Spend enough time around millions of pieces of china and crystal and you start recognizing a certain look. More than 450,000 patterns pass through the company’s enormous inventory, covering active and discontinued china, crystal, flatware, and collectibles. The famous “Great Wall of China” displays more than 500 china patterns, joined by about 150 crystal patterns and 150 flatware patterns arranged by manufacturer. The visual search tool accepts images of china, crystal, silver, and collectibles and looks for possible matches. You may arrive at this North Carolina stop wondering how millions of dishes could possibly be interesting.