The plates are gorgeous. They were made in England,not China. I had read another review that alerted me to the fact that some of the portmeirion  dishes were made there. You have to look at the information at  the bottom to see where  it was manufactured. The dinner plates were china  and  were all the same pattern,so  I was glad for the warning to  check place of  origin. I canceled that order and chose  the  ones  made in  England.