A Worcester (Barr, Flight & Barr) Twenty-Eight Piece Part Dessert Service
By Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
In 1813 Billingsley took his porcelain recipes and lifetime's experience in the industry, along with his daughters Levinia, Sarah and son-in-law Samuel Walker, to Nantgarw, Glamorgan...
Porcelain
Cup & Saucer decorated with bluebells. Nantgarw C1815.
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A particularly pleasing and restrained form of decoration for this period, which allows the beauty of the porcelain to be clearly seen. Nantgarw porcelain is particularly fine, and ...
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Breakfast Cup and Saucer with Pink Roses Wales, 1813-1822
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Katonah, NY
What makes Nantgarw porcelain special? In the years 1813-1822, some of the most beautiful porcelain in the world was produced at the Nantgarw China Works.
Porcelain
$7,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 0.75 in Dm 6.13 in
Set of 12 Gorham Victorian Classical Bread & Butter Plates, 1899-1901
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 Victorian Classical sterling silver bread and butter plates. Made by Gorham in Providence, 1899-1901. Each: Plain and round; applied leafing scroll and bud rim. Engraved sc...
Sterling Silver
12 Copelands Grosvenor Porcelain Plates England For Tiffany
By Tiffany & Co., Copeland
Located in Norwood, NJ
Set of 12 cobalt blue and gilt with white ground porcelain plates by Copelands England for Tiffany & Co. cobalt blue leaves the gold outline design.
Porcelain
$1,350Sale Price / set|50% Off
H 0.75 in Dm 3.5 in
Set of 8 Reed & Barton Francis I Sterling Silver Bowls
By Reed & Barton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reed and Barton Classic bold and elaborate repousse' pattern with nicely scalloped edges / Made in USA, circa 1960s. Measures: diameter 3.5 inches, height 0.75 inches Set of 8 in sto...
Sterling Silver
$3,600 / set
H 0.5 in Dm 9 in
Set of 10 Foley 19th Century Arts & Crafts Dessert Plates with Shaped Rim
By Foley China
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a set of ten Foley China, England dessert plates with an unusual and distinctive Arts and Crafts pattern that takes your breath away. The striking combination of colors in co...
Porcelain
Paul McCobb Six 6-Piece Mid Century Contempri Dinner Set 48 pcs.
By Paul McCobb
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A stunning 48-piece China set with eight 6-piece place settings by the iconic Mid Century designer Paul McCobb having unique dark gray and black graphics to the rims. The china is in...
Porcelain
Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, Probably Pattern 2314, 58 Pieces, Circa 1815 Circa 1815 This extensive Spode bone china dessert service of fifty-eight pieces was made at the height...
Porcelain
$400 / set
H 0.79 in Dm 5.91 in
Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark. A set of twelve small plates with flower decorations
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark. A set of twelve small plates with flower decorations in purple and gold trim. Hand-painted. Approximately 1920s. Marked. In perfect condition. Appears unu...
Porcelain
Important tableware China, circa 1950 / 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Large Chinese porcelain dinner service, circa 1950/1970, decorated with scenes of domestic life. It has been used very little and is in perfect condition. It consists of: 12 dinner p...
Porcelain
Sublime Set of 12 Minton Dinner or Service Plates
By Minton
Located in Hopewell, NJ
12 handsome Minton china dinner or service plates having contemporary style with black and platinum silver striped borders, white background and a central star decoration.
Porcelain
131 Pieces Of Johann Haviland Bavaria Sterling Rimmed Dishes
Located in Tarrytown, NY
10 Dinner plates 3 platters 3 Square platters, one chipped. 10 soup bowls 24 salad plates 12 dessert plates 11 bread plates, one chipped. 12 soup saucers, one hairline crack. 11 coff...
Ceramic
$4,392 / set
H 0.4 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in
Large 85-Piece Fleury Faïenceries de Sarreguemines Dinner Service
Located in ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE, Malaga
France, 20th Century A magnificent 85-piece dinner service by Fleury Faïenceries de Sarreguemines, celebrated for its elegant design and exceptional quality. Decorated with a charmi...
Faience
$55,000 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 11.5 in
Mexican Sterling Silver Set Of Twelve Small Dessert Plates And Twelve Chargers
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Sterling Silver Set of a total of 24 items. Twelve dessert Plates and Twelve Chargers. It depicts 24 plates with scalloped border and shaped as a flower of six petals. All ...
Sterling Silver
$6,200 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 8.75 in
Set of 12 Cauldon Aesthetic Movement Hand-Painted Aquatic Plates, Artist Signed
By Cauldon
Located in Great Barrington, MA
There are fish plates and then there are these plates! The sea-foam green ground is the perfect foil for the hand-painted borders which are divided into five reserves featuring vario...
Porcelain
Set of 12 English Service Plates
Located in New Orleans, LA
These lovely service plates were manfactured in England and retailed at Gilman Collamore & Co, NYC.
Porcelain
Circa 1920 Set of 10 Iridescent Dinner Plates
Located in High Point, NC
Set of 10 FABULOUS dinner plates by Epiage Pirken Hammer. I have never seen another piece of this extraordinary porcelain. The wide and textured gold border is absolutely wonderful...
Ceramic
Antique Set 6 Dessert Plates by James Kent Ltd, England, Langton
Located in Bastogne, BE
Victorian style Antique Set 6 porcelain dessert plates with craquelure by James Kent Ltd. Langton, England. Maroon red insets with tan flowers and tan scrolls. Pink rose and blue ...
Porcelain
$54,327
H 98.43 in Dm 84.65 in
Italian Murano Glass Chandelier, Floral & Multicolored — Giovanni Dalla Fina
By Giovanni Dalla Fina Gallery
Located in Villaverla, IT
Italian Murano glass monumental multi-tier chandelier crafted during the nineteen sixties showcases theatrical, festive Venetian Baroque revival lighting design by Giovanni Dalla Fin...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$15,000
H 13.19 in W 6.7 in D 5.52 in
Magnificent Large Vanadinite Table top, Decorative Sculpture object
Located in London, GB
An exceptional large specimen of vanadinite from Morocco, covered entirely with brilliant, deep red crystals of varying sizes. The crystals are densely packed together, forming a con...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Quartz
$30,053Sale Price|20% Off
H 13 in W 10.63 in D 4.34 in
Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible
By Henry Moret
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Publisher: Daniel Vervliet and Hendrik Swingen for Jan I Moretus & Jan I van Keerberghen Place / Date: Antwerp, 1599 Biblia sacra. Dat is de geheele heylighe schrifture...
Wood, Paper
$240 / set
H 3.5 in W 1.5 in D 1.5 in
Rare Set of Five Mercury Glass Christmas Ornament Vintage, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare Christmas ornament set from Germany or Austria. Each is made from mouth blown glass, these would be a great addition for your Christmas or feather tree. Size always given for ...
Wire
Wharton Esherick Curved Sofa 1958
By Wharton Esherick
Located in Chicago, IL
This Sofa by Wharton Esherick exemplifies his pioneering role in the American Craft Movement. This is his first sofa design, one of Four ever made. Known for his dedication to organ...
Poplar, Tulipwood, Walnut
Polpo Hand-blown glass Sculpture by Simone Crestani
By Simone Crestani
Located in Milan, IT
Polpo is a hand-blown glass sculpture that captures the fluidity and grace of an octopus. "Light and silent, the sinuous movements of the octopus seem domesticated and united with th...
Glass
Tiffany Studios Apple Blossom Table lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Apple Blossom Leaded Glass and Bronze Table Lamp, The patinated bronze base with with Acorn design in wonderful condition gives a great stature to the pink floral app...
Bronze
18th Century Oak Corner Library Cupboard
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This mid-18th century oak corner cupboard originates from the Prebysterie (living quarters of a pastor) of the small Normandy village of Foie, now part of Normanville. It was reputed...
Oak
$29,139Sale Price|20% Off
H 28 in W 86 in D 38 in
19thC Howard & Sons Chesterfield Sofa in Hand Dyed Leathers - Wimbledon Green
Located in London, GB
As a LAPADA dealer and furniture maker, I always have a very good selection of pieces in stock with a wide range of price points. Original Howard & Sons 19thC Chesterfield sofa that...
Leather
$165,000Sale Price|26% Off
H 76 in Dm 50 in
Very Impressive and Palatial Late 19th Century Bronze and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very impressive and palatial late 19th century gilt bronze and crystal twenty four light basket chandelier The large sunburst corona above a reticulated pierced crown adorned with...
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
$4,600 / set
H 7.5 in Dm 3 in
Extensive Collection of Baccarat Cut Crystal Stemware, Red Wines and White Wines
Located in Buchanan, MI
Extensive collection of Baccarat cut crystal stemware, red wines and white wines. In good condition overall; three larger and four smaller, each with small chip to rim which could b...
Crystal
Voltaire's Candide True First Edition & First London Edition
Located in Savannah, GA
A rare example of a first edition Candide, published in Geneva by Cramer, 1759. 299pp. Woodcut ornaments and Voltaire's corrected pages (pp. 31/32, 41/42, 83/84, 85/86) all corresp...
Leather, Paper
18th Century English Breakfront Mahogany Library Bookcase
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Elegant Breakfront Library Bookcase in the Thomas Sheraton Manner In Honduras mahogany with delicate and restrained inlay in satinwood, the lower cupboards, have inlaid...
Mahogany, Glass
$1,250,000
H 24 in W 12 in
La Palazzina (Villa Gori), Siena, for the book Italian Villas and Their Gardens
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
By the time Maxfield Parrish painted his Italian Villa series in 1903, he was already acknowledged as one of America’s most successful artists. Edith Wharton was commissioned to writ...
Paper, Oil
$175,000
H 22.75 in Dm 7 in
Silver Mounted Royal Copenhagen Crystalline Royal Presentation Vase, Dated 1915
Located in New York, NY
Royal Copenhagen crystalline vase, signed Valdemar Engelhardt, the silver was made by The Royal Silversmith Michaelson. Presentation to Dowager Queen Louise, widow of King Frederi...
Porcelain
20th Century Louis Vuitton Cow Hide Suitcase, France c.1920
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A highly unusual and exceptionally rare Louis Vuitton suitcase, originating from the early years of the 20th century, distinguishes itself not with the globally renowned monogram can...
Brass
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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