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When I was looking for my photos of the table I painted using chalk paint, I saw the one picture of my finished cabinet I also painted for the dining room. I have a few Ironstone platters hung above the cabinet. It reminded me of how much I love Ironstone and how I have had a love affair with it for over 40 years.
When I first started collecting Ironstone, it was in Nevada County and at that time, every yard sale or estate sale had more than one piece of Ironstone. Every household had pieces given to them from a relative or found in a basement, or used as a cat food bowl; it wasn't considered a high quality, expensive item, like china. I routinely would have platters or plates soaking in my sink over night with water and bleach which was an excellent way to take out stains on them. Once you start collecting, your eye automatically goes to any piece you see and it isn't long before you have soup tureens, bowls, platters and more platters of all shapes and sizes; dishes; chamber pots; sugar bowls; cups and pitchers. My very favorites are rectangle shaped platters. They may have scalloped edging; deep dished; even some have patterns on them. From Ironstone platters I went on to collect brown transferware on platters.
So over this 40 years, I have bought some, sold some, broken some, lost some, stopped looking; looking for something different, like McCoy pottery. But I still love the rectangle platter and have put the few I have left out to enjoy every time we use the dining room or when I walk past it. What are your collections? Do you like Ironstone too? Love to hear about them. 


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