I don't think I've waxed rhapsodic about Good Eats on SZ yet. But as host Alton Brown might say, that's another blog entry. My point here is that Alton uses some pretty cool stuff on his show. He sells some of it himself-- I've already got his salt cellar and plunger measuring cups.
But what I don't have are his dice plates-- a set of six square but slightly curved white plates with pip patterns matching the six faces of a die. They're groovy and very me. I want a set. They used to be sold by Restoration Hardware ($15 a set) over a year ago, but not anymore. The two stores in Seattle don't have 'em and couldn't get 'em, and the catalog salesperson said they're no longer available.
I've done the usual web searching-- Google, Ebay, Good Eats message boards-- to no avail. That's where you come in, loyal Zombies. Your mission: find me a set of those plates. I'll cheerfully reimburse you and proclaim you the cat's pajamas for all the world-- or the portion of it that reads Static Zombie-- to see.
Posted by Peter at September 16, 2003 05:49 PMmy first hit got me a picture but no plates. i'll keep looking, but here's the pic.
http://thanatos47.homestead.com/files/Dice_Plates.jpg
Posted by: dana on September 16, 2003 07:06 PMI think your best bets are to a)call every Restoration Hardware store in the country to see if any of them still have a set and b)keep checking eBay - one of the sets has to show up there eventually. As an alternative, call Restoration's HQ and see if you can get someone to tell you who made the plates, then contact them.
Posted by: Dan Blum on September 17, 2003 10:15 AMYou can go to a "paint your own" pottery place and make your own. They all have square plates, and it would take all of a few minutes with some stencils to make the dots.
Now, how about using pentagonal plates and making a set of 12-sided die faces? Of course, they tend to just have a sans-serif number on them. Not too exciting.
One thing you could do with a make-your-own pottery place would be make white dots on red background like Vegas dice. Those would be even cooler than the black-on-white Restoration Hardware plates.
Posted by: Don on September 17, 2003 10:22 AMTry looking at ZGallerie. There's one in the Redmond area I believe. They've had those plates and martini glasses with a dice motif.
Sean
Posted by: Sean on September 17, 2003 12:11 PMAny pottery studio could make these for you.
Contact them through local art schools or find the last Open Studios tour guide for your area.
The main issue will be getting a dishwasher safe glaze.
Posted by: George on September 18, 2003 10:27 AMLet me know if you find them, I've been looking for them too. My Bunco group would love them.
Posted by: Elaine on November 11, 2003 11:03 AMI just sold a set of those dice plates on Ebay for $52... They're quite difficult to find!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3256814977&category=38154&rd=1
Posted by: Tom on December 4, 2003 05:52 AMA set of the RH dice plates are currently available at eBay. The auction ends Wednesday, January 14th.
Search under "Seller," then type in "bieg."
A very nice set, indeed.
Good luck bidding!
Posted by: Russ on January 9, 2004 07:25 PMWhoops!
A set "is" available.
My bad!
Posted by: Russ on January 9, 2004 07:27 PMYou can now get the plate set at RH for $30 on-line, or the flat, smaller coasters for $20. I think half of that is a reasonable price, so I will continue to look.
D
Hey! I love those plates too and just purchased them at RH online, so I know you can get them. They also have matching coasters.
Posted by: Lacy on February 26, 2005 08:05 AMYou can get the dice plates at our web site, we also have the salt & pepper shakers to match.
Sheryl
Posted by: Sheryl on April 29, 2008 09:34 AM
