There's No Use Crying Over Broken China
Monday July 7, 2008
The possibility of breaking a piece of antique china can be a very scary proposition. Whether it's through use, cleaning, storage or moving, accidents can and do happen. Shy of breaking down for a good cry, what can you do when one of your lovely dishes gets broken? Contacting a matching service is a great place to start mending your broken set. Take a look at
There's No Use Crying Over Broken China for some ideas. Have a good resource for replacement china? Post a comment and share with us!
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hi verry interesting how you know about antiques cause we have an old statue and some old rugs written in chinese and we dont know how to price these can you help thanks
Several years ago I inherited a 6 place setting of my grandmother’s silverware. The set had little real value but for me it was priceless… 6 settings did me little good so after investigating the replacement sites, I went to Ebay… For $2 or $3 per piece or less, I was able to have 12 place settings plus serving pieces. I have no idea which are original to my set now. Does it really matter? Now I can actually use it.
I have since done the same with 3 other partial sets of silverware and 4 patterns of china, glassware and transferware. All are paterns 60-100 years old. I am very pleased, had no damage in any of the dozens of auctions and have heirlooms to pass to my own children. (I actually built a set of Lu-Ray for one daughter and a TST Rooster set for another…)
I, by sheer chance, met a lovely women in a lamp store about a year ago. We started chatting and I mentioned to her that I had some broken lamps and china and did she know anyone who could repair them? To my utter amazement, she said that she did that type of work. I took her one item, was so impressed by her work, I then took her five more (I have a clumsy husband who has broken so many things over the years!) Her name is Lynne and her e-mail is moondance711@comcast.net I can personally recommend her workmanship.