This week's Wall St. Journal reports that Facebook has treated some users as guinea pigs:

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Silver gifts for babies are a tradition that dates back to before colonial times.Silversmiths, such as the famous patriot Paul Revere, created silver baby rattles, cups and spoons as part of their craft.
Babies have played with rattles for a long time. The first known rattles were made from clay, which was easily broken. When silver came into vogue rattles were soon fashioned out of the versatile metal, which didn’t break so babies could safely chew on them.
Silver spoons were a

Refresh Glass, now available through a la carte, strives to refresh celebration...
Thousands of empty wine bottles are collected from the community and transformed each week. These bottles are rescued because of people like you. Recall a dinner with friends as you clink glasses, cheers, make eye contact and savor the first sip of a freshly opened bottle of wine. Saving the bottle and transforming it allows that feeling to live on. Every time you hold a glass in your hand, reminisce and

Refresh Glass, now available through a la carte, strives to refresh celebration...
Thousands of empty wine bottles are collected from the community and transformed each week. These bottles are rescued because of people like you. Recall a dinner with friends as you clink glasses, cheers, make eye contact and savor the first sip of a freshly opened bottle of wine. Saving the bottle and transforming it allows that feeling to live on. Every time you hold a glass in your hand, reminisce and

Como Collection by Michael Wainwright
Michael ferried across the lake in Northern Italy that bares its name, when the skies opened up, creating ripples and eddies on the water. Como captures that moment with gift items made of enamel on aluminum, and bone china dinnerware finished with 24k gold or platinum,and made in the USA. This collection is dishwasher safe.

La Rochelle is a stunning 14th century French port
town in southwestern France. Its Hôtel de Ville,
or city hall, showcases gothic fluted pillars, which
are reflected in this collection of dinnerware and
bowls. La Rochelle dinnerware is bone china, made in the USA and finished with 24k gold or platinum. La Rochelle glassware is hand-painted in Turkey. Designed by Michael Wainwright.

Medusa Gala is a new luxurious and elaborately decorated tableware range that complements the glamorous Versace Lifestyle line.
Inspired by the ambience of opulent dinner parties, the design replicates the traditional Versace motifs: the iconic Medusa head and intricate Baroque ornaments adding an exciting contrast of white and gold to create a contemporary table arrangement.

Rosenthal Meets Versace:

View video on Youtube: Medusa Gala Photo Shoot

The newest Versace collection- Medusa Gala is now available.
This new luxurious and elaborately decorated tableware range that complements the glamorous Versace lifestyle line.
Inspired by the ambience of opulent dinner
parties, the design replicates the traditional Versace motifs – the iconic Medusa head and intricate Baroque ornaments – and adds an exciting contrast of white and gold to create a

Dear Anna Weatherley Customers,

We are sorry to report that there will be a delay in the delivery of many key items in Simply Anna and Polka due to a manufacturing error that caused the rejection of many thousands of pieces due to inferior quality. We expect the problems to persist into March, but they will be resolved so we ask you to please be patient and we will report progress as we have the delivery information.

On the positive side, we resolved out problems on the Anna Colors

The new year brings our new website with great choices.  We now have thousands of products listed online which provides you with many new choices.  Some of the items may not be in stock but can be shipped to you.  Check back as we add more products weekly.

ROYAL CROWN DERBY NAMES DEVINE CORP AS U.S. DISTRIBUTOR OF FINE BONE CHINA AND GIFTWARE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 22 November 2013

Royal Crown Derby announced today DeVine Corporation will assume distribution of its fine bone china and giftware products in the US as of January 1, 2014.

The announcement was made by Kevin Oakes, CEO of Steelite International, a $100 million Stoke-on-Trent ceramics manufacturer for the hospitality industry that acquired Royal Crown Derby in 2012. Both

Moser Crystal joins Bridge

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The Just Slate Company Vermont Collection has arrived!
The unique Vermont slate is mined from the famous slate valleys in the USA and is one of the most unique in the world.
They have transformed this beautiful unique, red slate into these fantastic artisan styled platters.

The Towle Silver-Plated collection captures a striking and unsurpassed sophistication that is sure to enhance any dinnerware collection.
Exquisite and enchanting in design, this dazzling flatware will induce feelings of royalty among you and your guests. MSRP $395.00 5pc place setting.
Made in the USA.

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When designing the S’well bottle, we aimed to create a
beautifully crafted bottle that keeps your drinks cold for 24
hours and hot for 12, while giving back to those in need.
In the US alone, an estimated 50 billion plastic bottles
are dumped in landfill sites each year, and over 200 billion
globally.