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I came across this beautiful handmade stoneware yesterday, the image of their Coupe Line in French Gray was kind of one of those dinnerware orgasms… lol, kind of like when I found the black china by Mikasa in Leesburg.

It goes like this… “OoooooAhhhh!” … “Eeewwwwwohhhh…”

Step one, seeing it and immediately lusting for it, and then seeing the price and crashing back to reality. Paying $30 per plate for fine china isn’t so bad, but not for stoneware, eggh… I just can’t imagine it, but then it is rather a premium handmade stoneware sort of item.

Anyway, take a look, you’ll love it too, but just keep in mind that it would costs hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of dollars to complete a decent sized set of services. Awesome stuff at Heath Ceramics, just quite a bit beyond my pricerange, for non-fine-china dinnerware, lol.

Oh, and I did find the fine china of my dreams at the Mikasa store, but… ehh, it’s Mikasa, and when I looked it up online I found it was ALREADY being discontinued, egads! You can see it here though: Black Platinum Accent China. Interesting to note, a service for eight of the black china is less expensive than the Heath Stoneware.

I’ve pretty much decided to forget the fine china for now and stock up on Ikea’s 365+ series dinnerware, it’s porcelain, so technically it’s china, as compared to stoneware or earthenware, and well… I can get a service for six for less than a single service of the “fine china” with round AND square plates, pasta bowls, rice bowls, and cups & saucers… perfect. The other super good benefit is that if someone were to break a plate, as is known to happen, the replacement cost is only a few dollars versus $25 or more PER plate.

Someday I will have a place setting that costs in the $200 range, including flatware, but I just can’t justify that amount of cash anytime soon, lol… I mean, hello… a service for six would be $1200! This is some awesome modernist flatware, but, uhm… $115 per place setting, ouch.