Denby appointing administrators

I have some pieces of the Denby Greystone. We didn't have much money so I could only afford a couple of plates, etc. After having them for years I was mortified when my husband broke the lid of the casserole dish. Then the next week my hands spasemed when I was carrying the 5 plates and they all cracked as they hit our stone floor. By the time I could afforded all the matching pieces it had been discontinued and a secondhand plate that you could see wear on was going for £14. I still have the remaining pieces on display.

HelterSkelter1 I’ve got a couple of electric blue Danesby ware jugs that came from my grandma, they are from the 1930s, when Denby was called Bourne.

There are Denby sellers/collectors on fb.

Now I am Googling Denby blue tableware I have come up with a range in The .Vintage .Store called Cottage Blue renamed Blue Classic later in the 20th century. This is actually more like some of the blue items I bought in Oxfam and other charity shops. The new items from John Lewis are Imperial Blue. I shall have a good read tonight about the history of Denby and more specifically about their blue range.

Back in about 1975, I bought a great heap of Denby Cotswold pattern in a Bentalls sale. Over the next few years I added to it until I had 8 of everything I needed. Over 50 years later I am still using them. I hve broken about half a dozen items in all that time.

When I go, it will make a big lot at auction and may not sell. Still 50 plus years of use, it was worth it.

They might be on trend but I can't lift a large casserole empty, let alone with food in it!

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Le Creuset is enjoying something of a revival at the moment - those cast iron dishes are very much on trend now.

You need a crane to lift them when full.

Oh, I agree! I see Aldi are doing their own versions of them now - in pastel colours.

I have passed most of my Le Creuset to the children already - it was too heavy.

I hope to pass it all on with blue Le Creust pans to my DDs

Love my Denby Imperial Blue. Most bought from Oxfam and the rest from JL. I will have stewed apples and custard in a small pot heated in the microwave with coffee in a cup and saucer this evening. I use their mugs every morning. I must hunt for the crust set. Somewhere in a cupboard. And I have daffodils in a coffee pot on the mantelpiece

GrannyGravy13

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LK Bennet in administration as well

Their sale is good 👍🏻

I know - saved a huge amount 🤫😊

Halo 12 piece dinner service is reduced to £184

I'm not surprised if young people are mpnot buying it.
They don't want lovely china either.

I bought Denby for DS and DIL
Should have bought some for myself!

Oh no. Arabesque was ours - but two crazy cats tigers broke most of it. Don't ask!

I have boxes of Denby Cotswold languishing in the loft.

We were given a set of Denby Arabesque when we married more than 50 years ago. Some of the pieces are still stored in a kitchen cupboard.

My Denby service is over 30 years old, it is consigned to the bottom of a drawer at the moment as it no longer matches the kitchen.

Denby has never been owned by a Chinese company.

Ownership History: Denby (founded in 1809 in Derbyshire) was bought by investment firm Hilco Capital in 2009. Before that, it was part of Coloroll and, later, a management buyout backed by British venture capital firm Phildrew Ventures

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LK Bennet in administration as well

Their sale is good 👍🏻

LK Bennet in administration as well

ViceVersa

Le Creuset is enjoying something of a revival at the moment - those cast iron dishes are very much on trend now.

You need a crane to lift them when full.

I used to visit the Denby factory/showroom/visitors centre years ago because it was on my commute to work- I recall being told that it had been sold to the Chinese and that was over ten years ago.

We have Poole Pottery which my parents gave us as a wedding present nearly 50 years ago. They went bust just before Covid. But, I have one item of Denby - a purple jug which younger son bought me for a present when he was in 6th form.

What a shame. I had the imperial blue dinner & tea set many years ago.
Found the dinner plates too heavy after breaking my hand.
I sold them & made more money than what I paid for them.

Boz

The problem is that they are heavy. Heavy to handle and heavy in the dishwasher.
Together with large ovenware and weighty pieces of le crueset they have gone to family or charity shop.

They are very heavy it’s true, but almost indestructible 😄
I have a dinner set that’s over 30 years old and regularly used.