$10,125Sale Price|25% Off
George III English Sterling Silver Tea Set with Matching Tray, 18th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
This elegant George III English tea set includes a sterling silver teapot, matching hot milk pot, and sugar bowl, complemented by a sterling silver tea urn and a silver-plated facete...
Sterling Silver
19th Century Toby Tea Pot
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Toby tea pot from the Staffordshire region of England. The top is in a scalloped shape and is a brilliant cobalt color with copper lustre embellishment. It is topped w...
Ceramic
Richard Ginori Late 18th Century Porcelain Tea Pot with Hand Painted Landscapes
By Richard Ginori
Located in Brescia, IT
Richard Ginori Late 18th century porcelain tea pot with hand painted landscapes This very elegant tea pot was hand painted with views of Italian contrysides landscapes, in fuchsia c...
Porcelain
$13,300Sale Price / set|30% Off
Silver tea service
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver tea service consisting of coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl and drip cup, with engraving, removable lids, chestnut wood handle and spherical feet. Metal: Silver . Or...
Silver
Antique George I Octagonal Silver Coffee Pot 1719 18th Century Early Georgian
By Richard Bayley
Located in London, GB
An elegant Antique George I Solid Silver Coffee Pot in a traditional Tapered Octagonal shape width an Octagonal Domed Lid. The early Georgian Coffee Pot has a wooden handle. Made in...
Silver
Antique Queen Anne Sterling Silver Coffee Pot Side Handled 1703 18th Century
Located in London, GB
An impressive Queen Anne Silver Coffee Pot. The Coffee Pot has an engraved armorial on the side, a spout with a hinged cover and a wooden handle. Made in London in 1703 by George Le...
Sterling Silver
Danish Silver Tea Pot by Bendix Gijsen, Copenhagen, Louis XVI Period, Dated 1799
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
The period Copenhagen made Louis XVI silver pot has an amazing oval shape with ebony handle and finial, topped of with silver tip. The tea pot is clearly struck hallmarks on the bas...
Silver
$2,975Sale Price|30% Off
Coffee pot in perforated silver, floral checkered motifs & hinged lid w/ knob
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Perforated silver coffee pot, checkered floral motifs and hinged lid with pommel. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Corôa. Weight: 479.95 grams. Dimensions...
Silver
Antique Large Chocolate Pot Qing Chinese Porcelain Chine de Commande, 18th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A rare, good conditioned, and quality painted chocolate pot. Mimimal decoration but Very nicely done with 2 detailed flowers. Probably Qianlong/Jiaqing Additional information: Mat...
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Tea and Coffee Service
By Yu Chang
Located in New Orleans, LA
Chinese export silver was incredibly popular amongst visiting Western tourists between the 18th and early 20th centuries.
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Silver Coffee Pot on Stand London, England 1783
By Thomas Chawner
Located in London, GB
An impressive Antique George III Sterling Silver Coffee Pot on a Silver Stand. This classic Georgian Coffee Pot has a subtle bead edged border on the lid, shoulder, column and base. ...
Sterling Silver
Antique George I French Silver Side-Handled Chocolate Pot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French silver side-handled chocolate pot; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection. This exceptional antique early 18th century ...
Silver
Antique George III Sterling Silver Tea-Coffeeset ivory Handles & Tray 1798-1800
By Charles Asprey and Charles Asprey junior 1
Located in VALENZA, IT
Rare George III Sterling Silver Tea-Coffeeset ivory Handles plus tray 1799-1800 Hallmarked in London in 1798-9 by Charles Asprey, this superb, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Tea...
Sterling Silver
C. 1870s Gorham Silver Soldered 5-Piece Tea & Coffee Service
By Gorham
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
We specialize in period 18th and 19th century English and Country French furniture, fine art, silver, porcelain, lighting, and all appropriate decorative accessories.
Silver
George II Newcastle Sterling Silver Coffee Pot by William Partis, 1744
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George II Newcastle sterling silver coffee pot, an addition to our Georgian silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique George ...
Sterling Silver, Silver
Sterling silver Baroque-style tea and coffee set with a wooden handle
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver Baroque style tea and coffee set with wooden handle 20th-century reproduction of an Italian sterling silver tea and coffee set called "Lucchese."
Sterling Silver
Puiforcat / Hermes - Antique 5pc. French 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set, Louis XVI
By Tetard Freres, Puiforcat
Located in Wilmington, DE
This superior silver content presented particular advantages for tea service components, allowing for thinner walls in pots and bowls while maintaining structural integrity, and prod...
Sterling Silver
Boin-Taburet & Faberge-8pc 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set + 6 Faberge Egg Cups
By Limoges, Boin-Taburet
Located in Wilmington, DE
Boin-Taburet 950 Sterling Silver Tea Sets: Among their many celebrated productions, Boin-Taburet’s tea sets stand out as paragons of elegance, function, and artistic innovation.
Silver
Antique Large Armorial Chocolate Pot Qing Chinese Porcelain Chine de Commande
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A rare, good conditioned Armorial decorated, and quality painted chocolate pot. Qianlong/Jiaqing Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Perio...
Porcelain
Meissen Gilt Traveling Tea Service
Located in New Orleans, LA
Meissen Gilt Traveling Tea Service, 29 pieces Circa 1735-40 This magnificent Meissen traveling tea service is extraordinary in so many ways. To find such a stunningly gilt, complete...
Porcelain, Rosewood
$1,342Sale Price|41% Off
Antique Chinese Porcelain Tea Set Teapot Donkey Yongzheng/Early Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice example with Donkey and Traveller with attendant. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Emperor: Qianlong (1735-1796) Period: 18t...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Tea Set Teapot China Chine de Commande Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice example of chine de commande porcelain. This pot is of larger size and is finely shaped. With a delicate painting of flowers. Additional information: Material: Tea/Coffe...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Tea Set Teapot China Chine de Commande Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice example of chine de commande porcelain. This pot is of larger size and is finely shaped. With a delicate painting of flowers. Additional information: Material: Porcelain...
Porcelain
Set of 5 Antique Qianlong Period Chinese Porcelain Floral Tea Bowls with Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Chinese Qianlong period set of cups and saucers. Fine potting and handpainting. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Decoration Type / Colour: Blue & White ...
Porcelain
SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY GINORI COFFEE PORCELAIN SET
Located in Firenze, FI
Refined polychrome porcelain coffee service. The set includes a coffee pot, sugar bowl, and six cups and saucers. The set is decorated with painted floral and fruit motifs, as well a...
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Valentines Patter Teapot Chine de Commande Qianlong, 18th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Porcelain teapot. Qianlong period Fantastic and highly detailed decoration in Grisaille/Encre de Chine Painted with ‘The Valentine Pattern’. Two doves perched on a quiver o...
Porcelain
$2,850 / set
Set of porcelain de Paris coffee & tea service
Located in Washington, DC
Set of porcelain de Paris coffee & tea service - eighteen (18) pieces. Made famous during the Napoleon Period 1795 - 1830
Coffee pot - W - 8"; H - 10"
Te...
Porcelain
18th Century Antique English Sterling Silver George III Chocolate Pot Coffee Tea
Located in Dayton, OH
1782 Antique 18th century George III sterling silver chocolate pot or chocolatière. A beautiful sterling silver 925 / 1000 lidded pot featuring baluster form with baroque deisgn, woo...
Sterling Silver
A Meissen Dot Period Porcelain 'Hausmaler' Tea & Coffee Service, 1763-74
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Rare Meissen Dot Period Porcelain Hausmaler Eight Person Tea and Coffee Service 1763-74 Additional information: Date : 1763-1774 Period : Frederick Augustus I Elector of Saxony Ma...
Porcelain
5-Piece Tea and Coffee Set by M. Dufrene for Christofle (Gallia)
By Gallia
Located in NANTES, FR
Tea and coffee set designed by Maurice Dufrene for Galia/Christople Set consisting of a tray, a coffee pot, a teapot, a milk jug, and a sugar bowl. Black wooden handles. Gallia hall...
Silver Plate
Sarreguemines Porcelain Minton Tea/Coffee Set, End 19th C.
By Sarreguemines
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
This beautiful Minton-pattern tea and coffee set by Sarreguemines captures the charm and elegance of late-19th-century French ceramic artistry. Made in France at the end of the 1800s...
Porcelain
Circa 1891-1911 Chinese Export Rose Medallion Porcelain Tea Service
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
We specialize in period 18th and 19th century English and Country French furniture, fine art, silver, porcelain, lighting, and all appropriate decorative accessories.
Porcelain
Rare Antique German Porcelain Tea Coffee Set Hand Painted Gilt KPM Berlin
By KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Rare Antique German Porcelain Tea Coffee Set Hand Painted Gilt KPM Berlin German, c. 1830 Smallest (milk jug): Height 9cm, width 11cm, depth 6cm Largest (teapot): Height 18cm, width ...
Porcelain
$96Sale Price / set|36% Off
20th Century Czech Demitasse Coffee Set
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Demitasse coffee set, 2nd quarter 20th century, Czechoslovakia. Comprised of the pot, creamer, covered sugar and 2 cups (1 with tiny chip on rim) and 5 saucers. Maker's mark & "Czech...
Porcelain
Italy Late 18th Century Doccia Richard Ginori Porcelain Tea Pot Floral Drawings
By Doccia Porcelain
Located in Brescia, IT
Doccia, Richard Ginori 1750 porcelain tea pot with multi-color floral drawings, Italy. This porcelain tea pot with multicolors floral drawing is an elegant piece, useful to enrich ...
Porcelain
Antique Sheffield Finely Chased Baluster Form Tea Pot Late 18th c
Located in valatie, NY
Antique Sheffield Finely Chased Baluster Form Tea Pot Late 18th c. Raised on a bead bordered circular foot. The body is part chased with embossed, tapered flutes headed by an engrav...
Sheffield Plate
Antique Chinese Porcelain QIanlong Fencai Decorated Teapot Rose, Ca 1740
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated teapot. Qianlong period. Great decoration in Famille Rose / Fencai palette. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Per...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Qianlong Putti Decorated Teapot Rose, Ca 1740
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated teapot. Qianlong period. Great decoration in Famille Rose / Iron red. Very nice colors. With a highly unusual figural decoration in iron red of two figures i...
Porcelain
Later 19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Pot
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Later 19th century Chinese export porcelain tea pot. Famille rose figural decoration featuring a lady of the court in a wheeled chair with attendants.
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Export "Rockefeller Pattern" Punch Pot
Located in Dallas, TX
"Rockefeller Pattern" / Chinese Export Famille Rose Mandarin-Pattern punch pot (or large tea pot) and cover. Qianlong Period (1736-1795), the vessel finely enameled to each side with...
Porcelain
Blue and White Pearlware 18th century Coffee Pot, 1785
Located in Downingtown, PA
Staffordshire Blue and White Pearlware Chinoiserie Coffee Pot Circa 1785 This elegant and well-proportioned coffee pot is a superb example of late Georgian ceramic production from t...
Pearlware, Pottery
20th Century Peruvian Silver Tea and Coffee Set by Camusso
By Carlo Mario Camusso
Located in London, GB
Of bulbous form, the pieces are designed in the Rococo style, popular in the 18th century. Long and ornate spouts feature on the kettle as well as tea and coffee pots.
Silver
Meissen Tea Pot with Animal Spout and Flower Decoration Rococo Period circa 1740
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Early and rare piece From The Meissen/Germany Manufactory Dating: made circa 1740 Material: white porcelain, glossy finish Technique: handmade porcelain, finest painting Spec...
Porcelain
C. 1850s English Staffordshire Gaudy Welsh Swansea Cottage Tulip Pattern Tea Pot
By Staffordshire
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
We specialize in period 18th and 19th century English and Country French furniture, fine art, silver, porcelain, lighting, and all appropriate decorative accessories.
Earthenware, Pottery
18th Century Staffordshire Creamware Cauliflower Milk Jug and Cover
By William Greatbatch
Located in Downingtown, PA
Elegant 18th-Century Staffordshire Creamware Cauliflower Milk Jug and Cover This exquisite Milk Jug and Cover is a superior example of Cauliflower Ware, a distinctive and highly col...
Creamware, Pottery
George III Saffron Pot Made in London by Robert Hennell, 1787
By Robert Hennell
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare George III Saffron Pot made in London in 1787 by Robert Hennell. The Saffron Pot is modelled in the straight sided oval form, with flat hinged cover, which was a p...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Venetian Antique Silverplate Massive Tea & Coffee Service on Tray, circa 1700
Located in Vigonza, Padua
The set is in good structural condition and can be used. Considering the use over time, the external silvering shows some wear which however does not diminish the charm. Coffee Pot:...
Silver Plate
Chinese Export Porcelain "Queen Charlotte" Pattern Tea Bowl & Saucer, Kangxi Per
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Bowl and Saucer Kangxi Period, Early 18th Century This finely potted Chinese export porcelain tea bowl and saucer is decorated in a striking polychrome ...
Porcelain
Armorial Service of Samson Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Market
By Edmé Samson
Located in Essex, MA
Partial set of Samson hand painted Chinese Export style porcelain for the American Market. In beautiful orange trim with hand printed gilt motif. American eagle in centre with Shi...
Porcelain
$2,464Sale Price / set|20% Off
Antique German Rococo Silver 5-Piece Coffee & Tea Set
Located in New York, NY
German Rococo 800 silver coffee and tea set, ca 1920. This set comprises 5 pieces: Coffeepot, teapot, hot milk pot, creamer, and sugar.
Silver
18th Century Dutch Brass Tea Pot or Kettle, circa 1785
Located in Ambler, PA
18th century Dutch brass tea pot or kettle, circa 1785. With inset copper base. Measures: Height 10 1/2? to top of handle, base 4 1/2?.
Brass
Unavailable
H 28 in W 23 in D 0.1 in
Mid-18th Century Antique George III Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, London, Rober
Located in 53-64 Chancery Lane, London
A beautiful pear shaped coffee pot decorated with elegant gadrooned moldings around the lid and foot. The domed lid is hinged and is crowned with an ornate finial. Weight: 30 troy...
Sterling Silver
Unavailable
H 10 in W 4.13 in D 0.1 in
18th Century Antique George I Britannia Silver Octagonal Coffee Pot London, 1714
By Thomas Thomas
Located in 53-64 Chancery Lane, London
A fine quality and incredibly collectable early Georgian Britannia standard coffee pot designed with tapering angles and an elegant hinged domed lid. The centre front of the body has...
Britannia Standard Silver
18th Century Antique Silver Portuguese Teapot, circa 1770
Located in 53-64 Chancery Lane, London
A stunning quality 18th century European teapot with flush hinged lid. The pot is inverted pear shaped with a spiral fluting design to the body which has been elegantly floral engrav...
Unavailable
H 11 in W 9 in D 0.1 in
Antique George III Silver Coffee Pot London 1763 Thomas Whipham & Charles Wright
By Thomas Whipman & Charles Wright
Located in 53-64 Chancery Lane, London
A very beautiful 18th century pear shaped coffee pot decorated with stylish gadrooned mouldings around the lid and the foot. The coffee pot has an elegant contemporary engraved armor...
Sterling Silver
Unavailable
H 13.5 in Dm 9 in
George III Silver Coffee Pot Newcastle 1788 John Langlands & John Robertson
By John Langlands I & John Robertson I
Located in 53-64 Chancery Lane, London
A large and highly collectable 18th century silver Provincial vase shaped coffee pot decorated with elegant applied bead wires. The fruitwood handle is scroll in design and the beaut...
Sterling Silver
Unavailable
H 10.75 in W 6 in D 7 in
Antique Queen Anne Britannia Silver Chocolate Pot London 1712 Richard Watts
By Richard Watts
Located in 53-64 Chancery Lane, London
A rare and extremely fine early 18th century Queen Anne silver side handled chocolate pot designed with a superbly sculptured octagonal plain formed body and a breathtaking swan neck...
Britannia Standard Silver
18th Century Rare Hand Embossed Copper Tea Pot
Located in Milan, IT
18Th Century Rare Hand Embossed Copper Tea Pot
Unavailable
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set for Two, Cream Grass Pattern, Victorian 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and very rare Belleek cabaret set in the Grass design, consisting of a teapot, two teacups and saucers, a milk jug and a lidded sugar bowl, all placed on a large ...
Porcelain
18th Century Glass Posset Pot, circa 1770
Located in Whitburn, GB
Date and origin: England, circa 1770. Period of George III. Condition: Age-related wear as shown. The spout has been chipped. Dimensions: Height 9cm, diameter 10.8c...
Blown Glass
A sterling silver tea and coffee set, Russia, 1788
Located in Valbroye, CH
Tea and coffee service in silver. Russia, 1788 Sugar pot - later
Silver
Unavailable
H 1.5 in W 8.25 in D 8.25 in
Chinese Porcelain Tableware, 18th Century, circa 1780 Tea and Coffee Service
Located in London, GB
Part of a unique Chinese porcelain service commissioned for a Swedish wedding with the arms of a noble family as denoted by the Comital or Coronet. From the Qianlong period, produce...
Porcelain
5 Piece Tea Set 1922 Coin Silver by Tiffany & Co.
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in MC Leansville, NC
This ornate coin silver tea/coffee service is designed in the Rococo Revival style, which was especially popular in the mid to late 19th century.
Silver
Unavailable
H 7.09 in W 11.03 in D 3.55 in
English Silver Hand Engraved Tea Set by Edward Barnard and Sons, 1904-1905
By Edward Barnard & Sons
Located in GB
The interiors of each piece are gilded and the set is in very good condition. The weight of the tea set is 924 grams. The tea pot measures 18cm H x 28cm W x 9cm D Edward Barnard and...
Silver
Punch Pot in the Famille Rose Style, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1757
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large tea-pot, or perhaps a punch pot, of globular form with loop handle. Painted in a vibrant wet palette after the Chinese. A most attractive example, of unusual size. The pot ha...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 1.25 in W 14 in D 11 in
Greatback, Whieldon, Wedgwood Pottery Cauliflower Oval Dish, Mid-18th Century
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
Staffordshire pottery creamware bodied relief molded cauliflower pattern oval dish from one of the Whieldon, Wedgwood, Greatbach triumvirate, the pioneers of English pottery in the m...
Ceramic, Creamware, Pottery
Miniature Salt Glaze teapot, English, circa 1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, one-cup teapot in undecorated salt-glazed earthenware. The size reflects the early custom of a pot to each tea drinker.
Stoneware
Whieldonware Teapot, England, C1765
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A charming, tiny, one-cup teapot in creamware with crabstock handle and spout, and ‘Whieldonware’ decoration. Teapots of this size date from the time each person was given his own po...
Earthenware
Blue and white dragon dish Delft, 1722-1757 The Greek A pottery
By Delft
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Blue and white dragon dish. Delft, 1722-1757 The Greek A pottery Mark: AIK, period of Jacob van der Kool (1722-1757) Dish with blue and white decoration of a dragon on a dense groun...
Ceramic, Faience
Teapot in the White, Prunus Decorated, Bow, circa 1749
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Drum-shape teapot with applied double-prunus decoration, in imitation of the Chinese. Pots of this form and date are rare, and this example is unusual in the quality of its body and ...
Porcelain
Delft, Polychrome cashmere beer mug with pewter lid 1700-1710
By Delft
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Polychrome cashmere beer mug with pewter lidDelft, 1700-1710 The pear-shaped beer mug with pewter lid stands on a short waisted foot and has an ear-shaped handle that ends in a rat ...
Ceramic, Faience
18th Century Ottoman Empire Tea Pot
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a beautiful tea pot. It was made from brass with hand-carved ornaments possibly in the 18th century.
Brass
18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Pot
Located in Katonah, NY
This 18th century Chinese export tea pot was painted in Famille rose colors during the Qianlong period. The colors have a light and feminine quality which is enhanced by gilt highlig...
Porcelain
Sold
H 0.99 in W 6.3 in D 4.53 in
18th Century Sterling Silver Tea Pot Stand - Neoclassical - London 1799
By Thomas Wallis II
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1799 by Thomas Wallis II, this handsome, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot Stand, is plain in style, oval in shape, and features reed detailed feet. ...
Sterling Silver
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H 11.11 in W 4.81 in D 8.27 in
Antique Irish Provincial Silver Coffee Pot Cork 1775 18th Century Georgian
By John Nicholson
Located in London, GB
An impressive Antique Irish Provincial Sterling Silver Coffee Pot with a classic baluster form and decorated with elegant floral chased patterns. The Cork Coffee Pot has a pair of sh...
Sterling Silver
Antique 18th Century Sterling Silver Coffee Pot by Gabriel Sleath
By Gabriel Sleath
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George II English sterling silver coffee pot; an addition to our Georgian silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique George II s...
Silver
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H 0.4 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in
Antique George I Sterling Silver Coffee Pot Octagonal 1724 (Early 18th Century)
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Antique Early Georgian Coffee Pot with an elegant tapered octagonal shape. This Classic George I Coffee Pot has a shaped wooden handle and a hinged domed octagonal lid. T...
Sterling Silver
Antique George II Georgian Sterling Silver Kettle on Stand, 1734 Tea Pot
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous Antique George II Sterling Silver Kettle on Stand with burner. This round Georgian Teapot Kettle stand in a the legged stand - each leg features a scroll pattern and ends ...
Sterling Silver
Your dining room table is a place where stories are shared and personalities shine — why not treat yourself and your guests to the finest antique and vintage glass, silver, ceramics and serveware for your meals?
Just like the people who sit around your table, your serveware has its own stories and will help you create new memories with your friends and loved ones. From ceramic pottery to glass vases, set your table with serving pieces that add even more personality, color and texture to your dining experience.
Invite serveware from around the world to join your table settings. For special occasions, dress up your plates with a striking Imari charger from 19th-century Japan or incorporate Richard Ginori’s Italian porcelain plates into your dining experience. Celebrate the English ritual of afternoon tea with a Japanese tea set and an antique Victorian kettle. No matter how big or small your dining area is, there is room for the stories of many cultures and varied histories, and there are plenty of ways to add pizzazz to your meals.
Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is more durable than ceramic because it is denser. The latter is ideal for statement pieces — your tall mid-century modern ceramic vase is a guaranteed conversation starter. And while your earthenware or stoneware is maybe better suited to everyday lunches as opposed to the fine bone china you’ve reserved for a holiday meal, handcrafted studio pottery coffee mugs can still be a rich expression of your personal style.
“My motto is ‘Have fun with it,’” says author and celebrated hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran. “It’s yin and yang, high and low, Crate & Barrel with Christofle silver. I like to mix it up — sometimes in the dining room, sometimes on the kitchen banquette, sometimes in the loggia. It transports your guests and makes them feel more comfortable and relaxed.”
Introduce elegance at supper with silver, such as a platter from celebrated Massachusetts silversmith manufacturer Reed and Barton or a regal copper-finish flatware set designed by International Silver Company, another New England company that was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898. By then, Meriden had already earned the nickname “Silver City” for its position as a major hub of silver manufacturing.
At the bar, try a vintage wine cooler to keep bottles cool before serving or an Art Deco decanter and whiskey set for after-dinner drinks — there are many possibilities and no wrong answers for tableware, barware and serveware. Explore an expansive collection of antique and vintage glass, ceramics, silver and serveware today on 1stDibs.
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