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Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Glazed stoneware bowl by Axel Salto
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bowl in glazed stoneware. Designed in 1944, executed in 1945. Model 20566. Signed. Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Vintage Fish Service Plates in Bavarian Porcelain with Japanese decor
Located in Roma, IT
Fine Porcelain and Koi Carp dart in every direction on six different plates, not counting the serving plate.
Don't be fooled by the Japanese decoration of these vintage plates becau...
Category
1960s German Anglo-Japanese Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Kangxi mark & period Very Large Imari Dish or Plate Porcelain, Ca 1710
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese Imari porcelain very large Dish or Plate / Platter from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722, dating to Circa 1710.
Very large diameter...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Midcentury Barware Rocks Glasses 1960s Gold Presidential Coins
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Midcentury vintage Set of 7 pieces 5-ounce rocks glasses 1960s gold printed presidential coins.
Cera 22-karat gold signed glassware barware.
Gold and black coin design.
The glasses f...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
C.1950's Théodore Haviland "Gold Encrusted Hearts" 21pc Porcelain Dinnerware Set
Located in Thiensville, WI
C.1940's - 1950's Théodore Haviland "Milford" "gold encrusted hearts" 21pc porcelain dinnerware set.
This beautiful dinnerware set comes w...
Category
1950s American American Classical Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Carl Auböck Ashtray "Marked by Auböck"
Located in Wien, AT
Carl Auböck ashtray "Marked by Auböck"
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Grande Baroque by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Service 8 Set Gold Vermeil
Located in Big Bend, WI
Grande Baroque by Wallace Sterling Silver flatware set - 32 pieces. Gold flatware is on trend and makes a bold state...
Category
Mid-20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Art glass CENEDESE SIGNED VASE C.1955
By Cenedese
Located in Stourbridge, GB
A beautiful Italian Signed Cenedese vase dating to around 1955. Perfect technique and no issues at all. The vase is in perfect original condition and measures 36.5cm in overall heigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
1962 Seattle World's Fair Space Needle Table Lighter in Chrome
Located in San Diego, CA
A really cool 1962 Seattle World's Fair "Space Needle" table lighter in chrome. The lighter is in good vintage condition with some minor pitting and measu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
Regency Brass & Bakelite Eight Piece Cocktail Bar Tool Set by Maxwell Phillips
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and extremely well made Hollywood Regency brass, stainless steel and bakelite eight piece cocktail bar tool set by Maxwell Phillips, cir...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Hollywood Regency Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel, Brass
Violet Purple Glass Vase, 20th Century, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A stunning purple small vase with geometric design, made by one of the many glass manufacturers based in the region of Empoli, Italy. Has "Made in Italy" embossed on the base. Would ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Wedgwood Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service For 12 People
By Wedgwood
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful Wedgwood porcelain tableware dinner service for twelve people with coffee serving set with hand painted design details. The service is in great condition. Maker's mark undersigned. Include 87 pieces all-together. 12 dinner plate 10 3/4" D. 12 Salad plate...
Category
1960s English Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
1960s Round Teak Salt Pepper Shaker Set Scandinavian Modern
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Round Teak Salt Pepper Shaker Set- Mid Century Modern Scandinavian
3.75 x 1.75 in diameter
Original preowned vintage condition unrestored
...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
Set of 10 Wine Glasses, Mid 20th Century
Located in Lučenec, SK
A beautiful and one of a kind set of 10 wine glasses. These were a part of a prototype production run, we were able to save these 10 pieces as t...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Table Box Sterling Silver Striped Paillons in pure Gold and flowers Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine floral miniature fired enamelled by the painter Ren...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Waldorf Astoria Hotel Silver Plated Beass Serving Tray
Located in New York, NY
1931 silver plated over brass Art Deco oval serving tray. We understand these were re-silver plated in 1954. Original Waldorf Astoria partridge and h...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Solid Teak Massive Double Sided Butcher Block Cutting Board Danish Modern
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid teak double-sided cutting board. with rounded corners and side handles one side can be used for meat cutting the other flat side for crackers and ch...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
Val Saint Lambert Sommerso Technique Twisted Light Crystal Table Lamp Signed
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint-Lambert Signed
This simple yet graceful green table lamp is in small size; 27 cm excluding the shade. The colored core in Classic Val Saint-Lambert tint has been given a thick Sommerso (clear crystal casing) so that the object appears delicate whilst remaining solid and stable as a lamp base. The twist on the external surface gives an entrancing optical effect as you pass it.
Weight crystal 1.7 Kg
It is excellent condition and in full working order having also
been re-wired and provided with new fittings E27
And safe for immediate usage in the World
Important: The lampshade is included in photos for illustration purposes only but cannot be shipped and does not form part of the lot!
Produced between 1955 and 1965, it was handmade from top-quality lead crystal by Val Saint Lambert (the main Belgian crystal glassware manufacturer, founded in 1826 and based near Liege.)
Our collection includes these VSL lamps...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Hedgehog Metal Bowls Object or Ashtray Set in the Style of Artist Walter Bosse
By Walter Bosse
Located in New York, NY
A set of five (5) stackable Hedgehog metal bowls, ashtrays, or decorative object, in the style of artist Walter Bosse, Midcentury Modern design period, circa mid-20th century, Europe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Tea Pot by Gordon and Jane Martz
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
The Gordon and Jane Martz ceramic tea pot is a stunning piece of functional art that seamlessly combines form and function. Handcrafted by the renowned American ceramicists, Gordon a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Val Saint Lambert Crystal Vase Cut to Clear, Signed
Located in Verviers, BE
Val Saint Lambert crystal vase cut to clear, signed
Beautiful Val Saint Lambert circular crystal vase, hand-cut-to-clear,
the glass is thick, deeply and evenly cut,
Origin: Belg...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Fine Midcentury Tapio Wirkkala Rosenthal Coffee Set Gilt White Porcelain 1960s
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Fine and exquisite Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal studio-linie gilt white porcelain coffee set for 6 persons, Germany around 1960s to 1970s. This set belongs to the cabinet pieces so r...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chelsea-Derby Chocolate Cup Set, Gilt Stripes, Puce Flowers, Rococo 1770-1775
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful chocolate cup set made by Chelsea-Derby between 1770 and 1775, which was the Rococo era. The set consists of a cup, a saucer and a cover, and is decorated in a st...
Category
1770s English Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Blenko Attributed Large Amberina Ombre Art Glass Vase
By Blenko Glass
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine, stylish and unusual mid-century mallet shaped art glass vase in amberina orange and red glass. The vase has a pepper rounded gourd shape body with molded ribbing running...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Normandie by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service 52 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Normandie by Wallace sterling silver flatware set, 52 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 8 3/4".
Eight forks, 7 1/4".
Eight salad forks, 6 3/8".
Eight teaspoons, 6 1...
Category
1930s American Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Brightly Polished Pewter Plate, English, C.1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely highly polished pewter plate.
Evidence of a rubbed touchmark on the underside. London maker
The pewter has been polished to its original shine to imitate polished silver. It...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Carstens 1950s Vintage Midcentury Turquoise Black & Gold West German Vase
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful vintage midcentury West German vessel or vase by Carstens Tonnieshof made post war circa 1950s with a turquoise blue and black glaze with gold details and white lines of dr...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Roger Capron - Vintage Ceramic Footed Serving Dish
By Roger Capron
Located in Stratford, CT
Vintage Ceramic Footed Serving Dish by Roger Capron - Vallauris, France
Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tab...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Cenedese Murano Orange White Silver Flecks Italian Art Glass Fish Aquarium Block
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown double fish Italian art glass aquarium sculpture. Documented to the Cenedese Company, and attributed to designer Alfredo Barbini. The fish have wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Precious 6 Wine Glasses Gold Crystal Faceted Stemware Josephinenhuette Moser
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Gorgeous 20th century handcrafted faceted crystal glass set with 24-carat gold rim made by Josephinenhütte Moser circa 1960-1970 and very in the style of the exclusive French company Baccarat or Saint Louis thistle...
Category
1960s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Fat Lava Floor Lamp Orange and Green Drip-Glazes by Walter Gerhards
Located in Verviers, BE
Dramatic fat lava floor lamp in green and orange glazes on a neutral stoneware ground, with a narrow neck, overload base and two bisected handles. ...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-century Modern Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Clear Glass Contour Vase, 1950s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This glass vase from the Contour series was designed by Vicke Lindstrand for the Swedish glassworks Kosta Glasbruk during the 1950s. It is made of high quality clear crystal glass wi...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Coffee and Tea Set
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mid-Century coffee set with coffee pot, tea pot, cream and sugar. Newly polished silver plate over brass. Bottom of coffee pot is stamped "silver plate."
Coffee pot measurements: ...
Category
1950s Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Rainbow Color Swirl Italian Art Glass Flower Twist Rim Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful large Murano hand blown rainbow color swirls over white Italian art glass flower vase with scissor cut rim. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company, in the "Apparenza" desi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Russel Wright "Oceana" Serving Bowl
Located in Hanover, MA
Russel Wright "Oceana" sculptural serving bowl circa 1938 produced by Klise Woodworking Company, Grand Rapids, MI. Hazelwood in the form of deep-sea fauna.
This particular one had a...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Maple
New / Old Stock Inlaid Wood "Floral" Tray by Couroc California
Located in San Diego, CA
Super cool brand new / old stock inlaid wood "flora" tray handcrafted by Couroc California, circa 1970s. The tray is in brand new condition in original packaging with original brochu...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Resin, Wood
Bohemian 'Pique Fleurs' Vase, Bright Green Crystal Cut-to-Clear, with Grille
By Bohemia
Located in Verviers, BE
Vibrant, meadow-green cased-crystal glass vase in the Bohemian style with cut-to-clear decoration of palms and trellis. This design for vases is often called 'Pique fleurs' or 'rose-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Trompe l'Oeil Italian Majolica Mid 20th Century Porcelain Canister with Walnuts
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Trompe l'Oeil Porcelain Canister depicting a stack of 29 plates with walnuts on top plate, circa 1960s. This vintage item is signed on the bottom: Mancioli - Italy. It is alm...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Piero Fornasetti Ashtray, Black and Gilt Compass Rose, Milano, Italy, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Piero Fornasetti ashtray, black and gilt compass rose, Milano, Italy, 1950s. An everyday object combining function with refined exclusivity and artistic detailing. Placing this ashtr...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pierre Cardin Porcelain Vase, Blue Wave, 1960s, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful flower vase made in white cylindrical porcelain, designed by Pierre Paulin, also with a logo on the vase, which is consistently applied to all his ceramiques of this settin...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Scandinavian Modern Napkin Ring Holders in Brass, Set of 8
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A well-made set of napkin rings cast in brass and featuring motifs of a knife, a fork and a spoon. Made in Scandinavia during the 1960s and originally sold through Illums Bolighus in...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Flight & Barr Porcelain Teacup Trio, Brown and Gilt Pattern, Georgian, 1792-1804
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful "true trio" consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, made by Flight & Barr between 1792 and 1804. The items are decorated with a sohpisticated abstract-looking pattern of brown and gilt daisies playfully trailing between brown half circles set in a gilt band.
In the late 18th and early 19th century cups and saucers...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Bay Keramik Mid-Century West German Floral Design Art Pottery Vase
By Bay Keramik
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century West German art pottery vase with relief molded floral designs by Bay Keramik. The vase stands on a narrow rounded unglaz...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Famille Rose Bowl with Bird & Butterfly Decoration, Chinese Export ca. 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
Famille Rose Bowl with Bird & Butterfly Decoration, Chinese Export ca. 1780
Category
1780s Chinese Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Space Age Acrylic World Globe Ice Bucket by Alessandro Albrizzi, Italy
Located in North Miami, FL
1960s Space Age translucent acrylic/synthetic/plastic world globe cubic ice bucket by Alessandro Albrizzi, Italy
By: Alessandro Albrizzi
Material: acrylic, lucite, plastic, syntheti...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Synthetic, Lucite, Acrylic, Plastic
Fratelli Toso Murano Red Aventurine Candy Cane Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Only 1 Left! Beautiful vintage Murano handblown red over white, and aventurine Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company. Published in their book (last p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Cenedese Style Pair of Vintage Murano “Vetro Sommerso” Vases
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
A colorful and lively pair of glass vases; they were created in a small furnace in Murano (Italy) using the “vetro sommerso...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Seguso Murano Purple Blue Pink Glass Shell Centerpiece Bowl with Gold Flecks
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a kind hand blown Murano shell bowl centerpiece in shades from pink to blue. Attributed to Seguso, Italy, 1960s.
This beautiful shell bowl has pink, purple and blue glass case...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Leaf
English Sheffield Punch Bowl / Wine Cooler
Located in Tarry Town, NY
English Sheffield silver plate barware/tableware centerpiece punch bowl in the victorian style . The punch bowl features a very clean line design restin...
Category
1930s English Victorian Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Alfredo Barbini Murano Signed Rib Cage Design Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and unusual, vintage Murano hand blown crystal clear, indented and ribbed Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini for Oggetti. Signed on the b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Majolica Boar Tureen Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
French ceramic boar tureen, circa 1950 signed "Caugant."
Category
1950s French Country Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Majolica Oyster Plate with Crab Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica oyster plate with crab in the center and shell accents, circa 1960 signed Sarreguemines.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Group of Wedgwood Feather Edge Creamware / Pearlware
By Wedgwood
Located in Dallas, TX
a handsome 25 piece group of feather edge creamware / pearlware with impressed Wedgwood mark, group includes a tureen with lid, several oval platters, and several sizes of plates. En...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Murano Glass Decorative Item of a Fig by Martinuzzi for Venini, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1930s.
This fig is made by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini in Murano glass.
This item might show slight traces of use since it's vintage as a chip on the top, but it ...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Herend Apponyi Pink Porcelain Sugar Bowl Box from the 1950s
By Herend
Located in Milano, MI
Herend porcelain box, Apponyi Pink collection, made in the 1950s
Ø cm 11 h cm 11
Herend porcelain is among the most prestigious and sought after in the world. Made in Hungary since...
Category
1950s Hungarian Art Nouveau Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 3 Antique Brightly Polished Pewter Plates, English, C.1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely highly polished pewter plates.
All three with London touchmarks on the underside. One with ownership inscription on the front.
The pewter has been polished to its original s...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pewter
Mid-Century Modern Faux Tortoise Shell Ice Bucket with Chrome Handle, Italian
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fun and fantastic, this ice bucket has the tortoise shell look with bright polished chrome handle with ample room for enough ice for the first round of everyone's cocktail. The torto...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Plastic
Vide Poche Minimalist in Wood Gabon 1950 Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vide Poche Minimalist in Wood, Gabon 1950 Brown Color
Category
1950s Gabonese Minimalist Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
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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