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Green celadon carp plate - goldfish design, 10"D

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Lord alone knows who I bought my Chinese celadon carp dishes from twenty years ago, but as hard on them as I am, I still have nearly all of them. I have & use only these dishes (with a coupla other bowls), so they've worked hard since I bought them. I regularly use them in the mic & storing leftovers, so I'm certainly not babying them. One might think that "hand washing" implies extra care, but I think that secure placement in a dishwasher rack is much less likely to produce the chips, cracks & smashes that old-fashioned porcelain sinks & clumsy, hasty hands just about guarantee. Considering how successful a dish-killer I've been since little-kidhood, these have held up remarkably well.

Originally I had eight each of the 10" dinner plates, 7" lunch plates (called salads here), 5" side plates, 6" shallow bowls, 4" deep bowls, tea cups & saucers, sauce dishes, soup spoons, & chopstick rests, plus a huge platter and large serving bowl. I've moved four times since I bought them, & despite the rough help of friends (kindly, but seriously uninspired & non-professional movers), I still have all but 3 large plates, 3 large bowls, 1 lunch plate, and 1 small bowl.

One drawback for some might be the celadon color, which I happen to especially love. One old friend hated "eating on green plates," but his taste was also pretty wretched in many other areas so, so much for his opinion! I love eating from them, love having them to look at, & all in all, continue quite content with them. And though not as light as, say, Corelle, they're not as horribly heavy as some stoneware, either, which my arthritic morning fingers are grateful for. They're not all that expensive for being a lovely and tangible link with history, IMHO- Tho' of course I paid far less for mine, so long ago!