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Here we have links to just about every resource one could want for their dinnerware.

Collector Societies

Lenox Society

Repair and Restore

• Jeffrey Herman - Silver Restoration and Conservation
  Your silver deserves museum quality care.  My business has been under sole proprietorship since 1984 and has built a reputation of quality craftsmanship with a special sensitivity towards the restoration and conservation of fine metalware.  I have repaired and reconstructed everything from disposal-damaged flatware to historically important tankards, tea services and tureens.  I have a BFA degree in silversmithing and jewelry making from the Maine College of Art in Portland.  Visit my web page for silver care instructions you can use yourself.
  Silver Care
• Tindell's Restoration School & Studios
  P.O.  Box 292633, Nashville, TN 37229-2633
  Wide range of restoration services available such as porcelain, pottery, crystal, glass, marble, alabaster, gold gilding, silver, bronze, oil paintings, and more.  DiAnna Tindell is a master restoration specialist with international training.  With many years of research in this field, she offers presentations and assistance to museums, galleries, collector clubs and associations with there restoration needs.  Telephone: (615) 941-5354 Cellular: (615) 430-8979
  E-mail to DiAnna Tindell Restoration
• Association of Restorers "We share our secrets!"
  It is the mission of the AOR, Association of Restorers Inc.  to increase the awareness of choice, to conserve, refurbish or restore historical works of art, household furnishings and architectural constructions.  Through education and networking the best method will be selected to enhance, stabilize and return a piece to its original beauty, use or condition.  
• Society of American Silversmiths
  PO Box 704, Chepachet, RI 02814-0704
  Tel: 401/567-7800, Fax: 401/567-7801
  E-mail to Society of American Silversmiths
  

  To learn more about how to display, clean, care for and store your silver visit this site.  

• Mary's Porcelain and Pottery Restoration
  

  Let Mary restore your broken keepsakes to their former glory.  Excellent work at reasonable prices.  Chicago phone= 773-478-0994.  Click on this link for more information.  

• CP Restoration
  Christine & Paul Peltier
  6 South 3rd Avenue, Taftville, CT 06380
  860.886.1870 or 800.882.1870 Monday-Friday 9-5
  We restore damaged china and porcelain based on the severity of the damage and method of repair - not the value of the article.  There is no charge for estimates of the work to be done.  
  E-mail to CP Restorations
• The Orum Silver Company
  51 South Vine Street, Meriden, CT 06450 - (203) 237-3037
  Your sterling straightened, dents removed, spouts cleaned, leaks and parts soldered, blades replaced for old knives, your tea sets, vegetable dishes, trays, candlesticks and platters, all lovingly refurbished to return them to useful condition.
  
• Farah's Antiques and Porcelain Restoration (713) 681-3507
  Restore all major lines of porcelain
  Antique Center of Texas, 1001 West Loop North,
  Houston, Texas 77055
  Bus: (713) 684-4609 - Res: (713) 681-3507
  E-mail: Farah's Antiques and Porcelain Restoration
• Estes-Simmons Silverplating (800) 645-4193
  Master Silversmiths
  Can restore your family treasures
  1050 Northside Drive
  Atlanta, GA 30318
  Fax: (404) 873-4826
  E-mail: Mark Antebi at Estes-Simmons
• Silver Owl, Inc.
  Welcome to the Silver Owl.  Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, we repair, replate, and refinish all fine metal items.  Specializing in silver replating and repair, our expert metal smiths also work on antique and ecclesiastical items from around the world.

Appraisers

http://www.isa-appraisers.org/

Current Makers and Brands

http://www.lenox.com

http://www.royaldoulton.com

http://www.wedgwood.com

http://www.waterford.com

http://www.gorham1831.com

http://www.noritake.com

Retailers of Current Patterns

http://www.smallislandtrader.com

http://www.murphyshomestyles.com

http://www.macys.com