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The couple is 35 and gainfully employed. It's a nice reception at a country club. Please don't answer "It's the thought that counts." Does it relate to the cost to the family throwing the wedding?
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The thought actually does count a great deal: and giving cash fails to show much thought about what would please the couple, or about how they might benefit from your taste and insight. It also suggests the thought that the couple is in need of charity, and could therefore be offensive if they are people of refinement. So, please take the time to choose an appropriate gift that reflects your regard for your friend.
Appropriate gifts of fine crystal, silver or dinnerware, to match the pattern chosen by or inherited by the bride, are traditional gifts; as are good-quality household linens (towels, sheets and tablecloths). A comfortably-off person who is modestly intimate with the couple would normally give a place setting, or two goblets, or a single piece of silver -- a value of 100 to 200 dollars. Someone who is less financially secure or less intimate might give a single dinner-plate or sherry-glass: around 50 dollars. A casual friend or unemployed person might give a bread-and-butter plate: around $20. A close family friend who is well-to-do might give a serving bowl or tureen, a half-dozen glasses, or 400-count egyptian-cotton bedsheets (upwards of $300).
I hope that helps.
The thought actually does count a great deal: and giving cash fails to show much thought about what would please the couple, or about how they might benefit from your taste and insight. It also suggests the thought that the couple is in need of charity, and could therefore be offensive if they are people of refinement. So, please take the time to choose an appropriate gift that reflects your regard for your friend.
Appropriate gifts of fine crystal, silver or dinnerware, to match the pattern chosen by or inherited by the bride, are traditional gifts; as are good-quality household linens (towels, sheets and tablecloths). A comfortably-off person who is modestly intimate with the couple would normally give a place setting, or two goblets, or a single piece of silver -- a value of 100 to 200 dollars. Someone who is less financially secure or less intimate might give a single dinner-plate or sherry-glass: around 50 dollars. A casual friend or unemployed person might give a bread-and-butter plate: around $20. A close family friend who is well-to-do might give a serving bowl or tureen, a half-dozen glasses, or 400-count egyptian-cotton bedsheets (upwards of $300).
I hope that helps.
I have a full Alfred Meakin dinner set "Cherry Ripe". How can I find out how much it would be worth?
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The back of each piece is numbered. I have cups and saucers, dinner plates, bread and butter plates and bowls.
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Replacements Limited
Although they have only a few listings for your pattern, you can register it on there website. Know that was they sell your pattern for is not necessarily what you can sell it for. They will also buy you dinnerware but you have to pay the shipping, so it's not always a good deal.
Anyway good luck.
http://www.replacements.com/webquote/MEACHE.htm
Replacements Limited
Although they have only a few listings for your pattern, you can register it on there website. Know that was they sell your pattern for is not necessarily what you can sell it for. They will also buy you dinnerware but you have to pay the shipping, so it's not always a good deal.
Anyway good luck.
http://www.replacements.com/webquote/MEACHE.htm
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