Used Kitchen Knives
Mid-20th Century German Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century German Used Kitchen Knives
Metal
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Stainless Steel
19th Century French Used Kitchen Knives
Stainless Steel
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Agate
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Used Kitchen Knives
Cut Glass
20th Century French Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Stainless Steel
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Silver
Early 20th Century Edwardian Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Stainless Steel
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Used Kitchen Knives
Early 20th Century French Provincial Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate
20th Century French Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate, Stainless Steel
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Sterling Silver
1930s Danish Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century European French Provincial Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate
1930s Danish Rococo Used Kitchen Knives
19th Century French Louis XVI Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Stainless Steel
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Used Kitchen Knives
1870s English Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Stainless Steel
20th Century Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Bakelite
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Silver
20th Century Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century English Victorian Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate
20th Century Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Georgian Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
Mother-of-Pearl
Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Used Kitchen Knives
Metal
20th Century Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Used Kitchen Knives
Silver Plate
1910s Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
1930s Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
Stainless Steel, Sterling Silver
19th Century European Used Kitchen Knives
Steel
20th Century Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
1950s Mid-Century Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Stainless Steel
20th Century Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Used Kitchen Knives
Metal
Early 19th Century English George IV Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver, Steel
1930s French Used Kitchen Knives
Metal
20th Century Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Brass
20th Century Art Nouveau Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century English Used Kitchen Knives
Brass, Stainless Steel
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Used Kitchen Knives
Stainless Steel
20th Century German Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
20th Century Danish Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
20th Century Danish Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
20th Century Danish Art Deco Used Kitchen Knives
1970s Used Kitchen Knives
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20th Century Danish Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
20th Century Used Kitchen Knives
Sterling Silver
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Finding the Right tableware for You
While it isn’t always top of mind for some, antique and vintage tableware can enhance even the most informal meal. It has been an intimate part of how we’ve interacted with our food for millennia.
Tableware has played a basic but important role in everyday life. Ancient Egyptians used spoons (which are classified as flatware) made of ivory and wood, while Greeks and Romans, who gathered for banquets involving big meals and entertainment, ate with forks and knives. At the beginning of the 17th century, however, forks were still uncommon in American homes. Over time, tableware has thankfully evolved and today includes increasingly valuable implements.
Tableware refers to the tools people use to set the table, including serving pieces, dinner plates and more. It encompasses everything from the intricate and elaborate to the austere and functional, yet are all what industrial product designer Jasper Morrison might call “Super Normal” — anonymous objects that are too useful to be considered banal.
There are four general categories of tableware — serveware, dinnerware, drinkware and, lastly, flatware, which is commonly referred to as silverware or cutlery. Serveware includes serving bowls, platters, gravy boats, casserole pans and ladles. Most tableware is practical, but it can also be decorative. And decorative objects count as tableware too. Even though they don’t fit squarely into one of the four categories, vases, statues and floral arrangements are traditional centerpieces.
Drinkware appropriately refers to the vessels we use for our beverages — mugs, cups and glasses. There is a good deal of variety that falls under this broad term. For example, your cheerful home bar or mid-century modern bar cart might be outfitted with a full range of vintage barware, which might include pilsner glasses and tumblers. Specialty cocktails are often served in these custom glasses, but they’re still a type of drinkware.
Every meal should be special — even if you’re using earthenware or stoneware for a casual lunch — but perhaps you’re hosting a dinner party to mark a specific event. The right high-quality tableware can bring a touch of luxury to your cuisine. Young couples, for example, traditionally add “fine china,” or porcelain, to their wedding registry as a commemoration of their union and likely wouldn’t turn down exquisite silver made by Tiffany & Co. or Georg Jensen.
It’s important to remember, however, that when you’re setting the dining room table to have fun with it. Just as you might mix and match your dining chairs, don’t be afraid to mix new and old or high and low with your tableware. On 1stDibs, find an extraordinary range of vintage and antique tableware to help elevate your meal as well as the mood and atmosphere of your entire dining room.
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