Antiques people: China question (dishes, not empire)

[politicat]

What's the difference between a regular set of china and a breakfast set? This is most definitely an antique question - it doesn't look like Noritake or Wedgwood still carry breakfast sets.

(I'm re-reading Sense and Sensibility, and the question as to why the Stanhill plates are superior to the Norwood Park plates - especially the breakfast set - is going to keep me up....)

[Nicole]

1. Not as many pieces in a breakfast set

A regular set of china has serving bowls, platters, gravy boat, etc. More sizes of plates such as dinner plate, luncheon plate & salad plate. More bowls like a cereal bowl, soup bowl & dessert bowl

My breakfast set consists of a teapot, creamer, sugar, tea cup, saucer, cereal bowl, a bread & butter plate. Basically a tea set with bowl & plate added to it.

I have snack sets that are only a cup & large plate with an indentation on the plate for the cup.

I'm a china nut. :)

[politicat]

2. I have snack sets, and a full dinner set.

Both inherited. My sisters got the luncheon set and the stoneware. I'm kinda sorta turning into a china nut as (this is going to sound terrible...) my elderly relatives die and leave me their china.

Thanks for the info!

[Nicole]

3. If that's terrible

then I'm terrible right along with you. That's how I got my start also. Then I started researching different pieces I inherited & had to have more that I found along the way.