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Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass For Sale
Creator: Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Creator: Meissen 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
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
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
Auböck Brass Key Paperweight & Cork Screw, Corkscrew, Midcentury, 1950s, Austria
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful Carl Auböck "Key" bottle opener, corkscrew & paperweight in solid brass, made by Werkstätten Carl Auböck in 1950s.
The key is in a very good condition.
We ship via DHL...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Carl Aubock "Palm" Hand Cork Stopper #4220
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock "Palm" hand cork stopper #4220. This beautifully crafted cork stopper by Carl Aubock is a wonderful example of the marriage of form and functi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
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
Meissen Blue Onion Covered Serving Bowl or Pot with Wooden Handle
Located in Boston, MA
I am proud to present you with this fabulous Meissen blue onion serving piece. I do not think I have ever seen a Meissen serving piece like this. It is a covered serving bowl...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Auböck Brass Coin Bottle Opener, Around, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Auböck brass Coin bottle opener, around 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Brass Ashtray, Model 3317, Austria 1935
Located in Den Haag, NL
Carl Auböck brass ashtray, model 3317, Austria 1935.
Category
1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Set of 12 Meissen Luncheon Plates Each Painted with a Different Flower Bouquet
Located in Boston, MA
This is a fabulous set of twelve Meissen luncheon or dessert plates. Each of these Meissen plates are beautifully painted with a different large central flower bouquet. The artwork o...
Category
Early 1900s German Romantic Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 18C Meissen Porcelain Neuozier Marcolini Period Plates with Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Neuozier pattern plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays to the center and sides including roses...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Set of 13 Hand-Painted Desert Plates with Fruit Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of antique desert or side plates was made by the renowned Meissen factory of Germany in approximately 1880 in a period Victorian style. The plates are composed of porcelain ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Complete Aubock Egg Holder Set, Designed in the Early 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of 2 egg cups, on a bechwood holder, a very characteristic design by the Auböck workshop, Vienna, Austria. Original production from the 1950‘s. Excellent condition.
The 2 massive brass rings with beautiful patina but can be polished.
Measure: Height of one egg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Bauhaus Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Auböck Bottle Stopper Vienna Around, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Auböck bottle stopper vienna around 1950s.
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
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
Carl Aubock II Fondue Set Mid-Century Nutwood Steel Austria, 1960
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Aubock desigend this Fondue-set in the 1960. Included is the original box made of paper. The contents of the packaging are described on the lid in 4 languages:
Fondue-Set in s...
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Steel
Openwork Platter, Meissen
Located in Chorzów, PL
Openwork platter, Meissen.
Very good condition.
Wed 19 cm.
Category
1880s German Other Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
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
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
Large Meissen Green Court Dragon Platter Painted with Dragons and Phoenix Birds
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this beautiful Meissen green court dragon large platter dating back to the 1880s. The platter is 19 inches wide and 13.5 inches tall. You can see the detailed paintings of the dragons and the phoenix birds and the rich gold accents on this Meissen platter. The original Meissen court dragon...
Category
1880s German Other Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Early Meissen Cherub Group Allegory Summer & Autumn, by J.J. Kaendler, C 1750
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Porcelain Group From The Time Of Origin:
Two naked cupids and a ram on a rocaille rock, depicting the seasons of summer and autumn:
Summer bedded on a bundle of ears of cor...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Carl Aubock Polished Brass Hand Bottle Opener #4224
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock polished brass hand bottle opener #4224. This whimsical 1950's hand bottle opener by Carl Aubock is a wonderful example of the marriage ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Rare Carl Aubock Copper & Brass Tripod Floor Ashtray, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare modernist vintage floor standing ashtray from the 1950s, designed and executed by Carl Auböck, Vienna. The bowl of this beautiful...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper, Brass
Pair Antique 18c Meissen Neuer Ausschnitt Porcelain Plates with Deutsche Blumen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Neuer Ausschnitt (New Cut) pattern porcelain plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Carl Auböck Knife, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Knife made of steel and horn, Austria 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Steel
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 Porcelain Urn Snake Handles Amphora, Germany
Located in New York, NY
An antique Meissen porcelain urn with snake handles amphora, circa early-20th century, Germany. This Meissen urn is hard-paste porcelain, hand painted, fea...
Category
Early 20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Girl With Child', T. Eichler, Meissen Germany, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Two girls in clothing of circa 1900, the elder with hair pinned up in a bun in a blue fringed white dress with a yellow petticoat...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Purple Indian Serving Bowl
Located in Boston, MA
We are offering you this lovely Meissen purple Indian serving bowl. It has detailed paintings of pink flowers with some purple and gold accents ...
Category
1960s German Rococo Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pitcher with Brass Handle by Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
A glass pitcher with leather sleeve and brass handle by Carl Auböck II, Vienna, 1950s.
The leather sleeve settles at the top third of the glass and is of a beautifully aged light ta...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Antique Pair German Dresden Meissen Still Life Flowers Cabinet Leaf Form Plates
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally rare set of two German Meissen Floral Themed Porcelain cabinet plates of leaf form outline, mid nineteenth century.
Each central reserve exquisitely hand painted with scattered views of decorative still life of Summer flowers and old roses on an off-white ground.
Both plates with applied naturalistic branch handles with flower encrusted detailing.
Condition: Exceptional condition for such early pieces, with no losses, very light evidence of wear to gilding. Crossed swords marks in underglaze blue, impressed numerals on each verso.
Measures: Width: (entire) 8.5” (21.5cm). Height: 7” (18cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping.
Provenance: From the Collection of Kenneth Neame...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Victorian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Commedia Dell' Arte Group 'Harlequin & Columbina', by Kaendler, ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare 19th century Meissen porcelain group:
Harlequin and Columbine seated side by side on a rock and teasing each other: Harlequin in brown playing card patterned jacket, pink striped trousers, black buckled shoes and mask fully covering his face, his left leg crossed over his right and his right hand with blue hat on Columbine's knee holding a sausage in his left raised hand, Columbine reaching for the mask with her left hand, raising a hand mirror with her right. The young woman is wearing a small feather hat, a fitted jacket with a red and blue diamond pattern, a long white skirt...
Category
1860s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Austrian Midcentury Steel and Leather Fish Bottle Opener by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This charming fish shaped stainless steel and cognac brown leather bottle opener has been designed by Carl Auböck, Modell Nr. 4687.
Produved by Solingen Germany...
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine of a Child Playing a Lute
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique figurine was made by the renowned Meissen factory of Germany in approximately 1850 in their period Dresden romantic style. The figurine is composed of their paste porcel...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Romantic Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Marcolini Period Porcelain Twin Handled Painted Fruit Basket
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique German porcelain twin handled fruit basket by prolific makers Meissen and dating from the Marcolini period 1774 to 1814. The fruit basket stands raised on four Greek k...
Category
Late 18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Style Gardener Group, 'Apple Harvest', by Kaendler, Germany, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborately crafted porcelain group from the 19th century:
A couple of gardeners and two boys harvesting apples, dressed in rural Rococo robes with fine decorations, a boy standing at the top end of the ladder leaning against the tree and picking apples, below them the gardener couple, the female catching them in her apron held high while the beau reaches an apple to her mouth, a boy sitting behind the tree and taking an apple from the full hat standing next to him on a tree stump.
On a round meadow base with three-dimensional foliage and gold-heightened rocaille decoration.
Designer:
JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER (1706 - 1775) was chief sculptor at the Meissen manufactory from 1742 to 1775. He is the most famous modeller Meissen manufactory ever had and created famous series such as Shepherd Figurines, Comedian's Children, Gardener Children (with Acier), Paris Town Criers (with Reinicke and Meyer) , Gallant Figurines, etc.
Kaendler designed model 1755...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Sultana Riding an Elephant with a Crown
Located in New York, NY
An Elaborate 19th century Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Sultana Riding an Elephant. After the model by P.J. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler, the Sultana sitting on the elephants back and h...
Category
1860s German Louis XVI Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Classical Boy Holding Flowers
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and scarce antique German porcelain classical figure of a boy holding flowers by world renowned porcelain makers Meissen and dating fro...
Category
1850s German Victorian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece
Located in London, GB
Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece
German, Late 19th Century
Height 42cm, width 40cm, depth 25cm
According to a design by E. A. Leuteritz,...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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
Auböck Big Brass Key Paperweight & Cork Screw, Midcentury, 1950s, Austria
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful Carl Auböck "Big Key" bottle opener, corkscrew & paperweight in solid brass, made by Werkstätten Carl Auböck in 1950s.
The key is in a very good condition.
We ship via...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Bottle holder, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Bottle Holder, Austria 1960s. The leather part measures 10cm in diameter.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Set of 12 Antique Meissen Porcelain 'Old Ozier' Pattern Cabinet or Dinner Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 antique, 18th century German porcelain plates.
By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
In the Old Ozier pattern.
Each ...
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1760s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Meissen Porcelain Standing Deer Figurine or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique figurine was made by the renowned Meissen factory of Germany in approximately 1880 in the period realistic style. The figurine or sculpture is composed of porcelain and depicts a standing deer...
Category
Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Carl Auböck #4666 Bottle Opener "Lock", Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4666 bottle opener "Lock", Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck #4609 Ashtray, Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4609 Ashtray, Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Meissen ‘Puce Ground’ Porcelain Bowl, C. 1740
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Meissen porcelain bowl, c. 1740. The puce ground bowl, finely painted to the front, with a shaped panel, contains a couple wearing 18th Century costume, seated in a rural landscape. ...
Category
1740s German Georgian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Porcelain 'Elements' Ewer Emblematic of Water
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of water. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water,...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique 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
Carl Auböck Fish Shaped Bottle Opener, Vienna, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Carl Auböck fish shaped bottle opener, Vienna, 1950s
Wood handle
Bottle opener model no. 4687 Carl Auböck II.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
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 group 'A good mother' 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century Meissen porcelain group entitled 'A good mother'
Having wonderful detail and bold colours to the figures. The mother seated with a child holding her ...
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19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rare 19th C. Meissen ‘Schneeballen’ 'Snowball' Covered Bowl & Plate W/ Birds
Located in New York, NY
A Rare 19th Century Meissen Porcelain ‘Schneeballen’ (Snowball) Covered Bowl and Underplate with Encrusted Flowers, Vines, Leaves, and Birds. This piece is very rare and extremely hi...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Teak Nut Bowl by Carl Auböck Austria 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
Extremely rare and elegant Mid-Century Modern nut bowl by Carl Auböck II, Vienna, Austria, 1950s.
Executed in solid teak wood and brass handle upholstered in leather.
Dimension...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Wooden Bottle Stopper/Cork by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
The item on sale is an original Carl Auböck bottle stopper. It was hand crafted and is made from the finest wood and cork. It has a robust leathe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Leather, Wood
Carl Auböck #5556-1 Ashtray "Turn On", Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #5556-1 ashtray "Turn On", Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
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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