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Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass For Sale
21 Pc Japanese Satsuma Moriage Dragonware Lithopane Geisha Coffee Tea Set
Located in Dayton, OH
Circa early to mid-20th century Japanese porcelain tea set - a mixed lot of various makes in the same style. Three-dimensional blue and whit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Meiji Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 4 Mongolfiere dinner plates by Laboratorio Paravicini
Located in Milan, IT
These delicate, colorful hot air balloons, rich in detail and made in the style of the originals ones, gracefully fly across the plate's stark white background, waiting for a wind bl...
Category
2010s Italian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 6 Birds of Paradise white dinner plates by Laboratorio Paravicini
Located in Milan, IT
These magnificent Birds of Paradise are an explosion of charm that radiates from the center of the plate and is enhanced by the bold geometry of a palm leaf. Six distinct subjects ar...
Category
2010s Italian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 2 Calypso Blue and Green Martini Glasses by Serena Confalonieri
Located in Milan, IT
These floral-inspired Martini glasses will turn cocktail hour into a refined experience, with their lush green conical stems and brilliant blue grooved bowls. Entirely crafted of han...
Category
2010s Italian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Bronze Fish Corkscrew Bottle & Letter Opener Set, Mid Century 1950s German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1960s corkscrew bottle opener and Letter Opener Set in original old box. Nice addition to your desk, table or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate s...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Nobile Set of 6 Wine Glasses by Creart
By Creart
Located in Milan, IT
A timeless and versatile addition to a modern decor, this set of six wine glasses is part of the Riflessi Collection of handcrafted glassware. Boasting six different hues, each piece...
Category
2010s Italian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$460 / item
Contemporary Hand Blown Glass Bowl Little Bird Swallow Cute Decorative Crestani
Located in Camisano Vicentino, IT
Rondine Bowl
Contemporary Glass Sculpture by Simone Crestani
Unique Piece
The Rondine Bowl by Simone Crestani is a poetic celebration of lightness and nature, part of his enchanting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
English 19th Century Japanned Lacquer Tray
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning papier mache tray from England, 19th century, with “Japanned” black lacquer and parcel gilt illustrations covering the surface. The tray is glowing from the intricate depi...
Category
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
COPELAND SPODE - Blue Italian Pattern Transfer Decorated Plate - UK - Circa 1954
Located in Chatham, ON
COPELAND SPODE (Manufacturer) - Blue Italian (Pattern Name) - Victorian style transfer decorated ceramic cabinet plate in blue - featuring a bucolic landscape to the center with a fl...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Little Red Fish Pitcher and Four Little Red Fish Glasses by Casarialto
By Casarialto
Located in Milan, IT
This tableware collection brings a piece of the ocean into the home. At the bottom of each glass and matching pitcher, a delicate rich red glass fish floats on a thin glass support, ...
Category
2010s Italian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Japanese Antique Meiji Period Hammered Silver Dragon Box
Located in Newark, England
Hammered Silver Decoration
From our Japanese collection, we are pleased to offer a Japanese Meiji Period Silver Dragon Box. The box of rectangular form cast from solid silver with a...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Set of 6 Coral Wine Glasses by Creart
By Creart
Located in Milan, IT
This superb wine glass will make an elegant statement in both a traditional or modern dining set, either alone or matched to other pieces from the same series. Handcrafted of crystal...
Category
2010s Italian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
$397 / item
Imari porcelain oval serving dish - Japan, Edo period - 19th century
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
A large porcelain oval serving dish, finely decorated with classical hand-painted iron red and cobalt blue patterns enhanced with fine gold : flowers, leaves and fantastic animals in...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Majolica Plate Lily & Butterfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Plate Purple Lily & Butterfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880.
Baby blue background with lily of the valley.
8 inches.
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Little Blue Fish Pitcher and Four Rounded Little Blue Fish Glasses
By Casarialto
Located in Milan, IT
This set comes complete with one tall cylindrical pitcher with a nautical handle, and four rounded glasses slightly tapering at their tops. What makes this collection unique is the a...
Category
2010s Italian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
19th French Majolica Pink Daisy Plate Delphin Massier
Located in Austin, TX
19th French Majolica Pink Daisy Plate Delphin Massier.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Toledo Cocktail or Olive Sword Skewers, Spain 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A Spanish Souvenir or novelty item from the 1970s in the shape of this sword skewer set. 15 swords in a matching stand. Made from steel, brass and enamel. Suitable for cocktails, oli...
Category
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass, Steel
Decorative Vintage Brass Beetle Ashtray Trinket Box
Located in Poperinge, BE
Decorative vintage ashtray or trinket box in the shape of a beetle, made of yellow copper or brass, second half of the 20th century.
Although this beetle was once made with the inte...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Brown Stoneware Vase by Swedish Ceramist Claes Thell, 1977
By Claes Thell
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful stoneware vase with amazing glaze.
Made by Claes Thell, in the artist's studio, Höganäs, Sweden, 1977.
Great condition. Signed Thell '77.
Claes Thell is a Swedish cera...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Pale Green Lowball Tumblers - Set of 6
Located in Fairfield, CA
A set of 6 beautiful pale green vintage lowball tumblers. Made in the Spanish Green Monterey pattern by Libbey. Weighted bases with a lovely twisted design to the glass.
Category
Late 20th Century American Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Faberge Russia Style Glass Egg with Etched Russian Coat of Arms
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage Faberge Russia style glass egg with etched Russian coat of arms. Reminiscent of eggs from St. Petersburg. Nice addition to your collection or just as decorative piece. Found ...
Category
20th Century Russian Art Nouveau Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
"Noodle" Dachshund Dog Bottle Opener Bosse Vienna Austria, 1950s, Midcentury
By Walter Bosse, Ludwig Bemelmans
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian bottle opener, attributed to be designed by Ludwig Bemelmans showing "Noodle" the Dachshund dog. Nice addition to your room or just for your collection o...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hermes Horse Bit Bottle Opener c.1970
By Hermès
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning example of a vintage equestrian bottle opener dating to c.1970.
The handle is gold plated bronze fashioned in the form of a horse bit and the bottle opener itself made fr...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Antique Georgian Shagreen and Silver Tea Spoon Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Used Exclusively for a Tea Service
From our Silver collection, we are delighted to introduce this exceptionally rare Shagreen and Silver Tea Spoon Box. The Box of miniature knife bo...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Revernay Rare Art Deco Pair of Ceramic Vases, Digoin Sarreguemines, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Exceptional French Art Deco Pair of Ceramic Vases by Revernay (Digoin), France, Circa 1920
An exceptional and spectacular pair of French Art Deco ceramic vases by Revernay, produced ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Majolica Oyster Plate Sarreguemines, circa 1920
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate Sarreguemines, circa 1920.
6 Shells and space for the lemon on the center.
Category
1920s French Country Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
1970s French Ceramic Cauliflower Soup Tureen with Lid and Matching Base
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1970s French Ceramic Cauliflower Soup Tureen with Lid and Matching Base – Realistic & Decorative
Description:
This charming and original French ceramic soup tureen, crafted in the 1...
Category
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Palissy Fish Heads Oyster Plate Thomas Sergent, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica Palissy oyster plate attributed to Thomas Sergent with fishs heads, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
13-Piece Art Deco Tea Set - Limoges Porcelain - White and Gold
By Limoges
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A sweet porcelain tea set, for 10 people, made by the French brand Limoges.
This service was made around 1930, the design has clear Art Deco features.
The color scheme white with gol...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Stunning Ice Bucket by Aldo Tura for Macabo. Made in Italy.
By Aldo Tura
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning Ice Bucket by Aldo Tura for Macabo. Made in Italy.
The item is in excellent condition.
Dimension:
diameter 5,51 x 7,08 H inches
diameter 14 cm x cm 18 H
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
19th Century Signed Meissen Porcelain Artwork
Located in Roma, IT
A wonderful late 19th-Century Meissen blue onion square hand painted porcelain dish.
Printed and impressed "Meissen" mark on reverse.
This fine blue onion platter exhibits excellen...
Category
Late 19th Century German Louis XV Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Three 19th Century Continental Naturalist Fruit, Insect, Vegetable Plates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of Three 19th-Century Continental Hand-Painted Porcelain Plates with Naturalist Fruit & Insect Decoration
A captivating set of three finely hand-painted porcelain plates, dating...
Category
19th Century European Baroque Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Carafe Dachshund Dachshund Blue Glass Empoli Italy 36cm
By Empoli
Located in Poperinge, BE
Italian decorative decanter of clear blue glass in the shape of a sitting dachshund, dachshund. Made in the glass factory in Empoli in the 1960s.
In this type of bottles Italian red...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Set of 4 Mongolfiere Bowls by Laboratorio Paravicini
Located in Milan, IT
These delicate, colorful hot air balloons, rich in detail and made in the style of the originals ones, gracefully fly across the plate's stark white background, waiting for a wind bl...
Category
2010s Italian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Large 1950s Mid-Century Pink Bubble Glass Bowl Carlo Scarpa for Venini Style
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful large midcentury modern vintage rectangular biomorphic shaped pink glass 'Bullicante' (controlled bubble) bowl, snack dish, vide poche or ashtray with folded rims. In the s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Plate- Python A La Orange
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate,
Python A La Orange,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Teghini Italy Silver Plate Barware Ice Bucket, circa 1980
By Teghini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Designed by the esteemed Teghini Firenze circa 1980, this exceptional modernist silver plate ice bucket is both a functional barware staple and a striking statement piece. Its elegan...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
French 19th Century Green Glazed Ceramic Confit Jar/ Pot
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered confit jar with a gorgeous green glaze. With green glaze they are extremely rare. Confit jars were used primarily in the South of France for the preservation of m...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$390 Sale Price
51% Off
French 19th Century Green Glazed Ceramic Confit Jar/ Pot
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered confit jar with a gorgeous green glaze. With green glaze they are extremely rare. Confit jars were used primarily in the South of France for the preservation of m...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$388 Sale Price
51% Off
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain "Cook" Pattern Dinner Plate, Cobra a L'Indienne
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Cook Pattern Plate,
Cobra a L'Indienne,
Made for Fleming Joffe,
1967-1974
From a set of fourteen, We have an example of eah of the different plates made ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Aesthetic Movement Tiffany & Co. Hand-Engraved Sterling Silver Pocket Flask
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Aesthetic Movement Tiffany & Co. Hand-Engraved Sterling Silver Pocket Flask, New York, Circa 1891–1902, 78 Grams
A refined late 19th-century sterling silver pocket flask by Tiffany ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Memphis Style Pilamity Teapot by Moller Designs
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage 1980s postmodern stainless steel "Pilamity" teapot by Moller Designs. Great Memphis style design in a conical shape. Black triangular handle and lid with a round red handle...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Early Bohemian Enamel Moser large, Bronze Metal Mounted Box and Lid, 1895
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Exceptional vibrant pink floral enamelled basket box and fitted cover with orate bent metal (bronze) fitments with fine detaileled leaf patterns by Moser c 1895. An amazing high quality piece decorated in polychrome enamel posies of flowers, a rare shape with elongated rounded lid and base mounted on bronze bent metal feet and side handles - Often boxes like this show stress on the metal hinges and catches -due to the weight of the glass - but this has been well protected for 130 years and is in amazing condition. Possibly this was originally meant as a sugar casket...
Category
1890s Czech Arts and Crafts Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Majolica Plate Flowers & Dragonfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica Plate Flowers & Dragonfly Choisy le Roi, circa 1880.
Baby blue background with lily of the valley.
8 inches diameter.
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Plate Fish Bottle Opener Designer Los Castillo
By Los Castillo
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful, well-made, well designed silver-plate articulating fish bottle opener, Midcentury Modern, by designer Los Castillo, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, Mexico. This beau...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
By and Documented Gabriella Crespi Gilded "Walnut" Salt Spice Cellar, Italy 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Exceptional and unique half walnut-shaped salt or spice container made in finely sculpted bronze and gilded in gold. Designed by Gabriella Crespi in Italy during the 1970s, the item ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Wooden Soup-Bowl with Wajima-Nuri Japanese Lacquerware 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique Japanese soup-bowl made around 1990s with wood. This soup-bowl is made with wajima-nuri, a Japanese lacquerware from Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture in Japan. Wajima-n...
Category
1990s Japanese Showa Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Set of Twelve Italian Blue Spatter Plates
Located in New York, NY
Set of Twelve Italian blue spatter plates. Twelve vintage glazed terracotta 8” luncheon or appetizer salad dessert plates with wonderfully hand spattered blue dots, each unique. Ital...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Terracotta
1990s Modernist Yellow and Black Fat Lava Ceramic German Bison
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Ceramic Bison by Otto Keramik is a striking and unique piece of ceramic art that epitomizes the design aesthetics of the era. Created by the renowne...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Georgian Black Basalt Creamer Jug by Turner, English circa 1800
By John Turner
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Black Basalt Creamer Jug or small pitcher, which we attribute to John Turner of Lane End, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries, circa 1762 to 1806 of the English Geor...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Georgian Masons rare Ironstone Jug or Pitcher in Table & Flower Pot Ptn, Ca 1818
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an Ironstone pottery, Jug or Pitcher made by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and is decorated in the Table and Flower Pot Pattern, fully stamped to the base and dating to the earliest period of Mason's Ironstone production, circa 1818.
This is a very rare shaped Masons Jug...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ironstone
Set of 4 French Limoges Porcelain Playing Card Themed Dishes/Ashrays C1960s
By Limoges
Located in Trensacq, FR
Charming set of 4 vintage playing card-themed trinket dishes/ashtrays from Limoges, France circa 1950.
Four gilded 'Gout de Ville' porcelain dishes in heart, diamond, spade and c...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Primitive Terracotta Water Jar From Central Mexico, Early 20th Century
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Primitive terracotta water jar from Central Mexico, Early 20th Century
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Primitive Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Terracotta
Massive Spanish Copper Cauldron / Wine Cooler / Drinks Stand
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand forged cauldron with handles, copper, Spain, 1930-1940
Rare find
This handcrafted copper cauldron is heavily adorned by the hammer marks thorough and it has a dramatic aged pati...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper
Antique 19th Century Flow Blue Turkey Meat Serving Platter Cauldon England 24"
By Cauldon
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th Century ceramic flow blue turkey platter by Cauldon, made in England. Features a turkey hunting at the center surrounded by scrolling foliate and pheasants. Marked Cauldo...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
46-Piece Dinner Set - Raynaud Limoges - Decorated with Flowers - Complete Set
By Limoges
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful porcelain dinner service, complete for 12 people, made by the French brand Raynaud Limoges.
The service is beautifully decorated with flowers and gold edges.
The composit...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Collection of 3 Ceramic Vessels by Gunnar Nylund Rörstrand Sweden, 1950s
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
We have curated a group of stunning pieces of ceramics made in Sweden during the 1950s.
These pieces have been gathered and put together by us, carefully sorted and now ready to be g...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Club Set of 6 Champagne Flutes
By Creart
Located in Milan, IT
This stunning champagne flute set is part of the Club collection. Each piece was crafted of glass and decorated by hand, boasting a transparent round foot supporting a stem and bowl ...
Category
2010s Italian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
$391 / set
Vintage Picasso Service Visage Noir Plate 1948
Located in Oakland, CA
Incredible Pablo Picasso plate c1948. This is Plate E and is inscribed "Madoura", with the "d’Après Picasso", "Madoura" and "Made in France" stamps. Terre de faïence plate, painted i...
Category
1940s French Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Clay
Set of six Murano glass tumblers, Poppy field at sunrise
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Set of glasses of my own design, which I named“ A Field of Red Poppies at Sunset.”
Executed in the furnace in Murano with the very difficult working technique called “a piera.”
The d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Antique and Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and 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.
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