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Rococo Serving Pieces

ROCOCO STYLE

Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.

The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.

When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.

The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.

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Style: Rococo
Vintage Silver Plate Chafing Dish
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Silver Plate Chafing Dish. This outstanding large lided chafing dish features celluloid handles with lovely scallops around the perimeter and shell accents. The interior dime...
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20th Century English Rococo Serving Pieces

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Silver Plate

Meissen Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12 People
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful German Meissen dinnerware service for twelve people with serving pieces. The dinnerware service is in great condition. Just exquisite & ve...
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1960s German Vintage Rococo Serving Pieces

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Gold

Antique Meissen Neu Brandenstein Gravy or Sauce Boat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Meissen gravy or sauce boat. By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. Having tin handles, two spouts, and an integral undertray. In the Neu Brandenstein...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Serving Pieces

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Porcelain

Meissen Large Round Platter in the Meissen Purple Indian Pattern
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this beautiful large round platter in the Meissen purple Indian pattern. It has detailed paintings of pink flow...
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1960s German Vintage Rococo Serving Pieces

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Porcelain

19th Century English Silver Plate Samovar / Tea Urn
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th century English silver plated samovar / tea or coffee urn with Ram detail side handles and finial lid on square footed base . The samova...
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1860s English Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Silver Plate, Copper

Fine Antique Meissen Porcelain Blue Onion Pattern 2 Lobed Serving Dish
Located in Tustin, CA
Very fine, elegant antique handmade and hand painted Meissen porcelain, 2 lobed scalloped serving dish with rocaille handle in the "Blue Onion" pattern. In perfect condition. The ...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Serving Pieces

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Porcelain

Silver Serving Spoon Antique Pair of Decorative Sterling Silver Gilded Spoon
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique valuable sterling silver serving spoons Decorative tableware pressed, cast and chased, gold gilding on the inside. Oval, domed body on short,...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Creamer by French Master Silversmith Andre Aucoc
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality French sterling silver creamer bearing the makers mark Aucoc. This most elegant pot has smooth surface and is intricately decorated. Additionally, there is an elegant beaked spout and a wooden handle. Maitre Andre Aucoc...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Sterling Silver

French Sterling Silver Spoons Set of 12, Antique Tea, Coffee or Dessert Spoons
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine quality set of 12 antique sterling silver tea, coffee or dessert spoons. Stunning design and craftsmanship. The handles have sophisticated Art Nouveau Pattern different decor, flowers, vine leaves, bunch of grapes, foliage, decor dahlias. Presented in its original box. Prestigious silversmith: A La Gerbe...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Sterling Silver

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...
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1880s German Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Porcelain

20th Century Rococo Style Sterling Silver Chocolate/Coffee Pot , Italy, 1989
Located in Cagliari, IT
Extraordinary reproduction of an Italian coffee / chocolate pot of the 18th century hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari. Splendid chisel work typical of the Milanese ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Rococo Serving Pieces

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Sterling Silver

Antique 19th Century French Sterling Silver Rococo Chocolate Pot
Located in Miami, FL
An elegant 19th century French hallmarked sterling silver chocolate pot with embossed decoration. The pot is decorated with a band around the top. There is embossed decoration on top...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Sterling Silver

Antique French Faience Sweetmeat Stand Marked for Veuve Perrin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, antique faience figural sweetmeat stand marked for Veuve Perrin. Five sweetmeat cups rest on figural Intertwined branches and are supported by ...
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19th Century French Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Pottery

Lobmeyr Hand Blown Crystal Punchbowl, Goblets & Ladle W/ Raised Gold
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a rare Lobmeyr complete punch set comprised of a hand-blown lidded and footed punchbowl with 12 matching punch cups. This exquisite example has optic rib internal decoration ...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

Materials

Crystal

Antique German Furstenberg Porcelain Coffee Pot
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique German porcelain coffee pot was made by the Furstenberg Works factory in circa 1760 in the period Rococo style. This coffee pot is d...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Porcelain

George II Rococo Antique Sterling Silver Punch Ladle by Ebeneezer Coker, 1756
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1756 by Ebeneezer Coker, this striking, George II, antique sterling silver punch ladle, is in the Rococo ta...
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1750s English Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Sterling Silver

Silver Rococo Chocolate Pot Handle by Master F.X. Weixelbaum, Vienna, 1759
Located in Vienna, AT
Silver most elegant chocolate pot Rococo Period / made 1759 Excellently made silver pot of finest quality. The pot's form type is that of a pear-shaped item attached to three ...
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1750s Austrian Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Sterling Silver

Vintage mid century wine coaster by pool silver plate
Located in Birmingham, AL
Preowned vintage silver plate wine coaster withb ornate rococo design on the rim , it is made by poole , which is marked at the bottom. Wine coasters help to ensure that any residua...
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Early 20th Century Rococo Serving Pieces

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Silver

Oval-shaped Silver Tray by Georg Roth & Co. Embossed with a Napoleonic Scene
Located in London, GB
Oval-shaped silver tray by Georg Roth & Co. embossed with a Napoleonic scene German, Late 19th Century Height 3cm, width 57.5cm, depth 47.5cm, weight 1.87kg This superb piece of si...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Silver

Edwardian Rococo Style English Sterling Silver Cream Jug / Creamer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver creamer in the Rococo style; an addition to our Edwardian silverware collection. This fine antique Edwardian sterling silver cream jug has a plain pear shaped form. The body of this silver cream jug is embellished with flat chased simplified leaf designs incorporating scrolling borders and scale motif panels, in the Rococo style. The decoration to the body incorporates an applied moulded border to the upper shaped rim and an impressive scrolling leaf design to the underside of the spout. The formation of this Edwardian piece reflects an early Georgian design and style often associated with the renowned silversmith Paul de Lamerie. This impressive example of Edwardian teaware is fitted with a cast and applied shaped scrolling handle with a predatory bird's head to the upper terminal and further leaf designs to the lower socket. The jug is supported by three impressive cast and applied ribbed feet with scrolling sockets in junction with the body. The underside of this sterling silver cream jug bears the retailer's mark 'Carrington & Co., London, 130 Regent St', in addition to the registration number '6940'. Condition This antique silver cream jug...
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Early 1900s English Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Silver Fruit Tray or Tray, Córdoba, Bartolomé Gálvez y Aranda, 1759-1768, Spain
By Bartolomé Gálvez y Aranda
Located in Madrid, ES
Salva cordobesa in silver, 1759-1768. With brands. Córdoba, Spain. Weight: 820 g. Salva in silver Rococo style, with punches of Cordoba and the score Bartolomé Gálvez y Aranda. It has a high, stepped foot, with a circular base, adorned with incised streaks and other simple motifs of a Classic type, announcing the change of language towards Neoclassicism. However, the dish itself is still distinctly Rococo, with a profile of curved mitering that translates into edges in the eaves. Bartolomé Gálvez y Aranda was a silversmith, although he worked as a marker between 1759 and 1772, using for this work the punch that we see here: his surname in capital letters, in very trapezoidal frame and surmounted by a fleur-de-lys in three-lobed projection. To this punch Gálvez y Aranda will add since 1768 the chronological mark, so this salvo would be dated between 1759 and 1768. It is also an especially interesting piece to come from Cordoba, the main center of Spanish silverware of the Rococo period, from whose workshops came religious and profane pieces of high quality, aimed at customers not only local but throughout the Iberian Peninsula, reaching even the Canary Islands and Latin America. The great diffusion of the Cordovan silversmith will take place, in fact, in the last quarter of the 18th century, through the so-called master silversmiths. These characters acted as trade corridors, according to Pérez Grande, visiting the churches and fairs held throughout the country. The activity of these silversmiths was also favored by tax exemptions...
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Silver

Silver Jug with Illegible Hallmarks, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Jug with lid and silver handle in its color that has a circular foot decorated and raised with a series of moldings and a band of pearls, from which part a small foot that gives way ...
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18th Century European Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Silver

Rococo Faience Cream Jug
Located in Ljungby, SE
A Rococo cream jug made of faience, crafted at the Swedish Rörstrand faience factory. The jug is painted in polychrome colors, featuring beautifully ...
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18th Century Swedish Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Faience

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Meissen Purple Indian Reticulated Compote with Pink, Puce and Gold Decoration
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1890s German Antique Rococo Serving Pieces

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Copeland Spode Gravy with Gilded Border and White Jeweling Made for T. Goode
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Large Meissen Purple Indian Four Cornered Bowl from The Late 19th Century
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Meissen Purple Indian Gravy with Attached Underplate from the Late 19th Century
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Rococo serving pieces for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Rococo serving pieces for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, 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 and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, silver and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo serving pieces made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original serving pieces, popular names associated with this style include Meissen Porcelain, Carrington & Co, Ebenezer Coker, and Furstenberg Porcelain. 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 $285 and tops out at $98,000 while the average work can sell for $1,495.

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