This is a beautiful, modern,solid set of dishes. We mix traditional with contemporary and these dishes provide that. The silver/gray border design is elegant but not old fashioned, which we love. The dish sizes are perfect for everyday meals, or perfect for entertaining more formally. We prefer casual elegance, and these provide that inexpensively. I was concerned that the teacups might be too small but they actually hold a normal sized cup of coffee or tea....and I love that the saucers were provided . This company stands by their product and can be trusted to give a quality product for an extremely fair price!