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Tableware For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1950s
Napkin Holder, Vienna, 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Napkin Holder, Vienna, 1960s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Pierre Cardin servizio da 6+6
Located in Lugo, IT
12 piatti 6 piani e 6 fondi di Pierre Cardin.
Ceramica craquele
Buone condizioni.
Grazie
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Water Can Copper Brass Conbination, Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Water can copper brass conbination, around 1950s
Brass copper conbination
Polished.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass, Copper
Vintage Dorothy Thorpe Amber Lucite Twisted Pretzel Napkin Rings Set of Eight
Located in North Miami, FL
These iconic vintage set of 8 lucite Dorothy Thorpe twisted napkin rings are of the amber and Hermes orange color palette and the rarest ones and hardest color to find. They are call...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Lucite
Fruit Knives with Bakelite Stand by Otto Hammesfahr
Located in Wien, AT
Fruit knives with stand by Otto Hammesfahr.
Original condition.
Six pieces of knives
one stand.
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Chrome Jet plane Cruet set 1950s
Located in Dereham, GB
Vintage Chrome Jet plane Cruet set
circa 1950
Chrome plated body ,
the wings shaped to hold Salt & Pepper pot , in form of the Jet engines,
pots wi...
Category
1950s British Streamlined Moderne Vintage Tableware
Materials
Chrome
Golden Tradewinds by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 66 pcs Bamboo
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous Golden Tradewinds by International sterling silver flatware set - 66 pieces. This pattern features a basket weave design and bamboo border with gold accent. This set include...
Category
Late 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian sterling silver oil cruet 800
Located in VALENZA, IT
Oval oil cruet ompletely made and hammered by hand.
On the sides were welded 2 applications made with the casting technique reproducing one an olive branch with olives and leaves and...
Category
1990s Italian Other Tableware
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Fornasetti for Rosenthal Porcelain Gilded Medusa Desert or Salad Plates Vintage
By Fornasetti, Rosenthal
Located in North Miami, FL
This set of 4 vintage classic porcelain plates are a collaboration between Fornasetti and Rosenthal. They have the 3 medusas on top centering the sun motif between the sun’s rays and...
Category
1950s German Classical Roman Vintage Tableware
Materials
Gold
Hannah Hull by Tuttle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 6 Service 36 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
The unadorned Hannah Hull pattern, known for its simple, clean lines, was inspired by old colonial design and was first introduced by Tuttle in 1927.
Hannah Hull by Tuttle sterling ...
Category
Late 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hornsea Tapestry coffee set, Coffee pot, cups and saucers, 2 jugs, 15 pc, 1970s
Located in London, GB
Sarah Vardy (British)
‘Tapestry’ coffee set
Designed 1973, produced by Hornsea, UK
Set comprises coffee pot with lid, six cups and saucers, milk jug, cream jug
Ceramic
Overall, ver...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Stanton Hall by Oneida Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service 43 Pieces
By Oneida
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stanton Hall by Oneida sterling silver flatware set - 43 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 8 7/8".
Eight forks, 7 1/4".
Eight salad forks, 6 5/8"....
Category
1950s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Thomas Weir Howard Loughton Studio Pottery Mug, 1958
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Studio Pottery mug made at Loughton Pottery by Thomas Weir Howard. The shaped stoneware mug has a loop handle with thumb rest and is decorated wi...
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Pottery
Anja Jaatinen-Winquist for Arabia. Six "Kaira" coffee cups with saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Anja Jaatinen-Winquist for Arabia, Finland.
A set of six "Kaira" coffee cups with saucers. Glazed stoneware.
From the 1970s.
Model 24.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Cup: D 7.5 cm wi...
Category
1970s Finnish Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stoneware
French studio ceramicist. Miniature teapot and sugar bowl.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
French studio ceramicist.
Miniature teapot and sugar bowl.
Abstract futuristic style.
Late 20th century.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Teapot: W 17.0 cm x H 14.0 cm.
Sugar bowl: W 19.0 ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Appetize, Nedda El-Asmar for Gense, Sweden. Dinner service for six people.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Appetize, Nedda El-Asmar for Gense, Sweden.
Dinner service for six people, consisting of six dinner knives, six dinner forks, and six dinner spoons.
Late 20th century.
In perfect con...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Arcoroc, France. Set of six octagonal dinner plates in black glass.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Arcoroc, France
A set of six octagonal dinner plates in black glass.
1970s/80s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: Diameter 25.0 cm x Heigh...
Category
1970s French Vintage Tableware
Materials
Glass
Margaux by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 51 pcs Dinner Grapes
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scarce Dinner Size Margaux by Towle sterling silver grape motif Flatware set, 51 pieces. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 3/8"
12 Dinner S...
Category
Late 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fruit Bowl Execution in Brass and Wood by WMF, Germany, around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Fruit bowl execution in brass and wood by WMF, Germany, around 1950s
Brass polished and stove enamelled.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Bing & Grøndahl ”Colombia”. Six pairs of coffee cups in stoneware.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl ”Colombia”. Six pairs of coffee cups in stoneware.
From the 1970s.
Model: 305.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Cup: Height 7.5 cm. x Diameter 7.5...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stoneware
Marianne Westman for Rörstrand. Four pieces of "Maya" stoneware.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Marianne Westman (1928-2017) for Rörstrand, Sweden.
Four pieces of "Maya" stoneware. A teapot, two deep plates and a large serving dish in stoneware.
Ca. 1970.
Marked.
In perfect co...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stoneware
Appetize, by Nedda El-Asmar for Gense, Sweden. Lunch service
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Appetize, designed by Nedda El-Asmar for Gense, Sweden.
Lunch service for six people consisting of six lunch knives, six lunch forks, and six dessert spoons. 18 pieces in total.
Late...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Cohr Herregaard, Three Towers Silver ‘0.830’, Denmark, Lunch Service for Six P
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Cohr Herregaard, three towers silver (0.830). Denmark.
Complete three towers silver lunch service for six people. A total of 21 parts.
Lunch knife / fork and dessert spoon, cheese ...
Category
1950s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Tableware
Aldo Tura Cruet Set in Red Lacquered Goatskin and Stainless Steel 1970s 'Signed'
By Aldo Tura
Located in New York, NY
Cruet set with base in red lacquered goatskin with inset rosewood coasters and stainless steel containers and hardware by Aldo Tura it comes with Ste...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal, Corinth Coffee Service for Twelve People
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal. Corinth coffee service for twelve people in blue-painted porcelain.
Modernist Finnish design. Dated 1979-80.
Consisting of twelve coffee cups with sa...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Appetize, Nedda El-Asmar for Gense, Sweden. Dinner service for six people.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Appetize, Nedda El-Asmar for Gense, Sweden.
Dinner service for six people, consisting of six dinner knives, six dinner forks, and six dinner spoons.
Late 20th century.
In perfect con...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Fornasetti salt and pepper shakers with an additional container
Located in London, GB
Set of three condiment containers. By Piero Fornasetti c 1950
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Nedda El-Asmar for Gense. "Appetize", dinner service for four people.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Appetize, Nedda El-Asmar for Gense, Sweden.
Dinner service for four people, consisting of four dinner knives, four dinner forks, and four dinner spoons.
Late 20th century.
In perfect...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
1958 Russian Set of 6 Niello Gilded Silver Spoons
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1958 set of 6 niello gilded silver spoons, Russian. 1958 with 2 marks: hammer & sickle in star with 875 purity & M for Moscow; oval with Y.G4, the date is 1964. Exquisite work with n...
Category
1950s Russian Art Nouveau Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver
Gio Ponti Italian Stainless Diamond Flatware Set Three Long Ice Tea Spoons 1958
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Gio Ponti Italian stainless diamond flatware set of three long ice tea spoons, 1958.
Measures: 7 1/2" L x 1 1/8" W x 1/2" H
Maker stamped. Italian Gio Ponti designer...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Prince Eugene by Alvin Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 61 Pcs Dinner Size
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful dinner size prince Eugene by Alvin sterling silver flatware set, 61 pieces. This set includes:
Eight dinner size knives, 9 1/2".
Eight dinner size forks, 7 7/8".
Eight sal...
Category
1950s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany, Six Deep Plates in Porcelain, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany.
A set of six deep plates in porcelain with a floral motif.
Retro design.
Approx. 1970s.
Stamped Jaeger & Co.
In perfect condition.
Dimension...
Category
1970s German Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Blue Chalice with Murano Glass and 24-Carat Gold, 1980s, Italy
Located in Villaverla, IT
Italian blue chalice with Murano glass and 24-carat gold, 1980s.
This elegant Venetian chalice was entirely handmade with blown Murano glass, in a beautiful blue color and a particu...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Gold
Pine Spray by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 38 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Pine spray by International sterling silver Flatware set - 38 Pieces. This set includes:
8 knives, 9 1/4"
8 forks, 7 1/4"
8 salad forks, 6 3/4"
8 teaspoons, 6"
1 gravy ladle, 6 1/4"...
Category
1950s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
1970s Sterling Silver Condiment Set
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver three piece condiment set - boxed; an addition to our dining...
Category
1970s English Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Enameled Oil Cruet
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver oil cruet.
The conical body of the cruet is smooth and shiny.
In the central part, olives and olive leaves were embossed and subsequently f...
Category
1990s Italian Other Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, Eight "Herbst / Autumn" Porcelain Plates, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal. Eight "Herbst / Autumn" porcelain plates decorated with branches and orange leaves. 1970s.
Diameter: 11 x 10.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
TI-1 Boxed Cutlery Set, Matte
Located in Richmond, VA
5-piece boxed cutlery set 'TI-1' by Japense designer Takenobu Igarashi, ca. 1990. Made from lightweight 18/10 stainless steel in a matte finish, the...
Category
1990s Japanese Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Christofle Silver Plate , Salt & Pepper mill set , France
By Christofle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice and classy set of silver plate Salt and Pepper Mill, marked on bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Geometrical Blue Glazed Vase by Pietro Arosio for Parravicini, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
It is made in blue glazed ceramic by Pietro Arosio for Parravicini.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be conside...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Impressive Pair of Antonio Pineda Silver Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of modernist design candlesticks by master silversmith Antonio Pineda. One candlestick is marked". 999 silver not solid Pineda Taxco S.A. de C.V." The metal is silver over a bas...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver
Bing & Grøndahl, Tema. Bowl, sugar bowl, and creamer in stoneware. 1970s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, Tema. Bowl, sugar bowl, and creamer in stoneware.
1970s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Bowl: Diameter 9.5 cm x Height 7.0 cm.
Sugar bowl: Diamete...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Display Plate, Barney's New York Collection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Classic midcentury Italian Designed plate featuring an iconic image from Piero Fornasetti’s work, his muse the opera singer, Lina Cavalieri. Crisp black and white timeless design i...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 10, Imperial Stone Faux Malachite Placemats, Acrylic, Signed
By Imperial Stone
Located in New York, NY
Set of ten, Imperial Stone faux malachite placemats, acrylic, signed. Glam octagonal acrylic placemats with white felt backs. Signed with the manuf...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Resin
Gerald Benney Stainless Cutlery by Viners of Sheffield, British, 1970s
Located in Melbourne, AU
Superb set of 'Fisheaters', i.e. Six knives and six forks designed by Gerald Benney, in original box. The influence of Danish design is very clear, yet these are quintessentially midcentury British in their trim, measured and practical style.
'Gerald Benney CBE (21 April 1930 – 26 June 2008) was a British silver and goldsmith who along with David Mellor...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Hertha Baller Pipe Holder, Vienna, circa 1950s 'Marked'
Located in Wien, AT
Hertha Baller pipe holder, Vienna, circa 1950s (Marked)
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Alessi Stainless Steel Cutout Skyscraper Footed Trinket Bowl or Centerpiece
By Alessi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
This Alessi stainless steel 3 footed cutout bowl is of deco inspired partial skyscrapers buildings in more of an abstract form.
It is a vintage ...
Category
1990s Italian Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Villeroy & Boch, Luxemburg, Set of Five "Naif" Porcelain Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Villeroy & Boch, Luxemburg, design Gérard Laplau.
A set of five "Naif" porcelain plates with motifs of families, villages and biblical scenes in a naïve...
Category
Late 20th Century Luxembourgish Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Rohac Fish Toothpick Holder Stand, Austria, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Richard Rohac Fish Toothpick Holder stand, Austria, 1950s
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Rörstrand, Four Cups and a Plate in Porcelain with Pippi Longstocking Motifs
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rörstrand. Four cups and a plate in porcelain with Pippi Longstocking motifs, late 20th century.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
The plate measures: 18 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Appetize, Nedda El-Asmar for Gense, Sweden, Starter Cutlery Set
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Appetize, Nedda El-Asmar for Gense, Sweden.
Starter cutlery set in stainless steel.
16 Pieces of cutlery: 4 knives, 4 spoons, 4 forks and 4 coffee spoons.
Late 20th century
In ...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Michael Winter - Mid Century Silver Salt & Pepper Shakers - London 1979
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1979 by Michael Winter, this handsome pair of Sterling Silver Salt & Pepper shakers, are in the modernist style, with bark effect decoration.
Each shaker me...
Category
1970s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Arabia, Finland, Six Fennica Stoneware Plates, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Arabia, Finland. Six Fennica stoneware plates.
1970s.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: D 20.0 x H 2.0 cm.
Category
1970s Finnish Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stoneware
Angelique by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service, 55 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stunning Angelique by International sterling silver flatware set, 55 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 9 1/4".
Eight forks, 7 1/4".
Eight salad forks, 6 5/8".
Eight teaspoons...
Category
1950s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Arcoroc, France. A set of six octagonal plates in black glass.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Arcoroc, France.
A set of six octagonal dinner plates in black glass.
1970s/1980s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: Diameter 25.0 cm.
Category
1970s French Vintage Tableware
Materials
Glass
Scandia Present, Sweden. A set of six brass cover plates.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Scandia Present, Sweden. A set of six brass cover plates.
In excellent condition with minimal signs of use.
1980s.
Label.
Dimensions: D 27.5 cm.
Fits p...
Category
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Arabia, Finland. "Karelia". Five sets of coffee cups and saucers in stoneware.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Arabia, Finland. "Karelia". Five sets of coffee cups and saucers in stoneware.
From the 1970s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Cup: H 6.0 cm x D 6.4 cm.
Saucer: 14.1 cm.
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stoneware
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany. a Set of Twelve Retro Plates in Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany.
A set of Twelve retro plates in porcelain with a floral motif.
Approx. 1970s.
Stamped Jaeger & Co.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: D 19.5 cm.
Category
1970s German Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Antique and Vintage Tableware
While it isn’t always top of mind for some, antique and vintage tableware can enhance even the most informal meal. It has been an intimate part of how we’ve interacted with our food for millennia.
Tableware has played a basic but important role in everyday life. Ancient Egyptians used spoons (which are classified as flatware) made of ivory and wood, while Greeks and Romans, who gathered for banquets involving big meals and entertainment, ate with forks and knives. At the beginning of the 17th century, however, forks were still uncommon in American homes. Over time, tableware has thankfully evolved and today includes increasingly valuable implements.
Tableware refers to the tools people use to set the table, including serving pieces, dinner plates and more. It encompasses everything from the intricate and elaborate to the austere and functional, yet are all what industrial product designer Jasper Morrison might call “Super Normal” — anonymous objects that are too useful to be considered banal.
There are four general categories of tableware — serveware, dinnerware, drinkware and, lastly, flatware, which is commonly referred to as silverware or cutlery. Serveware includes serving bowls, platters, gravy boats, casserole pans and ladles. Most tableware is practical, but it can also be decorative. And decorative objects count as tableware too. Even though they don’t fit squarely into one of the four categories, vases, statues and floral arrangements are traditional centerpieces.
Drinkware appropriately refers to the vessels we use for our beverages — mugs, cups and glasses. There is a good deal of variety that falls under this broad term. For example, your cheerful home bar or mid-century modern bar cart might be outfitted with a full range of vintage barware, which might include pilsner glasses and tumblers. Specialty cocktails are often served in these custom glasses, but they’re still a type of drinkware.
Every meal should be special — even if you’re using earthenware or stoneware for a casual lunch — but perhaps you’re hosting a dinner party to mark a specific event. The right high-quality tableware can bring a touch of luxury to your cuisine. Young couples, for example, traditionally add “fine china,” or porcelain, to their wedding registry as a commemoration of their union and likely wouldn’t turn down exquisite silver made by Tiffany & Co. or Georg Jensen.
It’s important to remember, however, that when you’re setting the dining room table to have fun with it. Just as you might mix and match your dining chairs, don’t be afraid to mix new and old or high and low with your tableware. On 1stDibs, find an extraordinary range of vintage and antique tableware to help elevate your meal as well as the mood and atmosphere of your entire dining room.
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