Replacement China

Where to Find Replacement China

Scripps Howard News Service

While dropping a piece of your grandmother's china can be heartbreaking, not all is lost. Several companies maintain a stock of discontinued patterns.

Replacements Ltd., in Greensboro, N.C., claims to have the world's largest inventory, with more than 145,000 patterns in stock, spokesman Liam Sullivan says. In fact, the company once bought 56 sets of china from La Cache thrift shop in Denver to stock up. It also bought all the inventory from Walter Drake of Colorado Springs. "We do all of Tiffany's replacements when a pattern is discontinued," Sullivan says.

It's a big business. Last year, the 20-year-old company did $75 million in sales. Inventory maintained on a computerized database includes silverware, stemware and china. "People are looking for something they thought they would never, ever find. And we have it. So it's a feel-good business," he says.

Replacements also has a research department that can help identify patterns.

Resources
Replacement china
Replacements Ltd.
Greensboro, NC
US
Phone: 336-697-3000
Toll Free Phone: 800-737-5223
Email: inquire@replacements.com
URL: www.replacements.com