Thursday, September 10, 2009

Anchors Away!

I have been waiting impatiently for about 2 years now for my mother-in-law to give my husband a box of dishes that belong to him. They have been in her attic for a long time, and we finally received them this week and I could not be happier!

The dishes I refer to are US Navy issue dinnerware. A fun fact on these pieces are that they were only made from late 1800s until the 1960s. Many of the pieces I now have in my house are WW2 issues, and some even older than that!

I know if you don't collect old dishes this may mean nothing to you, but I was so excited to wash them up and rearrange my cupboard to make them all fit!

Here is a peek:

14 comments:

Nicole said...

These are amazing!!!! They are what I wish and hope to have in my future home one day. I am insanely jealous!

Tracy said...

So pretty!

Unknown said...

I love, love, LOVE collecting old dishes. My family just doesn't understand! These are a great find.

Erin said...

Absolutely love them! (I have a nautical themed kitchen)
Erin

Solanah said...

Wow! Cool!

A. Rose said...

Love them!! They remind me of dishes from cruise ships...not to mention the ones we have on my ship!

Andi B. Goode said...

That's exciting - they look fantastic!
-Andi x

tam said...

Jealous! They are so cool I love them! x

Anonymous said...

Wow they are so cool, i love collecting sets of crockery. Now that i have found my tea sets my next mission to find a vintage dinner set. That navy set is fab x

Candice DeVille said...

Oh you lucky girl, these are fab! I've NEVER seen anything like that here is Australia AT ALL! I'll bet they'd be worth a pretty penny on the collecting market.
Use, enjoy and smile. :)

Toosdai said...

i tend to mismatch dishes in favor of eclecticism and added some color to my kitchen, but i would scrap all of that nonsense for a collection like this!

Casey said...

Oh my! Those are so fantastic!!! I have a small collection of dishes started, although I've had to put the brakes on a bit since we've run out of places to store that sort of thing. ;) lol.

Brook said...

OMG these are ssooo amazing!!! ugh so lucky!

Chris@TheSnackHound.com said...

Were those made by Homer Laughlin? I know that they made some of them like that.

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