Did anyone notice the half plates that were being set on the dinner table at his brothers house two weeks ago?
Does anyone know what kind of dinnerware this is?

I was actually watching the show with my boyfriend, and we think that they are the same dishes that his mom has, lol. Unfortunately, I don't know anything else about them, other than they looked familiar.

It's Franciscan China, Apple Pattern. Here's a site that sells it:

http://www.dishesdecorandmore.com/catalo..."&ovtac=PPC
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LisaAnne:

I take it you believe the dinnerware set--specifically the fruit saucer--was of this 1940's China dinnerware set? Only thing, and I'll have to look at the episode (with Adrian and Natalie setting the table) again is that the dishes Adrian was placing (AND WHY ON EARTH DOES HE BLOW ON THE ONE PIECE AS IF TO RID IT OF A PIECE OF HAIR OR SOME DUST!? GERM CITY!) seemed far more cresent-shaped than the above set's fruit dish. I thought they might be fish-deboning pieces/plates? Also, I just don't remember the pattern (of the dishes) being that raised (stand outish) from each of the cups and/or plates... But, then, I could be wrong...

The small plate that Adrian blew on is called a Crescent Salad plate and can be viewed at this site:

http://www.replacements.com/webquote/FN_APPLE.htm

(scroll down to Crescent Salad Plate and click on it to see an image)

I believe the Apple Pattern and the Desert Rose pattern are the only two Fransiscan China Patterns that are still being produced today.

"Enchante de vous rencontrer...I'm Ambrose Monk - Adrian's brother..." ~ Ambrose Monk

Do you collect fine China, Lisa Anne?? Anyway, that Cresent Salad plate looks very similar (if not identical) to the ones Monk was placing around the table all right! Are they for fish salads? I know I've seen them in older patterns (fine China from the 1920s or '30s) and always thought they were for deboning fish... Anyhow, wouldn't one want to put them in the fridge to chill (and then set them out right before the serving of the first dinner/meal courses of salads and-or soups)? You know, just as one would keep the main (large) dinner plates warm until the main course was to be served (and with ALL THAT DUST IN AMBROSE'S HOUSE, why would one put out ALL the place settings and then not cover them!? Egads, surely as smart as Ambrose and Adrian are they know the finer points of gracious dining [don't they?])!!
And, come to think of it, WHY were there only three place settings put out?? Were Natalie and Julie just going to disappear once the father showed up and she was introduced to him???
--Lee

No, I don't collect China, but my mom has that pattern. It was her wedding china, but we can (and do) still get replacement parts for it every now and then. She doesn't have those Crescent Salad Bowls, though, so I'm not really sure what they are used for. (I don't know much about Fine Dining, either! We usually eat on paper plates around here!)

As for the three place settings - maybe Nat and Julie were going to bow out gracefully when the father arrived, so the three of them could have some privacy? Or maybe they just weren't finished setting all the places yet?


"Maybe we could just say...What?" ~Adrian Monk
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Since the dining table only seemed able to seat four (4) in comfort (esp with all the extra plates they were setting out), where was Julie going to sit (if they indeed were not done setting the table yet)? At a card table?? I wouldn't know squat about gracious dining (either) except I have seen Martha Stewart (before she went to prison) talking about it along with others on TV... Boy, the paperplates by you would be a step-up for me in gracious dining! I usually just use the plates that KFC places their meals on/into when you buy them to take home...

--Lee