I liked the quality of the dishes.  However, though I knew that there could be variations in the colour due to the casting process, I was disappointed as I had ordered two boxes of the teal/gray dishes to serve 8, and one of the boxes had the distinct teal ring, and the other had no hint of the blue but was rather a light gray ring instead. Instead of sending the box back, which would have been inconvenient, we kept the light gray one as well. Thus only the 4-star rating.