Pfaltzgraff Naturewood 16-Piece Stoneware Dinnerware Set (Service for 4)

The shapes and color of the new ones is slightly different from the old ones we have had for 15 years, but close enough.They are thick and heavy and sturdy and look good.

After 25+ years of using Corelle dishes, I decided it was time for real grown-up stoneware. After searching for weeks, I decided on Naturewood by Pfaltzgraff. Amazon had a very good deal on their 16 piece sets, plus, it was free shipping! How could you beat that? The dishes are even prettier in person than they are online. They do get silverware marks on them easily, but that is the "nature of the beast" (the finish they use on the stoneware marks easily). Pfaltzgraff sells some nifty cleaner that easily removes the marks if they bother you. The marks on my dishes aren't too bad. My guess is a cleaning every now and then (every couple of months or so) will take care of the worst marks. Yes, these dishes are heavy. They are stoneware. That is to be expected. I like their heftiness. So far, they seem to be working well. They go perfectly in my house; I love the design of the dishes. Plus, Pfaltzgraff, when it retires a pattern, keeps the basic dishes in production for a few years following the retirement. I am happy with my purchase.

A feel good dinner. Set that sits well and beautiful on the dinner Table.

Plates different to original in shape or angle but only slightly.

I bought this Dinnerware set, and just love it. I have since either bought matching pieces on my own or have friends wonderful enough to add to my collection. I am planning to get another service for 4 and 2 to 4 extra dinnerplates, as I never seem to have enough. Have had the matching containers on my wishlist for some time, may soon break down and buy them for myself as a present from my birds for Mothers day along with the salt and pepper shakers. My work allows me to be able to get to many different stores, I am therefore able to comparison shop. That has proved futile, I have yet to find a better price on anything I have bought or wanted that is less then Amazon. The 4 piece dinnerware set is usually higher ..., so I am getting these from here. Better price, take my word.

I ordered these dishes and first time using them they are scratched from the silverware, I'm very disappointed!Poor quality dishes. Everyday that we use these dishes they are getting worst. I have tried getting the scratches out with the Barkeepers soft scrub but they don't come out. If I had the boxes I'd send them back.Could someone from customer service please contact me. Thank You.

I read all the reviews about "made in China" so I decided to wait and see what I got. This is the second time that I've expanded my set from 4 to 8 and now to 12 pieces. I bought the first four pieces back around 2000, the second four sometime around 2004 (give or take a bit) and the third set of four this week. The first batch was made in the US, the second in Thailand, and the third and most recent order in China.For those keeping score, each set is subtly different. here' s the breakdown:Shape:The US and China pieces are a little thicker than the Thailand pieces, though all three have slight shape differences. The Chinese bowls have a deep foot and don't nest as tightly (the four Chinese bowls stack about as high as 6 of the others). They do have a bit more thickness than the Thailand pieces and in that regard are more similar to the US pieces. The older plates have 3 distinct angles on the face as you work from center out to the bezel, going from flat to moderately steep then flatting out to a low angle around the edge. The newer Chinese ones have a soft continuous curve instead of the 2 angles (I'm sure there are technical terms for this). Although subtle, this is probably the one most noticeable design difference. The plates are also about 1-2mm larger radius. The bowls have a measurably taller foot (maybe a mm?).Glaze:the US has an over-glaze of some sort that looks a little shinier, and the China and Thailand pieces have sharper printing than the US set, which almost looks blurry by modern standards. Some of the Thailand pieces circa early 2004 have some light cracking in the glaze, though for the most part it's pretty subtle. I expect that the Chinese pieces will behave about the same since the finish looks similar, though I haven't put them through much use yet. If it weren't for the mild cracking, I like the newer finish a little better. They're a bit more matte.Color:The green glaze is very subtly brighter than the oldest pieces, though it's all very close. The 2004 and 2015 pieces match in color as far as I can tell.Material:[updated: dropping a star after noticing this] This is another significant difference: The stone material has changed. The old material had a flecked stone that gave the pieces a slight textured look. The new pieces are a plain stone without the flecks in it. It ends up making the newer pieces look a bit brighter than the older pieces, and is yet another "just different" thing.Price:I don't have the receipt, but I think I paid significantly more in 2000 for my first four pieces than I paid last week for my most recent four, and that's not adjusting for inflation. The new pieces are probably 1/3 the price of their older US counterparts, inflation-adjusted.Overall:All that said, the color and shape are close enough that if I set all 12 of them out on a table, it's unlikely my guests would notice the difference in pieces. If you're picky, match the set with something made around the same time from the same place. There are places online that you can get picky like that. I think the biggest change that I'm frustrated with is the change in shape & material of the pieces. It feels like they picked something close from a menu, rather than actually matching the older pieces. I can accept that they change materials / dyes / etc. to accommodate manufacturing process changes over the years, but the change in shape is completely arbitrary and seems more like a decision of expedience than anything else. The change in material seems like a similar arbitrary choice.FWIW, if I were buying 12 new ones and had a choice, even with the minor glaze cracking problem, I might be tempted to go with the Thailand pieces. The glaze looks better (to me) and it still retains the older bevel that I liked as well as the flecked material. The price for the set was reasonable... if I were buying a completely new set I might be satisfied, but I would have paid a bit more if it meant that I could match my other pieces more closely, and to me these don't seem like the same quality and care that Pfaltzgraff delivered in years past.

Have wanted these dishes for a long time. They are beautiful!