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What is the best quality stainless flatware?
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The highest quality flatware is dependent on the flatware's ratio of chromium to nickel. There are three possible ratios: 18/10, 18/8, or 18/0. The best flatware is 18% chromium and 10% nickel, and less prone to rusting.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
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Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Flatware, Extensive 92 Piece Set
By Tapio Wirkkala, Rosenthal
Located in Atlanta, GA
Modernist stainless steel flatware set, designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, Austria, circa
Category
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sabattini for Rosenthal Vintage Rare Stainless Steel Flatware 60 Pieces
By Rosenthal, Lino Sabattini
Located in North Miami, FL
Rosenthal flatware is so amazing. It is signed Rosenthal and designed by Sabattini. It is a work of art and
Category
Vintage 1970s German Organic Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stainless Steel
$8,100 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Black by Rosenthal Sterling Silver and Porcelain Flatware Service Set 50 Pcs
By Rosenthal
Located in Big Bend, WI
Variation black by Rosenthal sterling silver and porcelain handle dinner flatware set - 50 pieces
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rosenthal Design PLUS Flatware, 68 pcs., For 12 Persons, by Wolf Karnagel, 1970s
By Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
A comprehensive set of midcentury flatware / cutlery from the 1970s. Out of the „Design Plus“ line
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Romance, Bijorn Windblad Rosenthal Silverplate Flatware for 12 with Case 79 Pcs
By Rosenthal, Bijorn Winblad
Located in St. Louis, MO
Romance by Bijorn Windblad for Rosenthal Studio-Linie Mid-Century Modern silver plate flatware for
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Steel
Vintage German Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Twelve Persons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
for twelve persons made by Rosenthal; an addition to our antique flatware sets
The pieces of this
Category
Vintage 1970s British Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver