Collections
I didn't initially set out to collect dishes, but in the early 70's I bought a set of the Butterfly Gold pattern of the then-new Corning Corelle line. Over the years there came a time where there wasn't enough of a set to service everybody or fill the dishwasher. I found that though Corelle is still made, the "Butterfly Gold" pattern was discontinued. In my search on E-bay for additonal plates, I found that the pattern was used on a LOT of different things, and was even licensed to other manufacturers for things such as table place mats. Well needless to say, now I have salt and pepper shaker sets, placemats, sugar bowls, juice decanters, etc, etc.