Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE
Emerging in reaction to industrialization and mass production, the Arts and Crafts movement celebrated handcrafted design as a part of daily life. The history of Arts and Crafts furniture has roots in 1860s England with an emphasis on natural motifs and simple flourishes like mosaics and carvings. This work is characterized by plain construction that showcases the hand of the artisan.
The earliest American Arts and Crafts furniture dates back to the start of the 20th century. Designers working in this style in the United States initially looked to ideas put forth by The Craftsman, a magazine published by Wisconsin native Gustav Stickley, a furniture maker and founder of the Craftsman style. Stickley’s furniture was practical and largely free of ornament. His Craftsman style drew on French Art Nouveau as well as the work he encountered on his travels in England. There, the leading designers of the Arts and Crafts movement included William Morris, who revived historical techniques such as embroidery and printed fabrics in his furnishings, and Charles Voysey, whose minimal approach was in contrast to the ornamentation favored in the Victorian era.
American Arts and Crafts work would come to involve a range of influences unified by an elevation of traditional craftsmanship. The furniture was often built from sturdy woods like oak and mahogany while featuring details such as inlaid metal, tooled leather and ceramic tiles. The style in the United States was led by Stickley, whose clean-lined chairs and benches showcased the grain of the wood, and furniture maker Charles Rohlfs, who was informed by international influences like East Asian and French Art Nouveau design.
Hubs in America included several utopian communities such as Rose Valley in Pennsylvania and the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony in New York, where craftspeople made furniture that prioritized function over any decoration. Their work would influence designers and architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, who built some of the most elegant and iconic structures in the United States and likewise embraced a thoughtful use of materials in his furniture.
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Style: Arts and Crafts
Large Size, Hand Painted & Glazed Delfts Blue Porcelain Tray with Floral Design
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique and excellent condition, delftware serving tray.
This rare size serving tray with the beautiful, hand painted leafs and flower pattern is in excellent condition and it dates...
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
Stunning Antique Oak & Glass and Coromandel Handles Serving Tray with Intarsia
Located in Lisse, NL
Practical and best condition antique serving tray with inlaid compass rose.
If you are looking for a beautiful, decorative and superb quality antique serving tray then this fine exa...
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Brass
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. Arts & Crafts chocolate sauce heating saucepan.
Located in London, GB
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. A chocolate sauce heating saucepan with riveted brass handle and riveted strap handle to the lid.
Stamped BGH.
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Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Brass
William Hutton probably for Liberty & Co A pewter muffin cover with Ruskin jewel
Located in London, GB
William Hutton, probably for Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts pewter muffin cover, inset with two opposing Ruskin jewels to the finial, and four heart shaped Ruskin jewels to the s...
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Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Pewter
Liberty and Co. A brass Arts and Crafts boat shaped champagne bucket.
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. A brass Arts and Crafts boat-shaped champagne bucket with a removable liner. Stamped Wood & Co, Liberty & Co and 3847.
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1910s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Copper
William Hutton and Sons for Liberty and Co. Hand hammered pewter biscuit barrel
Located in London, GB
William Hutton and Sons, made for Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts hand hammered pewter biscuit barrel with stylised handles to the lid, and to the sides. Stamped to the base with ...
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Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Pewter
Museum Quality & Condition Hand Carved Wine Pourer Clogg with Grape Vine Handle
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and stunning table piece for connoisseurs.
This museum quality and condition wine pourer could be the perfect display item in a local wine distillery, a restaurant, a wine bar,...
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Mid-20th Century French Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Metal
An Arts and Crafts brass trivet with pierced floral decoration to the top
Located in London, GB
An Arts and Crafts brass trivet with pierced floral decoration to the top, on shaped legs.
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Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Brass
Vintage Arts and Crafts Fish Serving Fork
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Arts and Crafts movement, originating in the late 19th century, valued handmade, functional objects, simple designs, and natural materials. It rejected industrial mass production...
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20th Century Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique & Large Hand Painted Colorful Flowers, with Butterfly Tile Serving Tray
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and beautifully hand painted and glazed, porcelain tile in superb condition with branches frame serving tray.
This beautiful quality and marvelous design tile serving tray is another one of our recent decorative finds and an absolute joy to own and to look at. We have recently listed on 1stdibs one of the largest, single tile serving trays and this is a similar, but smaller one. This fine specimen too is antique, hand-crafted AND hand-painted and this tile could not be in better condition also. There are absolutely no cracks in the porcelain tile and the glazed surface made sure that the hand painted colorful flowers with some insects and the stunning branch and leafs patterns have not faded at all. There is an elegance about the wonderfully flowing motion with which the beautifully colored flowers and leafs and branches are painted and that makes this antique an absolute joy to look at. The good size and thick tile is inlaid perfectly in the naturally beautiful and stylish branches frame and the strong handles on either side make it easy to use as well.
This rare and ready to use Arts...
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Paint, Porcelain, Wood
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Doré Large Charger Plate or Tray
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze large charger plate or serving tray
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, early 20th cen...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Bronze
Birmingham Guild Arts & Crafts Copper Paten or Tray
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and heavily hand-crafted Birmingham Guild Arts & Crafts copper paten or tray dating from around 1915. The tray of flat circular shape has a raised...
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1910s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Copper
Wilhelm Graef New York Hand Painted Porcelain Cabinet Plate
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional hand painted, probably continental, porcelain cabinet plate retailed by Wilhelm & Graef New York titled ‘The Ruffed I’m After’ ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Tiffany Studios Modeled Pattern Patinated Bronze Pen Tray
Located in Doraville, GA
A vintage pen tray from the early 20th century by Tiffany Studios in the Modeled pattern. The tray is bronze with a greenish patination. The tray is a...
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1910s American Vintage Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Bronze
1945 Servebowl with Lead Crystal Cut Patterns
Located in DE
1945-1950 lead crystal serving bowl with stunning intricately cut patterns. Perfect as a centerpiece or as Serveware.
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1940s European Vintage Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Crystal
William Hutton Arts & Crafts Pewter Muffin Dish with a Ruskin Jewell to the Lid
Located in London, GB
William Hutton stamped cross swords mark, probably made for Liberty and Co. London.
An Arts & Crafts pewter muffin dish or food warmer, the whiplash handle...
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Early 1900s British Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Pewter
Christopher Dresser Linthorpe Art Pottery Cream Jug & Saucer, c.1880
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and unusual Aesthetic Movement art pottery Linthorpe cream jug and saucer stand decorated with floral designs by renowned Scottish born designer Christopher Dresser (Brit...
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1880s English Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Pottery
Arts & Crafts Copper Handled Chestnut Roaster c.1890
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Arts & Crafts hand crafted handled copper chestnut roaster dating from around 1890. The chestnut roaster has a hammered and pier...
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1890s British Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Copper
Bottega Intreccio Chicchere Bamboo 21st Century Tray by Saverio Corolla
Located in Mogliano, Marche
Chicchere is shaped like an oval resulting from the union of two symmetrical halves. It has two bent cane extensions that finish its silhouette. It bears the colours of nature and th...
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2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Bamboo, Glass
Bottega Intreccio Duechicchere Bamboo 21st Century Tray by Saverio Carolla
Located in Mogliano, Marche
Duechicchere is the round version of the tray that comes in handy for any event. The glass base catches the glittering reflections of reveling chalices while the raised vertical rim holds cups and...
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2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Bamboo, Glass
Bottega Intreccio Trechicchere Bamboo 21st Century Tray by Saverio Carolla
Located in Mogliano, Marche
With its soft shapes, overlapping layers and mouth-watering colours, Trechicchere transforms a bent and fire extruded bamboo cane into an object that evokes the art of confectionery ...
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2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Bamboo, Glass, Wood
Catalan Modernist Pewter Tray from Barcelona, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Catalan modernist pewter tray from Barcelona, circa 1930
Catalan modernist pewter tray.
Manufactured in Barcelona, circa 1930.
In original con...
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1930s Spanish Vintage Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Pewter
20th Century English Silver Plate / Cut Crystal Tableware
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 20th century English silver plate framed top with cut crystal tableware covered serving dish with ladle. The serving dish is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age /...
Category
Late 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Vintage Round Brown Leather Tray with The American Bold Eagle and US Flag
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Small vintage round brown leather tray hand painted in the middle with the Bald Eagle carrying the American Flag.
Vintage handcrafted leather tray ...
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Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Leather
Moorcroft Pansy Comport
Located in East Geelong, VIC
The inside of this two handled Moorcroft comport is decorated with a single, large, velvety red and blue pansy, backed by some foliage, which is a rather unusual decoration. Around t...
Category
1920s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Earthenware
Tudric For Liberty & Co Pewter Barrel Shaped Swirl Design Sugar Shaker
By Tudric
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Tudric pewter Arts & Crafts barrel shaped lidded sugar shaker with a swirl design made for Liberty & Co and dating from the early 20th century. This unusual barrel shaped s...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Pewter
Antique Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Mounted Coconut Bowl
By Artificers Guild
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English sterling silver mounted coconut cup; an addition to our diverse silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver mounted coconut bowl has a circular rounded form onto a collet foot.
This antique coconut...
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1920s British Vintage Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 3 Wooden Spoons by Fabian Fischer, Germany, 2020
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of 3 handcrafted wooden spoons by Fabian Fischer, Germany, 2020.
The dimensions given apply to the largest spoon.
Category
2010s German Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Wood
Pair of Omar Ramsden Arts & Crafts Sugar Casters / Shakers 1930 / 33 London
By Omar Ramsden
Located in London, GB
A pair of Arts & Crafts sterling silver sugar casters by the esteemed Silversmith Omar Ramsden. These Sugar Shakers have a tapered hexagonal shape and stand on spread pedestal feet. ...
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1830s English Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Georg Jensen Solid Silver Sauce Boats / Gravy Jugs Denmark C. 1945-77
By Georg Jensen
Located in London, GB
A pair of magnificent Sterling Silver Sauce Boats by Georg Jensen with gorgeous blossom inspired handles. Each Gravy Boat stands on an oval spread foot and the body of each sauce boa...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Sterling Silver
A French Antique Silvered Bronze Centerpiece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Antique Silvered Bronze Centerpiece with Galeria Artistica Peru 154 VS Hallmarked
Circa 1880
Origin: France
Height: 4"
Widt...
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19th Century French Antique Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Arts And Crafts serving pieces for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Arts and Crafts serving pieces for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage serving pieces created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, pewter and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Arts and Crafts serving pieces made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original serving pieces, popular names associated with this style include Saverio Carolla, William Hutton & Sons, Liberty & Co., and Artificers Guild. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for serving pieces differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $60 and tops out at $8,362 while the average work can sell for $695.
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