Custom Design

Mayfair is pleased to offer our convenient and affordable custom print and design options. We can incorporate your logo, design or special color in order to give your china a unique look that perfectly reflects the personality of your establishment. We also offer a vast selection of patterns and accessories in an assortment of colors and sizes to choose from to give your custom china design a distinctive look.

Incorporating Your Original Designs To incorporate your logo, color or original designs, please provide camera-ready artwork. Please indicate the placement of the logo, size, and or colors you would like on each piece of china you want to have customized. Provide a minimum of 4 pieces of each item you want to have printed or produced. Minimum quantities apply.

What are the different materials used to make Dinnerware ?

Bone China

It is shiny and smooth non-porous pottery made with a minimum of 25% bone ash, china stone and fine kaolin (china clay). Bone china is light weight and thin and fired at a high temperature. Patterns are usually formal. Despite bone china’s delicate appearance, it is very durable.

Porcelain

Porcelain is a non-porous pottery made from a derivative of a white clay known as Kaolin.  It is fired at temperatures that exceed 1300 degrees Celsius and is translucent, thin and light weight. The fired Kaolin clay holds its stark coloring, giving Porcelain its crisp white appearance. Because the Kaolin clay is more pliable, this material lends itself to creating more complex and unique shapes.  Originating in China, this delicate looking dishware is stronger than stoneware and more resistant to chipping and hazing.

Stoneware

A dense kaolin is fired between 1200 –1450 degrees Celsius to create this porous ceramic. Neither translucent nor heavy, stoneware chips more easily than porcelain or bone china. It has a casual appearance and is generally glazed in muted earth tones. It can have fine detail or be rough and grainy. Stoneware is more affordable than porcelain or bone china yet less durable.

Earthenware

It is a coarse porous pottery and fired at a low temperature between 800-1000 degrees Celsius. Earthenware chips quite easily and has a casual appearance. It is often glazed in bright colors and formed by hand.