Beautiful china. I'm having my own mental discussion over wanting my parents' wedding china, which they hardly use. It has (I think) real silver rims, but I would want to use it regularly and use the dishwasher for the plates at least (the tea/coffee cups won't fit safely into our weird portable dishwasher.) My grandmother's willow ware is holidng up fine at the moment, but some pieces are chipped and will become more so because I'm a bit careless and clumsy with nearly everything.