I purchased this pattern because they're beautiful and are dishwasher/microwave safe. I've had them for about 6 months and nothing has broken so they are certainly durable enough.

I am, however, incredibly disappointed in their washability. I always rinse off my plates before putting them in the dishwasher but that is not sufficient to get these plates truly clean. They come out of the dishwasher with a light residue food stain. For instance, if you have carrots for dinner the plate will come out of the dishwasher with a light orange stain where your carrots were. You literally have to SCRUB the plate to get these stains off. I have had white dishes before and have never had this issue.

If I wanted to hand wash my plates I wouldn't have searched for plates that were dishwasher safe. For the price of these plates I expected better. If I had it to do over again I wouldn't purchase them.