I used to have these dishes, but found they scratched very easily. To PB's credit, they let me exchange them without any issue about a month after i purchased them.

bestyears, did you exchange for different dishes? Can you make a recommendation?

Not butterscotch, but white, but I bought a second set of the Pottery Barn Caterer's plates, because the first set was so great! I was feeding a crowd at the time, and runnning out of plates.

if you can make white work, I recommend them.

Nancy

My current dishes are white Mikasa, and I've had them forever. The plates have stood up to the test of my husband, but the he has managed to break every coffee cup, and we replaced them once! (He has even managed to break a Fiesta bowl and that stuff lasts forever.)
Our home is country/primitive, and the dishes and paper towels are the only white in my kitchen. I would settle for something tan or off white, but I'm thinking that stoneware is not the ideal material for everyday?

I am so glad I opened the link to this forum. The kitchen forum was great help while remodeling, but haven't been on garden web in ions. I will so be on this forum for a long, long time. Thanks for your help!

Have you measured your present dinner plates and your upper kitchen cabinets? My cabinets are from the mid-80s (only replaced doors when we remodeled) and the 12" PB dinner plates would not fit. Cabinet doors wouldn't close! PB dinner plates are huge. Most dinner plates are not 12" in diameter. I have never had this problem with any other dinnerware I have had, and I've got a lot of sets of china, so there is nothing unusual about the size of my kitchen cabinets.

Maybe cabinets are made differently now, but my DIL worked at PB for several years and she says they had a lot of returns on these 12" plates for this same reason because they are so big, more the size of chargers, too large for most upper kitchen cabs.

I should add that not all PB dinnerware collections have 12" dinner plates, some are 10 1/2 or 11", but I note the Cambria stoneware you are looking at are 12".

After tiring of my 20+ year old white Dansk dinnerware, I bought this last year just before Thanksgiving. We actually love it, especially the salad plates for the 2 of us. We don't use the large 12" plates so much since our appetites are smaller these days. The 12" plates are very large and are even a bit hard to fit into our new-ish Bosch dishwasher as well. My DD also had a similar problem with these fitting into her older cabinets.

I received a Williams-Sonoma catalog yesterday and they have a new line of dinnerware that looked nice. You might want to check it out before you commit to these.

I did -I exchanged it for the Gabriella. They held up initially (without scratching) for longer than the Cambria did, but now, two years later, they are fairly well scratched. I decided not to let it bother me anymoe.... My girlfriend has the Sausalito dishes, and hers seem to have held up quite well over ten years or so. Hers are colored and mine are white -not sure if that makes a difference.

Actually, Sumac, I was thinking the same thing. After surfing for dinnerware for about 24 hours, I landed on Fiesta. I've had a few pieces in the past and they have colors that would work. Not sure I can mix up the colors, as that is just out of my comfort zone. Headed out today, to buy a few pieces. We will see how it goes!

Just another vote, if you're looking for this butterscotch/gold color. I have this Signature brand from Amazon in a couple different sizes of bowls. I actually have the gold color and the dark red color and they have held up very well. No scratches, chips, or anything.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dishes

Fiesta ware, absolutely.

I have had everyday from Target and Pier 1, because I love their unique patterns. But both discontinue their patterns frequently, so it's difficult to get replacements, without paying exorbitant ebay shipping.

I finally bought 8 Fiesta, 2 each in 4 colors. Love it! And like sumac says, made in the US, so goes along with my desire to buy US-made whenever possible.

Dee

In July, I bought a set of the small bowls in the Tapas collection, and every one of them has chipped on the edges from normal use. It reminded me that I hate pottery dinnerware! I use some Gordon Ramsey Everyday porcelain dishes that I got cheap at Costco, and that look like new after 3 years.

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Today I purchased two settings of the Sorrento, one in wheat and one in Ivory. I also purchased three Fiestaware plates in marigold, ivory and red. Well I didn't purchase them, I'm just borrowing them as I will return the rejected colors on January 16 when Bergner's is having their household sale of buy one get on half price, plus an additional 20% off. Still not sure if I can mix the colors, but I may be able to do plates in one color, bowls in another, etc. I'm going ot have to live with these colors for a while.
I'm over PB, thanks for all the feed back.

If you think you might want to keep the Fiestaware in Marigold you may want to check that it will remain available until you make up your mind. I purchased this color (along with shamrock) from Macy's a couple of months ago and understood that it was a limited-time color; but maybe that was only for Macy's.

thanks lazydazynot. Tomorrw, I'm going to clear off the counter, set the dishes out and take pictures. Viewing a photo helps me make decisions.

After days of looking at Fiestaware in multiple colors, I decided to go with all ivory. I'm not big on the bright and colorful as my home is more country and soft primitive. I love, love, love the ivory. I can always add color for special events or seasons. Thanks for the feedback from the Experienced!

We have the cobalt blue Fiesta ware at our vacation home and it's held up really well for 16 years. But everyone hates the mug that came with the original place settings. It has a handle with a small hole for a finger rather than a larger handle that will accommodate all 4 for a decent grip.

Now I see that they have square plates with Real mugs - so I'm going to order some of those mugs.

Here is a link that might be useful: square Fiesta

We bought pottery barn dishes about a year ago. It was the Emma collection. Worst set of dishes we have owned. Dishes show scratches every time you use a knife to cut your food. Also several of them have chipped very easily. For the price, not very impressed.

scottsides - short of tossing your dishes, if you still have them, try going over them with Barkeeper's Friend. The centers of our 30+ y/o Noritake stoneware dinner plates were absolutely grey from the fork and knife marks. I tried some BKF last year (took a lot of elbow grease), but was amazed at the results. Almost embarrasing to say, but the flowers that I thought were grey, were actually white!

Here's a before-and-after:

Scottsides, we also bought the Emma dishes a few years ago, and I agree, they were awful - scratches and chips galore! I should have returned them (didn't, but should have)

In my experience, all stoneware chips fairly easily. I have always had sets of expensive stoneware and when finally decided the expense didn't really make a different in the arena of chipping, I went with a fairly inexpensive china set from Macy's. I have been using it for several months and no chips.

When we were down to TWO bowls in our everyday dish set I started looking for something new. I found (surprise!) Christmas dishes that don't look very Christmassy, a Southern Living product produced in conjunction with Ballard Designs. They were inexpensive to begin with, and after the post holiday sale price AND a coupon, I think I got three sets of four place settings for what one cost originally. They are mostly white with a spray of greenery across the plate or bowl and the name of the plant in red script. I absolutely love them, and my meandering point is not to look in the obvious places for your dishes :-)

My favorite every day dishes are vintage Johnson Brothers. If you purchase vintage made in England they are very sturdy, they actually wear like iron and there are many lovely patterns as well as plain white options. My other favorite vintage is Copeland Spode Jewel but only the plain pattern I don't care for the floral options. https://www.etsy.com/listing/167504341/vintage-copeland-spode-jewel-salad?ref=market

While I love that pattern, Holly-Kay, all I can think of is trying to get dried on egg yolk washed away.

I have had both Fiesta and Pb Cambria. My fiesta ware for about 10 years - no chips no signs of anything. My Cambria had for about 3 years - probably 3-4 chips in different pieces. Not happy with pb because I want to love the dishes but it makes me so angry. They cost a lot!

I also have Fiesta. I have had them about 9-10 years and they still look great.

I bought 12 sets all in different colors and mix and match. I also have a lot of the serving platters and bowls also in different colors. Makes for very pretty settings.

We’ve owned the Pottery Barn Joshua dinnerware for 2 years. The creamy white looks amazing in my glass front cabinets. BUT if you planning to use as everyday dinnerware, please think twice. While our plates and mugs look (almost) like new, the bowls now have very little glaze remaining. The outsides feel like sandpaper and the insides absorb food color as well as a Bounty paper towel. We have been told by customer service (twice) and a store manager that is is simply what happens when they are used daily. We have gone back to using my mom and dad’s everyday set from 47 years ago. (Insert eye roll.)

In December, purchased the Ivory White Joshua Dinnerware (4 sets of 16 pieces) for everyday use. The plates we use most often have develooed grayish-blue lines running through them in sort of a “crackle” look. I contacted customer service-they are half-heartedly offering to help. Everytime I respond to their emails, a different rep follows up-with a unique response as opposed to one coherent and concise line of communication. I’ve sent photos, I’ve described the problem in detail. I have to say I would’ve expected better quality from Pottery Barn. So frustrating!