Do you replace precious items broken or lost?

Moving house and have to downsize - lots of stuff to get rid of. Crockery kept for best and rarely used - at the end of the day it’s only stuff! Losing sentimental jewellery etc is sad and can never be replaced- but that’s life I suppose, we have to draw a line and move on

Not usually. Perhaps if item was acquired recently I may, as with being recent it may have been acquired for a purpose but not if old.

I blame dishwasher for demise of precious china. Also a lot of things were gilded and that did not agree with microwaves. Then there is the prevalance of mugs over cups and saucers which is the follow on from use of teabags and demise of teapots.

Thanks for the tip. What a good idea to mend a broken dish.
It’s just the bottom of the vase that is affected, otherwise it looks fine.
I sit it on a coaster so that it doesn’t scratch the sill.
I love it because it’s gold & blue, crackle glass & casts a beautiful pattern on the wall when the sun shines.

MT62

Thanks for the tip. What a good idea to mend a broken dish.
It’s just the bottom of the vase that is affected, otherwise it looks fine.
I sit it on a coaster so that it doesn’t scratch the sill.
I love it because it’s gold & blue, crackle glass & casts a beautiful pattern on the wall when the sun shines.

That’s to Coll

my husband was in the royal navy when we got married, he sent me a very delicate coffee set from Singapore, I kept it in those glass display cabinets, from the 1960's,I don't know how it happened but the glass shelf slipped and the cups fell and broke. I sat at the table with a tube of superglue and stuck them together...58 years later I still have them.

Calendargirl

Dare I suggest that in time to come, dinner services will make a come back and be all the rage?

It only needs some popular ‘influencer’ or trendy tv chef to decide they are the ‘in’ thing, and off we go.

I also think that ‘open plan’ rooms will have their day, and dining rooms will make a comeback.

The dinner services will be in demand then.

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My gran had a load of brooches; it was her thing. Nothing of value, but now they are "mid-century costume jewllery" and fashionable.
My mum had a McIntosh dining suite. In 2015 I sold one of 2 dressers and a coffee table - auctioneer gave me a whole £8 - the remaining dresser would sell for between £400 and £1,000. Things go around, so if you have room in your loft, or better still your children's loft, perhaps worth keeping