my set off eBay or somewhere similar. Well in doing by research I found out that this pattern has been discontinued and that they sell for about $12 per plate on eBay. A full set is around $250. The platter, gravy boat, and casserole dish are all $50-$150 a piece. So good and bad news there. They are more valuable then I thought. I paid 50 cents a piece for them and they are flawless. I only wish it was more affordable to complete my set.
So, if you ever see Gibson "Christmas Charm" dishes let me know! I want salad plates and what I listed above (platters, gravy boat, casserole dish, etc) In the meantime I will start planning my holiday parties to use these dishes. I am so excited!
4 comments:
What a great find! These are beautiful!
I just picked up a set of these (20-piece/4 person dish set) and a completer set (serving plate, serving bowl, creamer, and sugar bwol with lid) at my local grocery store here in Nova Scotia for $20 each.
I hopped online to see about picking up maybe a larger serving platter or some more bowls, and was shocked to see the same set used on ebay for like $180 plus another $130 shipping. Now, thanks to your post (and thanks for mentioning the pattern name, by the way) I'm thinking my impulse to pick up a second set so I can host visitors (as there's already four of us) should absolutely be followed up on as soon as possible. $10 each for a dinner plate!!D:
I too have been wanting a decent set of holiday china forever but the main thing that was stopping me before now was that all the sets I found in stores had mugs instead of tea cups, and I'm old-fashioned enough to want proper tea cups. Mugs just aren't formal. So when I saw these for $20 each I couldn't resist. Think I'll call the store up and have them set me aside another set RIGHT NOW.
You're not going to believe this, but my husband found these dishes at a garage sale the summer. Would you believe! Eight place settings new in the boxes with many serving pieces - all for only $20.00. I cannot wait to use them during the upcoming holiday season!
Well.....I might have found the best deal of all! Yesterday at Goodwill, I found a gorgeous set of 47 pieces of this dinnerware...for $17! (I usually would wait until "Senior Discount Tuesday" for such a "big" price tag, but I knew these wouldn't last!). To top it off, they're in china storage bags. In addition to eight 5-piece place settings, it had a platter, salt & pepper, 2 serving bowls...and I haven't discovered what the other 2 pieces are yet.
Happy for y'all and happy for me!!
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