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Serving Bowls For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Gold Stalk 3 Medium Cup
Located in Paris, FR
Cup gold stalk 3 medium with 3 polished stainless steel
bowls and with polished stainless steel 24-karat gold
plated stalk.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Serving Bowls
Materials
Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
Pair of Vienna Green Ground Ice Pails, circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
With covers and liners. Marked with under glaze blue shield mark.
Category
1780s Austrian Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Georg Jensen 264B Handcrafted Sterling Silver Bowl
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Georg Jensen signature design from 1918 with perfect balance between bowl and stem with grapes placed elegantly in between. This design made Georg Jensen’s name as a leading silver d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Art Nouveau Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Collection of 4 Bronze Olas, Cooking Pots
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful collection of 18th century Olas - cooking pots from the Catalan region of Spain. Beautifully crafted from bronze. A stunning table top collection. The pieces range is siz...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Creamware Pottery Sailor's Farewell and Chinoiserie Punch Bowl
Located in Downingtown, PA
Creamware Pottery sailor's farewell punch bowl with Chinoiserie Scenes on Reverse,
Late 18th Century
The large polychrome creamware bowl has a scene to one side depicting a sailor's farewell. The officer, with a sword in a scabbard to his right hip, stands with arms crossed and his female companion looks away from him as she holds a parasol in her hand. In the background in a Royal Navy frigate at anchor and a sailor in a longboat rowing towards him.
To the reverse side is a charming chinoiserie scene of two women and a young boy watching...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
First Period Worcester Porcelain Large Pair of Openwork Fruit Baskets
Located in Downingtown, PA
First Period Worcester porcelain large pair of openwork fruit baskets,
Printed "Pine Cone" pattern,
Circa 1770-1775.
The large reticulated bask...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Hairy Wild Man from Botany Bay Bowl Grey by Trent Jansen
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Broached monsters by Trent Jansen
The vast majority of mainstream Australian mythology commonly used as a
foundation for Australian identity is culturally exclusive. Both Indigenous myths, including post-colonial myths and precolonial dreaming stories, and non-indigenous Australian myths, including the bush legend, ANZAC tradition and convict legend, focus on the historical role that the race of authorship has played in building the nation. However, a contemporary understanding of Australian history acknowledges the contribution of both Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in forging the nation, and the national identity which accompanies it. Instead of perpetuating the same exclusive national myths, perhaps Australians should adopt a national mythology that acknowledges this inclusive understanding of Australian history, a mythology that unites Australians of many backgrounds under a shared Australian identity.
In his book on Australia’s Folklore of Fear, Robert Holden explores pre-colonial ideas of Australia as a Great Southern Land – an imaginary landmass conjured up to counterbalance the continents in the northern hemisphere, as far removed as possible from Britain, the center of the Christian world (Holden, 2001). Holden speaks of Australia as an imaginary world, occupied by unimaginable creatures and monsters.
Holden is commenting in part on the mythical creatures that originated in both British and Aboriginal Australian folklore and were shared by the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal inhabitants of Sydney during the early years of colonisation. Stories of the yahoo, a creature that resembled a slender man, with long white straight hair, extraordinarily long arms and great talons (Unknown 1842), captured the imaginations of the new British settlers, and soon a fear of the yahoo became a common ground between Aboriginal people and British settlers. is fear of a gruesome and vicious creature gained its potency from the folkloric tales that were used to substantiate its existence. These tales were suitably vague, their lack of detail
attributed to the fierce nature of these creatures and the assumption that no one had survived an encounter (Holden, Thomas et al. 2001).
The yahoo “became one of the very few Aboriginal legends to be embraced by the Europeans” (Holden, Thomas et al. 2001, p16), providing a catalyst for conversation between individuals from these two culturally disparate societies and forming some personal links between these communities. Could creature myths like the yahoo once again form the foundation of a united national...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Serving Bowls
Materials
Aluminum
17th Century Wooden Bowl, Sweden
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large wooden bowl, dated 1694 and inscribed with two names. Probably for celebrating marriage between "Borhans and Dottir..."
Category
Late 17th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Wood
Georg Jensen 2 Handcrafted Sterling Silver Bowl/Tazza
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Typical Georg Jensen Art Nouveau design from 1905. The Blossom design demonstrates Georg Jensen’s fascination for the reflection of Scandinavian moonlight which is the inspiration fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Art Nouveau Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georgian Sterling Silver Footed Two-Handled "Sweetmeats" Dish
By Thomas Daniell 2
Located in New York, NY
Georgian, sterling silver, footed, two-handled "sweetmeats" dish with liner, London, 1784, Thos. Daniell - maker. Measures: 8" wide (from handle to handle;
5 1/2" wide not measuring...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Serving Bowls
Dona Murano Glass Vase Bowl in Blue with Green Orange Red Murrine
By Davide Dona
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary Work of Art in blown Murano glass by Davide Dona', this is a bowl/centerpiece really difficult to achieve for its grand blown size and for the decoration, with beautiful colored murrine, green, orange, red, yellow, in the blue body overlaid in clear glass. The strokes...
Category
2010s Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Georg Jensen 543 Handcrafted Sterling Silver Bowl by Harald Nielsen
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful grape stand was designed in 1929 and is a good example of the simplicity and limited stylized ornamentation which characterized Harald Nielsen’s designs. Clusters of g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Art Deco Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Porringer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Charles II English sterling silver porringer; part of our collectable silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Charles II sterling silver porringer has a circular rounded form onto a collet base.
The surface of the porringer is embellished with an impressive chased hunting hound to one side and a stag to the other, all amidst large foliate designs and incorporating pinstruck swirl designs.
This English silver porringer is fitted with two impressive cast, leaf decorated S-scroll handles with elevated figural shaped thumbpieces.
Note: After surviving the Great Fire of London the records at the London Assay office were destroyed by fire in 1681; their catalogues and documentation began again in 1697. Due to this unfortunate event we are unable to associate a maker to this porringer.
Condition
This antique silver porringer...
Category
1670s English Charles II Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Charlie Parker Blue Ceramic Bowl
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A Charlie Parker gas fired stoneware bowl with a unique nebula glaze. Large and impressive scale-18"diameter. Quick note about the artist:
Charlie Park...
Category
2010s American American Craftsman Serving Bowls
Hairy Wild Man from Botany Bay Bowl White by Trent Jansen
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Broached Monsters by Trent Jansen
The vast majority of mainstream Australian mythology commonly used as a
foundation for Australian identity is culturally exclusive. Both Indigenou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Serving Bowls
Materials
Aluminum
Hairy Wild Man from Botany Bay Bowl Black by Trent Jansen
By Trent Jansen
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Broached Monsters by Trent Jansen
The vast majority of mainstream Australian mythology commonly used as a
foundation for Australian identity is culturally exclusive. Both Indigenous myths, including post-colonial myths and precolonial dreaming stories, and non-indigenous Australian myths, including the bush legend, ANZAC tradition and convict legend, focus on the historical role that the race of authorship has played in building the nation. However, a contemporary understanding of Australian history acknowledges the contribution of both Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in forging the nation, and the national identity which accompanies it. Instead of perpetuating the same exclusive national myths, perhaps Australians should adopt a national mythology that acknowledges this inclusive understanding of Australian history, a mythology that unites Australians of many backgrounds under a shared Australian identity.
In his book on Australia’s Folklore of Fear, Robert Holden explores pre-colonial ideas of Australia as a Great Southern Land – an imaginary landmass conjured up to counterbalance the continents in the northern hemisphere, as far removed as possible from Britain, the center of the Christian world (Holden, 2001). Holden speaks of Australia as an imaginary world, occupied by unimaginable creatures and monsters.
Holden is commenting in part on the mythical creatures that originated in both British and Aboriginal Australian folklore and were shared by the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal inhabitants of Sydney during the early years of colonization. Stories of the yahoo, a creature that resembled a slender man, with long white straight hair, extraordinarily long arms and great talons (Unknown 1842), captured the imaginations of the new British settlers, and soon a fear of the yahoo became a common ground between Aboriginal people and British settlers. is fear of a gruesome and vicious creature gained its potency from the folkloric tales that were used to substantiate its existence. These tales were suitably vague, their lack of detail
attributed to the fierce nature of these creatures and the assumption that no one had survived an encounter (Holden, Thomas et al. 2001).
The yahoo “became one of the very few Aboriginal legends to be embraced by the Europeans” (Holden, Thomas et al. 2001, p16), providing a catalyst for conversation between individuals from these two culturally disparate societies and forming some personal links between these communities. Could creature myths like the yahoo once again form the foundation of a united national...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Serving Bowls
Materials
Aluminum
Black Forest German Porcelain Bowl with Deer Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbühel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free painted bambi in the center of the bowl. The charming bambi figure is hand painted in black and sits in the middle of the dish. T...
Category
2010s German Black Forest Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Henning Koppel 980A Handcrafted Sterling Silver Bowl for Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Henning Koppel showed an early talent for art, leading him to train in both drawing and aquarelle early on. He continued studies in sculpture at the Royal Danish Academy and later in Paris. His superb drafting skills, developed as a child, helped him in to produce outstanding product renderings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Organic Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Blue and White Swan Sauce Boats
Located in New York, NY
Pair blue and white swan sauce boats. . Neoclassical cream-ware lidded sauce boats with under-plates and original ladle, all with blue and white border...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Creamware
Champagne Bucket with Stones
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
This majestic silver champagne bucket combines artisanal craftsmanship and artistic flair and will add a sophisticated touch to a celebratory event. The bucket carries a removable bo...
Category
2010s Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Stone, Silver
Macedonia D50 Tray 'Rose Gold Plated Bronze'
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A signature Kyttanen design that has been integrated into the permanent collection at MoMA. This piece measures 50cm in diameter, and is inspired by structures formed by soap bubbles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Serving Bowls
Materials
Bronze
Circular Chinese Porcelain Bowl, Sung Period, 12th-14th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese porcelain bowl adorned with cloud engravings.
12th-14th century, Sung period.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Charles II 1663 Sterling Silver Baby Porringer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Charles II English sterling silver baby porringer; part of our collectable silverware co...
Category
1660s English Charles II Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gold Leaf Flame Design Bowl, Italy, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Italian handmade gold leaf accented bowl.
freeform organic shape.
Fine ceramic base.
Similar bowls are available in 7" and 10" diameters.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Gold Leaf Flame Design Bowl, Italy, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Italian handmade gold leaf accented bowl.
Free-form organic shape.
Fine ceramic base.
Similar bowls are available in 7" and 11.5" diameters.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Stoneware Chinese Bowl, Sung Period, 12th-14th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Little stoneware Chinese bowl in glazed stoneware. It is adorned with flower engravings.
Under the base, we can read “Xia Fang'' & ''Ding Hai”.
12th-...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Stoneware Bowl, Sung Period, 12th-14th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Glazed stoneware adorned with combed vegetable engravings with cylindrical base.
12th-14th century, Sung period.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Stoneware Chinese Bowl, Sung Period, 12th-14th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Little stoneware Chinese bowl in glazed stoneware. It is adorned with flower engravings.
Period: 12th-14th century.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Swedish Yellow, Handblown, Gustavian, 18th Century Glass Milk Bowl, circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
Swedish yellow 18th century Gustavian handblown glass milk bowl with pouring spout, circa 1780, origin: Sweden.
Category
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Jona Contemporary Italian Napkin Shape Sterling Silver Bowl 'Small version'
Located in Torino, IT
Shallow napkin shape sterling silver bowl (small version depicted). Made in Italy.
Dimensions: H 5.5 cm, D 18.5 cm, W 18.5 cm. Weight: 281 gram.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Little Circular Chinese Porcelain Bowl Sung Period, 12th-14th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese porcelain bowl made of glazed porcelain adorned with flowers petal and engravings.
12th-14th century, Sung period.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Danish Silver Sugar Bowls, Late 18th Century
Located in Copenhagen, K
Pair of Danish silver sugar bowls, late 18th century. Maker Nicolai Brandt (NB), Horsens, 1787-1813.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Danish Louis XVI Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver
Little Circular Chinese Stoneware Bowl Sung 1 Period, 12th-14th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A circular glazed stoneware adorned with cloud engravings.
12th-14th century – Sung period.
This object is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
Stoneware Chinese Bowl, Sung Period, 12th-14th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Little stoneware Chinese bowl in glazed stoneware.
12th-14th century.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Stoneware
"Kon Kao" Silver Plated Centerpiece by Lino Sabattini for Sabattini, Italy, 2000
Located in Milan, IT
"Kon Kao" bowl by Lino Sabattini. This silver plated and enameled piece shows timeless attitude. Also available another piece from the same collection, see image 3.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Silver Plate
Modern Red Vessel by Ann Van Hoey
By Ann Van Hoey
Located in New York, NY
Red Vessel, 2014 (Glazed ceramic, C. 7 in. h x 13 in. w x 13 in. d, Object No.: 3323)
Ann Van Hoey is an award-winning ceramic artist and her work is in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Serving Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Plated Large Bowl with Irregular Contour, Italy
Located in Torino, IT
Silver plated bowl with irregular contour, Italian design made in Italy.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Serving Bowls
Napkin Shape Sterling Silver Bowl (Large Version)
Located in Torino, IT
Shallow napkin shape sterling silver bowl (large version depicted). Made in Italy.
Dimensions: H 5.7 cm, D 21.3 cm, W 21.3cm. Weight: 470 grams.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Serving Bowls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Nyc Waldorf Astoria Hotel Champagne Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Round champagne bowl rescued from the one and only Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Park Ave in New York City. Minor wear. Waldorf Astoria authenticity c...
Category
Early 2000s Serving Bowls
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Antique Baroque Period Venetian Gilt Copper Bowls
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Baroque period Venetian gilt copper bowls
Italian, 17th century
Dimensions: height 7cm, diameter 19cm
This rare pair of 17th century Venetian bowls...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Copper
Porcelain Kidney Dish, Derby, Red, Named Botanical attr. John Brewer, 1795-1800
By Crown Derby, John Brewer
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning kidney shaped dish made by Derby between about 1795 and 1800 in the Regency era. The painting in the centre is attributed to the famous painter John Brewer.
The...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Kidney Dish, Red, Named Botanical Attr. John Brewer, 1795-1800
By Crown Derby, John Brewer
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning kidney shaped dish made by Derby between about 1795 and 1800 in the Regency era. The painting in the centre is attributed to the famous painter John Brewer.
The...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Lobed Porcelain Dish, Red with Botanical Painting John Brewer, 1795-1800
By Crown Derby, John Brewer
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and extremely rare large lobed dish made by Derby between about 1795 and 1800 in the Regency era. The painting in the centre is attributed to the famous painter Jo...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
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.
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