HINTS & TIPS:

Attention all plate collectors. One of the worst punishments you can inflict on a plate is the diabolical metal plate-hanger! Even the plastic-coated type can seriously damage your treasured possessions (not to mention seriously reduce their value!). So please treat your plates with care and kindness. If you must hang them, use a nylon or plastic hanger, but, better yet, display them on purpose-made shelves (with a groove to prevent slipping) or in a cabinet designed for the purpose, on a plastic or wooden display stand. And don't, for heaven's sake, use those horrible self-adhesive stick-on hangers!

China and glass. The more fragile items can suffer terribly from heat - never place fragile (ie. thin) porcelain, bone china, or glass items on a window-ledge exposed to strong sunshine (like being in a greenhouse), or close to a hot light-bulb in a cabinet or anywhere else. Your precious item could be cracked at best, broken at worst, by over-exposure to changes in temperature.