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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 262789, member: 56&quot;]You could look at Flora Danica plates - high end and definitely not dishwasher safe. (Well who knows... if they&#039;re still making them, maybe new ones are.)</p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p><i>In 1790 the Danish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_VI_of_Denmark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_VI_of_Denmark" rel="nofollow">Crown Prince Frederik</a> ordered a dinner set made decorated with exact copies of the plates of Flora Danica. The dinner set was meant as a gift for Russian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_II_of_Russia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_II_of_Russia" rel="nofollow">Empress Catherine II</a>. Catherine, however, never received it, as she died in 1796. It is currently on display at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiansborg_Palace" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiansborg_Palace" rel="nofollow">Christiansborg Palace</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalienborg_Palace" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalienborg_Palace" rel="nofollow">Amalienborg Palace</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenborg_Castle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenborg_Castle" rel="nofollow">Rosenborg Castle</a>.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The dinner set is still in use for state occasions in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiansborg_Palace" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiansborg_Palace" rel="nofollow">Christiansborg Palace</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen" rel="nofollow">Copenhagen</a>. Copies of the set are sold by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Copenhagen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Copenhagen" rel="nofollow">Royal Copenhagen</a> Porcelain Manufactory.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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