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Tableware For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
German silver goblet by Theodor Julius Gunther, 1886-1906
Located in Delft, NL
German silver goblet by Theodor Julius Gunther, 1886-1906
The silver goblet was made by silversmith Theodor Julius Gunther- Robert Freund from Berlin. Theodor Gunther founded his company around 1808, but the German state silver mark was not introduced until 1886, so the goblet must date from after 1886. The company was succeeded by Robert Freund.
The goblet, raised on a round foot, has a guilloché pattern all around and an oval medallion of an engraved belt...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquered Wooden Spoon Shamoji
Located in Vancouver, BC
This incredibly beautiful and functional red lacquered hardwood spoon is truly one of a kind. The deep matte like finish of the red lacquer over the wood make this something worth ow...
Category
1920s Japanese Arts and Crafts Vintage Tableware
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Mappin & Webb Ltd Antique 1923 Sterling Silver Gallery Tray
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver gallery tray; an addition to our dining silverware collection
This exceptional antique George V sterli...
Category
1920s English Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Mother of Pearl Fruit/Dessert Service
By Henry Atkin
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and mother of pearl fruit/dessert cutlery set for eighteen persons - boxed; an addition to our dining silverware collection.
This magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver and mother of pearl dessert service consists of eighteen knives and eighteen forks.
The blades of the Victorian knives have a rounded form and the forks each have four tines/prongs.
The surface of each knife blade and drop of each fork is embellished with an impressive contemporary bright cut engraved crest of on a mural crown with a heron's head erased.
Each piece of this antique silver dessert service is fitted with the original and impressive, large tapering mother of pearl handle.
The knives and forks retain the original sterling silver ferrules ornamented with embossed leaf ornamentation.
Each mother of pearl knife and fork is fitted to the fine and impressive original hinged rose wood canteen box with a lift up lid and two lift out trays.
The interior of the box bears a satin lining to the cover and velvet lining to the trays and well.
The surface of the antique cutlery box...
Category
1840s English Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Staffordshire ceramic luster ware footed sugar bowl and creamer, c. 1830
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Staffordshire silver luster footed open sugar bowl and creamer.
Staffordshire, England, circa 1830.
Dimensions: 6” W x 3” H (bowl)
5-1/2” L x 4-1/4” W x 4-1/2” H (pitcher)
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Luster
Wedgwood Caneware ceramic sugar bowl, c. 1815-20
By Wedgewood
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Caneware ceramic sugar bowl with cover and raised pattern surface decoration and a King Charles spaniel finial on the cover.
Stamped on the underside: Wedgwood
England, circa 1815-20.
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Great Pair of Antique 19th Century Bronze Candlesticks with Phoenix Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Practical size, antique fine bronze candleholders with original and removable bobeches.
If you are looking for excellent condition antiques to create the perfect atmosphere then thi...
Category
19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Tableware
Materials
Bronze
1926 Rene Lalique Set of Tablewares Glasses Strasbourg Glass 12 pieces
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Set of 12 drinking glasses "Strasbourg" made in clear glass by René Lalique in 1926.
All glasses are signed.
Perfect condition.
6 glasses 12,5 cm high
6 glasses 14 cm high
Félix M...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Art Glass
Silver Gondola Venice Cobalt Blue Silver Cruet 19 Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Silver Cruet table Lombardo Veneto (Venice) set in finely pierced silver, decorated with caryatids form and fret patterns. Set consisting of oil cruet, salt, pepper, Venice gondol...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tableware
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Napkin Rings
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique Japanese copper napkin rings with cloisonne enamel design. Late Meiji era, before 1912. Kyoto school. The items are decorated wit...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tableware
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Set of six English Edwardian Sheffield coasters, 1890-1910
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Set of six English Edwardian Sheffield coasters with a stamped and pierced gallery and a turned hardwood base. The coaster rim is pierced and pressed with continuous gallery of grape...
Category
Late 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Russian .916 Gilt Silver and Cloisonné Enamel Spoon in Mahogany Box
Located in Norton, MA
Russian .916 Gilt Silver and Cloisonne Enamel Spoon in a Brass inlaid Mohagany box.
Moscow, 1882-1899, Antip Ivanovich Kuzmichev, maker, the back of the bowl decorated with floral m...
Category
1880s Russian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Jean E Puiforcat Cutlery Flatware Set Art Deco Papyrus Sterling Silver 80 Pieces
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Cutlery Flatware set Art Deco "Papyrus" made in 950/1000th solid sterling silver by Jean E. Puiforcat.
All sterling silver pieces are signed and hallmarked for Puiforcat.
Typically Art Deco monogram by Jean Puiforcat "LS" on each piece.
Are added 20 Art Deco knives...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
A Set of 8 Cream Soup or Dessert Cups & Saucers. Antique Limoges Circa 1890
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A great set of cobalt blue and nicely gilded soup or dessert cups with their saucers, 16 pieces total. By the world re known Limoges factory of William Guerin Circa 1890. This set is...
Category
1890s French Antique Tableware
Materials
Gold, Enamel
George III Egg Coddler Made in London by Silversmith Robert Garrard, 1807
Located in London, GB
An important & very rare George III Egg Coddler made in London in 1807 by the Royal Silversmith Robert Garrard.
Only a handful of Georgian Egg Coddlers are known to exist and this e...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
c. 1840 Set of 6 Coin Silver Dinner Forks
By William Wilson, Robert Wilson
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 6 bead & shell coin silver dinner forks, c.1840. By Robert & William Wilson, Philadelphia. Marked "R&W Wilson". Obverse bead & shell as well - superb! Engraved: Emma N. Adams....
Category
Mid-19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Set 4 American coin silver bird back tea spoons by Anthony Simmons, c. 1795-1808
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Set of four American coin silver bird back tea spoons, engraved in block letters: R, over E*C, and cast with an eagle carrying a laurel branch in its beak. The stamp of A. Simmons is...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Tableware
Materials
Metal
Viennese Silver Art Nouveau Cutlery Set, 12 People by Klinkosch In Original Case
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant cutlery Set Made Of Solid Silver For Twelve People Consisting Of 93 Parts in original wooden box.
Date of manufactory: circa 1890
Material: Massive silver '800'
Form t...
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
1921 René Lalique Dishes Plate & Bowl Ondines Opalescent Glass Mermaids
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Plate and Bowl "Ondines" made in opalescent glass by René Lalique in 1921.
Molded signature on both pieces.
Perfect condition. Great opalescence. (Two very thin molding lines on bot...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Blown Glass
George III Argyle Made in London by Peter & William Bateman, 1806
Located in London, GB
The Spencer Argyle from the Bateman workshops. An important George III Argyle made in London in 1806 by Peter & William Bateman.
This is a particularly unusual example in its design...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Kashmiri 92% Silver Glass, Mid-19th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
This stunning Mughal silver engraved glass, dating back to the 19th century, is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and historical significance. Standing at a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Liqueur Cellar With Elephant, Napoleon III Period 19 Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Liqueur cellar with an elephant in spelter, brass and enameled glassware from the Napoleon III period
Beautiful liqueur cellar with a very beautifu...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tableware
Materials
Glass
Louis XV by Gorham Whiting Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 76 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Louis XV by Gorham-Whiting sterling silver flatware set of 76 pieces.
This set includes:
12 knives, 8 3/4".
12 forks, 7".
12 salad forks, fancy, 6 3/4".
12 teaspoons, 5 3/4".
12...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Fine Pair Of Antique English Chamberlains Worcester Round Dishes Circa 1810
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fine pair of antique Chamberlains Worcester cabinet plates having a pleasing Asian design of figures in a garden and gorgeous Imari colors, circa 1810.
In 1783, Robert Chamberlain (c.1736–98), head of the decorating department for Dr John Wall at Warmstry House, left the company to start his own porcelain decorating business in King Street, Worcester. At first he bought blank undecorated porcelain from other factories such as Caughley in Shropshire, but by the late 1780’s he was making his own wares at a new factory site in Severn Street, Diglis.
The Chamberlain factory quickly established an enviable reputation for the production of finely painted porcelain. Admiral Lord Nelson and his mistress Lady Hamilton visited Chamberlain’s factory in August 1802 and ordered an extravagant breakfast, dinner and dessert...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Set 9 French Provincial dessert cheese Plates Luneville
By Luneville
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
9 French Luneville faience transferware plates also known as assiette parlante or talking dish.
They come from the east of France.
They are marked on the underside with a red printed...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Tableware
Materials
Faience
19th Century French Silver Vermeil Flatware Dessert Service for Six, 18 Pieces
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming 19th century French 18-piece cased dessert silverware / flatware set, with its unique, slightly grotesque satyr mask motif and warm ve...
Category
19th Century French Antique Tableware
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Gothic by Vanderslice Sterling Silver Flatware Set 43 pieces California
Located in Big Bend, WI
Own a piece of American silver history! Most of the American silversmiths were located on the east coast. This is a rare opportunity to buy early California silver.
When James Marsh...
Category
19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Old English by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 34 pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Old English by Towle sterling silver Flatware set, 34ieces. This set includes:
8 Regular Knives, 8 3/4"
8 Regular Forks, 7"
8 Salad Forks, pierced, 5 3/4"
8 Teaspoons, 5 3/4"
1 Serv...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Charles Parker Co. No. 1000 Coffee Mill
Located in New York, NY
Antique Americana Charles Parker Company cast iron coffee grinder mill above one hardwood drawer, remnants of red and gilt paint, marked "No. 1000 ...
Category
19th Century American Craftsman Antique Tableware
Materials
Metal
Pair Antique English Sterling Silver Muffineers / Salt & Pepper Shakers, Ca 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique English Sterling Silver Muffineers or Salt & Pepper Shakers, Circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bird by Wendt Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 72 pieces Audubon
By John Wendt
Located in Big Bend, WI
Rare Bird by Wendt, circa 1872, sterling silver Flatware set - 72 pieces. This multi-motif Japonesque pattern has a bamboo design running up the handle, with a swooping or plunging b...
Category
19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Small Pair Of Antique Pistachio Nutcrackers, English, Brass, Georgian, C.1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small pair of antique pistachio nutcrackers. An English, brass hand tool, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Charmingly diminutive with appealing Georgian craftsmanship
Displaying a desirable aged patina and in good order commensurate with age
Quality brass presents light golden tones throughout
Accentuated with small foliate engravings and concentric banding
Notched grooves to the cracking plate aid purchase on the nut
This is a delightful pair of antique nutcrackers...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Tableware
Materials
Brass
8 Pieces Val Saint Lambert Danse de Flore Cobalt Blue & Gold. Antique Circa 1920
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
One of the most successful and sought after patterns by Val Saint Lambert is their Danse de Flore. This set of 4 bowls and plates (8 Pieces) is done in a striking cobalt blue crystal...
Category
1920s Belgian Vintage Tableware
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Fish Service for Eighteen Persons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver Lily pattern fish cutlery set for eighteen persons - boxed; an addition to our dining silverware collection
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver flatware...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair Antique Silver Repousse Salt and Pepper Shakers, Circa 1880's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Silver Repousse Salt & Pepper Shakers, Circa 1880's.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Set of Twelve Silver Fish Knives and Forks, Mappin and Webb
Located in Montreal, QC
This is a fairly standard form throughout the late 19th and early 20th century. This particular example, however, has luxurious mother o'pearl handles. which makes them much more int...
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver
Legacy of Elegance: 19th C. Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Plate Namikawa Yasuyuki
Located in New York, NY
Legacy of Elegance: 19th Century Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Plate Attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki
This exquisite Japanese Cloisonné masterpiece, attributed to the skilled artisan Nam...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tableware
Materials
Enamel
Sturbridge by Old Newbury Crafters Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 37 pc Dn
Located in Big Bend, WI
Old Newbury Crafters silver is genuinely hand-made and wonderfully heavy, the machine cannot match the quality, durability, look and feel of handmade silver.
Superb Dinner size 37 ...
Category
19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Pairpoint Figural Silverplate Turtle Napkin Ring
Located in Riverdale, NY
Rare Victorian Pairpoint Figural Silverplate Napkin Ring. Beautifully modeled turtle holding the napkin ring made by the Pairpoint Co. New Bedford,...
Category
1890s American Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Gorham Imperial Chrysanthemum Sterling Silver Soup Ladle
Located in New York, NY
Imperial Chrysanthemum sterling silver soup ladle. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1900. Tapering stem with waisted terminal and lobed round bowl. Dense ornament with flowers and le...
Category
Late 19th Century American Japonisme Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Silver Salt Shaker Rococo Style, Pair of Decorative Pepper Shaker Sale
Located in Hampshire, GB
Antique valuable silver salt and pepper shaker or Decorative tableware pressed, cast and chased, gold gilding on the inside. Oval, domed body on shor...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Tableware
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver
ELKIN KNIGHT & BRIDGWOOD - Canton Views - Antique Dinner Plate - U.K. - C. 1830
Located in Chatham, ON
ELKIN KNIGHT & BRIDGWOOD - Canton Views - Rare antique transfer decorated ceramic dinner plate - blue and white - impressed factory stamp & transfer ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Victorian Sterling Silver Numbered Napkin Rings Set of Six
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive set of six individually numbered antique Victorian English sterling silver napkin rings; part of our silver dining collection.
This fine and impressive set of antique Victorian sterling silver napkin rings consists of six napkin rings, each with a circular rounded form.
The plain body of each antique silver napkin...
Category
1890s Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bremer German 800 Silver Flatware Set 12 Service Luncheon "W" Mono 58 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Measures: 12 knives, 8 1/2".
12 forks, 7 1/4".
12 teaspoons, 5 1/2".
12 place soup spoons, 7 1/4".
One large platter spoon, 10 3/4" •1 sugar sifter, 5 1/2".
One gravy ladle, 7 3/8" •...
Category
19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Twelve Russian .875 Silver Gilt and Cloisonne Enamel Demitasse Spoons
Located in Norton, MA
Twelve Russian .875 Silver Gilt and Cloisonne Enamel Demitasse Spoons,
Moscow, 1896-1899, Gustav Klingert, maker, 84 zolotnik standard, the shaped bowl with cloisonnes against a turq...
Category
1880s Russian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Enamel
c. 1835 Set of 6 Coin Silver Dinner Forks by R. & W. Wilson
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 6 coin silver dinner forks in "King's" pattern by R. & W. Wilson, Philadelphia, circa 1835. Rarely found set by Robert & William Wilson, 1825-1846. Union shell heel to flat ba...
Category
Early 19th Century American Rococo Revival Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Large antique Victorian Ridgway & sons quality jug
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique Victorian Ridgway & Sons quality jug with a shaped handle to the back, decorated throughout with a medieval design of knights jousting standing on a circular base.
D...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
American Coin Silver Fish Servers, circa 1830, by Gorham
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
American coin silver fish servers, circa 1830, by Miles Gorham. Fiddle, thread & shell design. Miles Gorham, New Haven, CT, 1756-1847. Marked with crown, G, lion passant & M.G. Engra...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Elegant 19th Century French Bronze and Crystal Centerpiece
Located in Madrid, ES
This exquisite centerpiece is a testament to the fine craftsmanship of 19th-century France. Crafted from gilded bronze and crystal, it exudes an air of timeless sophistication. The d...
Category
1820s Antique Tableware
Materials
Bronze
6 Antique Mintons Porcelain Raised Gold Twin Handled Bouillons / Cups & Saucers
By Minton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 6 richly gilt porcelain bullion or tea cups.
By Mintons.
In an Aesthetic Movement numbered pattern with raised gold and gold jeweling throughout.
Each marked to the ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Russian Cutlery in a French Case, late 19th to early 20th Century
Located in Greding, DE
228-piece Russian dinner set for 24 persons in a blackened French cutlery box by Morel & Cie orfèves Bijouteries Rue N°9 St. Augustin à Paris for the Barons von Rothschild, Frankfurt...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
A Victorian Continental Silver Pepperette In The Form of An Owl With Glass Eyes
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Continental Silver Pepper Peperette In The Form of An Owl With Glass Eyes.
A lovely 19th century (Victorian era) German silver pepperette or pounce pot (used to contain fine sand ...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Angelo by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 75 pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Exceedingly rare Dinner and Luncheon size Angelo by Gorham, circa 1870, sterling silver Flatware set - 75 pieces. This pattern features unusual, shaped, hollow handles. This set incl...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
c. 1825 Coin Silver Sugar Shell by A.E. Warner
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Coin silver sugar shell by A.E. Warner, Baltimore, circa 1825. Shell tip & bowl, monogram obverse "ML". Andrew Ellicott Warner, 1786-1870. Assay 10:...
Category
Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Antique Italian Marble Centre Table
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Originating from Italy, this antique marble centre table is over 200 years old, dating from the early 1800s. Perhaps it once graced the sunlit halls of a 19th century Italian villa, sitting elegantly alongside a decadent chaise. The design is exceptionally well balanced, made from quality Carrara marble with various coloured inlays. It features a hexagonal top framed with a scagliola inlay above a tapered pedestal base detailed with Sienna and dark green marbles. Simply timeless, this antique marble table...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tableware
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Talisman Sienna Brown by Christofle Silverplate Flatware Service Set Dinner 50pc
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
Christofle French silver flatware has been crafted by master artisans since 1830. The revolutionary style and character of Christofle dinnerware comes from collaborations with ground...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Allertons English Blue Willow, Set of 8
By Allertons
Located in Sheffield, MA
A wonderful collection of Allertons Ltd. English glazed blue willow 19th century stone China plates.. These plates are stamped by the maker (shown in the photos). There are, actually, 9 plates. 8 are in excellent condition, the 9th has a very minor chip but is included without additional charge.
Search terms: blue and white porcelain plates, ceramic plates, dish ware.
Category
1880s English Chinoiserie Antique Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Salins-lès-Bains French Art Majolica Ceramic Asparagus Set, Late 19th C.
By Paris Studio
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French art majolica ceramic asparagus set by Salins-lès-Bains, France, Late 19th C. Set composed of a platter and 10 plates . Measurements : Platter - Width : 32cm - 12.6 inches, Dep...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
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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