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Serving Bowls For Sale
Danish Modern Solid Teak Butcherblock Lazy Susan Catch It All Serving Bowl
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful solid teak butcherblock lazy susan, great for nuts olives, etc.
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Kangxi Amsterdam Bont Porcelain Bowl Chinese Polychrome Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made 18th century Kangxi Amsterdam Bont porcelain bowl.
A very nicely made 18th century Kangxi Amsterdam Bont porcelain bowl.
We take a look at Amsterdams Bont porcelain from China. A relatively unknown niche of Chinese porcelain from ca 1680-1740 that was partly decorated in Europe. Because mainstream Chinese collectors have yet to discover the historical significance of these wares they are relatively easy to find in Holland. While also being highly interesting and of often super quality and with an amazing array of decorations. Amsterdams Bont is a name given to porcelain partly decorated in the Netherlands (most likely in cities like Delft, Haarlem, Makkum). Because Amsterdam was at this moment in time the trade centre of the western world and also of the porcelain trade a lot of this over enamelling was probably commissioned by Amsterdam merchants, to reap higher profits on otherwise boring Chinese wares. The name Amsterdam Bont probably derives from the fact that these type of decorated ware was sold by Amsterdam Merchants. Amsterdam Bont consists of either blanc or under glaze blue decorated Chinese porcelain of basic quality, that was later enhanced with red and sometimes other colours in the Netherlands. It must not be mistaken for other type of Chinese & Japanese blanc wares decorated in Europe. Those we simply call European Decorated Chinese porcelain...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
$509 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Plate 0102
Located in New York, NY
Something to elevate your dining experience! Add a touch of color to your table with our hand-painted ceramic striped bowl, featuring vibrant green and red accents on a white ceramic...
Category
2010s Spanish Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
$26 / item
Heinz Art Metal Shop Arts and Crafts Era- Sterling Silver Floral over Bronze
Located in Soquel, CA
Heinz Arts Bowl with Floral Pattern - Sterling Silver on Bronze
Gorgeous bronze bowl with sterling silver flowers applied to the surface.
Manufactured by the Heintz Art Metal Shop....
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Antique 20thC Burmese Repoussé Solid Silver "Sama Jataka" Scenes Bowl c.1914
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century Burmese (Myanmar) solid silver bowl in octagonal form, finely chased and repousséd with detailed scenes depicting a rare compilation of Jataka tales. One of the ...
Category
20th Century Burmese Other Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver
Vintage Blue Decorative Glass Basket Frill Bowl, Drost, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative blue basket bowl designed by Jan Sylwester Drost in 1960s from Poland. Bowl is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for eve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$66 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Blue and Green Serving Bowl 1920s Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is a serving bowl which was made in Japan.
It was made in Taisho era, around 1920s. The color is green and blue and white.
You can use as a serving bowl and also as a decoration...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Fluted 19th Century Spongeware Fruit or Serving Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century fluted shaped round spongeware bowl. The shape is very unusual and it is a perfect center piece for fruit on a table. The condition is mint. This was found in Pennsylvania.
Category
19th Century American Antique Serving Bowls
$575 Sale Price
23% Off
XXI Century Italian Solid 800 Silver Square-octagonal Centerpiece
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid silver centerpiece. The customer can request it in both 800 silver and 925 sterling silver.
The shape of the centerpiece is square with rounded corners, making it square-octago...
Category
2010s Italian Other Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver
1960s Cathrineholm of Holland Avocado Green Enamelware Bowl
By Cathrineholm
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Cathrineholm Green Bowl Holland
Modern midcentury bowl in a square shape with round corners.
Avocado Green.
Signed by maker
3.5 tall x 8.25 x 8.25
Preowned original unrestored vint...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Enamel
New Modern Bowl in White Michelangelo Marble creator Cristoforo Trapani Stock
Located in Milan, IT
From stellar kitchens to the table. The memory bowl is an ancestral reminder, a symbol of the vital relationship between people and food. As necessary as it is perfect for serving soups, fruit salads or dried fruit. Size: 17 x 8.5, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Memory, Magnolia table collection by the Michelin Star Chef Cristoforo Trapani, Magnolia restaurant Byron Hotel Forte dei Marmi (Italy). Also available in black marquinia and red levanto marble. Made in Italy, hand finished.
Contemporary chefs love to construct their culinary creations to enhance their impact; it’s not difficult therefore, to imagine they also love to create the props. Cristoforo Trapani, chef of Magnolia, the stellar restaurant at the Hotel Byron in Forte dei Marmi, has translated his culinary creativity to design. These two worlds meshed instantly: at the table or on a sideboard, his tiered cake stand PRE, hosts sweet and savoury finger food to be offered to guests in a creative and unexpected way. The bread basket of the Apuan Alps, in white or black marble, is ready to cradle the great Italian bread...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Marble
1960s Arthur Salm Serving Bowl Sweden
By Arthur Salm
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AS Sweden
Scandinavian Modern Arthur Salm Stainless Steel w Teak Handle
1960s AS Arthur Salm Gravy Boat Serving Bowl Sweden
maker label
2.5 h x 12 x 6.25
Preowned original vintage, r...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Stainless Steel
Big Bowl - Les terres melées d'Apt
Located in Hellerup, DK
Big bowl with fluted pattern on th inside - in "les terres melées d'Apt" - an ancient ceramic technique and tradition from the small town Apt in Provence, where mixed colors of clay ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Serving Bowls
Materials
Clay
Vintage Purple Decorative Murano Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative purple murano glass plate from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Beautiful piece for e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$182 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Eleven Glazed Ceramic Pumpkins, France, circa 1960
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of eleven glazed ceramic Pumpkins, France, circa 1960
One big pumpkin and ten small ones.
Dimensions big pumpkin: 25 cm height, 27 cm di...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Bowl, Handmade in Italy 2021, Choose Your Pattern
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
For more than 30 years this artist has revolutionized the way of thinking about stone. Their artisan techniques are the result of careful research and deep knowledge of the subject: ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Lava
$228 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Ceramic Bowl, Handmade in Italy 2021, Choose Your Pattern
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
For more than 30 years this artist has revolutionized the way of thinking about stone. Their artisan techniques are the result of careful research and deep knowledge of the subject: ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Lava
$134 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 1903 Clover Bowl in Art Nouveau Style
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver Clover bowl in pattern number 15815 from 1903 and in Art Nouveau style with clover and fruit motifs. The pierced motifs near the rim are a rare feature ...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Porcelain Serving Bowl Fruits and Vegetables
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful English oval porcelain serving bowl with fruits and vegetables edged in gold, Royal Worcester, circa mid to late-20th century, En...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Jan Van Erp Fruit Bowl Square Bowl Ceramic Sixties
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful square vintage bowl with a large blue and smaller purple ring in the center and a brown fat lava style bottom, by famous ceramist Jan Van Erp, made of glazed ceramics, Neth...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
French Louis XVI Nickel Silver Plate Drape Design Centerpiece Bowl Dish Planter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Louis XVI Style Nickel Silver Plate Drape Design Centerpiece Bowl Dish Planter. Item features a removable crystal glass insert, drape design, ornate twin handles, grea...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Metal Vase – Spain, Circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Vintage Metal Vase – Spain, Circa 1930
Description:
This vintage metal vase, crafted in Spain circa 1930 by an unknown manufacturer, embodies the elegance and simplicity of early 20...
Category
1930s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Metal
$405 Sale Price
25% Off
Whitehall by International Sterling Silver Serving Dish
Located in High Point, NC
This is an elegant Whitehall pattern open serving dish by International Silver Company. The Whitehall pattern is known for its fluted borders, adorned with shell decoration at four ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wedgwood Tricolor Sauceboat
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite Wedgwood sauceboat is crafted of tricolor jasperware, one of the firm's rarest creations. The sauceboat's classic form displays a be...
Category
18th Century English Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Samuel Alcock Footed Porcelain Sauce Tureen, Maroon with Flower Sprays, ca 1842
Located in London, GB
A footed two-handled sauce tureen with cover, maroon and pale yellow ground with beautiful hand painted flower sprays on lower part of body; twisted handles and a petticoat stem
Pat...
Category
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Art Deco Susie Cooper Lidded Bowl England
By Susie Cooper
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful Susie Cooper for Crown Works ceramic serving bowl. Genius design with lid acting and a separate bowl when inverted. Wedding Ring collection. Perfect proportions and visual ...
Category
20th Century English Art Deco Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Chrome Fruit Bowl by Lino Sabattini
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice modernist chrome fruit bowl by Lino Sabattini, circa 1970s. The design features a long clean look with round swirls on each end. The pie...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Chrome
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
10 Mid-Century Modern Cenedese Murano Glass Serving Bowls with Spiral
Located in Stockholm, SE
10 Mid-Century Modern elegant Cenedese Murano serving bowls in glass with spiral, circa 1970-1990. Wonderful clear glass with a colorful beige spiral inclusion.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
$4,491 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Emilia Castillo Hammered Silver-Plated Bowl with Jasper Stone Inlay, Mexico
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This elegant and substantial silver-plate bowl by renowned Mexican designer Emilia Castillo showcases her distinctive fusion of metalwork and natural stone. Hand-hammered throughout,...
Category
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver, Brass
Danish Modern Staved Teak Bowl by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice Danish modern staved teak tapered bowl by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, circa 1960s. The bowl is 11.5"D x 4.5"H and in very good condition. Signed on the underside. #3875
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
Webster Wilcox International Grapevine Silver Plated Punch Bowl Set - 14 Pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Webster Wilcox International Grapevine Pattern Silver Plated Punch Bowl Set - 14 Pcs. Item features a monogram to the center of the tray which reads "1894 M 1909" (see pic 6), (12) cups, (1) large round footed tray...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Flight Barr & Barr Berry Bowl, Roses and Thistles by W. Billingsley, 1813
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful berry bowl made by Flight Barr & Barr probably in the year 1813. The dish is decorated with a beautiful continuous border of hand painted roses and thistles by th...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Vintage Teak Decorative Bowl
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
Vintage 1960s large teak decorative bowl in the style of Jens Quistgaard for Dansk.
Hand turned/hand carved from solid teak, no glued sections.
Lots of teak color and figure in thi...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Teak
Antique Woods Ware Wincanton Blue and Rust Oval Vegetable/Serving Bowl
Located in Pomona, CA
Stunning porcelain Oval Vegetable/Serving Bowl by Wood & Sons Woods Ware in the Wincanton Blue and Rust pattern, in about 1885s with Mark stamps on the bott...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
$209 Sale Price
30% Off
1970s Elegant Lucite Paneled Bowl by Grainware
By Guzzini
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage midcentury Grainware Lucite bowl by William Bounds
model Regal GW349
11.75 diameter x 5.88 tall
Preowned original vintage condition
See imag...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Lucite
Moroccan Gilt Metal and Silver-Plate Islamic Style Dish
Located in London, GB
Moroccan gilt metal and silver-plate Islamic style dish,
Moroccan, 20th century
Dimensions: Height 27cm, width 36cm, depth 22cm
This ornately designed dish with cover was crafte...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Islamic Serving Bowls
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
English Silver Plate Framed Top / Cut Glass Footed Serving Bowl
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Enhance your table setting with this vintage English Silver Plate Framed Top Cut Glass Serving Bowl by E.P.N.S., a stunning combination of craftsmanship and timeless design. The exte...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Decorative Mini Grape Porcelain Plate, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Decorative Grape plate from Bavaria, Germany. Produced in 1970s.
The plate is hand painted. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or c...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
$38 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Vintage Sugary Bowl, Cut Crystal Glass, Bohemia in the, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of crystal glass
Re-polished
Good Original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Machovska for Mstisov Romana Bohemian Art Glass Bowl, 1960
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Spectacularly beautiful midcentury modern handblown smooth, wavy, asymmetrical art glass bowl in heavy, solid glass by Czech designer Hana Machovska for Mstisov. Yellow, peach, green...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Dan Karner Mid Century Modern Square Carved Wood Leaf Centerpiece Bowl
By Dan Karner 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Dan Karner Mid Century Modern Square Carved Wood Leaf Centerpiece Bowl. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 2.5" H x 12" W x 12" D.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Wood
Thick Purple Glass Bowl, 1960s
Located in PARIS, FR
Circular fruit bowl in solid purple glass, colored throughout the mass. Crafted in the 1960s in the United States. In excellent condition.
DV2054
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Glass
Large 19th C Tureen w/ Lid and Tray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Ironstone Tureen with lid and Tray. Walnut and Vine design on lid.
Tray measures - 16 wide x 12.5 deep x 1 high
Tureen measures - 16.5 wide x 9 wide x 12.5 high.
Category
Early 19th Century North American Adirondack Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Ironstone
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver Serving Bowl or Tureen with Lid and Ladle from France
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French silver serving bowl or tureen with lid and ladle, featuring a bowl with two opposing handles and gold-washed interior, circular lid or top with handle, and stylish ladl...
Category
20th Century French Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver
Cardeilhac - 19th Century Solid Silver Fruit Basket
By Cardeilhac
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Large multi-lobed fruit basket in solid silver decorated with foliage and clasps. The body is openwork and pierced with canework decorated with a seedling of flowers, flanked on each...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver
Swedish Art Deco bowl by GAB Eskilstuna, nickel silver and oak, 1930s
Located in Forserum, SE
A graceful Art Deco bowl produced in the 1930s by Swedish maker Guldsmedsaktiebolaget (GAB) located in the town of Eskilstuna. This elegant piece is elevated by four black wooden pil...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of Six Glass Bowls with Gilt Rim
Located in New York, NY
Set of six glass bowls with gilt rim. Six antique gilt-rimmed finger bowls/ice cream bowls/floating rose bowls to set at table. France, circa 1920s.
D...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Serving Bowls
Materials
Glass
$300 / set
Rookwood Mid Century 1949 XLIX Divided Compote Bowl Dish 7024 6.5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare mid century Rookwood bowl or compote featuring a divided turquoise interior with grey brown drip glaze body. Circa XLIX 1949, Shape 7024, size A.
Dimensions:
6.5" x 3" (Diamet...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Pottery
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Venetian White Gold Flecks Fish Stem Italian Art Glass Compote Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (2 available, see last photo).
Gorgeous early Murano hand blown white and gold flecks Italian art glass compote bowls with fish stems decoration. The rim has a flare...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Victorian Serving Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage "The Hancock House" Blue Transferware Bowl by Johnson Brothers
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a blue-glazed transferware bowl, by the famous British potters Johnson Brothers. Made in England, this bowl comes from their “Historic A...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Heller 3 Quart Glass Bakeware with Lids by L & M Vignelli
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A set of two glass Heller bakeware pieces with lids designed by L & M Vignelli that can be used in the oven, microwave or as severing pieces. The lids can be used as pie pans so the ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Glass
6 Rare Breakfast Bowls - Pall - Stig Lindberg - Gustavsberg 1963 - Pink Apples
Located in Stockholm, SE
6 breakfast bowls of model Pall designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsberg in 1963, they are 17 cm (6.8") in diameter. They are all in mint condition except from one that has a black m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Light Blue Decorative Ice Glass Plate, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful decorative light blue ice glass plate/bowl from Italy. Plate is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks. Original glass. Unique p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
$158 Sale Price
40% Off
Early 20th Century Spanish Traditional Olive Wood Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Embrace the charm and elegance of this authentic early 20th-century Spanish traditional olive wood bowl, meticulously crafted by an artisan. The natural beauty and character of the o...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Wood
$315 Sale Price
59% Off
Silver Plated Novelty Sugar Scuttle with Original Scoop
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Silver Plated Novelty Sugar Scuttle with Original Scoop
A Sugar scuttle as the name suggests is designed in the shape of a coal scuttle, a great fun p...
Category
Early 20th Century Adam Style Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare Cenedese Vintage Italian Murano Glass Vibrant Red Colored Glass Cake Stand
By Cenedese
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Rare Murano glass cake stand or serving plate by Cenedese circa 1970-1990. The design is likely to be by either Antonio Da Ros or Ermanno Nason...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Bowl on a Plate by Ernestine Salerno
By Aldo Londi, Ernestine
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A modernist green ceramic bowl with its plate designed and manufactured in the Seventies by Ernestine Salerno, italian famous manufacturer. It'...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Earthenware Fruit Bowl by Edvin Ollers for S:t Eriks, 1920s – Swedish Grace
By Edvin Ollers
Located in Knivsta, SE
Earthenware Fruit Bowl by Edvin Ollers for S:t Eriks, 1920s – Swedish Grace
An elegant and characteristic earthenware fruit bowl designed by Swedish artist Edvin Ollers (1888–1959)...
Category
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Serving Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
Stackable Bronze Ashtrays or Salt Cellars Jars of Porcupine Family
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Family of six small stackable hedgehogs bowls in cast bronze.
The super cute set of porcupines can be used as salt and pepper cellars or olives, nuts etc.
This complete set of si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Bronze
$280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Sponge Ware Pottery Bowl, 19th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine sponge ware bowl has a minor age crack but wonderful color and form,.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Pottery
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage, New and Antique Serving Bowls
Vintage, new and antique serving bowls are popular with collectors as well as cooks. While some serving bowls are merely decorative items, others are both eye-catching and functional.
The design and material of a bowl will vary depending on the period and location where it was made. Antique Chinese serving bowls are often exquisitely painted and made from fine porcelain. Colonial American wooden bowls are practical and elegant, able to hold brightly colored fruit or act as a serving dish at a family meal.
Along with wood, stone, metal and porcelain, there are also glass serving bowls. The most notable are made from Murano glass, named for the Murano Island in Venice where many of the world’s most famous glass objects have been produced. Glass serving bowls from the 19th through the mid-20th century are especially popular with collectors. Pieces from this era range from simple to ornate, frequently featuring gold or painted embellishments.
The styles of these bowls include art glass, which dates to the mid-19th century, and colorful carnival glass, which was introduced in the early 20th century. Carnival glass serving bowls were more affordable so they were used widely in homes. Depression glass, an iteration of glassware that was inexpensively mass-produced when people didn’t have much money to spend on decor during the 1920s and ’30s, featured bright colors. Milk glass, which had its heyday in the late 19th century, adds a touch of elegance to any table or display.
Antique and vintage serving bowls are desirable for their style, patterns and range of textures they can help introduce to a space. They are also prized for their rich history. Browse antique and vintage serving bowls on 1stDibs today.