Maison NeuveRiverside 12-Piece Dinnerware Set for 4 - Hand Crafted Plates and Bowls Dish Set, Ceramic Stoneware Dinner Set, Microwave & Dishwasher Safe Dishware - Sage Green

I bought a couple sets of these dishes as I needed plates off of which no narcissist had ever eaten, and so I chose pink to entirely please myself.These plates and bowls are delightful! I cannot stop looking at the color, which is like a pale, creamy strawberry milkshake and also reminds me of the speckled malted milk eggs at Easter time. The color is *almost* neutral, but, like, neutral with a Pink Wink. The lines of the dishes’ design are also pleasing—classic and clean and modern all at the same time, luxurious but in an earthy way.The pasta bowls are an awesome addition to the set! Pasta bowls are my favorite type of dish from which to eat, and it’s so cool that they are included. Also, it’s a fun opportunity to search for some coordinating-but-not-matching salad-sized plates.I ordered the matching mugs as well and love those too. All of the sets were packaged to the max by the manufacturer, with all recyclable cardboard. A human would have to be deliberately destructive somewhere along a shipping journey for the dishes to be damaged, but I suppose it’s possible. Weirdly, Amazon put the sets in the Amazon boxes with no paper or air pocket thingys to keep the original boxes from bouncing around when they shipped from Amazon. That seemed weird to me as I’ve received totally non-breakable, non-fragile items from Amazon packed tightly against damage for no apparent reason. Still, the dishes survived that perilous part of their journey just fine.I do think that a satisfied owner of these dishes has to like ceramics. The pieces are heavy-ish like stoneware (but not too heavy) and are not slick and glossy (like Correll dishes are, or fine China). In my opinion, these dishes are “matte” and a little scrapey-sounding, which took a couple of days to get used to. Also, I can see slight variations in each piece, which is what I love about ceramics, but I do know people—in tightly controlled, gray, uniformity-in-all-things types of lives—who could not live with that organic feel.

If you are looking for hand made pottery from a potters wheel look else where, the price will be ten time higher. This Riverside Collection by Maison is hand pressed. The hand painted edges are inconstant. The pottery is well made and I like every thing about them. They feel good in the hand and are somewhat heavy another plus. Love the splatter pattern and the light green coloring. I washed them by hand the first time looking for imperfections in the glace, I found none ... Would I purchase them again ... a big YES!!!

These dishes are beautiful and seem high quality and are heavy.

I was really in love with this set. The rose water pink set is beautiful and sturdy. I took off one star because it scratches really easily. I used it for the first time when I had guests over and a few of the plates already had scratches on them. Pretty disappointing but otherwise I’m happy with the purchase

These are heavy and durable and I love the pink to go with my gold silverware