19th C Handpainted Botanical Rihouet Paris Porcelain Pink Dessert Service 17 Pcs
By Rihouet Rue de la Paix No.7
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is an extensive and exquisite 19th century dessert service made by Rihouet, Paris, circa 1820s. Each piece is superbly hand painted with a unique botanical specimen framed by th...
Porcelain
Hicks and Meigh Hand Painted Botanical Complete Dessert Service
By Hicks & Meigh
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is one of the most complete and unusually decorated dessert sets with all the serving pieces and shaped serving pieces. The shaded purple background creates a dramatic contrast ...
Paste, Porcelain
Ridgway Porcelain Botanical Desert Service with Fruit
Located in Downingtown, PA
Elegant John Ridgway Porcelain Botanical Dessert Service with Fruit and Floral Decoration This handsome eighteen-piece dessert service, produced by John Ridgway (& Co.) in Staff...
Porcelain
19th C Minton Hand Painted Botanical Pierced Rim Dessert Service
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A complete hand painted dessert service made by Minton showcases their superb talent and artistry. Gorgeous specimens are featured in the centers of each plate, consisting of 12 dess...
Paste, Porcelain
Large 19th Century English Botanical Dessert Service
By Royal Staffordshire Ceramics 1
Located in London, GB
A Staffordshire porcelain botanical dessert service painted with flower specimens inside green leaf and gilt borders, comprising: fourteen plates, four oval stands, four circular st...
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Botanical Handpainted Dessert Service, C.1820
Located in London, GB
A Derby English porcelain botanical dessert service C.1820, painted with bold summer flower stems within mazarine blue borders with Gilt Grapevine.
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 8 in Dm 9.5 in
English Minton Reticulated Royal Arms Botanical Turquoise Dessert Service
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Minton reticulated exceptional botanical turquoise dessert service for 8 with comport. Reticulated in the shape of royal arms each plate individually hand painted with a different fl...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 6 in Dm 13.5 in
English Botanical Coalport Cobalt Blue Dessert Service by Stephen Lawrence
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in London, GB
A coalport dessert service by Stephen Lawrence, circa 1840, the moulded rims picked out in yellow and gilt, the centres finely painted with botanical studies to reserves edged in gil...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 1 in Dm 1 in
Derby Porcelain Part Dessert Service, Red Botanical, John Brewer, 1795-1800
By Crown Derby, John Brewer
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning part-dessert service made by Derby between about 1795 and 1800, painted with named botanical studies by John Brewer.
Porcelain
Sold
H 9.75 in W 9.5 in D 8 in
Derby Porcelain Botanical Dessert Service Including Pair of Fruit Coolers
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Derby porcelain botanical dessert service including pair of fruit coolers, Pattern 115, Twenty-seven pieces (27 pieces), 1790-1800 (Ref: 9428-LPRR) The Derby porcelain dessert...
Porcelain
19th Century Hand Painted Botanical Dessert Service with Hand Painted Birds
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A wonderful combination of decorative elements is featured on this lovely dessert service. A rich cobalt ground border is framed within a molded leaf border enriched with parcel gilt...
Porcelain
19th c. Old Paris Hand Painted 18 Piece Botanical Dessert Service
Located in Great Barrington, MA
An exceptional and complete dessert service comprising 14 hand painted plates, each decorated with a large unique and finely painted botanical specimen in the center of each plate, o...
Porcelain, Paste
A Swansea Botanical Part Dessert Service Priced Individually
By Swansea Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
We are offering 4 dessert dishes (diameter 8.5"), a pair of comports, and a pair of squares. Each flower is hand painted and the name of the flower is inscribed on the back. Created...
Pearlware
Sold
H 1.25 in Dm 8.63 in
Chamberlain's Worcester Porcelain Twenty Three Piece Botanical Dessert Service
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Orange Ground Botanical Part Dessert Service, Twenty-Three Pieces, Circa 1800-10 The Chamberlain Worcester porcelain service has an orange ground bor...
Porcelain
Set of 32 Dishes: A Swansea Creamware Botanical Dessert Service
By Swansea Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Created by the Swansea factory at the end of the 18th century the designs for these dishes are taken from from Curtis's Botanical Magazine begun in 1787. Each flower is beautifully h...
Creamware
A Coalport Botanical Part Dessert Service
Located in Katonah, NY
A group of beautifully painted Coalport botanical dishes each with its specimen flower framed by a gilded yellow ground border. Each flower is named on the reverse of the dish in iro...
Porcelain
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H 5.25 in Dm 9.5 in
19th c. Minton Hand Painted Turquoise Dessert Service With Botanical Reserves
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A lovely hand painted dessert made by Minton ca. 1920's this service consists of 10 dessert plates measuring 9 1/8" in diameter and is accompanied by 3 matching footed compotes. The ...
Porcelain
Coalport Botanical Dessert Service
Located in Montreal, QC
Set of 12 Coalport dessert plates and two oval serving dishes, all hand-painted with various flowers centering moulded beige border with floral cartouches and serpentine rim, all ove...
Porcelain
19 Pc. Swansea Porcelain Botanical Dessert Service, Circa 1830
Located in Lake Forest, IL
Exquisite Swansea English Porcelain Botanical Dessert Service, individually identified in overglaze blue on reverse of each piece; 19 pieces including several footed serving pieces.
Porcelain
Brown Westhead & Moore Porcelain Dessert Service, Hot Pink Botanical, circa 1860
By Ridgway Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning part dessert service from circa 1860 made by Brown Westhead & Moore.
Porcelain
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H 1 in Dm 9.75 in
Coalport Porcelain Part-Dessert Service, Maroon Botanical Cecil Jones, 1820-1825
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in London, GB
These plates would have been part of a large dessert service. They were potted in heavy white porcelain with a strongly gadrooned rim.
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Ridgeway Porcelain Botanic Pattern Dessert Service
By J&W Ridgeway
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A most attractive late 19th century Ridgeway porcelain dessert service. Very finely enameled with a variety of flowers and foliage. The gilding of exceptional quality. Comprising 15 ...
Porcelain
Hand Painted Minton Botanical Dessert Service, circa 1880
By Minton
Located in Whitburn, GB
Date and origin England, 1880. Period of Victoria. Condition: Excellent, age-related wear as shown. Dimensions: High compotes: Height 12.2cm, width 23.6cm, depth 12....
Porcelain
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Staffordshire Dessert Service, Cobalt Blue Botanical, Rococo Revival, circa 1830
By Staffordshire
Located in London, GB
On offer is a dessert service made by a Staffordshire factory in circa 1830.
Porcelain
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Oil, Canvas
$41,227 / set
H 6.3 in Dm 3.31 in
Baccarat. Louis XVI style 43-piece gilt glassware set, France, mid-19th century
By Cristalleries De Baccarat, Baccarat
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
43-piece French glassware set from Baccarat, 19th century. According to references from the 1916 Baccarat catalogue, this glassware is in the Louis XVI style, similar to models 11582...
Crystal, Gold
Large Neoclassical Blue John Covered Vase on Marble and Blue John Plinth
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and quite large Regency period neoclassical early 19th century round-shaped blue John Covered vase or urns raised on a Belgian black marble, Carrara marble and blue John ...
Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
Fabulous Pair of Meissen Porcelain Glass Coolers/Cachepots
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of Meissen Porcelain glass coolers/cachepots. This exceptional pair of exquisitely hand-painted Meissen Porcelain glass coolers are each painted with panels of figure...
Porcelain, Meissen
The White Peacock
By Jessie Arms Botke
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jessie Arms Botke. "The White Peacock" is a wildlife impressionist painting, oil on canvas in a palette of whites, blues, and browns by female, American artist Jessie A...
Canvas, Oil
$310,681 / set
H 75 in Dm 29 in
Monumental Pair of Louis XV Style Ormolu and Crystal Girandoles by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of Louis XV style Ormolu and crystal girandoles Probably by Baccarat Constructed from finely cast and chased ormolu, the imposing floor candelabra—almost 2-me...
Crystal, Ormolu
$6,800 / set
H 6.63 in Dm 3.5 in
12 Val St. Lambert Cobalt Cut to Clear Goblets "Cathedrale Napolean" Pattern
By Val Saint Lambert
Located in Great Barrington, MA
One of Val Saint Lambert's most sought after patterns, this set of 12 water or wine goblets is hand blown crystal with cobalt blue overlay and cut to clear in the "Cathedral Napoleon...
Crystal
$3,800Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 10.63 in Dm 12.6 in
19th Century Sèvres Porcelain Dinner Set with Comital Coronet
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite 52-piece porcelain dinner service, crafted by Sèvres in the 19th century, exemplifies the refined artistry and heritage of French porcelain. Each piece features a hand...
Porcelain
$243,040Sale Price|30% Off
H 68 in W 55 in
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
Oil
Set of Antique English Amethyst Wine Goblets, Exquisitely Engraved 10 Total
By Stevens & Williams
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
We love the color and detailed engraving of these cut to clear wine glasses attributed to the Gilded Age firm of Stevens & Williams, England. From the belle shaped bowls, cut elongat...
Crystal
$22,500
H 33 in W 26 in D 44 in
Italian Baroque Rocking Chair by Pauly & Co., 19th Century Silver Leaf
By Pauly & Co.
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt rocker with carved seashell seat & back and seahorse sides (att: Pauly et Cie, Venice)
Silver Leaf
$54,975 / set
H 0.25 in Dm 10.75 in
Set of Twelve Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Bamboo Pattern Charger/Dinner Plates
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Set of Twelve Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Bamboo Pattern Charger/Dinner Plates originates from the United States, Circa 1970. This stunning set can serve as either c...
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Derby Porcelain Tureen with Lid
By Derby
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century English Derby Porcelain Tureen with lid.
Porcelain
English Mahogany Writing Table, Early 19th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite writing desk is crafted of rich mahogany and features the straightforward design prevalent in England during the early 19th century. A luxurious leather-covered top pr...
Brass
Thomas Webb & Sons Two-Color Cameo Vase
By Thomas Webb & Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...
Glass
Fabergé Silver Flatware Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional 77-piece complete service by Fabergé is a rare treasure from the world-renowned firm. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and ...
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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