On 04/01/18 11:25, Chris Green wrote:

We use our Royal Doulton bone china as 'everyday' china. We have done
since around 1980, it has travelled to Oman and back in that period.

Ah - thanks. Another great name - I'd forgotten about them...

We do break the occasional thing but find it's generally much tougher
than earthenware/stoneware and, in particular, is very resistant to
chips which is often why other china gets 'old'. In general it either
survives being dropped or disintegrates.

We have a *lot* of it because for a while we ran two households so
have some spares still. It is beginning to look a bit worn after
almost 40 years of use but rotating it occasionally means it does all
look pretty much the same still.


Cool - I will investigate them.

As an aside the current fashion for stone/granite worktops is one
reason for more chipped and broken china IMHO.


Yes - that's why I have wood Pitch pine to be exact, which avoids a
lot of the problems of wooden tops near sinks.