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What is a compote set?
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A compote set is a serveware set that includes matching dishes called compotes. A compote dish usually consists of a wide, shallow bowl positioned on a pedestal. The name comes from a stewed fruit dessert called a compôte. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of antique and vintage compote sets.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Gilt Bronze and Crystal Compotes
Located in New York, NY
Pair Empire Gilt Bronze and Crystal Compotes
Each base is cast with three satyrs supporting a laurel ring and a double lattice with Russian cut glass bowl.
19th c.
Category
Early 20th Century French Charles X Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Bronze
Sterling and Crystal Compote
By Steuben Hawkes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Over one hundred years old, this lovely crystal compote with a sterling silver base evokes a time gone-by.
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Empire Style Ormolu & Cut Crystal Compote/ Tazza
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Empire Style Ormolu and Cut Crystal Compote/Tazza
Made in Austria, circa 1920s
An elegant Empire Style Ormolu and Cut Crystal Compote/Tazza made in Austria during the 1920s, present...
Category
20th Century Austrian Empire Garniture
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Austrian Art Deco Crystal Compote Centrepiece, Biscuit/Cookie Bowl, circa 1930
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A lovely small Art Deco cut-crystal compote centrepiece or biscuit/cookie bowl with silvered spelter base, Austria, circa 1930.
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal, Spelter
Sterling and Crystal Compote
By Steuben Hawkes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Based in Corning, NY, T.G. Hawkes & Co. (circa 1880-1959) was established by Thomas Gibbons Hawkes (1846-1913). Born in Ireland, Hawkes immigrated to Brooklyn in 1862, then moved...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$800 / set
Antique Bohemian Amber Cut to Clear Goblet Styled Covered Crystal Compote
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This cut crystal covered goblet styled compote is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the region of Bohemia, likely the Czech Republic in approximately 1920.
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Crystal Serveware
Materials
Crystal


