$4,700
Wedgwood Encaustic Ewer
By Wedgwood
Located in Sarasota, FL
Wedgwood basalt encaustic ewer with ancient Greek inspired decoration on both sides.
Ceramic, Porcelain
Wedgwood Black Basalt and Encaustic Enamel Rum Kettle
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by Wedgwood, this rare, round-shaped rum kettle is comprised of black basalt and features a molded bail handle and glazed interior.
Enamel
A Rare Wedgwood Encaustic Decorated Basalt Teapot
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A rare signed Wedgwood basalt teapot with orange and white encaustic decoration, upper case mark
Porcelain
Encaustic Painted Ecuelle, Wedgwood, circa 1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In black basalt, decorated with encaustic painting. An écuelle is a French word that refers to a shallow dish or bowl, typically made of metal or ceramic, and used for serving foo...
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large vase in black basalt, with restrained neoclassical decoration taken from examples in The Hamilton Collection, now in The British Museum. The shape is that known as the Campa...
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth and an older man, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum. It is unusual to find ...
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum. The shape is taken from the Greek Hy...
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Cup & Saucer, Wedgwood, circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A particularly fine example of a cup and saucer in the neoclassical style, simply decorated with a red line and a '"Leaf & Berry" motif. The "leaf and berry" motif is a design ele...
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Polished basalt, decorated with Victoria, Goddess of Victory, in her chariot; possibly after a Roman model such as the wall paintings at Herculaneum. This palette is very rare on bas...
Stoneware
A Rare Wedgwood Basalt Vase With Encaustic Decoration
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A rare Wedgwood two handled basalt vase with encaustic decoration of classical figures, upper case mark
Porcelain
Encaustic Painted Teapot in Black Basalt, Wedgwood C1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare and stunning example of neo-classical decoration on an ordinary househuld object: a teapot. The decoration is restrained yet lively, and makes excellent use of classical figur...
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Cup and Saucer in Black Basalt, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Black basalt, with rope handle and encaustic decoration of lines & anthemion, in imitation of early Greek pottery. Early encaustic examples are rare and hard to find in such good con...
Stoneware
Pair of Wedgwood Encaustic Black Basalt Vases
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
Wedgwood Black Basalt vases with encaustic painted Greek key, palm leaves, and other simple classical designs
Wedgwood Neoclassical Black Basalt Encaustic Enamel Amphora
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by Wedgwood, this stately Neoclassical amphora vase is comprised of black basalt — largely considered the pottery firm’s greatest innovation.
Porcelain
Wedgwood Neoclassical Black Basalt Encaustic Enamel Campana
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Neoclassical campana vase by Wedgwood is crafted from the pottery firm's greatest innovation — black basalt.
Stone, Enamel
Wedgwood “Pandora’s Box” Black Basalt Encaustic Krater Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by Wedgwood, this stately neoclassical volute krater vase is comprised of black basalt, largely considered the famed English firm’s greatest innovation.
Terracotta
A Rare Wedgwood Encaustic Decorated Basalt Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A rare Wedgwood basalt two handled vase , encaustic decorated with classical figures and borders, upper case mark
Porcelain
Encaustic Painted Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1810
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine example of early 19th century encaustic painting: an oil bottle (lekythos), decorated with a lady holding the emblems of a good time, including a wine bucket and a wine cup.
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1900
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Encaustic painted basalt, after an early Greek vase, showing a woman approaching a naked youth, then looking back as she passes. To the reverse, a trainer and two youths with jum...
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Oenochoe, Wedgwood, circa 1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Currently on loan to The David Roche Foundation for their exhibition "Josiah Wedgwood - Master Potter to the Universe". A fabulous oenochoe (Greek wine jug) in black basalt, with en...
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1770
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an en grisaille painted illustration of Orpheus playing his lyre, with a stag sitting quietly by, listening to his playing - and pe...
Stoneware
A Rare Wedgwood Caneware Teapot With Encaustic Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A rare Wedgwood caneware bamboo form teapot with encaustic decoration, upper case mark, Exhibited: Josiah Wedgwood Jubilee Exhibition 1980, Ex: Born & Kadison collections
Porcelain
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Provenance: Burris Coll. Exhibited Wedgwood International Seminar 16, 1971.
Stoneware
Early Wedgwood Egyptian Revival Neoclassical Rosso Antico Coffee Pot
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Wedgwood rosso antico coffee pot made ca. 1810. The pot's red body is accentuated by black basalt details in the Egyptian Revival style. Developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1760...
Earthenware
Wedgewood Black Basalt Stone Urn
By Wedgewood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wedgewood encaustic painted , matte finished black basalt stone urn. Hand painted decoration with 2 scenes. Egyptian Revival style. Circa 1790-1820.
Stone
$12,500
H 18 in W 6 in D 6 in
Exhibited 18th Century Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Ware Four-Handled Vase
By Wedgwood & Bentley
Located in Asheville, NC
Etruria, Staffordshire, c.1780, thrown in four parts and bolted to a plinth built of five small slabs, decorated by molded handles with horned returns to high relief goats’ masks wit...
Pottery
Greek Pottery Black Urn Depicting an Assembly of Gods
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Greek Pottery Black Urn Depicting an Assembly of God's. Hand painted, signed by artist. It was brought back from a trip to Greece in the 70's. A great vintage souvenir with artists m...
Clay
Amphora in the Style of Ancient Greece, Italy, Early 1900s
Located in London, GB
This decorative amphora, produced in Italy in the early 20th century, draws inspiration from the celebrated traditions of ancient Greek pottery. Crafted in terracotta and finished wi...
Ceramic
Wedgwood Jasperware Blue White Pitcher Vase Greek Key Neoclassical English
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful cobalt blue and white Jasperware pitcher, with Greek-Key boarders, in the Neoclassical design style, by Wedgwood, circa early-20th century, 1930s - 1940s, England. Pitch...
Stoneware
Antique Wedgwood Urn Form Vase, Agate Ware, Bacchus Handles, 1790
Located in South Paris, ME
Wonderful early Wedgwood vase with applied jasperware decorations and base, Bacchus handles, and gilt accents. Lid intact, which is somewhat rare for these pieces. This vase is an ad...
Ceramic
Samuel Alcock Neoclassical Revival Vase
By Samuel Alcock & Co.
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A unique Neoclassical Revival vase made by Samuel Alcock & Co. around 1860. Produced by the English pottery Samuel Alcock & Co. in the mid-19th century, this vase uniquely combines ...
Earthenware
Large Wedgwood Solid Black Basalt Neoclassical Jardiniere
By Wedgwood
Located in Doraville, GA
Wedgwood black basalt jardiniere, made in England around 1900. The jardiniere has a floral banded border above fruiting grapevine festoons terminating at lion masks and rings with Mu...
Ceramic
Wedgwood First Edition Portland Vase
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary First Edition Wedgwood rendering of the legendary Portland Vase is one of the rarest masterpieces of Josiah Wedgwood, the most important ceramics manufacturer of t...
Porcelain
$850
H 7.09 in W 2.37 in D 2.37 in
Small Early 19th-Century Wedgwood Balck Basalt Vase on a square base
By Wedgwood
Located in Madrid, EX
This early 19th-century Wedgwood black basalt vase is a rare find...beautifully proportioned and irresistibly versatile. Its rich, matte finish complements any interior style, allowi...
Stoneware
$1,526
H 5.5 in W 9 in D 5.5 in
Wedgwood Black Basalt & Terracotta Teapot, Limited Edition of 500, 1988
Located in Nottingham, GB
A rare and highly collectible Wedgwood limited-edition teapot, produced in England in 1988 exclusively for The Guild of Specialist China & Glass Retailers. The production was str...
Black Basalt
Wedgwood Black and Gilt Basalt Covered Potpourri Vase, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
A wedgwood black and gilt basalt covered Potpourri vase, circa 1870.
Ceramic
$385
H 0.38 in Dm 3 in
Wedgwood Black Basalt Jewelry Dish Terracotta Amphora Neoclassical Style English
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Wedgwood Black Basalt Dish with Terracotta Amphora Medallion, England, 1930s A beautiful detailed diminutive black basalt (pin) dish by Wedgwood, featuring a central terracotta meda...
Stoneware
$363Sale Price|20% Off
H 5.91 in W 5.12 in D 4.34 in
Wedgwood. Neoclassical Revival style ceramic vase, England, 1960s
By Wedgwood
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Wedgwood ceramic jug, England, 60s. English ceramic piece in olive green tone and white embossed details representing mythological scenes. Perfect condition. Marked and stamped on th...
Ceramic
Rare Royal Copenhagen Vase, Egyptian Style, Historicism, 1860s-1870s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rare Royal Copenhagen vase, Egyptian style. Historicism, 1860s-1870s. Measuring 13.5 x 10 cm. In good condition, first factory quality.
$4,500
H 13.5 in W 11.5 in D 1 in
"Leda and the Swan", Incised and Painted Wood Panel, Art Deco, Gold and Black
By Arthur Crisp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This brilliant depiction of Leda and the Swan, a nude female figure and outstretched black swan illustrating the classic mythological story, was painted by Arthur Crisp on wood panel...
Wood, Paint
$6,126
H 7.68 in W 5.12 in D 1.97 in
The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
De Doorluchtige Weereld – S. de Vries, François Halma, Amsterdam, 1700 Magnificent and complete three-volume set of De Doorluchtige Weereld (The Illustrious World), written by S. de...
Paper
Sold|$595
H 2.76 in Dm 3.75 in
Small Art Deco Lustre Lidded Bowl by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1920s
By Josef Ekberg, Wilhelm Kage, Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand, Gustavsberg
Located in Malmö, SE
A small lidded bowl with amazing green lustre glaze and hand painted gold details. Swedish Grace / Art Deco. Made by Josef Ekberg at Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1920s. Great condition. So...
Ceramic
Travertine Pet Bowl Set Rectangle
By Kiwano Concept
Located in Eindhoven, NB
Unique and Stunning Pet bowl made of travertine stone. Expertly crafted and finished by hand, our travertine bowls are a study in sculptural simplicity. Natural variations in the sto...
Travertine
Country House Library Chair
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An elegant George III style mahogany library chair, with brass castors. Can be supplied in specialist aged leather or upholstered in the clients own material. Bespoke sizing, design ...
Brass
$4,084 / set
H 5.71 in W 3.86 in D 1.7 in
Pair of Christofle Silver-Plated "Poison" vases after Émile Reiber, ca 1874
By Emile Reiber, Christofle
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stylized fish standing upright on their crossed tails. The details are rendered in relief, allowing the silver-plated surfaces to alternate between strong reflections and deeper area...
Silver Plate
Waverley Novels in 50 Volumes by Sir Walter Scott, Boston, 1857
By Sir Walter Scott
Located in Southampton, NY
Excellent and complete set of 50 Volumes of The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857; The Household Edition. Finely bound in half leather with mar...
Leather, Paper
$612Sale Price|20% Off
H 60.5 in W 9.75 in D 6.75 in
Antique Vintage Ladys Black Forest German Jewelry Box Casket Carve Pheasant Bird
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning hand carved Swiss Black Forest possibly Walnut wood (sometimes confused with Irish Bog Oak from Ireland) Ladys or Gentlemans Jewelry Casket of oval outline. Mid t...
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
A Pair of 19th Century Gustavian-Style Painted Doors
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Swedish Gustavian-Style hand-painted pine cabinet doors. By repute, these doors were painted Danish-Norwegian painter and art critic Poul 'Pola' Gauguin (1883-1961), the so...
Pine
$360Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 17 in W 9 in D 8 in
Natures Beauty Sea Conch shell with Coral Branch on Gilded Wood Italian Pricket
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Simple elegant natural history specimens assemblage of large conch shell with birds nest white coral branch on an Italian gilded carved wood pricey stand.
Shell, Wood
$24,337
H 27.76 in W 28.75 in D 18.12 in
Rare Freestanding Chest in Brass, Parchment and Walnut by Josef Frank, 1940s
By Estrid Ericson
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
This exceptionally rare freestanding chest, designed by Estrid Ericson and Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn in Sweden during the 1940s, exemplifies a distinctive fusion of decorative art...
Brass
$11,531
H 14.18 in W 10.63 in D 8.27 in
19th Century Coromandel Vanity Box with Silver Gilt Fitted Interior by Asprey
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
A Victorian Coromandel and Brass bound Dressing Case By Asprey The hinged cover with an inset brass monogram, the base with a jewellery drawer and two fitted internal trays, contai...
Brass, Silver, Vermeil
19th Century Black Forest Carved Humidor
Located in High Point, NC
19th century hand-carved black forest humidor with a figure of a dog and cat. The cat is atop a barrel, which has a lid which lifts to reveal a compartment for tobacco. The barrel is...
Fruitwood
$2,127Sale Price|55% Off
H 21.86 in W 24.81 in D 12.41 in
Antique Italian Giltwood Baroque Tabernacle With Sunburst , Circa 1650-1750
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique tabernacle with its original gilding. Great piece to display a small private collection. Beautiful decorated with a sunbusrt and acanthus leaves, Italy, circa 1650-1750. Weath...
Wood
$384Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 17 in D 8 in
Large Spiral Sea Shell with Coral Branch on a Pricket Stand
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Natural History specimen sea shells encrusted globe with birds nest white coral branch assemblage on vintage Pricket stand.
Coral
$14,500 / set
H 8.5 in Dm 3.5 in
Hand-Blown Salviati French Venetian Stemware Service with Pink Figural Swans
By Salviati
Located in Great Barrington, MA
What an amazing Venetian Murano stemware service, ready for your next event in the bright and Classic French blue. Each piece is handblown in an optic rib pattern with applied pink p...
Blown Glass
Your dining room table is a place where stories are shared and personalities shine — why not treat yourself and your guests to the finest antique and vintage glass, silver, ceramics and serveware for your meals?
Just like the people who sit around your table, your serveware has its own stories and will help you create new memories with your friends and loved ones. From ceramic pottery to glass vases, set your table with serving pieces that add even more personality, color and texture to your dining experience.
Invite serveware from around the world to join your table settings. For special occasions, dress up your plates with a striking Imari charger from 19th-century Japan or incorporate Richard Ginori’s Italian porcelain plates into your dining experience. Celebrate the English ritual of afternoon tea with a Japanese tea set and an antique Victorian kettle. No matter how big or small your dining area is, there is room for the stories of many cultures and varied histories, and there are plenty of ways to add pizzazz to your meals.
Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is more durable than ceramic because it is denser. The latter is ideal for statement pieces — your tall mid-century modern ceramic vase is a guaranteed conversation starter. And while your earthenware or stoneware is maybe better suited to everyday lunches as opposed to the fine bone china you’ve reserved for a holiday meal, handcrafted studio pottery coffee mugs can still be a rich expression of your personal style.
“My motto is ‘Have fun with it,’” says author and celebrated hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran. “It’s yin and yang, high and low, Crate & Barrel with Christofle silver. I like to mix it up — sometimes in the dining room, sometimes on the kitchen banquette, sometimes in the loggia. It transports your guests and makes them feel more comfortable and relaxed.”
Introduce elegance at supper with silver, such as a platter from celebrated Massachusetts silversmith manufacturer Reed and Barton or a regal copper-finish flatware set designed by International Silver Company, another New England company that was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898. By then, Meriden had already earned the nickname “Silver City” for its position as a major hub of silver manufacturing.
At the bar, try a vintage wine cooler to keep bottles cool before serving or an Art Deco decanter and whiskey set for after-dinner drinks — there are many possibilities and no wrong answers for tableware, barware and serveware. Explore an expansive collection of antique and vintage glass, ceramics, silver and serveware today on 1stDibs.