Several testers said that the CLK bowls and plates looked as if they were from two different collections, since the edges of the plate rims showed the clay body and the bowl rims did not. Others thought that the particularly flat plates looked too much like serving trays, and they worried that salad greens or other food could easily spill over the thin, low rims.
The scant rims also force you to put your thumb on the eating surface of the plate when carrying it to the table. Some testers said that the handle on the mug was too small and impractical, though others loved the design. You may also like: Heath Rim Line , East Fork Pottery , Jono Pandolfi Coupe Collection.
If you host often and want elegant bone china that can withstand the rigors of daily use, these sets boast excellent quality for the price.
In our tests, the Mikasa Delray Collection and Mikasa Lucerne White Collection stood out on a crowded table of dinnerware for their bright and creamy hue, attractive translucency, and simple but sophisticated look.
First sold in , these dishes are made from bright and creamy bone china , and its superior quality is undeniable; it also makes these pieces feel thinner than any of the other whiteware we recommend. Some testers who were accustomed to thicker dinnerware mistook the thinness of bone china as an indication of poor quality.
We discuss the durability of ceramics in more detail in our dinnerware buying guide. We also like that the bowls are a bit bigger than the bowls in the Wedgwood set, so they can hold a more generous portion.
In addition, the bread and butter plate is a nice size—it can comfortably fit two small dinner rolls—and is slightly larger than the Wedgwood equivalent. If you entertain often, the saucers are handy for resting a demitasse spoon, holding a small cookie, and keeping coffee rings off your tablecloth.
However, the Delray set includes pasta bowls , which could double as wide soup bowls. Our testers unanimously disliked the look of the mug , which is quite tall and has a whimsically curved handle that reminded us of the mugs used for Irish coffee—some even called it hideous.
Get this set if you want durable, inexpensive, no-frills dinnerware. It comes with an impressive three-year warranty. Made of Vitrelle a proprietary type of durable glass laminate , the Winter Frost collection includes only plates and bowls.
Its thinness is reminiscent of melamine a type of plastic dinnerware popular for outdoor use. Several Wirecutter staffers owned Corelle dishes in college and reported that they never broke a single piece—an impressive feat considering the carelessness of their roommates.
This dinnerware is dishwasher, microwave, and warm-oven safe. It comes with a limited three-year warranty. Corelle also sells the same shaped pieces included in the Winter Frost collection in all kinds of patterns. The Winter Frost dinnerware collection has a noticeable green hue, which is even more apparent when you place these pieces next to white porcelain or creamier bone china.
Most testers found the soup bowl a bit too shallow, similar to the Crate and Barrel Aspen Rimmed soup bowl. Some of our testers found the cereal bowl too shallow, as well, but if you prefer something deeper, Corelle also sells ounce rice bowls plus larger, ounce soup bowls.
You may also like: Mosser Colored Glass Dinnerware. In recent years, small pottery studios have boomed worldwide , celebrating the individuality and artistry of the ceramicist. Among them are countless American potters, several of which make sets that we recommend above.
Typically these studios have a small staff and offer only hand-thrown ceramics , so no two pieces are exactly alike. Nevertheless, we wanted to highlight some that caught our eye during our research. Keep in mind that it may be difficult to replace certain pieces if they break, as some potters make only a limited supply of their collections or change their designs over time, and sites such as Replacements, Ltd.
Shipping can be pricey, too, and receiving your dinnerware can often take several weeks, especially if the pieces are made to order. If you need help getting started, here are some studios that we think are worth checking out.
Adaptive dinnerware is designed to help anyone with hand dexterity or coordination issues eat independently. This type of dinnerware includes flat plates with high sides or a lip on one side of the plate also called a scoop plate to help push food onto a fork video.
Other types of adaptive dinnerware include mugs with two handles, which makes them easier for people with certain dexterity or strength issues to hold. Plenty of plastic adaptive dinnerware options are available, but they can often feel too sterile.
Some plates, such as those sold by Iittala , have higher rims and may work as adaptive dinnerware for some people. Two-handled mugs can be used for both drinking beverages and eating soup. We like the stoneware two-handled mugs and plates with high sides made by Jill Van Zanten Pottery as well as the scoop plates made by KC Pottery.
We also recommend checking out Dignity by Wade and the bone china two-handled mugs and teacups made by Roy Kirkham. Grippy mats placed under plates or bowls with suction bases keep dinnerware stable while a person is eating.
If you have low vision, contrasting colors can make eating easier. Since all of our recommended dinnerware is sold as open stock, you can mix and match sets of different colors and buy lighter or darker pieces to suit your needs.
In researching this guide, I interviewed William M. Carty, PhD , a professor of ceramic engineering and materials science at the Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University. I also spoke at length with Jono Pandolfi, potter and owner of Jono Pandolfi Designs in New Jersey, who has created dinnerware for a long list of notable restaurants around the world.
He was kind enough to give me a tour of his pottery studio in Union City, New Jersey, so that I could see how dinnerware is made firsthand. The American Ceramic Society provided me with resources about ceramic production and terminology. Margaret Carney, PhD , ceramic art historian and the founding director and curator of the International Museum of Dinnerware Design in Ann Arbor, Michigan, spoke to me about the influence of certain potters and her favorite collections.
To better understand glass dinnerware, I reached out to Jane Cook, PhD , the former chief scientist at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York I also toured the Corelle factory in Corning to see how Vitrelle glass dinnerware is made. To learn more about the history of ceramic production in the US, I visited The Met Museum in New York City to see its permanent collection of American ceramics in The American Wing and attended the January exhibit Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina.
I also spoke to experts about what they looked for in a good collection of dinnerware. To learn more about adaptive dinnerware design, I spoke with Elena Sonnenfeld, assistant director of ClayHouse Brooklyn , who has a background in accessible design.
To determine the durability and availability of dinnerware collections, I relied heavily on customer reviews from manufacturer and retail websites. Prior to joining Wirecutter in , I was an editor at the International Culinary Center in New York City, and I worked in various facets of the food and restaurant industry for over a decade.
With thousands of colors and patterns to choose from, shopping for a set of dinnerware can be a daunting task. Our goal in every round of testing is to find a versatile, affordable, and quality set that will last.
We prioritize collections that are elegant enough for nicer occasions such as a dinner party but are also durable and casual enough for everyday use. All of the sets we recommend in this guide are dishwasher and microwave safe some are even freezer and oven safe up to various temperatures.
However, for specifics, be sure to read the use and care instructions for each set. For an overview of different materials, see our guide to buying dinnerware. Good dinnerware should be a neutral canvas for any meal. We also have many suggestions for brands that carry patterned dinnerware: See our section on small pottery studios , as well as our section on fine china in our guide to buying dinnerware.
The environmental impact of ceramic dinnerware decreases the longer you use it, which is another reason to opt for timeless designs rather than trendy options that you may be inclined to replace after just a few years.
Though dinnerware box sets are very affordable, we avoid those, opting instead for collections that you can purchase as open stock meaning one piece at a time , which allows you to customize your set to suit your needs. Buying dinnerware this way also lets you easily replace the dish or two that will inevitably break over time, without having to purchase another set.
We also include dinnerware collections that are sold as place settings typically a dinner plate, a salad plate, a cereal bowl, and a mug or in open-stock sets such as sets of four dinner plates or four cereal bowls. Ideally, we want to find dinnerware collections that allow you to choose shallow soup bowls or deep cereal bowls, simple coffee mugs or dainty teacups and saucers, and a variety of dinner plate and salad plate sizes.
We also rule out sets with bowls that are too deep or too shallow. Additional serving pieces offered outside the main place setting are a nice bonus but not a requirement. Longevity is important, especially if you need to replace pieces or want to grow your set in the future. Bob Page, founder of Replacements, Ltd.
But today, stores such as Crate and Barrel, Williams Sonoma, Pier 1, they may have a pattern for two or three years or maybe only a year. Finally, we contact each manufacturer of the dinnerware collections we evaluate to see how their customer service representatives respond to our questions.
Though all of the makers of our currently recommended dinnerware responded to our queries, you can generally expect longer wait times for bigger brands. We judge the dinnerware on its practicality, weight, size, shape, and overall design.
Since the shade of whiteware varies dramatically from set to set, we also compare the hue and brightness of our whiteware contenders; in general, whiteware that has a blue or gray hue has been less appealing to our testers than pieces that are creamy or bright white.
We also brush vegetable oil, coffee, and red wine on the unglazed rims or undersides of the stoneware collections we test to see if they remain stained after a turn in the dishwasher.
We then examine each piece under light to check for any flaws, such as uneven rims, drippy or inconsistent glaze, pitting, scratches, or crazing. You can read more about these flaws in our guide to buying dinnerware. Finally, we refrigerate a mug or teacup from each of our picks and then fill each with boiling water to see if the extreme change in temperature causes them to break.
Although most dinnerware is designed to be dishwasher and microwave safe except some hand-painted pieces and fine china , emeritus professor of ceramic engineering and materials science William Carty told us that neither ASTM International formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials nor the American National Standards Institute has a standard test to determine whether ceramics are dishwasher or microwave safe.
For oven-safe dinnerware, see what the maximum heat-safe temperature is since it varies for every manufacturer. Be sure the plates are completely covered with food to avoid irregular heating that could cause breakage, and keep the dinnerware away from the heating elements.
When you remove dishes from the oven or microwave, avoid placing them on a cold or wet surface; a dry dishcloth is best. If the dishes are freezer safe, you should still avoid freezing liquids in them, as the ensuing expansion could cause the dinnerware to crack; a plate of meatballs, though, should be fine.
If metal marks develop over time, most manufacturers recommend using Bar Keepers Friend to remove them. You can remove most stains with regular dish soap and hot water. Always retrieve plates from the top of a stack rather than sliding them out from the middle, to avoid unnecessary pressure that could scratch or break them.
Shelf risers are handy for maximizing space in small cupboards. Also, avoid subjecting your dinnerware to extreme temperature changes, such as pouring boiling water into a cold teacup, as doing so can cause breakage due to thermal shock.
Though none of the mugs or teacups from our picks broke in our latest thermal stress tests, breakage can occur, so be mindful. However, if pieces become unavailable in the future, companies such as Replacements, Ltd. specialize in selling discontinued dinnerware. We appreciate that the set includes many pieces of varying sizes, but a recurring complaint among our testers was that all of the bowls were too shallow.
Our testers liked how the set felt similar to durable bistro dinnerware yet was refined and not at all clunky. We were also impressed with the overall quality of the dishes, which had almost no visible pitting and an even, glossy glaze.
This porcelain has a slightly gray undertone compared with the bluer white of the Crate and Barrel Aspen set and the creamy white of the Mikasa Delray bone china we recommend.
If you like the style of this set but want more buying options, also check out the Apilco Tradition Blue-Banded Porcelain , Apilco Tradition Porcelain , Apilco Tuileries Porcelain , Apilco Très Grande Porcelain , and Pillivuyt Coupe Porcelain sets at Williams Sonoma.
However, while this set is of superior quality, with virtually no visible flaws, the Mikasa Delray and Mikasa Lucerne White collections match its quality and cost significantly less. All of the Wedgwood pieces are slightly smaller than those of the Mikasa collections, though you may prefer that if you have a smaller table.
The wide-rimmed plates also have a smaller eating surface than other plates of a similar diameter. The pedestal on the foot of the teacup and the mug was particularly polarizing for our testers, as some thought the design was too formal for everyday use.
Some of our testers said the mug was too big and the bowl was too wide. The glaze was even, although we did see some minor pitting on the surface of the plates.
We think the inch plates are nice to have as a backup for large holiday dinners. The cereal bowls , meanwhile, look like a carbon copy of the smallest vintage Pyrex nesting bowl set and feel too narrow and deep for eating cereal. We were also disappointed to find that several of the pieces were misshapen and had a drippy, uneven glaze—the glaze was even scratched in places.
The Hasami Porcelain collection is so gorgeous, it looks like it belongs on the cover of a modern-design magazine. Unfortunately, during our tests, we found the rough texture of the unglazed pieces similar to that of an emery board.
One tester said that when they were using a fork and knife on the surface of the plates, it sounded like the metal was being ground down. And when we used chopsticks, the sound of wood scraping against the surface of the bowls was unpleasant, too.
The texture did smooth out a bit after we washed the plates, but for the price we expected more refinement from this collection. We think the glazed pieces would make lovely serving pieces, but one tester who owns bowls in the matte-black glaze told us it shows fingerprints more than the shiny light gray glaze.
We are fond of the compact stackable mugs, which anyone short on cupboard space would appreciate. The Hermit Collection from Middle Kingdom has few pieces to choose from—just a shallow soup bowl, a dinner plate, and a salad plate.
We ultimately found the selection too limiting, though many of our testers liked the shiny glazes and the brown wash brushed around the rims. If you like the look of the Hermit Collection, consider the lovely serving pieces.
The Louisville Pottery Collection had an attractive farmhouse aesthetic, but at a whopping We also found the 5-inch-diameter bowl too narrow and deep for eating cereal.
Some testers found the unglazed areas on the rims overly rough and noted that the raised ridges of the spiraled glaze were unappealing. That said, the dinnerware is well made and durable, and it has a beautiful handmade look. The Omakase Collection is affordable restaurant dinnerware from the Miya Company, a third-generation, Asian American, family-owned business founded in the s in New York City.
The Miya Company also sells beautifully patterned dinnerware; we especially like the serving pieces from the Sendan Tokusa and Namako Blossoms collections, which in our tests felt well made and had an even glaze. The Williams Sonoma Open Kitchen Dinnerware Collection was our former budget pick, but in subsequent rounds of testing, we noticed that the quality had diminished.
This set looked notably gray next to our whiteware picks and had uneven plate rims plus a drippy, inconsistent glaze.
The Crate and Barrel Maison Dinnerware had a balanced weight, and we especially liked the styling of the mug. However, our testers found that the cereal bowl was much too deep and awkward to eat from. The circular ridges of the Crate and Barrel Roulette Dinnerware and the Lenox Tin Can Alley Four 4-Piece Place Setting were polarizing for our testers.
However, during our tests we noticed that this set had an off-white or pink hue in certain light, which would make it too difficult to match to other porcelain pieces. The Fortessa Ilona 16 Piece Dinnerware Set had too many areas with an inconsistent glaze and pitting, so we dismissed it.
The Snowe 4-Piece Table Settings had mugs that were unglazed around the lip, which many of our testers disliked because they looked unfinished. The bowl was too wide and shallow for cereal. The Amazon Basics Piece Dinnerware Set had inconsistencies in the glaze, and the plates were badly scratched.
This set was also noticeably grayer than our picks, an effect that most of us found unappealing. The cereal bowls in the Everyday White by Fitz and Floyd Coupe Dinnerware Collection were so small, they looked like they were from a different set.
The H. Coors American White 4 Piece Place Setting and American Bistro 3 Piece Place Setting are great if you like heavier diner-style dinnerware, but we found both sets a bit too informal and utilitarian for entertaining. The Threshold 16pc Porcelain Dinnerware Set felt clunky and had some pitting and nicks in the glaze.
The Martha Stewart Collection Whiteware Pc. Also, this set is not sold as open stock. The handle on the teacup was a bit small, but the quality of this collection was great.
Apilco was founded in video and has been supplying restaurant-quality porcelain dishes since , so the company has proven longevity Williams Sonoma began importing Apilco items from France to the US in the s.
The Macy's Whiteware Coupe Collection had significant pitting and an inconsistent, drippy glaze. In addition, this set is so off-white that matching it to other whiteware pieces would be difficult.
Although the mug is trendy now, some of our testers worried that it would go out of style in years to come.
Arthur Dodd and David Murfin, Dictionary of Ceramics , The Institute of Materials, December 1, William M. Carty and Udayan Senapati, Porcelain-Raw Materials, Processing, Phase Evolution, and Mechanical Behavior, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Carty, PhD, emeritus professor of ceramic engineering and materials science at the Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University , phone interview, January 17, Jono Pandolfi, potter and owner of Jono Pandolfi Designs in New Jersey , phone and in-person interviews, January 16, Candy Argondizza, chef and vice president of culinary and pastry arts at International Culinary Center, email interview, March 1, JuleAnn Lieberman, Home Modifications for Low or No Vision , Tech Owl Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, March 3, Elena Sonnenfeld, assistant director of Clayhouse Brooklyn , phone interview, February 10, Bob Page and Linh Calhoun, founder and chief marketing officer of Replacements Ltd.
Margaret Carney, PhD, ceramic art historian and the founding director and curator of the International Museum of Dinnerware Design , phone interview, February 3, Michael Sullivan has been a staff writer on the kitchen team at Wirecutter since Previously, he was an editor at the International Culinary Center in New York.
He has worked in various facets of the food and restaurant industry for over a decade. From festive melamine and bamboo plates to classic enamelware, our favorite outdoor tableware pieces are perfect for taking dinner outdoors. Our Wirecutter home team is passionate about the vessels they drink them out of.
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Why you should trust us How we picked How we tested Care and maintenance What to look forward to Other good dinnerware sets The competition Sources. Who this is for. Heath Ceramics Rim Line. Various pieces from the Heath Rim Line collection. Photo: Michael Murtaugh.
Our pick. Heath Ceramics Rim Line An heirloom set of stoneware. Buying Options Buy from Heath Ceramics. Flaws but not dealbreakers. Choose elegant stoneware with subtle, matte glazed rustic surface or a glossy modern one in white, turquoise or light green. Wow guests with shallow stoneware plates with a reactive glaze that gives each plate a handcrafted and unique look that would be at home on a dining room table set with Scandi modern décor.
The rim traced with gold on these sandy white plates rises up a bit to hold sauces for grilled fish and vegetables or seared steaks. Find long, rectangular plates with rounded edges in the same style for serving salads or desserts. Go with glossy beige, matte dark gray or matte light gray rectangular stoneware plates for serving croissants at breakfast or for a stylish plating option for grilled asparagus topped with a poached egg or grilled octopus with chimichurri.
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