$7,650 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 48 pcs Dinner Size
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
piece. Gorgeous Melrose by Gorham sterling silver Dinner Size Flatware set - 48 pieces. The dinner
Sterling Silver
$13,293 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 88 pcs Dinner Size
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
piece. Gorgeous Melrose by Gorham sterling silver Dinner Size Flatware set - 88 pieces. The dinner
Sterling Silver
$6,197 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Melrose Gold by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 8 Service Vermeil
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Melrose Gold by Gorham Sterling Silver flatware set - 32 pieces. This set is vermeil (completely
Sterling Silver
$3,535 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 24 Pieces Place Size
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Melrose by Gorham place size sterling silver flatware set - 24 pieces. Great starter set! This set
Sterling Silver
$6,197 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 51 Pieces
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Melrose by Gorham sterling silver flatware set - 51 pieces. This set includes: 8 knives, 8 7/8" 8
Sterling Silver
$6,596 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 12 Service 48 Pieces
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous Melrose by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 48 pieces. This set includes: 12
Sterling Silver
$4,767 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 30 Pieces Dinner Size
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Six dinner size knives, 9 5/8" Six dinner size forks, 7 3/4" Six salad forks, 6 5/8" Six teaspoons, 5 7/8" Six place soup spoons, 6 7/8" Includes bonus brand new storage chest - sty...
Sterling Silver
$11,075 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service, Place Size, 83 Pieces
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Melrose by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 83 pieces. This set includes: eight place size
Sterling Silver
$9,523 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 60 Pcs Dinner Size
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
piece. Melrose by Gorham sterling silver Dinner Size Flatware set - 60 Pieces. This set includes
Sterling Silver
$7,946 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 60 Pcs Dinner Size
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Melrose by Gorham sterling silver dinner size flatware set - 60 pieces. This set includes: 12
Sterling Silver
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 80 Pieces New
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
each piece. Melrose by Gorham sterling silver place size flatware set of 80 pieces. This set is
Sterling Silver
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 55 pieces Place New
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
New, unused Melrose by Gorham Place size Sterling Silver Flatware set - 55 pieces. This set
Sterling Silver
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Place Size Service New
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Melrose by Gorham sterling silver place size flatware set, 37 pieces. This set includes: 8 place
Sterling Silver
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 8 Service 39 Pieces
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
piece. Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware set - 39 pieces. This set includes: 8 knives, 8 7/8
Sterling Silver
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set 119 Pieces
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
Monumental Melrose by Gorham sterling silver flatware set, 119 pieces. This set includes: 12
Sterling Silver
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 66 Pieces Dinner Size
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
each piece. Melrose by Gorham sterling silver dinner size flatware set of 66 pieces. This set
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 52 Pieces Place Size
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
each piece. Melrose by Gorham sterling silver place size flatware set of 52 pieces. This set
Sterling Silver
Melrose by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 49 Pieces
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Melrose by Gorham sterling silver flatware set - 49 pieces. This set includes: 8
Sterling Silver
$5,531 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Greenbrier by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service Dinner Size
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Greenbrier by Gorham sterling silver dinner size flatware set of 54 pieces. This set includes: Eight dinner size knives, 9 1/2". Eight dinner size forks, 8". Eight salad forks, 6 1/...
Sterling Silver
Serge Castella Chandelier, circa 2000, France
By Serge Castella Interiors
Located in Girona, Spain
Large "Spring" chandelier by Serge Castella Custom-made Signed and numbered Metal and plaster France, circa 2000 Excellent condition. Serge Castella Interiors focuses on Antiques, ...
Metal
$16,938Sale Price|20% Off
H 68.31 in W 87.01 in D 13.78 in
Antique Neoclassical Pine and Lime Wood Georgian Style Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A substantial and impressive architectural late 19th century profusely carved pine and lime wood fireplace surround in the Georgian manner of Robert Adam. The shelf perfectly evokes ...
Pine
$26,000
H 102 in W 61.5 in D 79 in
English Georgian Mahogany Gadrooned and Upholstered Tester Bed, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
English Georgian mahogany four-poster bed with a carved molded inset headboard, tapered head post, serpentine gadrooned and upholstered tester with a centered carved urn & swags, dec...
Upholstery, Mahogany
$3,800 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.5 in
12 Coalport Grey and Polychrome Enamel Floral Shaped Rim Dinner Service Plates
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Coalport dinner plates feature an unusual color combination of a soft gray border decorated with a vibrant palette of brightly painted flowers. There are various combi...
Porcelain
$11,075 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Old Colonial by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 64 pcs Dinner
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Lavishly decorated, Old Colonial's graceful curves descend along a beaded handle and meet a fluted bowl. Representing the height of the silversmiths craft, Old Colonial is a peerless...
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
$16,397 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
1810 Italian 800 Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 77 pieces fitted box Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Very Heavy .800 Italian Silver Flatware set in the pattern 1810 (Fiddle shape) in its original vintage fitted chest - 77 pieces. This set includes: 12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 5/8", ...
Silver
$7,749 / set
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Orleans by Watson Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service Dinner Size Rare
By Watson Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Orleans by Watson sterling silver flatware set of dinner size 56 pieces. This scarce, circa 1915, pattern is a lost art in sterling flatware! This set includes: Eight dinn...
Sterling Silver
$7,895Sale Price / set|39% Off
H 32 in W 16 in D 16 in
Fine Pair of 19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Vases Oil Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of Chinese Export, 19th century porcelain bottle vases mounted with French ormolu as oil lamps. The well potted ovoid light pale-green porcelain pear-shaped body decorate...
Ormolu
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
Elegant Georgian Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
An elegant Georgian dining table to seat eight comfortably, having a wonderful solid mahogany top in four sections, with the end sections with rounded corners and thumb molded edges ...
Mahogany
$14,180 / set
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Gorham Plain Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 102 Pieces, Scarce Pattern!
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Rare "Gorham-Plain" by Gorham Sterling silver flatware set - 102 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner forks, 7 1/2". 12 luncheon forks, 7". 12 salad forks, 6 1/2". 11 teaspoons, 5 7...
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Secretaire Bookcase
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Antique George III Secretaire Bookcase A good George III secretaire bookcase in mahogany with a burr yew wood interior - attractive glazing bars and original tall splay feet
Mahogany
Large Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Jade Vase
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Chinese caved jade vase, Republic Period, circa 1930. Carved from one massive piece of jade. The vase carved with the He He Er Xian, the Immortal Twin Boys...
Jade
Small Georgian Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Superb Quality George III Period Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase, Of Unusual Small Proportions, Having Four Elegant Astragal Glazed Doors To Top Enclosing Adjustable Shelves, ...
Mahogany
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.