You might call them appetizer plates or salad plates. I have a "thing" for them. I cannot say what the attraction is exactly. But they fill a need in my life that I apparently have. Let me share with you some of them that I have:
I found these over 30 years ago, at a yard sale in Amarillo, Texas. I bought the set of 12, along with a big salad bowl, for $5. They are of a rather thing porcelain and over the years a few of them got broken. I happened upon a lady selling another partial set on eBay, and bought them. This is when my obsession for small plates began...
I found a set of eight of these at goodwill years ago and thought they would be sweet for Christmas Morning.
Then, a few years ago, I found a set of four of these at a yard sale, for $5. And I thought they would be fun to have to serve crackers and cheese on with a nice glass of wine...
These and the next set are a bit smaller in size...you might call them a Bread Plate size. But they are so cute, a little chunky and heavy... more like pottery. This set of six plates I found at Goodwill a few years back for $1.99 each. They are William Sonoma, and I know they cost a lot more than that! They each have a different wine stamped into them.
These sweet little plates I found at an Estate Sale last year for $8 for the set of six. They are Sur La Table...and you just KNOW they cost more than that in the catalog! What fun for July 4th parties!
This last set of plates I found at Goodwill, for $1.99 each, not long ago. They are called the Millennium Series and are from Pottery Barn. "The Nineties" plat was missing, and I suppose that is why they were disposed of. But it could easily be replaced on eBay...it will however, cost about $20....FOR ONE PLATE!! Right now, I have them listed on eBay...but if they do not sell, they may come back home...
Now you know one of my sordid little addictions...do you have one?...addiction, that is...
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