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Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass For Sale
Creator: Meissen Porcelain
Creator: Piero Fornasetti
Meissen Box in Shape of a Pug
Located in Dresden, DE
Meissen box with cover in shape of a laying pug. Naturalistic painting.
Looks like new.
Category
20th Century European Baroque Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Two Girls', by A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, ca 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Two barefoot girls in summer clothes, the older one in a striped skirt and white and blue long-slee...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Gallant Holding Flowers
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Figure of Gallant holding flowers first modelled circa 1765.
Height 19.5cm
Underglaze blue crossed swords underneath. Incised model number A58.
circa 1870.
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Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Rare Porcelain Ashtray or Vide Poche by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Rare Porcelain Ashtray/Vide Poche by Piero Fornasetti for Winston accessories. Signed at the bottom.
The item is in very good condition.
Dimensions:
W 7,28 in. x D 7,28 in. x...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Germany Meissen Porcelain Grouping
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Germany Meissen porcelain grouping.
Category
19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Huntsman and Companion with Dogs
Located in Altrincham, GB
Modelled as a huntsman seated on a stool holding a gun, with a dog at his feet, on a circular plinth base, his female companion similarly modelled seated on a stool holding a hound a...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Street Trader Waiter Cris of Paris 'Cris Series'
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thc Meissen street trader waiter from the series of 35 figures known as the Cris of Paris.
Number 1
Height 13.5cm
Cross swords in underglaze ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group Six Figurines Allegory of Earth by Acier Model D 83
Located in Norwood, NJ
Large Meissen group of figurines which are Allegory of Earth assembled around a Lion's Figurine.
Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword M...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Loving Group of Soldier and Companion
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Loving Group of Soldier and Companion modelled by Schoenheit
Inscribed E13
Height 19cm
Circa 1840.
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Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Gilt and Painted Porcelain Tray
Located in Norwood, NJ
Two handled Meissen heavily gilded charger or tray with pink rose painted flower in center and raised gold flower and leaf decoration on interior panels as well as rim and handles. C...
Category
Early 20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
Meissen Pair Seated Man Reading and Woman with Yarn Winder
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen pair seated man reading and woman with yarn winder. First modelled by Acier Circa 1770.
Height Man – 13cm Woman – 13.5cm
Model Number C28 both
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Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Female Golfer Figurine by Peter Strang
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Meissen porcelain figurine or miniature.
By Peter Strang. Strang was born in Dresden in 1935 and received a degree in Sculpture from the Academy...
Category
20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti "Mitologia" Cocktail or Glass Coasters, Set of Eight
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Piero Fornasetti "Mitologia" set of 8 bar or drink coasters, circa 1970's. This stylish set of cocktail coasters were produced exclusively for the New York City department store Bonw...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain 'Elements' Ewer Emblematic of Air
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of air. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water, i...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Sense of Sight with Pink Decorative Shaul
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Figure of Sense of Sight from the series of the five senses themed with a pink shawl. Model number E3.
First modelled by J.C Schoenhelt in 1772.
Height is 14cm.
Unde...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Group 'Girl With Goat', by Erich Hoesel, Meissen Germany, ca 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Girl in a striped dress with polka dots and a white blouse holding a bouquet of flowers in both hands above her head and fending off a ...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Style of Nodding Pagoda Figures
Located in New York, NY
A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable Head, Hand and Tongue, known as a "Nodder'. This Unusual...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates, Set of Twelve
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Gold Adam Porcelain Plates,
1970s.
A complete set of twelve vintage painted gold ground transfer-printed porcelain plates in black and white...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Cherub Motto Figurine "Je decouvre tout" Model F13
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain Cupid figurine.
By Meissen.
Model no. F13 from the Cupid Motto Series.
Entitled "Je decouvre tout".
Originally de...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #286
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #286,
The Binoculars,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the f...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Meissen Cockatoo
Located in Lisboa, PT
Porcelain Meissen cockatoo from 18th century.
The Meissen porcelain factory has gained a reputation for its production of exquisite, high-quality por...
Category
18th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
16 Piece Meissen Monkey Band, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A rare set of 16 late 19th Century Meissen porcelain Monkey band, with the conductor on a pedestal and various band players.
Circa 1890.
Ba...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Meissen Kingfishers
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting pair of naturalistically modelled Meissen kingfishers perched on tree stumps, each with wonderful colour and signed to the bases with the blue crossed sword of the Meis...
Category
Early 20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
A large and impressive pair of Meissen parrots, circa 1890, 43cm high
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large and impressive pair of wonderfully colourful, naturalistically modelled parrots one holding cherries in its foot, both perched on tree stumps.
Blue crossed swords to the und...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Serving Oval Dish With Golden Border Gilding from Meissen
Located in Bastogne, BE
Antique Oval Deep Dish from Meissen
Meissen creates simple but impeccably elegant collections that fit perfectly into absolutely any interior, whether it is a strict classic or eleg...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie "Gold Dragon" Flower-Encrusted Garniture
Located in New York, NY
A Meissen porcelain ‘Gold Dragon’ pattern three-piece garniture.
A Meissen porcelain reticulated three-piece basket Garniture and stands.
...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine of Cupid Holding an Arrow & Flaming Heart
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique figurine was made by the renowned Meissen factory of Germany is approximately 1850 in the period Dresden style. The figurine is done in early paste porcelain and depicts a cherub, or Cupid seated on a stump, holding an arrow with an outstretched hand, and cradling a flaming heart...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Romantic Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1950s Fornasetti Vide Poche / Catchall by Piero Fornasetti, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Fornasetti original astonishing porcelain vide poche/catchall "Sonate- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" by Piero Fornasetti . Heavy porcelain construction for use as beautiful desk acc...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Eight Vintage Fornasetti Ceramic Coasters in the "Vini E Liquori" Pattern
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight drinks coasters designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 'Vini E Liquori' pattern, each depicting a different liquor bottle label in 22 karat gold.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Baby Child with Picture Book, by Konrad Hentschel
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created:
Baby in a dress with legs outstretched sitting on the floor and looking at a picture book.
Modeling of the finest quality, extremely loving and lifelike details.
Modeller:
JULIUS KONRAD HENTSCHEL (Cologne 1872 - Meissen 1907)
studied at the academies in Munich and Dresden, worked as a modeler and porcelain painter, from 1889 in the Meissen manufactory.
Model U 149 was created 1904.
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1905
Style: Art Nouveau
Material: multicolored porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain
Hallmarked: underglaze blue Meissen Sword...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Meissen Porcelain Wag Tails, Perched on a Tree Stump, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of late 19th Century German Meissen Porcelain statues of White Wag tails perched on a tree stump.
Signed to the base of each with Blue crossed swords.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
MCM Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #1, Astrolabio Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe porcelain plate,
#1 in Astrolabio pattern,
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti plate depicts an astrol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Plates, Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates,
Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish,
Numbered # 2 & 3,
circa 1960s
The porcelain plates depict two diff...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain and Gilded Appetizer Bowls Midcentury Barware Set / 6
Located in North Miami, FL
These fabulous small Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti vintage appetizer small serving bowls are porcelain with gilded gold edges, bottom and ins...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
MCM Ceramic Coasters by Fornasetti, Painted with Hot Air Balloons, "Palloni"
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of eight ceramic coasters by Fornasetti, in the "Pallino" pattern. Each painted with an historic hot air balloon on the front with English translat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
19th C. Meissen Porcelain Plaque of 'the Banishment of Ishmael and Hager'
By Meissen Porcelain, Adriaen van der Werff
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Plaque of 'The Banishment of Ishmael and Hager', in its Original Frame. This fantastic Meissen porcelain plaque depicts...
Category
1870s German Baroque Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Caduceus" Lithograph Gilt Porcelain Green Ashtray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage celadon/mint green ceramic ashtray/trinket dish with cigarette slots by Piero Fornasetti, (circa 1950s, Italy). Features lithographic tra...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain "Day & Night" Figures of Putti
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic and Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain "Day & Night" Figures of Putti. Each is beautifully hand-carved and hand-painted by the finest Meissen artists. They are both gorgeous with draped attire and a plethora of various day and night based attributes. Day is seen wearing a pink...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate, # 27
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 27,
With Original Box,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation design is made on Rosenthal porcelain....
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Recipe Plate, Beautiful Soup, Made for Fleming Joffe
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain recipe plate,
Beautiful Soup,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe company in New York City. It depicts an improbable and amusing recipe with an image of a toad.
Diameter: 10 1/4 inches x 1 inch high.
The Fleming Joffe company was a small leather goods...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Deep Cabinet Plate with Handles
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen Porcelain deep cabinet plate with handles. This piece is hand painted in cobalt blue with floral motive in the center and richly decorated gold ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Large Round Platter in the Meissen Purple Indian Pattern
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this beautiful large round platter in the Meissen purple Indian pattern. It has detailed paintings of pink flow...
Category
1960s German Rococo Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Porcelain Group of Lovers Kissing in the Ocean on a Rock
Located in New York, NY
A Large Meissen Porcelain group of lovers kissing in the Ocean on a Rock. This piece is truly spectacular in both quality and size. The pair of lovers a...
Category
1870s German Aesthetic Movement Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Bird Figure, European Roller On A Trunk, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of animal figures:
European roller leaning forward, also known as almond crow in German-speaking countries, sitting on a tree trunk with o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1960s, Catchall / Vide-Poche in Porcelain "Arturo Toscanini" by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Original astonishing porcelain catchall / vide-poche "Arturo Toscanini" by Piero Fornasetti. Heavy porcelain construction for use as beautiful desk accessories. Marked on the b...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Girl with Child', A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, c 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Girl and child in clothes from around 1900, the girl in a blue, polka-dot long-sleeved dress with a white apron kneeling on the fl...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #319
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #319,
Gorgonzola Cheese,
Atelier Fornasetti
20th Century
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Vari...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Hand Painted Porcelain Plate
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen porcelain plate in relief decor and hand painted in gold.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate with Mollusks, #9
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate With Snails and Mollusks,
#9,
Circa 1960s-70s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchigl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe plate,
Numbered #7 in Series
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe in a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century style Meissen Tureen with family crest.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century style German Meissen porcelain lidded tureen, having wonderful gilded high lights, scrolling handles and feet, white porcelain garlands of flowers surrounding the whole. a faux pierced affect and four small inset hand painted plaques depicting romantic scenes. A family crest or armoral painted on the lid which has this impressive crown finial...
Category
Early 20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Catchall / Vide-Poche in Porcelain "La Gioconda" by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Original astonishing porcelain catchall / vide-poche "La Gioconda" by Piero Fornasetti. Heavy porcelain construction for use as beautiful desk accessories. Marked on the bottom...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Desert Plate, No 12 for Tiffany
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plate,
No 12 for Tiffany,
Circa 1970
The tromp l"oeil porcelain plate depicts a section of fruit, a pear, on a white backgr...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Astrolabio Plate 1955 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti plate.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Meissen Models of Parrots, circa 1986 and 1988
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Meissen models of parrots, circa 1986 and 1988
German, 20th century
Measures: Height 42/43cm, width 17cm, depth 21cm
Each naturalistically modelled and coloured, a...
Category
Late 20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Group 'Love and Reward', by J.C. Schoenheit, Around 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborate porcelain group of the 19th century:
Young mother in elaborate Rococo clothing, seated on a magnificent Louis XVI-style armchair, resting her left foot on a low pedestal, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Tureen
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century Meissen Porcelain lidded tureen, having wonderful bold coloured raised floral decoration, berries and insects.
Underg...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Candlestick with Figurines Gardener Children Model R 185, circa 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Rare Item: Candlestick with Gardener Figurines
Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark with Pommels on Hilts
Model Number R 185
Former's Number 13
Painter's Number 83
FIRST QUALITY
Dating: made circa 1870
Material: porcelain, glossy finish, multicolored painted
Technique: handmade porcelain
Style: Rococo (made third quarter of 19th century)
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
MEISSEN FINEST FIGURINES' GROUP HAVING FUNCTION OF CANDLESTICK (= THIS MEISSEN ITEM IS EXTREMELY RARE !).
-- the Children / Gardener Figurines - boy and girl clad in bucolic Rococo garments - gather around a table which seems to grow out from Rocaille base: A pot / lidded jar has been put on table against which the boy is leaning, being busy with smoking a pipe ... A lovely girl with yellow hat is watching him, holding a jug and balancing a hoe on her left shoulder (a hoe is a tool used for gardening). There are a romantic ruin as well as a small leafy tree visible behind the figurines, looking like a theatre backdrop...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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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