Hmm... this is difficult to put into words because I'd ordered this set to accommodate more than usual guests for Easter Dinner this year... well I suppose that part of the blame is mine because I should have ordered it much sooner & shouldn't have waited until the last minute... nevertheless, it arrived with many of the pieces to the set broken... I could hear the "jingling" of broken glass before I even got the shipping box opened... but I also MUST ALSO MENTION that beyond (besides) the broken shipment, the set had mars on its finish which suggested very poor quality (in my opinion)... I wish that I could say better, but in all honesty, I cannot... I am going to purchase another (completely different) set...