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Fit for a feast
HE old adage ‘Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper’ sprang to mind when I read ‘No time for good table manners’ (). Having taken advantage of the auction-room bargains in chinaware, we now enjoy breakfast off the ubiquitous blue transferware Willow pattern or the more contemporary Portmeirion Botanic Garden. We lunch off Wedgwood’s timeless Edme design and dine from Royal Doulton’s elegant Naples. On high days and holidays, the gold-rimmed Minton bone china sings for its
