$10,358 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Fleury by Fortunoff Italy Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service Dinner 42 pieces
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
Fleury by Fortunoff Italy Sterling Silver Flatware set, 42 pieces. This set includes: 6 Luncheon
Sterling Silver
$13,637 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Cellini by Fortunoff Italy Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service Dinner 48 Pieces
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
Continental size Cellini by Fortunoff Italy sterling silver flatware set, 48 pieces. This set
Sterling Silver
Legend by Fortunoff Sterling Silver Flatware Set Dinner Service 81 Pieces
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
Impressive legend by Fortunoff sterling silver flatware set - 81 pieces. This set includes: Ten
Sterling Silver
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H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Legend by Fortunoff Italy Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service Dinner 45 Pieces
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
Fortunoff's Legend pattern was inspired by traditional European sterling silver flatware, in a
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H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Legend by Fortunoff Italy Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service Dinner 64 Pieces
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner size legend by Fortunoff Italy sterling silver flatware set, 64 pieces. This pattern is
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Firenze by Fortunoff Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 40 Pieces Italy Heavy
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
Firenze by Fortunoff Sterling Silver flatware set, 40 pieces. This set includes: Six dinner knives
Sterling Silver
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Maintenon by Fortunoff Sterling Silver Flatware Dinner Set Service 70 Pcs, Italy
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
pattern Bernadotte by Georg Jensen. This 77 piece sterling silver Maintenon by Fortunoff set includes
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in L 0.1 in
Verona by Fortunoff Sterling Silver Flatware Dinner Set of Service 33 Pcs, Italy
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
. Fortunoff tableware is delicately crafted, and each detail is impeccable. This 33 piece sterling silver
Legend by Fortunoff Sterling Silver Flatware Set Dinner Service 104 Pieces
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
Impressive Legend by Fortunoff sterling silver flatware set of 104 pieces. This set includes: 12
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Cellini by Fortunoff Sterling Silver Flatware Dinner Set for 12, 77 Pieces Italy
By Fortunoff
Located in Big Bend, WI
This exceptional 77 piece dinner size sterling silver Cellini by (Ricci) Fortunoff set includes
Sterling Silver
$1,328Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 72 in W 21 in D 0.1 in
Chinoiserie Murals Hand Painted Wallpapers on Silk Panel, 4 Panels
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you. The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be applied to any designs an...
Silk
Gilded Peacock Sculpture in Porcelain and Crystal
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture gilded peacock handmade in precious porcelain one by one, feather by feather. Each feather is unique. Made with shiny porcelain, hand-painted with 24-karat gold and preciou...
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
1800's American Federal Period 2 Drawer Side Table
Located in Louisville, KY
This gorgeous American Federal period table is a beautiful reflection of the early 1800's. With hand turned legs, unique irregular lines and curves that display a master builder's ha...
Mahogany
$864Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 60 in W 30 in D 0.1 in
Chinoiserie Panel Hand Painted Wallpaper on Green Silk, 2 Panels
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you. Measures: 30" W x 60" H each on green silk. The colorways in this sections present our latest colo...
Silk
$12,432 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Etruscan by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 84 Pieces Dinner
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
Vintage Gorham sterling silver flatware set in the Etruscan pattern featuring an Art Deco style Greek Key design. Although this pattern was released in the year 1913, one can see tha...
Sterling Silver
Hand Carved, Louis XV Style Sofa Made By La Maison London
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XV style, hand-carved, curved back, freestanding, sofa. Hand finished in antique white and lightly distressed. Upholstered in a Lelievre, damask, fabric with deep filled, feath...
Hardwood
$22,000
H 88 in W 47 in D 14 in
19th Century English Black and Gold Chinoiserie Bookcase with Glass Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English black and gold bookcase from the 19th century with Chinoiserie décor and glass doors. This exquisite English black and gold bookcase from the 19th century epitomizes refin...
Glass, Wood
Chinoiserie Server Cabinet With Tooled Leather Top
Located in Elkton, MD
Chinoiserie server cabinet featuring a finely detailed tooled leather top. This decorator piece offers a compact design with dimensions of 32 inches in height, 40 inches in width, an...
Brass
English Tole Chinoiserie Painted Tray, mid 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Of rectangular form with rounded corners and a raised edge, painted with chinoiserie decoration
Tin
$1,950
H 84 in W 32 in D 18 in
Late 18th-Early 19th C. French Style Chinoiserie 2-piece Secretary/Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th-early 19th Century French Style Chinoiserie 2-piece Secretary/Cabinet Single glass door upper display cabinet 3-drawer bombe form base & secretary Beautifully hand pain...
Wood, Glass
$37,066 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Elizabethan by Gee Holmes English Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 164 Pcs
By Gee & Holmes
Located in Big Bend, WI
Elizabethan by Gee Holmes ltd. English (Harrods at Knightbridge) sterling silver flatware set, 164 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 3/4", 12 dinner size forks, ...
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Ormolu and Crystal Drinks Set
Located in London, GB
A drinks set of the Napoleon III Period The ormolu rectangular frame, rising from swept feet, with a running arcaded gallery, fitted with a mirror plate base houses a suite of fou...
Crystal, Ormolu
$4,800 / set
H 0.5 in Dm 7.75 in
Copeland Spode for Tiffany Dessert & Tea Set for 12 Floral Japonesque Service
By Copeland Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a complete dessert service for 12 that includes the matching coffee or teapot, creamer and sugar made by Copeland Spode, exclusively for Tiffany and Co. The butterscotch col...
Porcelain
$42,000 / set
H 45 in W 26.5 in D 2 in
Pair of English Georgian Chinoiserie Red Lacquered Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Georgian (mid-18th Century) red lacquered and Chinoiserie decorated wall mirrors with gilt carved open pediment top with a centered cartouche. (PRICED AS Pair) Lacqu...
Gold Leaf
Aesthetic Movement Soup Tureen with Ladle
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
Aesthetic Movement soup tureen with ladle. Aesthetic Movement soup tureen with ladle and cover in brown, yellow and green Faisan pattern with tulip and cherry blossom branches. Marki...
Porcelain
$11,960Sale Price|20% Off
H 98.5 in W 36.5 in D 21.5 in
Queen Anne Style Burton-Ching Black Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Queen Anne Style Burton-Ching Black Chinoiserie Secretary Desk Bookcase
Wood, Lacquer
Dining and entertaining changed drastically when we began to set our tables with sterling silver for holiday gatherings, wedding receptions, engagement parties and, in some of today’s homes, everyday meals.
Often called the “Queen of metals,” silver has been universally adored for thousands of years. It is easy to see why it has always been sought after: It is durable, strong and beautiful. (Louis XIV had tables made entirely of silver.) Sterling silver is an alloy that is made of 92.5 percent silver — the “925” stamp that identifies sterling-silver jewelry refers to this number. The other 7.5 percent in sterling silver is typically sourced from copper.
Neoclassical-style sterling-silver goods in Europe gained popularity in the late 18th century — a taste for sterling-silver tableware as well as tea sets had taken shape — while in the United States, beginning in the 19th century, preparing the dinner table with sterling-silver flatware had become somewhat of a standard practice. Indeed, owning lots of silver goods during the Victorian era was a big deal. Back then, displaying fine silver at home was a status symbol for middle-class American families. And this domestic silver craze meant great profitability for legendary silversmith manufacturers such as Reed & Barton, Gorham Manufacturing Company and the International Silver Company, which was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898, a major hub of silver manufacturing nicknamed “Silver City.”
Today, special occasions might call for ceremonial silver designed by Tiffany & Co. or the seductive sterling-silver cutlery from remarkable Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, but there really doesn’t have to be an event on the calendar to trot out your finest tableware.
Event- and wedding-planning company maestro Tara Guérard says that some “investment pieces,” such as this widely enamored alloy, should see everyday use, and we’re inclined to agree.
“Sterling-silver flatware is a must-have that you can use every single day, even to eat cereal,” she says. “Personally, I want a sterling-silver goblet set for 12 to 20; I would use them every time I had a dinner party. Ultimately, there are no criteria for buying vintage pieces: Buy what you love, and make it work.”
Whether you’re thinking “ceremonial” or “cereal,” browse a versatile collection of vintage, new and antique sterling-silver wares on 1stDibs today.