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Cobalt Blue Tea Set With Tray

Antique Meissen Porcelain Tea Tray with Cobalt Blue Border & Spray Flowers
Antique Meissen Porcelain Tea Tray with Cobalt Blue Border & Spray Flowers

Antique Meissen Porcelain Tea Tray with Cobalt Blue Border & Spray Flowers

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A fine antique porcelain tea tray or serving platter. By Meissen. With a scalloped rim and a rich cobalt blue border. There are hand painted flowers and gilt highlights thr...

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20th Century German Tea Sets

Materials

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Antique French Sèvres Style Cobalt Blue Gold Gilt Jewelled Porcelain Tea Set Ser
Antique French Sèvres Style Cobalt Blue Gold Gilt Jewelled Porcelain Tea Set Ser

Antique French Sèvres Style Cobalt Blue Gold Gilt Jewelled Porcelain Tea Set Ser

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in London, GB

Antique French Sèvres Style Cobalt Blue Gold Gilt Jewelled Porcelain Tea Set Service French, Late 19th Century Smallest (teapot): Height 15cm, width 18cm, depth 11cm Largest (tray)...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Tea Sets

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Longwy Enamel Tête-à-Tête Tea Service for Two, France, 1940s
Longwy Enamel Tête-à-Tête Tea Service for Two, France, 1940s

Longwy Enamel Tête-à-Tête Tea Service for Two, France, 1940s

By Faïenceries et Emaux de Longwy

Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR

The service includes a covered teapot, covered sugar bowl, creamer, two cups with matching saucers, and a large coordinating tray. Each piece features the same dense composition of s...

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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

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Set of 6 Vintage Meissen Blue Onion Butter Pats, Cobalt Porcelain
Set of 6 Vintage Meissen Blue Onion Butter Pats, Cobalt Porcelain

Set of 6 Vintage Meissen Blue Onion Butter Pats, Cobalt Porcelain

Located in Coral Gables, FL

A charming set of six vintage Meissen Blue Onion butter pats, beautifully decorated in the iconic cobalt blue underglaze pattern with elegant scalloped rims.

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Coalport England Cobalt Blue & Gilt Porcelain Dessert Service for 12
Coalport England Cobalt Blue & Gilt Porcelain Dessert Service for 12

Coalport England Cobalt Blue & Gilt Porcelain Dessert Service for 12

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in Pasadena, CA

Coalport England hand painted porcelain dessert service for 12, circa 1895. Cobalt blue ground around the rims with gilt to the edges. Hand painted floral bouquets to the corners. Go...

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Antique 1890s North American Tea Sets

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Four Piece Indian Kashmiri Silver and Enamel Tea and Coffee Service

Located in London, GB

The four piece set comprises of a trefoil-shaped tray, upon which stands a large coffee pot, a slightly smaller tea pot, and a twin-handled sugar bowl.

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Antique 19th Century Indian Islamic Tea Sets

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Regency Gold: Spode Porcelain Vases in Pattern 967
Regency Gold: Spode Porcelain Vases in Pattern 967

Regency Gold: Spode Porcelain Vases in Pattern 967

By Spode

Located in Downingtown, PA

The decoration is Spode’s pattern 967, painted in the Imari palette of cobalt blue, iron-red, and gold with additional green and salmon enamels.

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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Vases

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Porcelain

PC Consolidated Listing
PC Consolidated Listing

PC Consolidated Listing

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H 6 in W 6 in D 2 in

PC Consolidated Listing

Located in San Diego, CA

Please note- all items are not pictured, 41 listings total 1950s Ceramic Large Bowl by Marcello Fantoni Signed , 3 x 11.75 ,f_21263502 , Price: $675 1970s Swedish Glass Centerpiece ...

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20th Century Serving Bowls

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Cobalt Blue and Gold Sèvres Porcelain Tea Service
Cobalt Blue and Gold Sèvres Porcelain Tea Service

Cobalt Blue and Gold Sèvres Porcelain Tea Service

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Salt Lake City, UT

Signed on the bottom of each pieces, this complete set of dark, cobalt-blue ground porcelain, gilt and featuring figurative panels of courtly love, includes a tray, pair of teacups w...

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Antique 19th Century French Tea Sets

Materials

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Finding the Right Dining-entertaining 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.