Scrub, Scrub and scrub some more.

My hand painted every day dishes from Italy 

 need to be rescued.  Maybe you have dishes that show their age like mine.  

All it takes is a little elbow grease to make them look like new again.  

My cereal bowls have suffered the most. 
Silver cutlery makes the dark marks, and fruit discolors the white. 

 Help is on the way. All nice and new again. 

An ordinary kitchen sponge and a little scrubbing powder is all it takes. 

  Keep scrubbing until all of the lines and discoloration is gone.  

Don't worry about the design.  Nothing is going to happen to it. 

Wash thoroughly. 

My Italian dishes are more than forty years old and now they look as if I bought them yesterday.   

This treatment works for most hand painted ceramics.  It's only the top glaze that becomes discolored from constant use. 

Gold decoration is a little more delicate.   

There is one other treatment.  It involves a kiln and firing your dinner ware to 1800 degrees Fahrenheit.  

To re-fire in the  kiln is a last resort fix.  It is better that you try the above described method first. 

Of course, I can always paint another set for you. 

Or you can come for a visit in the summer and I will teach you how to paint your own.  

I purposefully left off the yellow band around the outside rim of the plates...that way it doesn't show the little nicks they are bound to get with lots of use.  

By the way, 
it is -7 degrees Fahrenheit outside, that is -21.67 Celsius.

Stay warm,

Gina 

http://betweennapsontheporch.