Exceeded my expectations. These are beautiful dishes - seem well made. Lightweight and easy to handle. The color is not stark white but more of a soft antique white. They have a slight earthenware texture to them. The soup bowls are nice deep bowls for chili or cereal and the fruit bowls are perfect for child size servings or if you are trying to keep your portions smaller for yourself. The mugs are short and squatty but will hold 13 ounces. Unfortunately one soup bowl came in broken, which I can't see how since they were so well packed. I hope to find a solitary soup bowl of this brand somewhere since I don't want to return the whole set over 1 bowl.