Manchester Silver Company Sterling Silver Serving Tray
By Manchester Silver Co. & S. S.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This impressive large-format sterling silver serving tray is a classic example of refined American silver by Manchester Silver Company, a firm long admired for producing substantial,...
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Creamer, Sugar and Under-tray
By Manchester Silver Co. & S. S.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sterling silver cream and sugar set with matching underplate is a quietly confident piece of table silver—clean-lined, purposeful, and beautifully made, the way good silver has ...
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tray by Thomas Bradbury & Sons
By Thomas Bradbury & Sons Ltd.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
The underside of this magnificent tray bears the retailer's mark 'Hall & Co, Kings, St, Manchester' Condition This large sterling silver tray with handles is an exceptional gauge...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Oval Tray by Manchester
By Manchester Silver Co. & S. S.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sleek and contemporary tray that can be used as an under-tray for candlesticks or for serving food. We just love the simplicity of this piece, and it’s shape. Very midcentury.
Sterling Silver
Large Serving Tray
By Manchester Silver Co. & S. S.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
You may not want to be heavy but this tray has no choice; it’s really heavy. Probably once part of a large tea set, this tray is great all on its own. Beautiful solid handles with a ...
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Arts and Crafts Cream & Sugar
By Webster Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are thrilled to offer you this sterling silver cream & sugar set in the original box it was presented. Designed by the Webster Silver Company, these pieces have a hand hammere...
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tray
By Graff, Washbourne & Dunn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a beautiful sterling silver tray with an elegant reticulated design going around the border. It’s an oval piece with handles on each side and stands on a pedestal. ...
Sterling Silver
$350 / set
H 3.75 in W 6.75 in D 5 in
Vintage Victorian 1881 Rogers Canada Silver Plated Sugar Bowl and Creamer Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Victorian 1881 Rogers Canada Silver Plated Sugar Bowl and Creamer Set. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: Creamer: 4.5" H x 5.5" W x 4.5" D Sugar: 3.75" H x 6.75" W x 5"...
Silver Plate
$995
H 1.5 in W 28 in D 16.5 in
Antique English Silver Plated Serving Tray with Ornate Accents & Engraving
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This ornate silver plated serving tray was made in England in approximately 1920 in a Victorian style. The tray has ornately decorated handles and outer rim done with a scrolling flo...
Copper
$1,295
H 1.75 in W 27.5 in D 17 in
Antique Sheffield Reproduction Silver Plated Serving Tray with Pierced Surround
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique silver plated serving tray is signed by an unknown maker and presumed to have originated from England and dating to approximately 1920 and done in a Victorian styl...
Silver Plate
Quality antique Edwardian silver plated tray
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Edwardian silver plated tray, having a quality antique Edwardian silver plated tray with a plain silver plated centre surrounded by a decorative border and twin shape...
Silver Plate
$225
H 1.5 in W 23 in D 14 in
Vintage WM Rogers Silver Plated Victorian Twin Handle Serving Platter Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage WM Rogers Silver Plated Victorian Twin Handle Serving Platter Tray. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 1.5" H x 23" W x 14" D.
Silver Plate
Tiffany & Co. Antique Silverplate Gravy Boat With Tray
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique silverplate gravy boat with tray featuring gadroon borders and shell feet to boat By Tiffany & Co. (each piece signed to the underside) England, Circa 1930s Mea...
Silver Plate
$1,670
H 2 in W 32 in D 11 in
Ornate Silver-Plated Large Engraved Tray, 19th Century, Manchester Design
Located in Worcester Park, GB
This antique silver tray is a striking example of the ornate craftsmanship that defined late 19th to early 20th century decorative arts. Its elongated oval form and richly detailed b...
Sheffield Plate, Silver Plate
$350
H 1 in W 24.5 in D 14.75 in
Vintage Silver-Plated Butler Tray "Countess" Pattern by International silver Co.
Located in Birmingham, AL
Vintage silver-plated butler tray in the "Countess" pattern by the International Silver Company.Vintage Circa mid 20th Century. with floral motif rim, in very good vintage condition...
Silver Plate
Mappin & Webb silver plate tray
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A very elegant antique or vintage English silver plated oval tray/ tea tray by Mappin & Webb. The underside inscribed 'Mappin & Webb Ltd. Prince's Plate, Triple Deposit, R71552' al...
Silver Plate
19th Century Sterling Silver Tray
Located in Vista, CA
Gorgeous sterling silver tray with interior gadrooned border and central cartouche and floral motif.
Silver Plate
Edwardian Ellis-Barker Silver Plated Serving Tray
By Ellis Barker
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
English Ellis-Barker silver plated tray with grapevine motif; reticulated border, chased and engraved surface with scrolling foliate and floral design.
Silver Plate
Sterling Silver Creamer and Sugar Set
Located in New York, NY
A vintage sterling silver creamer and sugar set, circa early to mid-20th century. Elevate a dining experience (dessert, tea, coffee, etc.), daily or while entertaining, with this bea...
Sterling Silver
$550
H 1.5 in W 23 in D 15.5 in
Mid-20th Century Gorham Silver Plate Footed Rectangular Serving Tray With Handle
By Gorham
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb Mid-20th Century silverplate rectangular footed serving tray by Gorham. Marked "Newport Gorham" on reverse. This fine quality silver tray is heavy and well made with gorgeou...
Silver Plate
Circa 1930s Silver Plated Tea Tray by International
By International Silver
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1930s silver plated tea tray by International. Handsomely decorated with swags of fruits & flowers decoration, bordered by cast grape & floral motifs. Good condition showing ex...
Silver Plate
Sterling Silver Tiffany Bowl
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver bowl by the world renowned Tiffany and Company. It has a cutout design along the upper edge and the rest is unadorned. So even while it’s in use ...
Sterling Silver
$185,000 / set
H 12 in W 12 in D 10 in
A 200 Plus Set of 19 Century Imperial Russian Silver Flatware by Andrei Bragin
By Andrei Bragin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional and extremely rare set of a combination of silver and vermeil (gilded silver) flatware designed and crafted in St Petersburg Russia by Andrei Stepanovich Bragin d...
Silver, Vermeil
Sterling Silver Tray
By Graff, Washbourne & Dunn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful sterling silver tray has a reticulated border and a fluted rim. It has a pedestal so it’s propped off the surface. It is an octagon shaped tray with wreaths and floral...
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tray, circa 1880
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are thrilled to offer this sterling silver tray made by Gorham Silversmiths of Providence, Rhode Island circa 1880. This one hundred and forty five year old antique piece has a s...
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Bowl
By Wallace Silversmiths
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver bowl made by Wallace Silversmiths. It has a gadroon design around the rim with six floral icons evenly spaced out along the inner edge. A great s...
Sterling Silver
Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service, 764 Pieces
By Gorham
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental American sterling silver flatware service by Gorham epitomizes the stately glamour of turn-of-the-century dining. A total of 705 pieces in the beloved Versailles patt...
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Gravy Boat & Tray
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sterling silver gravy boat and under-tray by Gorham Silversmiths is an elegant expression of late-19th to early-20th-century American silver—refined, ceremonial, and unapologet...
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.