Tableware Blog

Denby “Troubador” is one of the most elegant and understated floral designs produced by Denby Pottery in the 1970s. With its hand painted magnolias and leaves in soft greens and browns, lifted by touches of pink, it is a pattern admired for its simplicity as...

We’ve added another varied selection of discontinued china and replacement pieces to our website this week, including the elegant Denby Mist Falls, the strikingly distinctive Midwinter Rangoon, and the ever popular Wedgwood Argosy. If you are trying to track down a missing piece, do take...

If you have ever searched for a replacement piece and found plenty of one item but almost none of another, you are certainly not alone. It is one of the most common frustrations when trying to replace or complete a discontinued china set.

The pattern is right, the era is right, the maker is right… but the one piece you actually need seems to have vanished without trace.

So why does this happen? Why do some items appear regularly, while others seem almost impossible to track down?

Denby “Gypsy” is one of the most distinctive and characterful tableware designs produced by Denby Pottery in the 1970s. With its soft dusky pink glaze, gently curving shapes and bold floral decoration, it offers a very different look from the darker, more heavily banded designs that many people associate with Denby.

We’ve added another varied selection of discontinued china and replacement pieces to our website this week, including some particularly unusual Poole Pottery Peach & Seagull finds, the ever popular Wood’s Beryl Ware, and classic favourites such as Johnson Bros Heritage and Royal Doulton Lynnewood. If you are trying to track down a missing piece, do take a look below to see whether your pattern is amongst this week’s latest arrivals.

At first glance, it seems simple.

You’ve got a plate. You find the same pattern. You replace it.

Job done.

Except… when it arrives, it’s not quite the same.

The colour feels slightly different. The pattern looks a little stronger, or softer. Maybe the glaze catches the light in a different way.

And suddenly you’re thinking… have I ordered the wrong thing?

We’ve added another varied selection of discontinued china and replacement pieces to our website this past week, including the distinctive Churchill Herat, the ever-popular Marks & Spencer Harvest, and the elegant Spode Chinese Rose.

If you’re looking to complete a set or replace a well-used favourite, take a look below to see if your pattern is amongst the latest arrivals.

Poole Pottery Summer Glory is a richly decorated floral design that captures the warmer, more rustic tones of late summer and early autumn. Produced during the same period as Springtime, it offers a deeper, more mature alternative while retaining the practicality and charm of Poole’s...