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Tableware For Sale
Fiore Large Bowl in Terracotta, Ceramics
By Louise Roe
Located in London, GB
A warm, charming tabletop collection featuring our blue flower, a motif typical of Southern Italian ceramics. Handmade by our talented artisans, stock your kitchen with the full coll...
Category
2010s Italian Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
$105 / item
Grande Baroque Gold Accent by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware for 12 Set 65 pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Styled in the lavish Baroque manner, this highly collectible pattern is our best seller. Introduced in 1941, it captures classic symbols of the Renaissance in the exquisitely carved ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Extensive 70 Piece Crystal Service Antique Ruby Cabochon & Gilt Custom
By Moser
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A hard to find custom ordered extensive crystal service ware with 2 sizes for 18, and 2 sizes for 17. This custom service features cabochon ruby style pan...
Category
Early 1900s Czech Antique Tableware
Materials
Crystal, Gold
$18,000 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Antique Meriden Silver Plated Salt / Spice Cellar or Sugar Bowl with Glass Liner
By Meriden Silver Plate Co., Meriden Cut Glass Company
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique silver-plated salt cellar or sugar bowl was crafted by Meriden, a renowned American silver company. The elegant square-shaped design features a finely detailed...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tableware
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate, Brass
Antique Copper Jelly Mould. English 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely small copper jelly mould
Original patina
Unusual shape
Marked number " 558 "
Good condition
Fee Uk shipping
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Copper
$143 Sale Price
35% Off
Sunrise Sunset Cup 5 Handblown Glass Tumbler
By Fort Makers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Surrealist-inspired sunrise sunset cups are hand blown in a kaleidoscope of ombre colors and adorned with contrasting orb handles to evoke a looking glass, a glimpse into a miniature...
Category
2010s American Modern Tableware
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of 12 Porcelain Figural Dapper Gentleman Napkin Rings
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Collection of adorable hand painted gentleman napkin rings that were made in Japan circa 1930. They are all hand painted so there are some imperfections.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Six Persons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver straight Queen's pattern flatware service for six persons; an addition to our canteen of cutlery collection
The pieces of this exceptional, antique Victorian straight*, sterling silver flatware set for six persons have been crafted in Queen's pattern.
The surface of each fork and spoon handle is embellished with the classic Queen's pattern ornamentation, including a convex shell design to the terminal, in addition to the scroll bordered honeysuckle and rosette design.
Each piece features honeysuckle designs to the shoulders, in addition to the spoon and fork heels.
This Queens pattern...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pewter Sugar Jar and Creamer by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
Elegant set of Pewter Sugar Jar & Creamer made by Just Andersen in the 1930s.
* Set (2) of pewter sugar jar and creamer with lugs and round chasings at the bottom
* Designer: Just ...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Pewter
Portmeirion Pottery Greek Key Espresso Coffee Service Susan Williams Ellis Desig
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible vintage MCM (Mid-Century Modern) to Modern Portmeirion Pottery espresso coffee service with demitasse cups in black and gilded Greek Key...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
$486 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Set of Four Old Ceramic Dutch Tiles, Windmill & Farmers, Hand Painted
Located in Andernach, DE
Four unusual and elegant Dutch Art Deco or slightly later ceramic tiles from the early 1920s to 1940s approx..
Genuine hand made and hand painted in a square shape, these tiles feature peasants and country scenes
such as a fisherman, a farmer carrying a sack, likely to the windmill on the next tile, all related to the water.
The colour scheme is a classic Dutch mix of subtle natural tones.
Craquelures all over.
Beautiful also the corner decor...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Raymond Loewy for Air France Concorde Set of 36 Circa's 1970
Located in Brussels, BE
This is original cutlery set of 36 brown pieces : 12 knifes, 12 spoons ,12 forks.
Created by designer Raymond Loewy for Air France. These are made of steel and brown plastic. Each piece is branded 'Air France'.
Raymond Loewy designed...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Set of 5 Small Plate or Coasters in Porcelain by Piero Fornasetti, Italy 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury a set of five beautiful black and white small plates or coasters in porcelain displaying drawn animals with money (snail, dog, hen, turtl...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Onedia Mid-Century South Seas Silverplate Flatware Set for Community
By Community
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A 58 piece set of silverplated sculptural south seas pattern styled flatware with 8 serving pieces, with five pieces for each place setting salad, dinner fork, tea, soup spoon and knife. There are eight severing pieces butter, cake knife, slotted, large severing and condiment spoon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Steuben Amethyst Hand Blown Optic Rib Plates & Stemware Service for 12
Located in Great Barrington, MA
What an amazing collection of Steuben's hand blown amethyst crystal dinner service for 12! All hand blown in the more desirable form of optic ribbing that gives each piece a special ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Crystal
Rose Point by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 78 Pcs Dinner Size
Located in Big Bend, WI
Rose Point by Wallace sterling silver dinner size flatware set, 78 pieces. This set includes:
12 dinner size knives, 9 7/8"
12 dinner size forks, 7 5/8"
12 salad forks, 6 3/8"
12 te...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Set of Twelve Sterling Silver Charger Plates 587A
Located in Hellerup, DK
A set of twelve early sterling silver Georg Jensen charger plates, design #587A by Johan Rohde (1930). This minimalist design marks Rohde’s transition from Art Nouveau to Art Deco, s...
Category
1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
George III Period Antique Sterling Silver Tankard, London 1774 John King
By John King
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1774 by John King, this wonderful, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Tankard, is of traditional straig...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 2 Hand-Crafted Cooking Spatula by Hokuto Sekine, Japan 2021
Located in Berlin, DE
Hand-Crafted Cooking Spatula in Japanese mountain cherry by Hokuto Sekine, Japan - 2021. The set contains two different sized spatulas. The measureme...
Category
2010s Japanese Arts and Crafts Tableware
Materials
Cherry
Sugar Bowl & Spoon Designed by Michael Graves for Alessi Memphis Era
Located in San Diego, CA
Sugar bowl and spoon designed by Michael Graves for Alessi, circa 1988 made in Italy. Memphis era.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tableware
Materials
Chrome
$140 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tiffany & Co. Colonial Silver Flatware Service for 12
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12
Tiffany & Co.
This exquisite 180-piece sterling silver flatware service for 12 by Tiffany & Co. is crafted in the distinguished Colonial patt...
Category
19th Century American Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Square Hand-Embroidered Pineapple Motif Tablecloth with Lace Trim
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty and colorful midcentury hand-embroidered tablecloth. The piece is square and created from linen. Crotcheted lace decorates the edges in...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Fabric, Yarn
$40 Sale Price
20% Off
Brass Martini Picks: Four Piece Set of Sculpted and Cast Brass Olive Picks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The ultimate martini experience with this exquisite set of four brass high-polish martini picks, crafted by the skilled hands of Heath Wagoner at HW. Stu...
Category
2010s American Tableware
Materials
Brass
19th Century Russian Silver Samovar
Located in London, GB
19th century Russian silver samovar
Russian, 1875
Height 42cm, width 28cm, depth 31cm
This elegant silver samovar was crafted by Russian craft...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
$51,645 Sale Price
30% Off
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
19th Century English Regency Papier-mâché Chinoiserie Japanned Tray
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 19th century Regency papier-mâché chinoiserie tray. In addition to the lovely pen-work, it has mother of pearl inlay. It is not marked. Lite and general wear.
Category
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Tableware
Materials
Wood
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
6 Bicchieri Smoke Joe Colombo per Arnolfo di Cambio altezza 14 cm.
Located in Milano, IT
6 Bicchieri Smoke Joe Colombo per Arnolfo di Cambio
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Glass
Windham by Tiffany and Co Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 71 pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Designed with an eye for balance and proportion, each piece of Tiffany & Co. flatware is a masterpiece of form and function. Windham was first introduced by Tiffany in 1923. It was n...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 8 Carlo Moretti Modern Heavy Blown Glass Drinking Glasses Glassware Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 8 Carlo Moretti modern heavy blown glass drinking glasses, glassware made in Italy.
Each glass is marked underneath with Italy.
A-89...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver tea caddy made by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver tea caddy has an octagonal panelled form.
The surface of this fine silver tea caddy box is plain and unembellished.
This antique sterling silver tea caddy retains the original hallmarked domed hinged cover surmounted with the original cast sterling silver scroll decorated loop handle/finial.
The anterior edge of the cover features a plain rounded thumbpiece.
This exceptional example of Victorian silverware retains the original gilded interior.
This impressive box was crafted by the renowned London silversmith Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd.
Condition
This antique silver tea...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Southern Charm by Alvin Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 63 pc Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner Size Southern Charm by Alvin c1947 sterling silver Flatware set, 63 pieces. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 5/8"
12 Dinner Size Forks, 8"
12 Salad Forks, 6 1/...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wonderful Belgian Art Deco Coffee Set 1930s
Located in Meer, VAN
Wonderful Belgian Art Deco Coffee Set 1930s
A rare and very beautiful 10 person art deco coffee - or tea - set in blue and silver porcelain with distinct octagonal art deco shapes a...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$4,083 / set
Pressure Cast Iron Pot Ch. Umbach Bietigheim, 1910s
Located in Praha, CZ
Germany
Good original condicion.
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Tableware
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century 68 Pc Royal Bayreuth Beverly Floral Rose Dinnerware China Set
Located in Dayton, OH
Early to mid 20th century 68 piece dinnerware set by Royal Bayreuth in the Beverly pattern. White porcelain with a cream and blue border accented with golden brown oak leaves and pin...
Category
Early 20th Century German Louis XV Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Modern by Allan Adler Sterling Silver Flatware Set Hammered 90 pc Dinner
By Allan Adler
Located in Big Bend, WI
Allan W. Adler (May 8, 1916 - December 3, 2002) His clean, unadorned and well-crafted style was strongly influenced by the traditional work of early American silversmiths and the con...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian sterling silver and mother of pearl dessert set for 12 made in 1885
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1885 by Martin & Hall, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver & Mother of Pearl Dessert Set, is for...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sultan's Journey Red Parrots Porcelain Plate by Patch NYC for Les-Ottomans
By Patch NYC
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
The Sultan's journey is an inspiring collection created by Patch NYC for Les-Ottomans that recreates, through characters, the magic world of the Sultans and Ottoman Empire.
This red Parrots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Silver Plate Salt & Pepper Shaker, Sweden
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful silver plated pair of Salt & Pepper shaker, vintage Sweden. Nice addition to every table. Some patina, but this is old-age.
Found at an Estate sale in Stockholm, Sweden....
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Tableware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
$84 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Jens Quistgaard Odin Flatware for Dansk, 59 Pieces
Located in Amarillo, TX
Jens Quistgaard Odin for Dansk Silverware, 59 pieces.
Germany, circa 1958.
Stainless steel.
Labeled "Dansk Design Germany."
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Dotty Dinner Plate in Terracotta (Set of Four)
By Louise Roe
Located in London, GB
Rustic and full of charm, our Dotty collection is handmade in Southern Italy. Inspired by an antique terracotta fragment found by Louise on her travels, shop the full dinnerware coll...
Category
2010s Italian Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Tias Eckhoff Rosewood Flatware Cutlery set for 12 persons, Lundtofte 1960s
By Tias Eckhoff
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Iconic Scandinavian flatware dinner set for 12 persons. 12 dinner knives, 12 dinner forks and 12 soup spoons. Designed by Norwegian industrial de...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
$1,415 Sale Price / set
20% Off
32 Piece Dessert Set Spode England, Circa 1920. 12 plates 10 Demi Cups & Saucers
By Spode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
From one of our favorite English firms, Copeland Spode, is this striking set. The rich almost cobalt blue background is textured and inset with vibrant florals. Each one is different...
Category
1920s British Vintage Tableware
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Collection of 4 Ceramic Fruits by Eisen Arts
By Eisen Arts
Located in Hanover, MA
Charming and realistic ceramic fruits (green apple, Anjou pear and 2 Bosc pears) each signed. B. Eisen of Eisen Arts. Each fruit is in two halves and can be opened up.
...
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Category
1950s American Vintage Tableware
Alt Kopenhagen by Robbe & Berking 800 Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 87 Pc
Located in Big Bend, WI
Over half of the 200 largest yachts on the planet are fitted out with Robbe & Berking silver. The manufacturer's restaurant clients are distinguished by hundreds of Michelin stars. Thus, among connoisseurs across the world, the name Robbe & Berking stands as a quality seal for uncompromising and unrivaled quality combined with German workmanship.
Beautiful Alt Kopenhagen...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hand-Painted Decorative Iron Tray - Butterflies
By Les Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Make a bold statement with our hand-painted iron decorative tray, featuring butterflies. Perfect for display, this tray adds a touch of the nature to any space. Intended for decorati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Tableware
Materials
Iron
Limoges, France. Coffee cup, sugar bowl, and creamer in porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Limoges, France. Coffee cup, sugar bowl, and creamer in porcelain decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: Fr...
Category
1970s French Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$168 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Art Deco Machine Age Chrome Coffee Service with Bakelite Handles by Chase
Located in New York, NY
Excellent example of Streamline Art Deco design, this coffee service was manufactured by Chase in the United States circa 1930. Composed of four pieces - a coffee maker with percolat...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Chrome
English silver napkin rings by William Hutton & Sons, 1895
Located in Delft, NL
English silver napkin rings by William Hutton & Sons, 1895
Two napkin rings in silver made by William Hutton and Sons, round with floral engraved decor on each side a shield. One si...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Rina Menardi Handmade Ceramic White Lagoon Trays
By Rina Menardi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian handmade ceramic tray in white by Rina Menardi. Can be ordered in different colors. Priced individually. Made to order. Shipping from Europe not included.
Measures: Mini $49...
Category
2010s Italian Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
$1,485 / item
Little Flower Tablecloth - Round
Located in London, GB
Our Little Flower collection features a beautiful ditsy floral print and comes in three colourways: Blue, Green and Maroon. Hand-blocked by artisans onto 100% cotton, the tablecloths...
Category
2010s Italian Tableware
Materials
Cotton
Olympian by Tiffany and Co Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 252 Pc Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
The incredible multi-motif Olympian pattern, which was introduced by Tiffany & Co. in 1878, is the most elaborate and complex of all Tiffany flatware designs. Each piece of Olympian ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gio Ponti's sugar bowl for F.lli Calderoni 1930's Alpacca silver-plated Art Dèco
Located in Taranto, IT
Gio Ponti Fratelli Calderoni 1930's Silver Sugar Bowl.
Silver-plated nickel silver plated frame
Measurements :
Height 6cm
Width across 10 cm
DEPTH 17 cm
The item is in good...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver
Cambridge by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set 310 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Incredible monumental Dinner and Luncheon Cambridge by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set - 310 pieces, including many unusual serving pieces. Thi...
Category
Early 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Boxed Amboss Mid-Century 6 Knives And 6 Forks, Flatware Cutlery, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of six small modernist forks and knives in their original boxes. Executed in the 1950s by Amboss Austria. Made of stainless steel with beautiful teak wooden handles. Originally produced as fruit knives and forks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
A boat-shaped silver bread basket by N.S. Gotlieb
Located in Delft, NL
A boat-shaped silver bread basket by N.S. Gotlieb
A boat-shaped silver bread basket with straight openwork bars, between diamond-shaped openwork, above which is a rim with an openwo...
Category
20th Century Dutch Tableware
Materials
Silver
Arcoroc, France. Set of nine octagonal plates in black glass.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Arcoroc, France
A set of nine octagonal plates in black porcelain.
1970s/80s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: Diameter 18.2 cm.
Category
1970s French Vintage Tableware
Materials
Glass
$280 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Victorian Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Twelve Persons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver composite Fiddle pattern flatware service for twelve persons; an addition to our silver cutlery collection.
The pieces of this exceptional, antique Victorian composite sterling silver canteen service for twelve persons have been crafted in the Fiddle pattern.
The surface of each handle is plain and unembellished.
The posterior surface of each silver spoon has a rounded heel to the bowl.
This Victorian sterling silver flatware set consists of eighty-nine pieces:
Basic Service:
12 Table knives
12 Table forks
12 Table spoons
12 Dessert knives
12 Dessert forks
12 Dessert spoons
12 Teaspoons
Additional Service:
Soup ladle
Pair of sauce ladles
Pair of gravy spoons
This exceptional and composite Fiddle pattern silver...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Bakelite Novelty Cocktail Stick Set, French, c1930
Located in Devon, England
A novelty 1930s cocktail stick set originating from France. Features multi coloured Bakelite cocktail sticks with chromed metal prongs inside a cher...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Tableware
Materials
Chrome
Set of 4 Blue Wicker Ceramic Dinner Plates Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Enhance your table setting with the charming Handpainted Ceramic Wicker Plates, skillfully crafted and beautifully painted by artisans in Italy. Featuring an intricate wicker-inspire...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Owl Mustard Pot with Unusual Green Eyes & Snail Serving Spoon, c. 1930
Located in London, GB
A delightful solid silver mid century mustard pot in the form of an owl, made in Spain c. 1930.
The owl is beautifully modelled and in lovely condition, with the hinge in good worki...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver
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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