Vintage Franciscan Fine China Collection

Item Number: 271
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Description
This collection of fine china by Franciscan in the Martinique pattern has a pale, buttery yellow color, embossed matte border and gold trim. Very elegant and beautiful! Set includes 5" sugar bowl with lid, 6" creamer with lid, 6-4" cups and saucers, 6-6" bread and butter plates, 7-10.5" dinner plates and 6-8" salad plates.
From Becky Dietrich (Houzz Design Contributor) about using mixed-china to make unforgettable table settings (see photo from elegantwedding.com):
Dishes — formal or casual — come in sets of four, eight, 12 and even 24 in stores. That’s the way it’s always been, and that’s the way it ought to be.
Says who? After all, where’s the fun in that? Have you ever been to a flea market or garage sale and seen some dishes you just loved, but there were only three, so you passed them up? Truth is, the most memorable table settings I have ever seen were a lovely hodgepodge of patterns and designs — not only the plates, but the flatware and glassware as well.
Ignore the small voice that whines, “You can’t do that!” The reality is, dishes and glassware break, and flatware disappears into a parallel universe. Does that mean we have to go buy new matching sets? Absolutely not. We just need to adjust our thinking away from sets and into mixing. A collection of plates will create table settings your family and friends will marvel over.
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