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Northshore October 2025
Sandra Keene has upwards of 1,200 vintage dinner plates—and all the other pieces that go with them, from the side dishes to teacups and saucers. It’s a lot of place settings; some might even say it’s a Martha Stewart–level collection. And every last piece is available for anyone to rent, for a tea party, a wedding reception, or a fun dinner with friends.  Keene started her collection—and her company, China Grove in West Newbury—to keep beautiful dishes out of landfills while making it possible for people to use them without having to own them. “I have seen so much china ending up in junk stores or being thrown away,” s
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