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Tableware For Sale
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
$400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Danish by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service Dinner 67pc
Located in Big Bend, WI
Eight dinner size knives, 9 3/4"
Eight dinner size forks, 7 3/4"
Eight salad forks, 6 3/8"
Eight teaspoons, 6 1/8"
Eight hollow handle butter spreaders all-sterling, 6"
Eight cocktai...
Category
1940s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Danish Modern Vintage Royal Copenhagen Fruit Skewer Claus Jensen NIB
Located in San Diego, CA
1980's fruit skewer new in a box never used in gold and silver plated finish. rare piece deigned by royal Copenhagen Denmark.
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal
Danish Thule Series Art Glass Bowl by Per Lütken for Holmegaard, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful Holmegaard Bowl THULE by Per Lutken 1960s. Danish design. Stunning Scandinavian modern Vintage Center piece - Heavy Holmegaard Aqua blue Art Glass Bowl - design year 1960....
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Art Glass
Set of 4 Napkin Rings in Pink Swirl Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Our colourful, modern and playful resin napkin rings will be the perfect addition to your spring and summer tablescape.
The set includes 4 napkin rings.
Designed by Paola Valle ...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Tableware
Materials
Resin
Princess by Stieff Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service Repousse
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scarce Princess by Stieff hand chased high-relief repousse sterling silver Flatware set, 55 pieces (plus 8 Rose by Stieff Teaspoons). This set includes:
8 Knives, 8 3/4"
8 Forks, 7"...
Category
20th Century American Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Bittersweet Sterling Silver Salt Cellar 102 Salt Spoon 103
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen sterling silver salt cellar with blue enamel and salt spoon, items #102 & #103 in the rare Bittersweet pattern, design #79 from 1940 by Gundorph Albertus. This is the ...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
11 Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower Braided Cake Plates, Model Number 10/8092
Located in Copenhagen, DK
11 Royal Copenhagen blue flower Braided cake plates. Model number 10/8092.
Diameter: 16.2 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factory quality.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
English Silver condiment set by Mappin & Webb, Birmingham, 1927
Located in Delft, NL
English Silver condiment set by Mappin & Webb, Birmingham, 1927
A silver set with blue glass liners in the salt cellars and mustard pots
The...
Category
Early 20th Century English Tableware
Materials
Silver
Genuine Redmon Woven Wicker Picnic Basket with Tabletop in Red and Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A red woven wicker picnic basket with metal handles, wood lid, and short tabletop for serving drinks or sandwiches. Created from woven red and br...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Tableware
Materials
Metal
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Acorn Pattern Breakfast Spoon Service Mixed Set / 8
By Georg Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An assembled sterling silver breakfast service, consisting of a pastry server, two jam spoons and five mocha spoons - a set of eight in the Classic acorn pattern.
Measure: One pasty server 6.5 in. L x 1 3/8 W
Five mocha spoons 3.75 in. L x .75 in. H. Initialed with a B on the verso.
Two jam spoons 4 3/8 in. L x 1 in. H
Designed by Johan Rodhe for Jensen and introduced in 1915, the Acorn pattern is iconic of the European Arts & Crafts movement of the early 1900s.
The mocha and jam spoons are showing the Georg Jensen, Denmark mark used circa 1933-1944. The pastry server is marked, USA Royal Danish International Silver...
Category
Early 20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Crystal Set of Six Lausitzer Stem Glasses with Colored Overlay Cut to Clear
By Lausitzer
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage set of six cuts to clear crystal stem glasses.
Clear demi crystal glass. Six sides facetted and toothed stem. The bowl with colored ...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Crystal
Breton Rose by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set, 12 Service, 72 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stunning Breton Rose by International sterling silver flatware set of 72 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9 1/4".
12 forks, 7 1/4".
12 salad forks, 6 3/8".
12 teaspoons, 6".
12...
Category
1950s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Salvador Teran Mosaic and Brass Water Pitcher
Located in Ferndale, MI
Exceptional hand-wrought Salvador Teran mosaic and brass pitcher with opposing hands and three button design in classic black & white. I appreciate this p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver "Cypress" Flatware, Service for Twelve Ca. 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
Modernist sterling silver flatware set in the Cypress pattern, designed by Tias Eckhoff for Georg Jensen, Denmark, circa early 1950s. We have a full service for 12: each six-piece pl...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Pepper Mill Italian Design 1950s Brass and Teak Missile
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pepper Mill Italian design 1950s brass and teak missile.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Claret Jug by William Hutton & Sons, 1898
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1898 by William Hutton & Sons, this attractive, Victorian, antique sterling silver claret jug, has a plain sterling silver mount and an oval cut glass body. T...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Royal Danish by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 56 pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
The accent is on form and symmetry in Royal Danish, which takes its influence from the traditional artistry of Scandinavia. Bold openwork reflects this modern interpretation, even on...
Category
1930s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Meissen Koffee, Tee & Dessert Set For 12 Pers., Indian Flowers, Germany, 20th C.
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee and Tea Service, Consisting of 48 Parts:
1 lidded coffee pot, 1 lidded teapot, 2 milk jugs, 2 sugar bowls, 12 cups, 12 saucers, 12 dessert plates, 1 oblong tray, 1 ser...
Category
20th Century German Baroque Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
1929 Sterling Silver Water/Cordial Jug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V sterling silver water/cordial jug; part of our dining silverware collection.
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique sterling silver jug...
Category
1920s British Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Contemporary Cutlery Silver Plated Set Handcrafted in Italy by Natalia Criado
Located in Milan, IT
Elevate your dining experience with our Artefacto cutlery set. A fork, spoon, and knife – meticulously crafted from plated brass. Inspired by geometric forms and ornamental symbolism...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Magnificent French Antique Porcelain 116-Piece Dinner Set, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
116 Pieces
A magnificent French Antique porcelain 116-piece dinner set, 19th century, with burgundy and gold accents.
This set is exceptionnal both in its beauty, its state of conservation, and the extraordinary range of pieces and serving pieces.
Set includes:
o 33 assiettes (8.75" diam)
o 13 shallow soup plates (8.5")
o 18 dessert plates (8.5")
o 9 saucers (5.25")
o 9 cups (2 " H x 3.5 x 4 )
o 12 cream jars with their lids "pots à crème...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Copenhagen by Manchester Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 84 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scandinavian design Copenhagen by Manchester Sterling Silver flatware set - 84 pieces. This set includes:
12 Knives, 8 3/4"
12 Forks, 7"
12 Salad Forks, 6 1/4"
12 Teaspoons, 6"...
Category
1940s American Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Victorian sterling silver spoon warmer - Rupert Favell London 1875
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1875 by Rupert Favell, this rare, Antique, Victorian Sterling Silver Spoon Warmer, is modelled as a Nautilus shell on a roc...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Imperial Porcelain Alexander II Period Plate
Located in London, GB
Large Imperial Porcelain Alexander II period plate
Russian, mid-19th Century
Height 24cm, width 24cm, depth 3.5cm
This impressive 19th-century plate is an artefact of Russian Imper...
Category
Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Fin Trivet / Tray from Souda, Anodized Black, in Stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Made using a manufacturing process utilized for railways, medical devices, and electronics, the Fin Trivets bring an Industrial touch to your tabletop. Both durable and multifunction...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
$30 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Hummus Floral Cotton Table Napkin, Handcrafted By Artisans ( set of 4 Napkin )
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Hummas floral table napkin is a unique artisanal napkin. Created artistically and ethically by artisans in India using block print technique, using only pure natural dyes. It is a pu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Tableware
Materials
Cotton
$58 Sale Price / set
15% Off
Arne Jacobsen 12 Place settings AJ Flatware Set 75pcs. A. Michelsen Denmark
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Twelve six piece place setting set of AJ stainless steel flatware totaling 75 pieces including 12 large forks , 12 small forks , 12 soup spoons, 12 large spoons and 12 small spoons ....
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Boxed Set, Silver-Plated Dinner Services, Menagère in its Box.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Boxed set, silver-plated dinner services, menagère in its box.
Set of 6 forks and 6 spoons, box, silver-plated dinner services in its case, Napoleon III style, 20th century.
H: 5cm,...
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
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
Cinderella Sugar Bowl, Porcelain Handmade in Italy, Handcrafted Design 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Cinderella's fairytail.
This ceramic piece is completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care.
A set is consisting of a mi...
Category
2010s Italian Belle Époque Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$483 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Blue glass and brass tray
Located in London, GB
Blue mirrored glass tray with brass elements
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Wedgwood by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 40 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful, heirloom quality Wedgwood by International sterling silver flatware set - 40 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 8 3/4".
Eight forks, 7 1/4".
Eight salad forks, 6 1/...
Category
1920s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique LS & S Limoges Gold Snowflake Luncheon Plates - Set of 6 Late 1800s
By Limoges
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Antique Limoges Porcelain Plates with Ornate Gold Gilding and Intricate Snowflake Medallion Design
This breathtaking set of antique p...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Tableware
Materials
Gold
Royal Worcester Hand Painted Gilded Dessert Service for Asprey's-17 Pieces
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This eye-popping complete dessert service was especially made for Asprey's, London in 1937. Imagine who might have owned this custom-ordered set! It consists of 17 pieces which inclu...
Category
1930s English Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Blue on Blue Cathrineholm Lotus Enamelware Bowl, Scandinavian Modern Kitchen
Located in Chicago, IL
Charming small Cathrineholm cereal bowl with blue on blue lotus design. Very good condition overall with one very small scratch and two nicks to base of interior, as shown in photos. Perfect for cereal, fruit a sauce or striking decor.
Cathrineholm was not a woman's name but was the factory based in Halden, Norway. It started as an iron works around 1827, before transitioning to the more modern enamelware in 1907. The most popular line, the midcentury "Magical Lotus" series was introduced in the 1960s. The factory eventually closed down around 1972.
The primary artist behind Cathrineholm’s lotus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Tableware
Materials
Enamel
Large Set of Fine English Minton Rose China, Total of 341 Pieces
Located in Houston, TX
This set is comprised of several sets of the same pattern! Great for large parties
65 dinner plates,
33 luncheon plates
56 dessert plates
53 bread and butter plates
19 fruit bowls
4 dessert bowls
6 large soup bowls...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$3,700 Sale Price / set
77% Off
Don Wallance for Lauffer Design 2/ Service for 8 PLUS Serving Pieces
By Don Wallance, Lauffer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Don Wallance for Lauffer design 2 stainless steel flatware set. Service for 8 Set includes dinner fork, salad fork, Dinner Knives, Soup Spoon and Teaspoon...
Category
1950s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pierre Forssell 50 Brass Candleholders Produced in Skultuna Sweden, 1970s
Located in Forest, BE
This is a large set of 50 same candleholders designed by Pierre Forssell in the late 60's at the Skultuna studio were he was working with his assistant. Simple, minimal and elegant a...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Rina Menardi Handmade Ceramic Conch Bowls
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian handmade ceramic bowls in dark bronze, light and dark mauve by Rina Menardi. Can be ordered in many colors. Note: Light & dark mauve no longer available. Priced individually....
Category
2010s Italian Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
$760 / item
Antique Tea Fancies Stand, English, Walnut, Beadwork, Cake Platter, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a charming antique tea fancies stand. An English, walnut and beadwork raised cake platter, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860. A delightful addition to the tea table,...
Category
1860s British Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Walnut
Georg Jensen Bernadotte Sterling Silver Salt & Pepper Shakers 834
Located in Hellerup, DK
A pair of vintage art deco Georg Jensen sterling silver Bernadotte salt & pepper shakers, design #834 by Sigvard Bernadotte from 1938. Each of cylindrical form with removeable screw ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Majestic by Alvin Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 43 pieces Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous Dinner Size Majestic by Alvin sterling Silver flatware set - 43 pieces. This set includes:
8 Dinner Size Knives, 9 5/8"
8 Dinner Size Forks, 7 1/2"
8 Luncheon/Dessert F...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Royal Danish by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 24 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
ROYAL DANISH BY INTERNATIONAL STERLING SILVER FLATWARE SET SERVICE 24 PIECES
ROYAL DANISH BY INTERNATIONAL sterling silver Flatware set - 24 Pieces. This set includes:
6 KNIVES, 9"
...
Category
1930s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 8 KPM Luncheon Plates Each Hand-Painted with a Different Flower Bouquet
Located in Boston, MA
This is a gorgeous set of KPM luncheon or dessert plates. Each KPM plate has a different central bright colored bouquet of flowers. Each flower bouquet is ma...
Category
1910s German Romantic Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Flute Mortar & Pestle in Rosso Etrusco Sandstone
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
The Flute mortar and pestle set is manufactured by a north Italian stone specialist from Italian sandstone Rosso Etrusco and Pietra Serena. It can be...
Category
2010s British Post-Modern Tableware
Materials
Sandstone
Vintage Ceramic Sea Shell Napkin Rings in Gray - Set of 8
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of 8 ceramic seashell napkin rings in pale gray. This set will be a fabulous touch to a coastal tablescape. Each piece is glazed in a light pale gray. Use this set with our blo...
Category
20th Century American Bohemian Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$120 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Dotty Serving Platter in Terracotta, Ceramics
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
Set of 12 Tiffany French Limoges Dessert or Salad Plates
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of 12 Tiffany French Limoges Dessert or Salad Plates, France, circa 1970s. Very graphic design! As seen in the first photo, there are 5 each of the ...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Nine Pairs of Royal Copenhagen Cream-Coloured Bouillon Cups with Saucers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Nine pairs of Royal Copenhagen cream-coloured bouillon cups with matching saucers.
Dated 1953.
In excellent condition.
3. sorting
Marked.
Cup: H 5.5 x D 13.0 without a handle.
...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Sugar Tongs in Chrysanthemum Pattern from 1880
By Charles Grosjean, Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver sugar tongs in the celebrated Chrysanthemum pattern from 1880. It measures 3 1/3'' in length by 1 1/8'' by 1/2'' in height, is faintly gilt inside, and ...
Category
1880s American Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Greenbrier by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 68 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Greenbrier by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 68 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 8 7/8".
12 forks, 7 3/8".
12 salad forks, 6 3/4".
12 teaspoons, 6".
12 cream soup spoon...
Category
1930s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Coasters Set of 4 Cocktail Green Quartzite Marble Handmade Italy Collectible
Located in Ancona, Marche
Set of 4 coasters in Green Quartzite.
Thanks to their shape and size they can be used as exclusive presentation plates for finger food.
Dimensions: D ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tableware
Materials
Quartz
Carl Auböck Up to Three Midcentury Polished Brass Card Holder, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
*Actually up to three pieces available*
A beautiful card stand, made of polished brass, designed and executed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck, Austria. To be used for business cards, fol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Arcantia Vendome Christofle Silverplate Flatware Set 12 Service 147 Pcs Dinner
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
Outstanding dinner size Arcantia aka Vendome by Christofle France Silverplated flatware set, 147 pieces. This pattern featured the same shell motif that adorned the ceremonial silverware used...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Dansk Variation V Flatware Set Service for 8 with Box
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dansk Variation V Stainless Steel Flatware Set. Service for 8 with the box. Another great design from Quistgaard! This set dates the 196...
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
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
Vintage Georg Jensen Mitra Stainless Flatware Dinner Service for 12, 68 Pcs
By Georg Jensen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
This dinner service was Georg Jensen's first set in stainless steel. It was designed in 1941 by Gundorph Albertus (1887-1970). Stainless steel was chosen due to the lack of silver during the Second World War. The name Mitra derives from the headware/hat of a Bishop (mitres-s) and resembles its distinct shape.
68 pcs of flatware dinner service...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
$2,227 Sale Price / set
20% Off
W & S Sorensen Golden Crown Demitasse Spoons & Sugar Nips
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 Golden Crown demitasse spoons and sugar nips. Made by W & S Sorensen in Denmark. Rectilinear stems with reeding (spoons) and twisting (nips); open gilt crown terminal—a sho...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Venetian Murano Glass Stemware
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Beautiul set of Venetian stemware comprising 2 sets of 4 goblets, sherry glasses and coupes. Sold as a set of four.
Gold inclusions in clear glass with applied pink glass rosettes. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Tableware
Materials
Murano Glass
$2,500 / set
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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