Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 8 Set 32 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 32 pieces.
20th Century Tableware
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 8 Set 32 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 32 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Madeira Gold by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service Vermeil
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira Gold by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 32 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service 40 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira by Towle sterling silver flatware set of 40 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 38 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 38 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set 78 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 78 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 75 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira by Towle sterling silver Flatware set - 75 Pieces.
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service for Eight Set 46 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira by Towle circa 1948 sterling silver flatware set of 46 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 58 Pcs
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 58 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set 83 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Lovely Madeira by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 83 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 40 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Lovely Madiera by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 40 pieces. This set includes: 8 Knives, 9" 8 Forks, 7 3/8" 8 Salad Forks, 6 1/2" 8 Teaspoons, 5 7/8" 8 Place Soup Spoons, 6 3/...
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 8, Set of 47 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Madeira by Towle sterling silver flatware set of 47 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Circa 1970 Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver 59-Piece Flatware Set
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1970 Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver 59-piece Flatware Set. 1948 pattern.
Sterling Silver
Madeira by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 75 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Lovely madeira by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 75 pieces.
Sterling Silver
Library of Antique Leatherbound Books
Located in Brønshøj, DK
This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...
Gold Leaf
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service, Denmark 1961
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Delft, NL
Royal Copenhagen porcelain tableware dinner service, Denmark 1961 A Royal Copenhagen porcelain dinner service with pattern number 595, the floral golden basket Flowers in the ce...
Porcelain
Set of 12 English Raised Gilt Porcelain Dinner Service Plates
By Royal Worcester
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A regal set of 12 elaborately gild service plates, by Royal Worcester. The set with delicate broad gilt borders with a white porcelain background. The mark on the back from 1950.
Porcelain
$1,920Sale Price / set|50% Off
Vintage Limoges Porcelain Dinnerware Set - 80 Pieces
By Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite vintage dinnerware set, likely crafted in fine Limoges porcelain, features delicate floral patterns and gold accents. Each piece is signed “France,” a hallmark of its ...
Porcelain
$54,975 / set
H 0.25 in Dm 10.75 in
Set of Twelve Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Bamboo Pattern Charger/Dinner Plates
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Set of Twelve Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Bamboo Pattern Charger/Dinner Plates originates from the United States, Circa 1970. This stunning set can serve as either c...
Sterling Silver
$3,200
H 10.5 in W 13.75 in D 13.75 in
A French late 19th century Louis XV st. Lunéville Faience Porcelain serving set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XV st. Lunéville Faience Porcelain serving set. This most attractive fifty-four piece dining is painted on over glaze co...
Porcelain
Fine Italian Porcelain Dinner Service, Verbano Laveno, 20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
FINE ITALIAN PORCELAIN DINNER SERVICE, VERBANO LAVENO, 20TH CENTURY The Verbano Laveno dinner service, originating from the 20th century, boasts exquisite craftsmanship and timeless...
Porcelain
Wedgwood Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service For 12 People
By Wedgwood
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful Wedgwood porcelain tableware dinner service for twelve people with coffee serving set with hand painted design details. The service is in great condition. Maker's mark unde...
Gold
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
Large English Porcelain Dinner Service, Minton, circa 1845
Located in New York, NY
With a soft turquoise ground, painted with a fine spray of flowers, with gilt scroll and dash borders. Comprising pair of covered tureens and stands, pair of vegetable tureens, well ...
Porcelain
19th Century British Porcelain Dinnerware Service
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th Century British porcelain dinnerware service with hand painted gilt foliate borders with bouquets of wild flowers against a white background design details. Each piece is in...
Gold
"Old Paris” Porcelain Dinner Service, 19th Century, France
By Old Paris
Located in Delft, NL
“Old Paris” porcelain dinner service 188 pieces tableware (200 parts) 19th century French porcelain. Beautiful white porcelain with blue and gold painted border and in the c...
Porcelain
Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service German, c. 1900 Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm Square salad bowl: Height 9.5cm, width 22cm, depth 22cm...
Porcelain
Russian Imperial Silver Punch Set From Czar Alexander III
Located in New Orleans, LA
A monumental piece of history, this exquisite silver punch set was made for Czar Alexander III as a gift to British Captain Joseph Wiggins. Heavily decorated with rich engravings and...
Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Mother of Pearl Fruit/Dessert Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and mother of pearl fruit/dessert cutlery set for twelve persons - boxed; an addition to our antique fla...
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver "Acorn" Flatware
By Georg Jensen
Located in Bronx, NY
This stylish sterling silver flatware service for ten is designed in the Acorn pattern. It was produced by Georg Jensen & is circa 1917. The flatware set of ninety three pieces w...
Sterling Silver
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.