German Porcelain Meat Platter, Meissen, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
With the enriched onion pattern.
Early 1900s German Antique Silver Platter
Porcelain
German Porcelain Meat Platter, Meissen, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
With the enriched onion pattern.
Porcelain
Rare Majolica Palissy Egg Handled Platter, Circa 1870
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica Palissy egg handled platter Circa 1870. Renaissance Revival style.
Ceramic, Faience
Antique Chinese Export Blue Fitzhugh Platter & Mazarin, Circa 1780
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Art of the Table: A Regency-Era Blue Fitzhugh Platter and Mazarin This Chinese Export porcelain set, comprising a deep oval serving platter and its matching pierced insert known...
Porcelain
Vintage Toscana Bees Square Serving Platter Majolica Italy
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage majolica square serving platter was handmade and hand painted in Tuscany region of Italy. Toscana Bees pattern features various fruits on a warm yellow background, with bumb...
Ceramic
$1,675 / set
Pair of Old Paris Gilt Porcelain Floral Platters
Located in New York, NY
Pair of old Paris gilt porcelain floral platters pair lozenge shaped gilt rimmed serving platters with lobed gilt banding of different flower sprigs centering central lozenge with li...
Porcelain
French Large Majolica Chesnut Leaf Platter, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
French large Majolica chesnut leaf platter, circa 1880. Measures: 13.5 inches.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$378Sale Price|53% Off
Antique Rouen Platter, Glazed Earthenware, France, Circa 1750
Located in Buisson, FR
Rare Rouen plate with beautiful blue decoration. France, circa 1750 Good condition.
Earthenware
$300Sale Price|33% Off
1874 Minton Chinese Blue and White Transferware Platter
By Minton
Located in Sheffield, MA
An antique 19th century Minton Chinese blue and white transferware platter. It has a lovely pastoral scene. The underside is marked. OFFERING FREE SHIPPING TO US CONTINENT. JUST ASK...
Pottery
Antique French White Napoleon III Porcelain Carving Platter
Located in New York, NY
Heavy 19th century French white carving platter with sauce bowl and gravy tree. This is in immaculate condition, no chips, cracks, crazing or stains.
Porcelain
19th Century Sarreguemines Hand-Painted Platter and 12 Plates
Located in PARIS, FR
Platter and 12 Sarreguemines Plates, 19th Century We are pleased to present this exceptional dining set from the renowned Sarreguemines manufactory, dating from the late 19th centur...
Faience
Chamberlain & Co. Worcester Five-Piece Graduated Platter Set, Registered 1846
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This rare English five-piece porcelain platter set was made by Chamberlain & Co., Worcester, in the mid-19th century and is offered as a group across three graduated sizes. The platt...
Porcelain
Antique Japonisme Aesthetic Movement Brown Transferware Oval Serving Platter
By Pinder, Bourne & Co
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This circa 1880 Pinder, Bourne & Co brown transferware 15.5" by 12.5" oval earthenware platter features the Aesthetic Movement pattern, "Nipon". The asymmetrical pattern includes...
Earthenware
Francis Morley & Co. Ironstone Meat Platter, Chinoiserie Design, 1845
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Antique Staffordshire Ironstone Meat Platter Maker: Francis Morley & Co. (active 1845–1858) Origin: Staffordshire, England This collectible 19th-century Staffordshire ironstone ...
Ceramic, Ironstone
19th Century Victorian Majolica Bird and Prunus Platter
Located in Austin, TX
19th-Century Victorian Majolica bird and Prunus platter with a bamboo border.
Ceramic
Massive Early 20th Century Italian Majolica Bacchanalian Scene Platter
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A massive tin glazed earthenware platter from the Deruta region of Italy. The plater depicts a bacchanalian scene and dates to the early part of the 20th Century. The platter is sign...
Pottery
William Ridgway English Staffordshire Transferware Platter, Flosculous Pattern
By William Ridgway
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A black on white transfer printed floral platter in the Flosculous pattern, William Ridgway & Co., Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire England, circa 1830-1854. A gently scalloped blac...
Earthenware
Large Ironstone Serving Platter by Henry Alcock and Company
By Henry Alcock
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 19th Century Large White Ironstone Serving Platter by renowned Staffordshire, England pottery firm 'Henry Alcock & Co'. On reverse side is company stamp with the words "Flor...
Ironstone
1891-1911 English Wedgwood Cows Flow Blue Pattern Platter
By Wedgwood
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1891-1911 Wedgwood Cows flow blue pattern platter, English. Ironstone, 1891-1911 mark. A fine example of this beloved design.
Ironstone
19th Century Majolica Grapes Wall Platter Fives Lille
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
19th century French Majolica grapesplatter in high relief, Fives Lille unsigned. At the end of the 19th century, Longchamp and Fives Lille produced fruits platters of all kinds more...
Majolica
Burgess & Leigh Blue Celeste Chinoiserie Transferware Platter, c.1885
By Burgess & Leigh
Located in Savannah, GA
Oval earthenware platter transfer-printed in blue with chinoiserie garden scene of pagoda, flowering urn, and scrolling floral border, c.1885. Burgess & Leigh (B&L) of Bur...
Earthenware
19th-century Transferware Platter "Asiatic Pheasants in blue white, Wedgewood
By Wedgewood
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A beautifully preserved 19th-century blue and white transferware platter in the iconic Asiatic Pheasants pattern, produced by Wedgwood & Co — successors to the well-regarded Staf...
Ceramic
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 1923 Platter Tray in Art Deco Style
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver platter or tray, in pattern number 20183 from 1923 and in Art Deco style, with an elegant, geometric design.
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Platter, Qianlong Period
Located in Lisbon, PT
An elegant 18th-century Chinese export porcelain platter, dating to the Qianlong period and decorated in the celebrated Famille Rose palette. The shaped oval platter is finely hand-...
Porcelain
Josiah Wedgwood Pembroke Castle Platter, Staffordshire, Circa 1820
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, a ‘Pembroke Castle’ pattern transferware platter, Burslem, Staffordshire, circa 1820-1840. An earthenware body showing a central image of sailors rowing to and from a...
Earthenware
Aesthetic Movement Platter by Thomas Furnival & Sons, 1879
By Thomas Furnival & Sons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large Aesthetic Movement platter, Thomas Furnival & Sons, Cobridge, Staffordshire, England, circa 1879. The Japanesque ‘Formosa’ pattern is transfer printed in black on a cream ea...
Earthenware
Antique Chinese Export Famille Rose Medallion Porcelain Serving Bowl & Platters
Located in Dayton, OH
Five piece antique 19th century Chinese Export Famille Rose serving bowl and platters. Featuring various garden and courtyard scenes, figures, birds, butterflies, and rose medallion...
Porcelain
$1,398Sale Price|40% Off
Blue Porcelain Wall Platter After Greuze, Vincennes, 18th Century
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Lisbon, PT
An 18th-century blue porcelain wall platter, attributed to the Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, featuring a painted portrait after Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805). Signed J. Cordie...
Porcelain
Set of 3 Mason’s Ironstone Platters, Circa 19th Century
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Set of three English Mason’s Patent Ironstone China platters in a bold Imari palette. Each features the iconic oriental landscape motif with vibrant cobalt, rust, and gilt accents. O...
Ironstone
Large Antique Italian Majolica Platter, Bacchus and Ariadne
By Annibale Carracci
Located in Dallas, TX
At over two feet in diameter, this stunning majolica platter or charger, is particularly large. The painted scene painted was taken from a ceiling fresco known as the Triumph of Bacc...
Majolica
$76Sale Price|20% Off
Ladle Monogram HC
Located in Malibu, CA
English antique beaded ladle with monogram In HC though barely visible.
Silver Plate
Large Blue And White 18th Century Chinese Canton Platter
Located in Tampa, FL
18th century Chinese canton platter in classical blue and white. This is really a beautiful platter depicting village life with a lady crossing a bridge and a man rowing a boat. With...
Porcelain
French 19th Century Longchamp Majolica Asparagus Server with Foliage Platter
By Longchamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Longchamp Majolica asparagus server from the 19th century, with green, purple and brown tones. Created in France during the 19th century, this Majolica server features a cur...
Majolica
Antique Staffashire Platter , Extra Lg , Blue & White , 21"
By Willow Ware Factory
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Extra Large Staffashire Serving plate in Blue& White . Has an Oriental team .This one is a deep dish about 2" to hold a lot . Only has a N or Z on the bottom . Most likely by ...
Stoneware
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
Antique French Faience Chinoiserie Decorated Pierced Platters C.1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, circa 1880. Delve into the elegance of the late 19th century with these stunning antique French faience Chinoiserie decorated pierced platters, crafted circa 1880. Each plat...
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Majolica Floral Leaf Handled Platter
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique 19th-Century English majolica flowers and leaves plate, platter, or handled dish. This lovely platter is decorated with floral and leaf motifs on a fence and trellis...
Majolica
French Majolica Asparagus & Artichoke Barbotine Platter by Bavent, C. 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This item is an antique French Majolica Barbotine asparagus and artichoke serving platter, handcrafted by Poterie du Mesnil de Bavent in Normandy, c. 1890-1910 Design FeaturesTheme:...
Majolica
19th Century Staffordshire Blue and White Eton College Meat Platter
By Crown Staffordshire
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A magnificent early 19th-century Staffordshire blue and white meat platter in the Eton College pattern — one of the most evocative of the English picturesque transferware designs. T...
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century French Faience Chinoiserie Platters Angouleme
By Alfred Renoleau
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of 19th Century Majolica Chinoiserie Platters signed Angouleme.
Ceramic
Large French Platter Rooster Choisy le Roi, circa 1840
By Choisy-le-Roi
Located in Austin, TX
Early French polychrome platter with roosters signed Choisy le roi, circa 1840. The platter edge area is decorated with grapes and flowers.
Faience
Meissen, large round "Pink Rose" serving platter in porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, large round "Pink Rose" serving platter. Hand-painted with pink rose, gold rim. Ca. 1920/30s. Marked. Third factory quality. In excellent condition with minimal signs of use...
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Regency Pearlware Blue & White Transferware Platter
Located in Litchfield, CT
Antique 19th century English Regency blue & white transferware platter with sphinx and Greek key decoration. Measures 20" x 16" x 1 3/4". Good condition - a few minor rim frits does ...
Pearlware
18th Century Vienna Porcelain Round Charger Platter with Floral Decoration
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Litchfield, CT
Antique 18th century Vienna porcelain round charger platter with floral decoration. Hand painted with bouquets and scattered sprig in vibrant colors on a white ground. Nicely shaped ...
Porcelain
Victorian blue and white transferware meat platter, Morea pattern, 1840
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A stunning antique Victorian blue and white transferware platter in the highly collectible “Morea” pattern, produced in Staffordshire, England, circa 1840. This large serving platter...
Ceramic
Enoch Wood Blue Transferware Platter - Brancepeth Castle, Durham Circa 1825
By Enoch Wood & Sons
Located in Litchfield, CT
Antique 19th century Enoch Wood and Sons, Burslem blue transfer platter decorated with a landscape park scene with named view of Brancepeth Castle, Durham, circa 1825. The scene show...
Pottery
Royal Copenhagen Saxon Flower, very large oval serving platter.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen Saxon Flower, very large oval serving platter. Hand-painted with polychrome floral motifs, gold rim. Model 482/1559. Early 1900s. Stamped. Second factory quality. In...
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Imperial Phoenix Oval Serving Platter 10"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Japanese Imari porcelain footed oval serving plate / platter featuring an Imperial Phoenix / Crane bird circling above a Bonsai Tree / Palace garden with clouds, butterflies ...
Porcelain
Regency Wedgwood Pearlware Platters with Cobalt Trim, Circa 1820
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A rare pair of early 19th century Wedgwood pearlware platters made in England circa 1820. These splendid platters feature a rich lustrous cobalt trim on creamware with a blue underg...
Earthenware
Majolica Asparagus Platter Keller & Guerin Saint Clement, circa 1900
By Saint-Clément
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica asparagus platter by Keller and Guerin, manufacturer of Saint Clement, circa 1900.Trompe l’oeil napkin and pink chrysanthemums.
Majolica, Ceramic
Antique Chinese Export Canton Blue White Serving Platter & Vegetable Tureens
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese Canton export blue and white porcelain serving pieces. Includes two vegetable tureens with lids and one oval serving platter. Features cla...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Canton Blue White Serving Platter & Vegetable Tureens
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese Canton export blue and white porcelain serving pieces. Includes two vegetable tureens with lids and one oval serving platter. Features cla...
Porcelain
$556Sale Price|20% Off
Fischer & Mieg Pirkenhammer Porcelain 'Imari' Pattern Round Handled Platter
By Fischer & Mieg Pirkenhammer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fischer & Mieg Pirkenhammer Porcelain 'Imari' Pattern Round Handled Platter Impressed Marks of F&M and the number 2 An exquisite piece of Fischer & Mieg Pirkenhammer porcelain, thi...
Porcelain
Charming Late Gustavian Swedish Pewter Platter, 1809 Småland, Sweden
Located in Knivsta, SE
A Charming Swedish Late Gustavian Pewter Platter, produced by pewter-worker Zadoch Bergenholtz from Vimmerby, Småland Sweden Refined flat late Gustavian pewter platter, made in the ...
Pewter
1950s Dieulefit Provence Yellow Glazed Earthenware Serving Platter Scalloped
By Dieulefit
Located in IT
This charming yellow glazed earthenware serving platter, crafted by Poteries de Haute Provence in the village of Dieulefit circa 1950s, features a beautiful scalloped edge trimmed in...
Ceramic
Large 19th Century Majolica Apricots Wall Platter Fives Lille
By Fives-Lille
Located in Austin, TX
Large 19th century French Majolica apricots platter in high relief, Fives Lille unsigned. At the end of the 19th century, Longchamp and Fives Lille produced fruits platters of all k...
Majolica
Carl Teichert, Meissen Porcelain Blue Onion Platter, circa 1880s
By Carl Teichert Meissen
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Teichert Meissen blue onion serving platter, signed. Features classic blue onion pattern and scalloped rim. Excellent pre owned condition, glaze pops due to firing, no chips or ...
Porcelain
Rare Majolica Asparagus Blue & White Platter Wasmuel, circa 1890
By Wasmuel Majolica
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica asparagus blue & white platter Wasmuel, circa 1890.
Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Majolica Asparagus Platter Keller and Guerin Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica asparagus platter signed Keller et Guerin Luneville, circa 1890.
Majolica
Antique Display Plate, English, Ceramic, Afternoon Tea Cake Platter, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique display plate. An English, ceramic afternoon tea cake platter, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Wonderful Chinoiserie taste to this classic English pla...
Ceramic
Gland Transferware Platter "Cavendish" pattern by Machin & Potts circa 1840
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A rare early 19th-century oval serving platter in the Cavendish pattern, attributed to Machin & Potts. Produced between c.1800–1849, this piece is decorated in deep green transfe...
Ceramic
Herculaneum Greek Pattern Blue and White Platter, Liverpool, Circa 1810
By Herculaneum Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
This monumental blue printed platter is decorated in the ‘Greek’ pattern, one of the most ambitious of the neoclassical transfer designs of the Regency period. The dish is of shaped ...
Pearlware, Pottery
The antique and vintage serveware on 1stDibs includes serving bowls, platters, tureens and more — everything you need to serve the delicious meal you prepared for guests, whether it’s an intimate dinner or a family event.
When hosting dinner parties for company or the holidays, the kind of serveware you put to use is obviously going to be integral to the whole experience. And there are tricks and tips out there for setting the modern table too. But between meals, the serveware and other tableware you’ve collected over the years to show off in a display cabinet in your dining room will also be integral to your decor, ensuring an air of elegance is part of your gatherings.
Whether you are hosting a formal dinner party or a more relaxed cocktail affair, you should have plenty of food on hand for people to snack on.
“Everybody loves a cheese plate, and it’s so easy to assemble,” explains Athena Calderone, the talent behind the popular lifestyle blog EyeSwoon. “I start with a few favorite cheeses, and then I like to add figs or a sweet chutney, charcuterie and olives. Just something to nibble on.”
The right serveware lends sophistication to any space, whether your favorite porcelain or glassware is on the dining table or in a classic hutch against the wall. No matter the medium, there’s serveware to complement all manner of furniture styles and design preferences. Serveware can be a means of personal expression, and certain pieces and designs over the years have become coveted collector’s pieces to be displayed as art themselves.
Browse the extensive collection of antique and vintage serveware on 1stDibs.
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