King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set of 24
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
The confident styling will elevate every meal into a festive dining experience, and enhance traditional and formal settings Beautiful and huge King Richard by Towle sterling silver ...
Sterling Silver
$5,000 / set
H 8 in W 3 in D 1 in
1932 King Richard Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 61 Pieces, 11.9 Settings
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1932 King Richard Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set with 61 pieces.
Sterling Silver
$7,761 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 49 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
King Richard by towle sterling silver flatware set, 49 pieces.
Sterling Silver
$14,137 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 98 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Impressive King Richard by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 98 pieces.
Sterling Silver
$13,900 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 87 Pcs Dinner Size
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
This regal pattern is heavy in weight, fit for a king (and/or queen)! Dinner Size King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware set - 87 pieces.
Sterling Silver
$17,285 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 65 pcs Dinner New
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
The confident styling will elevate every meal into a festive dining experience, and enhance traditional and formal settings Unused Dinner Size King Richard by Towle sterling silve...
Sterling Silver
$9,850 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 60 Pcs Dinner Size
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner Size King Richard by Towle sterling silver flatware set of 60 pieces.
Sterling Silver
$17,186 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 108 Pc Dinner Size
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
This regal pattern is heavy in weight, fit for a king (and/or queen)! Monumental Dinner and Regular Size King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware set - 108 pieces.
Sterling Silver
$8,316 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 62 Pcs Dinner Size
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner size king Richard by Towle sterling silver flatware set of 62 pieces.
Sterling Silver
$26,500 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service Dinner 179 Pcs
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
This regal pattern is heavy in weight, fit for a king (and/or queen)! Superb monumental King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware set - 179 pieces.
Sterling Silver
$10,311 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 57 Pcs Dinner
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner size king Richard by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 57 pieces.
Sterling Silver
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H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 8 Service 40 Pieces New
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
The confident styling will elevate every meal into a festive dining experience, and enhance traditional and formal settings Unused King Richard by Towle sterling silver flatware se...
Sterling Silver
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H 5.875 in W 1 in D 0.125 in
3 Antique Rogers Lunt Bowlen RLB Sterling Silver Salad Forks Monticello 1908
By Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
"Set of three antique Rogers, Lunt, Bowlen sterling silver salad forks in the Monticello pattern, engraved with a B.
Sterling Silver
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 76 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
The confident styling will elevate every meal into a festive dining experience and enhance traditional and formal settings. Beautiful large King Richard by Towle sterling silver fl...
Sterling Silver
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service 40 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
King Richard by Towle sterling silver flatware set of 40 pieces.
Sterling Silver
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 48 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
King Richard by Towle - 48 pieces. This set includes: 12 Knives, 8 3/4", 12 Forks, 7 3/8", 12 Salad Forks, 6 5/8", 12 Teaspoons, 6" Includes bonus brand new storage chest. Excellent...
Sterling Silver
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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service 37 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Eight knives, 8 3/4" Eight forks, 7 3/8" Eight salad forks, 6 5/8" Eight teaspoons, 6" One gravy ladle, 7" One serving spoon, 8 1/2" One cold meat fork, 8" One sugar spoon, 6" One ho...
Sterling Silver
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H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 93 pcs Dinner Unused
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
This regal pattern is heavy in weight, fit for a king (and/or queen)! Dinner Size King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware set - 93 pieces.
Sterling Silver
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 12 Service 66 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful King Richard by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 66 pieces.
Sterling Silver
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 72 Pieces New
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
New, unused King Richard by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 72 pieces.
Sterling Silver
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 8 Service 42 Pieces New
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
The confident styling will elevate every meal into a festive dining experience, and enhance traditional and formal settings Unused King Richard by Towle sterling silver flatware se...
Sterling Silver
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H 10.63 in W 7.88 in D 4.14 in
Towle Germany Silver Plate Martini or Cocktail Pitcher Barware and Glasses
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Atlanta, GA
Over the years, Towle has created numerous sterling silver flatware patterns in the United States: including the Candlelight in 1934 and the Marie Louise in 1939, which became the of...
Metal, Silver Plate
Chantilly Sterling Silver Flatware by Gorham, Service for Twelve
By Henry Birks
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage stylish sterling silver service for twelve is designed in the Chantilly pattern, by Gorham. The signature is found in a groove on the back of each handle & dates the...
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
$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
$8,170 / set
H 4.34 in W 12.6 in D 9.45 in
19th Century Flatware Set - Carrington & Co - Solid Sterling Silver - Complete
By Carrington of Regent Street
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An exceptional 19th-century English flatware service by Carrington & Co, 130 Regent Street, London — one of the most prestigious silversmiths and jewellers of the Victorian and E...
Sterling Silver
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
Fabergé Silver Flatware Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional 77-piece complete service by Fabergé is a rare treasure from the world-renowned firm. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and ...
Silver
$7,927 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Prelude by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service For 12 Set 60 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Slender and graceful, the smooth clean lines of this refined pattern are distinguished with deeply carved floral ornaments at the tip and neck. Raised borders along the fluted stem e...
Sterling Silver
Louis XV Reed & Barton Silver Flatware Set
By Reed & Barton
Located in Queens, NY
French "Francis 1st pattern" 1920s sterling silver flatware dinner service set for 18 with a rococo floral design in a mahogany case. 250 pieces. (REED & BARTON)
Sterling Silver, Brass
Grand Baroque Sterling Silver Flatware by Wallace - 32 Pieces
By Wallace Silversmiths
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grand Baroque sterling silver flatware by Wallace. 32 pieces consisting of 8 dinner forks, 8 dinner knives, 8 large spoons for soup or dessert, and 8 butter knifes. Perfect to use im...
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
$15,950 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Prelude by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set Dinner Service 145 Pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Huge and impressive prelude by International Sterling Silver flatware set - 145 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner knives, 9 5/8" 12 dinner forks, 8" 12 luncheon knives, 9 1/4" 1...
Sterling Silver
$7,982 / set
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Esplanade by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 60 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Esplanade by Towle sterling silver flatware set of 60 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 8 7/8" 12 forks, 7 1/4" 12 salad forks, 6 1/2" 12 teaspoons, 6" 12 place soup spoons, 6 3...
Sterling Silver
$5,115 / set
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Esplanade by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 45 pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Esplanade by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 45 pieces. This set includes: 8 knives, 8 7/8" 8 forks, 7 1/4" 8 salad forks, 6 1/2" 8 teaspoons, 6" 8 place soup spoons, 6 3/4" 1 g...
Sterling Silver
Brand New El Grandee, Sterling Silver Flatware Service for Twelve, by Towle
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage sterling silver flatware service for twelve is circa 1964 & designed by Towle. This set consists of twelve six piece sterling silver settings in the "El Grandee" pat...
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
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.
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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.