Botanical Dessert Service
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
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Hicks and Meigh Hand Painted Botanical Complete Dessert Service
By Hicks & Meigh
Located in Great Barrington, MA
tureens complete this exceptional dessert service.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Paste, 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
Category
Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates
Materials
Paste, Porcelain
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
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Antique 1820s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Dessert Service Red Botanical Attr. to John Brewer, Regency 1795
By John Brewer, Crown Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and extremely rare part dessert service made by Derby between circa 1795 and
Category
Antique 1790s English George III Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
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Derby Porcelain Botanical Dessert Plate Pattern 216 with Chalcedonian Lily
By Derby Porcelain
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
: Derby botanical dessert plate
Date : c1800
Period : George III
Marks : Derby Crown and crossed swords
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Botanical Dessert Plate Pattern 216 with Clematis c1800
By Derby
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
: Derby botanical dessert plate
Date : c1800
Period : George III
Marks : Derby Crown and crossed swords
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Botanical Dessert Plate Pattern 216 with Rose Mallow
By Derby Porcelain
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
: Derby botanical dessert plate
Date : c1800
Period : George III
Marks : Derby Crown and crossed swords
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Botanical Dessert Plate Pattern 216 with Babiana Stricta
By Derby Porcelain
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
: Derby botanical dessert plate
Date : c1800
Period : George III
Marks : Derby Crown and crossed swords
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Worcester (Barr, Flight & Barr) Twenty-Eight Piece Part Dessert Service
By Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
from Dutch Still Life Painting. The present dessert service is exceptionally finely and realistically
Category
Antique 19th Century English Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th c. Minton 18 Piece Hand Painted Cobalt Dessert Service w/ Shells
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
An extraordinary, museum quality botanical and mollusk decorated dessert service. Each uniquely
Category
Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates
Materials
Enamel, Gold
Richard Ginori China Dinner Service with a botanical print by Munting Abraham
By Abraham Munting, Richard Ginori
Located in Roma, IT
reliefs similar to woven baskets.
This vintage dinner service is produced by a historic Italian
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Vintage 1980s Italian Rococo Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
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Haviland Dinner Service
Located in PARIS, FR
Haviland Dinner Service
The Haviland dinner service, a prestigious creation hailing from the 20th
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20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Regency Spode Porcelain Botanical Specimen Dish
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
visually pleasing.
The Spode porcelain dish is of an deep oval form and was part of a dessert service
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Ca 1866 Dessert Set Hand Painted Birds Turquoise with Cameo Reserves
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A rare and exceptional 19th century Minton dessert service featuring hand painted ornithological
Category
Antique 1860s English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Spode Porcelain Botanical Specimen Dishes- A Pair. After William Curtis
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
made to part of a dessert service. Each dish has a different botanical specimen after William Curtis
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Regency Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
H 2.25 in W 11.13 in D 7.75 in
Mid-18th Century Chelsea Porcelain Botanical Trompe L'oeil Leaf Dish
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
, melon and rose forms and also as part of dessert services. He quotes a description from the Chelsea
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Antique 1750s English Georgian Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Spode Porcelain Botanical Specimen Dish with a Spiderwort Plant after W. Curtis
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
form and was part of a dessert service.
Dimensions: 11 1/8 inches long x 7 3/4 inches x 2 1/4 inches
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
H 1.5 in W 11.13 in D 7.24 in
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain "Flora Danica" Dinner Service for 12
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in New York, NY
Comprising 60 pieces, each finely hand-painted with a botanical specimen, identified in Latin on
Category
20th Century Danish Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
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Louis XVI Style Cut-Glass Travel Nécessaire by Boin Taburet, circa 1880
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Located in London, GB
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Derby Porcelain Botanical Handpainted Dessert Service, C.1820
Located in London, GB
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Antique Early 19th Century British Dinner Plates
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Minton reticulated exceptional botanical turquoise dessert service for 8 with comport. Reticulated
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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
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Serving Pieces
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Spode Porcelain Oval Dish, ‘Gum Cistus’, c. 1800
By Josiah Spode
Located in Geelong, Victoria
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Derby Porcelain Botanical Dessert Service Including Pair of Fruit Coolers
By Derby
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Pattern 115,
Twenty
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Hand Painted Minton Botanical Dessert Service, circa 1880
By Minton
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Botanical Dessert Service For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic botanical dessert service available at 1stDibs. Each botanical dessert service for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and paste. There are many kinds of the botanical dessert service you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each botanical dessert service bearing Georgian, Regency or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made botanical dessert service over the years, but those crafted by Coalport Porcelain, Minton and Copeland & Garrett are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Botanical Dessert Service?
The average selling price for a botanical dessert service at 1stDibs is $9,800, while they’re typically $2,450 on the low end and $60,165 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass for You
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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Set 8 Floral Dinner Plates
Grainger Antique
English Porcelain Dinnerware
Porcelain Flower Samuel
Vintage And Antique Imari China
Imari Plates Old
Monteith Silver
Royal Copenhagen Dessert Plate
Meissen Vine
Oval Danish Coffee