Silver Serving Pcs
Vintage 1970s Belgian Hollywood Regency Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Antique 1850s English Art Deco Serving Pieces
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
Antique Early 1900s English Hollywood Regency Serving Pieces
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Serving Bowls
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Silver Plate
20th Century Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
20th Century Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Unknown Victorian Serving Bowls
Silver Plate
20th Century Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
20th Century Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s German Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Serving Pieces
Ceramic
Vintage 1950s Japanese Serving Pieces
Enamel
Vintage 1950s Japanese Serving Pieces
Enamel
Vintage 1970s German Romantic Serving Bowls
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces
Ceramic, Porcelain
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Serving Bowls
Palisander
1990s Japanese Modern Tableware
Silver Plate
Vintage 1910s English Art Nouveau Platters and Serveware
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s American Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Victorian Serving Pieces
Silver
Vintage 1970s Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Serving Pieces
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Victorian Serving Bowls
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century American Serving Pieces
Ceramic, Pottery
Early 20th Century German Serving Pieces
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Glass
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Pottery
1990s Lebanese Aesthetic Movement Tableware
Steel
Late 20th Century Unknown Victorian Serving Pieces
Silver Plate
Vintage 1930s Danish Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Serving Pieces
Copper
Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Serving Pieces
Metal
Late 20th Century Modern Serving Pieces
Stainless Steel
American Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s American Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s American Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s Mexican Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Serving Pieces
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s Serving Pieces
Glass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Japanese Tableware
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Finding the Right Tableware for You
While it isn’t always top of mind for some, antique and vintage tableware can enhance even the most informal meal. It has been an intimate part of how we’ve interacted with our food for millennia.
Tableware has played a basic but important role in everyday life. Ancient Egyptians used spoons (which are classified as flatware) made of ivory and wood, while Greeks and Romans, who gathered for banquets involving big meals and entertainment, ate with forks and knives. At the beginning of the 17th century, however, forks were still uncommon in American homes. Over time, tableware has thankfully evolved and today includes increasingly valuable implements.
Tableware refers to the tools people use to set the table, including serving pieces, dinner plates and more. It encompasses everything from the intricate and elaborate to the austere and functional, yet are all what industrial product designer Jasper Morrison might call “Super Normal” — anonymous objects that are too useful to be considered banal.
There are four general categories of tableware — serveware, dinnerware, drinkware and, lastly, flatware, which is commonly referred to as silverware or cutlery. Serveware includes serving bowls, platters, gravy boats, casserole pans and ladles. Most tableware is practical, but it can also be decorative. And decorative objects count as tableware too. Even though they don’t fit squarely into one of the four categories, vases, statues and floral arrangements are traditional centerpieces.
Drinkware appropriately refers to the vessels we use for our beverages — mugs, cups and glasses. There is a good deal of variety that falls under this broad term. For example, your cheerful home bar or mid-century modern bar cart might be outfitted with a full range of vintage barware, which might include pilsner glasses and tumblers. Specialty cocktails are often served in these custom glasses, but they’re still a type of drinkware.
Every meal should be special — even if you’re using earthenware or stoneware for a casual lunch — but perhaps you’re hosting a dinner party to mark a specific event. The right high-quality tableware can bring a touch of luxury to your cuisine. Young couples, for example, traditionally add “fine china,” or porcelain, to their wedding registry as a commemoration of their union and likely wouldn’t turn down exquisite silver made by Tiffany & Co. or Georg Jensen.
It’s important to remember, however, that when you’re setting the dining room table to have fun with it. Just as you might mix and match your dining chairs, don’t be afraid to mix new and old or high and low with your tableware. On 1stDibs, find an extraordinary range of vintage and antique tableware to help elevate your meal as well as the mood and atmosphere of your entire dining room.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021How much a silver serving spoon is worth would depend on if it is made of pure sterling silver or is silver plated. A great way to differentiate between the two is to look for a mark that identifies objects that are made of sterling silver. Sterling silverware made in the United States after roughly the 1850s will carry a marking: either “Sterling” or “925.” Silver-plated spoons can be worth up to $15 and a sterling silver spoon is worth more. Find a collection of antique and vintage silverware on 1stDibs.
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