$9,424 / set
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Valencia by International sterling silver flatware set of 71 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives
Sterling Silver
$8,052 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 63 Pcs Gold
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Valencia Vermeil by International gold over Sterling silver Flatware set, 63 pieces. The Valencia
Sterling Silver
$5,862 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 48 Pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Valencia by International Sterling silver Flatware set, 48 pieces. The Valencia pattern was
Sterling Silver
$8,251 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 72 Pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Valencia by International Sterling silver flatware set, 72 pieces. The Valencia pattern was
Sterling Silver
$8,934 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 90 pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stunning Valencia by International Sterling silver Flatware set, 90 pieces. The Valencia pattern
Sterling Silver
$6,538 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 55 Pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Superb Valencia by International sterling silver flatware set, 55 pieces. The Valencia pattern was
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 41 Pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Valencia by International Sterling silver flatware set - 41 pieces. This set includes: eight
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 8 Set 36 Pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Valencia by International sterling silver flatware set, 36 pieces. This set includes: Eight
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 46 Pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Valencia by International sterling silver flatware set, 46 pieces. The Valencia pattern was
Sterling Silver
$868Sale Price|43% Off
H 6.7 in Dm 3.94 in
Antique Pair of Candle Holder Silver Rococo Style Candlesticks, 1937s Home Decor
Located in Wembley, GB
Pair of Silver Candlesticks by C.G. Hallberg Rococo Style, Sweden 1937 A scarce and elegant pair of antique silver-plated Rococo-style candlesticks by the renowned Swedish silversmi...
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Fish Service for Eighteen Persons
By John Gilbert & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver Lily pattern fish cutlery set for eighteen persons - boxed; an addition to our dining silverware collect...
Silver, Sterling Silver
$15,000 / set
H 5.5 in W 18.5 in D 12.5 in
107 Piece Sterling Silver Flatware by Georg Jensen Denmark, Acanthus Pattern
By Georg Jensen
Located in Toledo, OH
A beautiful 107 piece sterling silver flatware set by Georg Jensen in the Acanthus pattern. It contains the following pieces: 20 teaspoons 6" 8 cream of soup spoons 5 1/2" 5 tables...
Sterling Silver
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
$39,948 / set
H 14.96 in W 21.25 in D 16.14 in
Koch Bergfeld Silver 800 Cutlery Baroque Design 264-Pieces Bremen Germany 1900
By Koch & Bergfeld
Located in Vienna, AT
Silver 264-piece flatware (cutlery set) for 18 persons, Made by Koch & Bergfeld, Germany / Bremen, circa 1900 Gorgeous German cutlery set / flatware / dinnerware consisting of 2...
Silver
$1,920Sale Price / set|32% Off
H 0.79 in W 15.16 in D 12.01 in
Limoges Bernardaud 62 Pieces Fine Faience Dinner Service
By Bernardaud
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Exquisite fine cream faience tableware set adorned with scattered roses and gold trim. The set consists of 62 pieces and would be ideal for casual dining, or would make an eyecatchin...
Faience, Paint
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
$6,311 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Hampton Court by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 60 Pieces
By Reed & Barton
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Hampton Court by Reed & Barton sterling silver Flatware set - 60 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9 1/8" 12 forks, 7 1/2" 12 salad forks, 6 5/8" 12 teaspoons, 6" 12 p...
Sterling Silver
$5,500 / set
H 2 in W 7.25 in D 10 in
English Minton Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service / Twelve People
By Minton
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Minton hand painted and decorated porcelain dinner service for twelve people. Made in England between 1948 -1970 "with impressed marks "Minton / china / 2-65" and pattern numbers in...
Gold
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
$9,424 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Debussy by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 66 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Debussy by Towle sterling silver Flatware set, 66 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 9" 12 forks, 7 1/2" 12 salad forks, 6 1/2" 12 teaspoons, 6" 12 place soup spoons, 6 5/8" 1 se...
Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. Colonial Silver Flatware Service for 12
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Tiffany & Co. This exquisite 180-piece sterling silver flatware service for 12 by Tiffany & Co. is crafted in the distinguished Colon...
Sterling Silver
$47,678 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Saratoga by Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 91 pieces
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Saratoga by Tiffany - Sterling Issue Date: 1870 Formerly this pattern was called King and then Cook, renamed Saratoga in 1956. Designer: Edward C. Moore. Fabulous Saratoga by Tiffan...
Sterling Silver
$15,511 / set
H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in
Pointed Antique Engraved Dominick & Haff Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set
By Dominick and Haff Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful pointed antique engraved by Dominick & Haff huge dinner & luncheon sterling silver flatware set - 119 pieces. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 1/2". 12 dinner s...
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
American Oak Dining Suite by R.J. Horner
By R.J. Horner & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
This outstanding 13-piece Victorian dining suite by R.J. Horner of New York boasts intricate hand carving rarely seen in furnishings of the era. Crafted of fine golden oak, the suite...
Oak
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.