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Tableware For Sale
Lot of Five Silver Plated Metal Animal Motif Knife Rests Austria 20th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of five silver plated figural flatware knife rests in the form of Animals, circa 1910s, European. Nice addition to every table or just for your collection. Tarnished and beauti...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Tableware
Materials
Metal
Vintage Silver Plate Snail Salt Dish Spice Dish with Glass Inlay
Located in Miami, FL
A vintage salt or spice dish designed as a snail with a glass tray inside.
Label silver plated on the bottom.
Makes the perfect timeless gift!
A-816-335
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
$332 Sale Price
30% Off
1930s Venetian Mirrored Glass Tray with Silver Plate Handles
Located in Troy, MI
Venetian mirrored tray with thick, ridged glass frame around an etched mirror tray with silver plate handles at the sides, circa 1930s. Unknown Mu...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Georg Jensen Acanthus Sterling Silver Cream Ladle 156
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
Sterling silver Georg Jensen cream ladle, item #156 in the Acanthus pattern, design #180 by Johan Rohde from 1917.
Additional information:
Material: Sterling silver
Style: Art Nouv...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Flatware, Service for 12/5 Piece Setting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This gorgeous set of sterling silver flatware by Towle Silversmiths is up for sale. The design has a Gothic look and with a curved bo...
Category
2010s American Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Sommerso Murano Glass Vase, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern large Murano glass vase.
Beautiful and rare vase with oval shaped sides and clear glass bottom. The golden glass is striking, especially in the daylight. Large eno...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Art Glass
$325 Sale Price
67% Off
Edward Charles Brown. Rare set of salt and pepper shakers shaped like owls.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Edward Charles Brown.
Rare set of salt and peppe...
Category
1860s British Antique Tableware
Materials
Metal
$3,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Lily by Whiting Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 62 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Lily by Whiting Sterling Silver Flatware set - 62 pieces. This set includes:
12 Knives with French stainless blades, 9"
12 F...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dutch silver table bell by Johannes Antonius Melis s'-Hertogenbosch, 1860
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver table bell by Johannes Antonius Melis s'-Hertogenbosch, 1860
A silver table bell with openwork of sawn-out and engraved motif of scroll leaves. On the inside a copper b...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Cute Mid-Century Modern Napkin Rings Set of Six, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of six napkin rings, circa 1970s, from an unknown maker. A nice addition to any table decoration. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg Germany.
Category
20th Century German Tableware
Materials
Metal
Travertine Wine Bottle Stand
Located in Eindhoven, NB
Put your wine on a style. Crafted entirely from travertine, this wine holder is a beautiful way to put your favorite wine bottle on a kitchen counter or table, and is striking enough...
Category
2010s Tableware
Materials
Travertine
$275 / item
Georg Jensen Beaded Sterling Silver Butter Knife 046
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen butter knife, item 046 in the Beaded pattern, design #7 by Georg Jensen from 1916.
Additional information:
Material...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dinner set for 6 (12 pieces) Hand Painted Italian Faience Garofano Faenza
Located in London, GB
Hand painted dinner ware set with Garofano pattern (6 covers - 12 pieces: 6 soup bowls and 6 plates) hand-painted majolica from Faenza, Italy .
Created and decorated entirely by hand by master craftsmen from Faenza, Italy.
The set can be fully customised in terms of number of place settings and additional bespoke elements that can be added to complement the set: side dishes, serving plates, trays and many more.
Faenza, located between the Adriatic Sea and Bologna, is known as the “City of Ceramics.” The term faience is a French version of the town’s name.
Faience (majolica) production occurred in Faenza during the Middle Ages. In the 1500s, a week-long fair took place where local ceramic manufacturers set up stalls.
Faenza majolica was highly regarded among the wealthy, many of whom commissioned ceramic mastesr to create pieces featuring heraldry, hunting, and mythological designs. During the Renaissance, Faenza became well known for its “beautiful lady” plates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Revival Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Rare Meissen Gravy or Saucier with Attached Underplate and Cover with Strawberry
Located in Boston, MA
This is a very rare and beautiful Meissen gravy or saucier with a raised strawberry decoration on the cover. The bottom has an attached underplate, and is painted with four cartouche...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Frontenac by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service 12 Set 102 pc Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous Dinner & Luncheon Size Fontaine by International sterling silver Flatware set - 102 pieces. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 5/8"
12 Dinner Size Forks, 7 1/2"
12...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
1932 René Lalique - Art Deco Bowl Dish Roscoff Opalescent Glass - Fishes
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco Bowl dish "Roscoff" made in opalescent glass - design of fishes creation by René Lalique in 1932.
Stamped signature.
Perfect condition. Great opalescence
diameter: 36 cm
...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Art Glass
Golden Crown Baroque by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set 53 pieces Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner size Golden Crown Baroque by Gorham sterling silver with gold accent Flatware set - 53 pieces. This pattern is large, heavy, and impressive. This set includes:
8 Dinner Knive...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Regency Covington “Coral Reef” Table Skirt With Samuel and Sons Bullion
Located in west palm beach, FL
Transform your table with this exquisite vintage Regency Covington “Coral Reef” table skirt featuring a beautiful bullion fringe. The delicate pattern...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Regency Tableware
Materials
Fabric
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Wild Rose by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 79 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
The sweetest flower, the Wild Rose, is captured beautifully in this lovely Victorian design. Precise hand-tooling creates nuances of light and reflection. Wild Rose brings the sereni...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Cutlery Set For 12 People In Original Case, Austria-Hungary
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant cutlery set made of solid silver for twelve people consisting of 95 parts in original wooden box.
Dateing: circa 1900
Material: Massive silver '800'
Form type: Elegant, s...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
18 inch Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Charger Naturalistic Crane
Located in New York, NY
An extra large antique Japanese Meiji era enamel over brass charger plate. The plate is enameled with a polychrome image of naturalistic cranes in blossoming flowers and trees on blu...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tableware
Materials
Brass
ONEIDA COMMUNITY Coronation Hampton Court 49 pieces tablewear for 6 person
By Oneida
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
ONEIDA COMMUNITY Coronation Hampton Court 49 pieces table wear for 6 person plus a lot of serving pieces
6 knifes
6 spoons , tea spoons , mocha sp...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Victorian double decanter trolley - made circa 1900
Located in London, London
Made circa 1900, this late Victorian, Antique Silver Plate Decanter Trolley, will hold 2 bottles or decanters, and is ornate in design, with acanthus,...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
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
Old Master by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 73 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Old Master by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 73 pieces. This set includes:
8 Knives, 8 7/8"
8 Forks, 7 1/4"
8 Salad Forks, 6 3/8"
8 Teaspoons, 6"
8 Cream Soup Spoons, 6 1/4"
8 ...
Category
1940s Early Victorian Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tuscan, England, Bone China. Two Pairs of Large Coffee Cups, a Plate and Bowl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Tuscan, England, Bone China. Two pairs of large coffee cups, a plate and a small bowl decorated with butterflies and cherry blossoms.
Mid-20th Century.
In perfect condition.
Marke...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$224 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Silver 800 Cutlery Set for 12 People, Düsseldorf, Germany, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Silver 800 cutlery set for 12 people. Düsseldorf, Germany, late 19th century.
Jugendstil period.
Complete for 12 people.
A total of 164 pieces:
12 ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Jugendstil Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
$20,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Pink and Green Flower Pattern Chinoiserie Cake Plate with Twin Handles
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fantastic antique floral ceramic dish, begging to be displayed at a chic dinner party. A floral bouquet of pink and green takes center stage at the middle on a crisp white backgrou...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Ausrian Flatware, Cutlery Set by Berndorf
Located in Vienna, AT
Austrian high-quality flatware silver plated by Berndorf, former Krupp Company from the 1960s. The cutlery has a handle with a very interesting geometric decor. Used but in excellent...
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver, Steel
$1,390 / set
Contemporary Set of 2 Dinner Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, these white craquelé edge dinner coupe plates from the Confetti collection have an original golden craquelé rim emphasizing the brilli...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Early Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Flamestone Salt and Pepper Shakers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Danish 'Flamestone' earthenware salt and pepper shakers by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk designs, circa 1958-1964. Features the Flamestone signature slate glaze with striated pattern ...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
Pair of Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Boy and Girl Salts / Pinch Pots 1899
Located in London, GB
A pair of magnificent cast solid silver Antique Victorian Table Salts / Salt Pinch Pots. The Figural Salts are cast in a pair of Male & Female Figures in period dress each holing a wide oval woven basket in their hands. The man is dressed in a Tri - Corn hat while the woman wears a wonderful dress and feather hat. Each stands on an ornate base. They are of particularly heavy weight and excellent quality.
Made in London in 1899 by Barnard Brothers...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
The Barn Hand-Painted Ceramic Dinner Plate - Mix Set of 4
By Les Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Bring rustic charm and countryside warmth to your table with the Barn Collection Hand-Painted Ceramic Dinner Plate Set. This enchanting set features four distinctively designed dinne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
72 Pc Vintage Royal Albert Old Country Roses Ruby Celebration China Dinnerware
By Royal Albert
Located in Dayton, OH
72 piece lot of Royal Albert Old Country Roses and Old Country Roses Ruby Celebration Ribbon Collection bone china dinnerware. Set inclu...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Lemon Hand-Beaded Placemat - Set of 4
By Les Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Brighten up your table with our hand-beaded lemon placemats, crafted from shimmering glass beads. These vibrant and cheerful placemats add a touch of Mediterranean charm and playful ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Tableware
Materials
Glass
$140 / set
French Art Nouveau Salt & Pepper Shakers, Facetted Crystal Glass from the 1920s
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of beautiful Art Nouveau salt and pepper shakers, made of facetted glass. Made in France in the 1920s, in excellent condition.
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Tableware
Materials
Crystal
Ode to the Woods, Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plate with Rabbit and Flowers
Located in MILAN, IT
A white taled rabbit, a typical animal of the woods is gently painted on this dinner plate, with soft black tones and it is surrounded by a delicate and intriguing mix of wild flower...
Category
2010s Italian Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Saratoga by Tiffany Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 38 Pieces Fitted Chest
Located in Big Bend, WI
Superb Saratoga by Tiffany and Co. sterling silver Flatware set - 38 Pieces. This set includes:
6 Knives, all-sterling, 8 1/8"
6 Dinner Forks, 8"
6 Luncheon / Dessert Forks, 7"
6 Te...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Kings by Emile Viner Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 185 pcs Fitted Chest
By Emile Viner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Outstanding English Sterling flatware service in fitted chest
The Edward Viner Silver Factory
The origins of the Viner’s silver factory in Sheffield date back to 1908. Emile Viner...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
George II Sterling Silver Basket, London, 1747
Located in Cornwall, GB
A very good large silver swing handle basket of pierced oval form. The arched swing handle with two cast female busts arising from a leaf capped double C-scroll support. The cast and applied rim of shaped foliate and floral entwined decoration. The central bowl of the basket engraved with a rocaille cartouche containing an armorial. The top of the handle is decorated with a leaf form cartouche within which is the crest of a deer. The sides of the raised basket with hand cut pierced decoration. The whole standing on four cast and applied legs, decorated with a beautiful scrolling foliate design rising to high relief female faces, on leaf-form pad feet.
Hallmarked to the underside for London 1747 by Edward Aldridge. The underside of the handle bears the lion passant and maker’s mark, both struck twice.
This is a beautifully decorated and impressive piece of early Georgian silver...
Category
1740s British George II Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dax by Christofle France Silver Plated Flatware Set Service, 42 Pieces
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
Modern clean lines make this pattern forever timeless.
Dinner size Dax by Christofle France silver plated flatware set, 42 pieces. This s...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Albert, Italy, Dinner Cutlery Consisting of 43 Pieces
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Albert, Italy.
Dinner cutlery consisting of 43 pieces.
New silver and green plastic.
Ten knives, ten forks, ten spoons and ten teaspoons, salad cutlery and serving spoon.
Late 19...
Category
20th Century Italian Tableware
Materials
Silver
$640 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Sterling Silver Georgian Silver Lidded Tankard/Beer Mug 1780 George III
Located in London, GB
A classic antique George II solid Silver lidded Tankard. This Silver Georgian Quart Tankard has an impressive domed hinged lid with a shaped thumb piece and a substantial scroll hand...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Diamond by Reed and Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set 24 Service 98 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
The Mid-century Modern pattern "Diamond" was created by Internationally renowned Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti and introduced by Reed & Barton in the year 1958. This is our #1 best selling Mid-century Modern sterling flatware pattern...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stylish Italian Metal Cocktail Set, "Silverfox" Model by Piemme, 1970s
By Gigi Sabadin
Located in Argelato, BO
Italian Metal Cocktail Set, "Silverfox" Model by Piemme, 1970s
The set, consisting of a bottle opener, tongs, knife, stirring rod, and sugar spoon, has a bold and very iconic design...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Metal
Georgian by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 64 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Georgian by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware set, 64 pieces. This set includes:
12 Knives, 9 1/4"
12 Forks, 7"
12 Salad Forks, 6 1/4"
12 Teaspoons, 5 5/8"
12 Gumbo Soup Spoons, 6 7/8"...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Christofle Service in Original Boxes.
By Christofle
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Christofle service in original boxes.
Christofle silver-plated cutlery service in two original boxes, 20th century, very good condition, comp...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Tableware
Materials
Metal
$4,455 / set
Antique George III Georgian Silver Teapot on Stand 1804 Tea Pot
Located in London, GB
An Antique George III solid Silver Teapot on Stand decorated with a delicate engraved design on the Teapot and on the Oval Tray below. The Teapo...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Plate
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel metal charger plate depicting butterfly images within floral designs. Features geometrical patterns to the border. The backside is adorned with a scrolling motif on a black ground with a central blue circle made in the cloisonne technique. Circa the early 20th century. Antique Japanese Plates...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Tableware
Materials
Enamel
Golden Plated Hand Tea Spoon Handcrafted Natalia Criado
Located in Milan, IT
Add an element of elegance and playfulness to your dinner table with our hand tea spoon. Handcrafted from metal and plated brass, its distinguishing feature is the anthropomorphic ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Tableware
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
$137 Sale Price / item
20% Off
New Modern Centrepiece in Black Portoro Marble Creator Ivan Colominas STOCK
Located in Milan, IT
Sculptural, bright white, well-defined and multi-fold. Colominas has created a table service inspired by Angelo Mangiarotti’s soft lines, exalting the shape and structure of objects that characterise the exploration of one of the greatest pleasures afforded us, food.
Mmairo loves wining and dining, good food...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Tableware
Materials
Marble
20th Century English Solid Silver Set Of Eight Napkin Rings, Viner's Ltd c.1961
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Vintage 20th Century English solid silver cased set of eight napkin rings. The set comes with its original leather bound case. Each napkin ring has been engine turned throughout the ...
Category
20th Century British Other Tableware
Materials
Silver
French 18th-19th Century Small Marble Mortar
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful small marble mortar
France, circa 1750-1850
Weathered.
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Tableware
Materials
Marble
$298 Sale Price
48% Off
Vintage Boho Glazed Ceramic Cabbage Salt and Pepper Shakers
Located in west palm beach, FL
Bring a touch of playful charm to your table or kitchen with this delightful pair of vintage salt and pepper shakers, crafted from glazed ceramic to resemble miniature heads of cabba...
Category
Late 20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
$60 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mathieu Matégot Enameled Metal Tray, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Enameled metal tray designed by Mathieu Matégot.
Manufactured by Ateliers Matégot (France), circa 1950.
Dark Blue - Black Lacquered perforated metal with original paint and rattan de...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Metal
$1,465 Sale Price
50% Off
Alessandro Mendini Collectable Postmodern Wine Opener by Alessi Signed & Number
Located in San Diego, CA
Alessandro Mendini wine bottle opener series made for Alessi in 2006 dated and numbered as shown great condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal
Sterling silver decorative syphon stand made in Birmingham in 1926
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1926 by Alexander Clark & Co. Ltd., this handsome, George V period, Sterling Silver Syphon Stand, features pierced decoration ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set Of 6 Lafarge Limoges For Le Cirque Small Monkey Coffee Cups With Saucers
By Limoges
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A set of six Lafarge Limoges for Le Cirque cups with saucers. The cups displaying dark green borders with imagery of monkeys with fruit and orange/rust trim. The saucers are dark gre...
Category
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Try-Tray Small Square Tray in Clear Yellow and Matt Turquoise by Gaetano Pesce
Located in barasso, IT
Try tray square - clear yellow and matt turquoise
Tray in hard resin designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1998 for Fish Design collection.
Additional info:
Material: Hard resin
Colou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tableware
Materials
Resin
Etruscan by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set Dinner Service 142 pcs "L" Mono
Located in Big Bend, WI
Etruscan by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 142 pieces. This set includes:
12 dinner knives, 9 5/8",
12 dinner forks, 7 1/2",
12 luncheon knives, 8 1/2",
12 luncheon fork...
Category
Early 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling 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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