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Few tableware designs capture the spirit of everyday British life quite like Wood’s Beryl Ware. Instantly recognisable in its soft green tones and gently ribbed form, it is a design that many people have grown up with, often without ever knowing its name. Practical, durable and...

We’ve added another varied selection of discontinued china and replacement pieces to the website this week, including a hard to find Denby Monsoon mug, always sought after Poole Pottery Sky Blue plates, and a few more unusual decorative plates from Coalport, Royal Worcester and Wedgwood. Take a look below to see if your pattern is amongst the latest arrivals.

When people talk about replacing china, one of the most common questions is, “When will my set be complete?”

It sounds like a simple idea. A full dinner service, everything matching, nothing missing. But in reality, the idea of a “complete” set is not quite as fixed as it might first seem.

In fact, for most people, a set is never truly finished. It simply evolves.

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.