The plates arrived in a timely manner.  They are plastic, which is best for my use as I plan to use them on the upper shelves in my kitchen rather than as chargers.  I'm trying to do something different with the shelves instead of the usual artificial plants.  I'm going to try to mix them in with some other decorative plates in a black and white kitchen.  Worked for me once before in a multi-colored kitchen so it should work again.