What is this????? Looks like a regular plate to me
kristentinnelly
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Its basically a decorative plate that goes under your dinner plate....purelly for show
BarbieGrl10
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From wiki:
Charger plates are larger decorative plates used to dress up dinner tables at parties, weddings, and other special events. While charger plates have been around since the 1800s, they returned to popularity in the late `90s. Since food is not actually served on chargers, they are often called underplates or chop plates.
Charger plate etiquette and use varies among caterers and restaurants. Some professional catering companies remove the decorative charger plate as soon as the guests are seated. Often a decorative charger plate is left on the table as a large coaster for the soup and salad courses and then removed for the main entree. Others keep the underplate, charger or chop plates together until the end of the entire meal.
jmd75
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Thank you ladies. I'm thinking that since we don't have a dishwasher I'm going to skip over these!
coldasice217
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My mom has a beautiful red lacquer charger plate that she uses as a centerpiece trivet for the kitchen table during Christmas to Valentines. I would only get a single charger for this purpose, not a whole set for dinner parties.
megsher
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One thing that is nice about them is I have silver ones that I keep set on the table all the time, you know place mat, charger, napkins, and then when we eat, I just set the plate on top of the charger. It makes the table look 'set' all the time. But mine are cheap from Pier 1, no biggie.
MLAngelo
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My mom has charger plates and puts them out about once a year. Its really stupid to own them.
