Anyone know anything about china?

Not I should try

Try: I should rtt

Oops, I see midgey already suggested that
I should try!

Sorry, kittylester ?

There is a firm called Chinasearch online

Fennel

This was back in 2002 when my Mum died and I cleared their house.
They had some beautiful china sets - one was a teaset made of very fragile china from China itself, passed down from GGPs.
I showed some of the pieces to people at local auctioneers but they said there's no demand now.

The reason that fragile eggshell porcelain from Japan or China is not worth much is because it is generally kept in a China cabinet and not used, so doesn't get broken, Fennel.
So I was told anyway.

I have some, luckily I think one of the DD would like it one day.

Sorry for misinformation, Luckygirl, I only heard it was Waring and Gillow.
There are firms which will buy old china because people often look for pieces to complete a set.

There is a tv programme where experts compete with each other to buy items at auctions or car boot sales then resell them and see who makes the most profit. When they have had china items they have taken them to tea rooms who often buy them and we were served afternoon tea at a wedding a few years on pretty china of various patterns so wedding planning companies may be interested as well.

We inherited an entire ‘best’ dinner service from MiL - it had been her mother’s before that. It included everything down to veg dishes and a tureen. I don’t think I ever saw MiL use it. TBH although it was obv. good quality I didn’t care for it at all.

It sat in our garage for at least 15 years before we finally took it to a charity shop, wondering whether even they would want it.

But they did. One thing I’ve learned about charity shops - it’s amazing how people’s tastes differ!

Odd items of vintage tea sets seem very popular now - last summer we attended a wedding where afternoon tea was served entirely on mismatched charity shop china, with garden flowers in teapots. And extremely pretty it all looked, too.
I’ve since heard of others the same.

Try a vintage shop. Before lockdown there were lots of people offering tea parties with vintage China. Might need to wait for things to get back to normal though.

Ivd checked, there was also one in Leicester and I think we bought our Ercol Dining table there.

It is a family heirloom, which I inherited - neither of my siblings wanted/want it. But truly it is never used - it just takes up space on the dresser - space which I need for other things.

There was a W&G on Lord Street in Southport too.

We bought our first lot of furniture from Waring and Gillow. Store has gone now though.

I love china though. I have teacup and saucer from both of my great grandmothers, plus their “best” teapots and full tea set from an Aunt. I use the tea set at Christmas etc, but never the teacups as they are so fragile.

Would none if your family like it lucky. It is a family heirloom after alll?.

I feel a new thread coming on!

Weren't there a few Waring and Gillows around. I'm fairly sure there was one in Leicester.

Waring and Gillow also had a shop on Deansgate in Manchester. It vanished quite some time ago and I never went in, but presumably they sold china and other items which accessorised their furniture.

I suggest listing it on eBay for a modest amount and rerun the listing 3 or 4 times, if it doesn’t go immediately.

Then, if it still hasn’t sold and you are minded, consider listing and selling in smaller lots. People buy trios and smaller groupings.

I bought several small lots of Doulton on EBay, to complete a set which had belonged to my grandmother. The seller packed it in a big, strong cardboard box with lots of newspaper, it arrived safely, all in tact. She also included a couple of extra items at no cost, as I had taken so many pieces.

I think the eBay route can be time consuming.
I am sure your local WI would like it for raffle prizes. ?

That is what puzzled me - I could only find the furniture with reference to them.

china not China

Waring and Gillow had their factory in Lancaster where I’m from and they were high class furniture manufacturers, highly prized even today. Never knew they had anything to do with China.

I too have drawn a blank with china buyers; but my SIL found a website for CDs and DVDs and downloaded an app - you scan the barcode on the CDs and DVDs with your smartphone. And they organise to pick them up - I stand to make about £100 on that. My kind family have taken them away and are going to organise the collection from theirs, so that it is one more ting off my brain.

I wish you luck - do try selling it though. I'm trying to decide about my mum's crown derby collection. I could cry to think that she paid hundreds of pounds of her hard earned money for it (it was her pride and joy) but people don't seem to want to pay even a third of the price the shops are asking! I gave the less valuable but very pretty Victorian sets to a local tea shop. My mum would have been happy about that

I contacted a couple of online buyers of china this week about my mum's dinner service which I need to find a home for. Both came back and said they weren't interested. You could try them as you know the manufactures of your china.

I'm thinking it might have to go to charity along with hundreds of Cds and DVD's which none of the online buyers want either. I spent most of yesterday afternoon scanning the barcodes in for them only to find them being worthless. I'd rather give them away

If you want to sell something so breakable on EBay, it's quite a job to package it securely and work out post and packing costs. A full tea service would be a big undertaking. It might be worthwhile taking it to an auction room. You might not get very much for it, but at least it would be off your hands

A link - but Google china matchers, there are quite a few.

www.chinamatchers.co.uk/

There is a company called China Search, they might make an offer? Try googling them.

Did you keep it fennel as anything from China is making money now they are paying silly money to buy back their stuff

Shame isn’t it when tastes change and what was once beloved becomes unloved now? That dinner service was probably expensive to buy in its day too. Now? Little interest. So sad.
A sign of the times.
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