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Tableware For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1940s
American Colonial by Amston Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service, 60 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stunning American Colonial by Amston sterling silver flatware set of 60 pieces.
This set includes: 12 knives, 8 7/8" 12 forks, 7" 12 s...
Category
1940s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Burgundy by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 150 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Monumental burgundy by Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware set, 150 pieces. This set includes:
12 dinner size knives, 9 5/8"
12 dinner size forks, 7 3/4"
12 regular knives, 9 1/4"
12 regular forks, 7 1/4"
12 salad forks, 6 5/8"
12 teaspoons, 5 7/8"
12 cream soup spoons, 6 1/4"
12 flat handle butter spreaders, 5 7/8'
12 iced tea spoons, 7 5/8"
12 demitasse spoons, 4 3/8"
1 gravy ladle, 6 5/8"
2 serving spoons, 8 3/8"
1 large cold meat fork, pierced, 9"
1 cold meat fork, pierced, 7 7/8"
1 sugar spoon, shell bowl, 6 1/4"
1 flat handle master butter knife, 7"
1 pickle fork, 3-tine, 5 7/8"
1 tomato server, pierced, 8 1/4"
1 salad serving set, all-sterling, 9 1/4"
1 pie server w/stainless blade, 10 1/4"
1 sauce ladle, 5 3/8"
1 jelly server, 6 1/4"
1 steak carving set, 2-pc, 10 1/4" & 8 3/4"
1 cheese server w/stainless blade, 6 3/4"
1 sugar tong, 4 1/4"
Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles vary.
Excellent condition, with no monograms. This set will be beautifully professionally polished and sealed in individual plastic sleeves prior to shipping. Exceptional!
Drawing inspiration from the French Renaissance...
Category
1940s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Grande Baroque, Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set of 12 Service Dinner 54 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner size grande baroque by Wallace sterling silver flatware set - 54 Pieces. This set includes:
12 dinner size knives, 9 3/4"
12 dinner size forks, 8"
12 salad forks, 6 1/2"
12 t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Onslow by Tuttle Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set 77 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Onslow is finely crafted of heavier weight sterling silver. Impressive in the hand with dramatic pistol handles it is perfect for traditional to transitional table-scapes. This versatile design will transform all of your meals into a special dining experience.
Fabulous Onslow by Tuttle...
Category
1930s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Novelty Brush and Crumb Pan Set, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this charming novelty Art Deco chrome Brush and Crumb set. This dust pan is a stand that holds the brush with a ship handle. Feat...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Tableware
Materials
Chrome
Grande Baroque Flatware for 36
Located in Brooklyn, NY
First introduced in 1941, Grande Baroque quickly became the most sought-after and popular pattern. It’s rich design and elegance has been wowing people ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Normandie by Northumbria Canada Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 59 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Superb dinner and luncheon Normandie by Northumbria Canada rose motif sterling silver flatware set 59 pieces. This set includes:
Six dinner size knives, 9 7/8"
Six dinner size forks...
Category
1930s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jens Harald Quistgaard, Dansk Designs. Odin cutlery lunch set.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jens Harald Quistgaard, Odin cutlery for Dansk Designs.
Lunch cutlery set in stainless steel for two people consisting of two lunch knives, two lunch forks, and two spoons.
In a mini...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Blue Shark by Georg Jensen Stainless Steel Flatware Set Service 44 Pcs Matte.
By Georg Jensen
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful Svende Siune for Georg Jensen Blue Shark flatware set service, Georg Jensen, circa 1965, Denmark.
This is an original vintage edition...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sterling Salt Cellar with Spoon
By Leo Michelson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A beautiful sterling silver salt cellar with emerald green enamel in the bowl and on the tip of the spoon. Both pieces are marked for A. Michelsen, STERLING, DENMARK. A beautiful add...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Chrome and Macassar Wood Chopstick Knife Rests, 12 pieces in box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely Art Deco ensemble of twelve Macassar wood and chromed metal knife or chopstick rest was crafted in France circa 1930. The tableware serving pieces feature a modernist sha...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
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
Memory Lane by Lunt Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 34 Pieces
By Lunt Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
This set includes:
Eight knives, 8 7/8".
Eight forks, 7 1/4".
Eight salad forks, 6 1/4".
Eight teaspoons, 5 7/8".
One serving spoon, 8 1/8".
One cold meat fork, 7 5/8".
Includes b...
Category
1940s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
King Edward Flatware, Service for 12
Located in Brooklyn, NY
First introduced in 1936, King Edward by Gorham has been very popular since. Old world daintiness and charm are yours for the taking in this lovely flatwar...
Category
1930s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist Pattern Gold Plated Stainless Flatware Set of 92 by 1847 Rogers Bros
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This glorious gold-plated flatware made by 1847 Rogers Bros is a true work of art. This 92-piece set features a geometric shape with each piece's central decoration featuring a beaut...
Category
1950s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Gold Plate
Art Deco Aluminum and Macassar Wood Chopstick Knife Rests, 12 pieces in box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant French Art Deco set of twelve chopsticks or knife rests is made of aluminum and Macassar wood. The modernist shape displays a waved metal flat stick bar and geometric ca...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Set of 5 Mid-Century Modern Massive Brass Bottle Opener and More, Austria, 1960s
By Walter Bosse
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Three bottle openers, a crocodile nutcracker and a whale ashtray. Presumably all by Walter Bosse.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Fontana by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 8 Set 40 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Fontana by Towle sterling silver flatware set - 40 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 9"
Eight forks, 7 1/4"
Eight salad forks, 6 1/2"
Eight te...
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffin Glass, Cut Crystal Sherry Glasses, Gold Rims, U.S.A., Circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
Tiffin Glass - Finest quality set of five wheel cut crystal sherry or liqueur glasses - Art Nouveau style engraved florals to the 24K gold rims - gold d...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Renaissance Revival Tableware
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion pattern. Chocolate pot in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion pattern. Porcelain chocolate pot.
Hand-painted in blue.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Third factory quality.
Dimensions: Height 21.0 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
44 Pieces Windsor Flowers ' Livia ' Dinner Set For 12 Persons, Herend Hungary
By Herend
Located in Vienna, AT
Herend service, consisting of 44 pieces: a large tureen with lid on a presenter, a large oval platter, a large round platter, a square side dish, a sauce boat, two leaf-shaped bowls,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Other Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Grande Renaissance Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 83p Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scarce dinner size Grande Renaissance by Reed and Barton sterling silver flatware set - 83 pieces. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 3/...
Category
1960s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Milburn Rose by Westmorland Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service
By Westmorland
Located in Big Bend, WI
12 knives 9",
12 forks 7 1/4",
12 salad forks 6 3/8",
12 teaspoons 6",
12 demitasse spoons 4",
two serving spoons 8 1/4",
one cold meat fork 8",
one sugar spoon 5 3/4",
one berr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Herend Chinese Bouquet Apponyi White and Green Coffee Set, circa 1950s
By Herend
Located in Hastings, GB
Herend Chinese bouquet apponyi green coffee set
Hungarian porcelain
A coffee set with coffee pot, 6 cups and saucers, milk jug and a sugar bowl
The set is stamped on the underside...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Tjorn by Dansk Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 35 Pieces Modern
By Dansk
Located in Big Bend, WI
The innovative and highly desirable flatware pattern "Tjorn" by Dansk was designed by Danish artist and designer Jens Quistgaard in 1959. It features striking Scandinavian modern design with specially designed blades and handles on the knives are turned 90 degrees. Dansk began operations in 1954 with Quistgaard as founding designer. His designs can be found in museums all over the world.
Mi-Century Modern "Tjorn" by Dansk Sterling silver Flatware...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 12 Dachshund Vintage Silver Plate Knife Rests
By Gallia
Located in Westport, CT
Set of twelve Dachshund dog silver plated knife rests, vintage in very good look to be unused from the 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Tapio Wirkkala, Rosenthal Studio-Line ‘Modulation’ sauce cream jug, 1960s
Located in London, GB
Tapio Wirkkala (Finnish, 1915-1985)
‘Modulation’ sauce jug
Designed c. 1960, produced by Rosenthal, Germany, as part of the Studio-Line series
Ceramic
Excellent condition
L 17 cm, D...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Georgian Rose by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Dinner 8 Flatware Set 55 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Georgian Rose by Reed & Barton sterling silver dinner size flatware set - 55 pieces. This set includes:
Eight dinner size knives, 9 5/8".
Eight dinner size forks, 7 3/4".
Eight sala...
Category
1940s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Red Green Floral Hibiscus Handstitched Crocheted Linen Tablecloth Table Runner
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
White table cloth or table runner with handstitched floral embroidery. The piece features bright red hibiscus flowers with greenery. Edges are handstitche...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Yarn
1950 Wolfers - Orangeade Set Hollywood Regency Sterling Silver And Ivory
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Orangeade Set Hollywood Regency made sterling silver and ivory by Wolfers.
All pieces are signed, stamped and numbered.
Set in perfect condition.
Set including :
- 1 tray of 40 cm ...
Category
1950s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 12 Fine French Art Deco Silver plated "Gallia" Knife Rests by Christofle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Set of 12 fine French Art Deco silver plated knife rests designed by Marcel Sandoz for the Gallia collection of Christofle. Six different animals are rep...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
Vintage Italian Round Faux Tortoise Tray with Brass Trim
Located in Troy, MI
Found in Italy, this round faux tortoise tray dates from the 1970s. Tray material appears to be acrylic and is trimmed in brass along the handles. U...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Rondo by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 45 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Rondo by Gorham sterling silver flatware set - 45 Pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 9".
Eight forks, 7 1/4".
Eight salad forks, 6 3/4...
Category
1950s American Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Amboss Austria 2050 Flatware Cutlery for Six by Helmut Alder, 34 pcs., 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful modernist flatware from Austria, model 2050, designed by Helmut Alder, executed by Amboss Austria in the 1950s. High-quality flatware, made of brushed and polished stainless steel.
For six persons, consists of six big spoons...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Rose Point by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 42 Pieces New
Located in Big Bend, WI
New, unused rose point by Wallace sterling silver flatware set 42 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 9 1/8"
Eight forks, 7"
Eight salad forks, 6 3/8"
Eight teaspoons, 6"
Eight cream soup spoons, 5 7/8"
One sugar spoon, 6 1/8"
One hollow handle master butter, 6 3/4".
Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles vary.
New condition in the factory sleeves, no monograms.
Intricate piercings and brilliant craftsmanship define this rose point sterling silver flatware...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Carl Aubock II Rare Salt and Pepper Shakers, Walnut & Horn, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A wonderful and rare pair of Midcentury modern minimalism salt and pepper shakers from the 1950s. Designed and manufactured by Werkstatte Carl Aubock Vienna. The drop shaped shakers ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Wood
Set of 123 Stanley Roberts Contempra Mid Century Modern Stainless Flatware
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and made in Japan by Stanley Roberts, this set is wonderfully modernist, extremely robust in its making, and prestigious Japanese crafting. This set is quite large, consisti...
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Southern Colonial by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 32 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful "SOUTHERN COLONIAL" BY INTERNATIONAL sterling silver flatware set, 32 pieces. This set includes:
8 KNIVES, 9 1/8"
8 FORKS, 7 3/8"
8 SALAD FORKS, 6 1/2"
8 TEASPOONS, 5 7/8"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Catalan Modernist Copper Tray from Barcelona, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Catalan modernist copper tray.
Manufactured in Barcelona, circa 1920.
In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Measures: 3.5 ...
Category
1930s Spanish Arts and Crafts Vintage Tableware
Materials
Copper
Keith Murray for Wedgwood. A rare complete and original set of six lemonade mugs
By Keith Murray, Wedgwood
Located in London, GB
Keith Murray for Wedgwood. A rare complete and original set of six soft straw-coloured lemonade mugs, which have been together all their lives and they are all mint.
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Sheffield English Stag Antler Handled, Sterling Capped Carving Set, 3 Pcs
By Sheffield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A three piece carving set with Stag Antler handles and Sterling Silver ferrules and end caps, Sheffield, England, circa mid 20th Century.
Impressively sized, the set consists of a long carving knife, fork, and sharpening steel...
Category
Mid-20th Century English International Style Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
1937 René Lalique - Art Deco Modernist Set of 8 Wine Glasses Tonnerre
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco Modernist Set of 8 (eight) wine glasses "Tonnerre" made in clear glass by René Lalique in 1937.
Signed "Lalique France" - made in 1950s.
All pieces are in perfect conditi...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Art Glass
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
Biot, France, Two Wine Decanters and Four Glasses in Green Mouth-Blown Art Glass
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Biot, France. Two wine decanters and four glasses in green mouth-blown art glass with inlaid bubbles.
Mid-20th century.
The decanter measures: 33 x 12.5 cm.
The glass measures: 8...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Art Glass
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
Lino Sabattini for Christofle Bottle Holder in Silvered Metal
Located in Meer, VAN
Lino Sabattini for Christofle Bottle Holder in Silvered Metal
Lino Sabattini (1925-2016) for Christofle Bottle Holder in Silver Plated Metal,...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
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
Crystal Mix Set of 6 Cobalt Stem Glasses with Overlay Cut to Clear
By Nachtmann
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage set of 6 cut to clear crystal stem glasses.
Mix crystal (Bleikristall 24% Mundgeblasen Handgeschliffen) glasses
Clear demi crystal glass. Side facetted and toothed stem.
Th...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Crystal
Danish Vintage Teak Plates and Bowl 1960s, Set of 6
Located in Asaa, DK
Danish vintage teak plates and bowl 1960s, set of 6.
Mid-Century Modern Danish tableware in teak.
This set consists of:
Four teak serving plates b...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Teak
Vintage Silverplated Salad/Luncheon Forks/SETS OF 10
Located in Sheffield, MA
The 30 vintage silverplated salad/luncheon forks are stamped "International Silver Co." The tines are sharp for easy piercing. There is an undeciph...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
1942 René Lalique - Set Of 6 Glasses Goblets Tumblers Reims Glass
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Set of 6 Glasses Goblets Tumblers "Reims" made in crystal by Lalique France after a design by René Lalique from 1942.
Signature under each glass.
Set of 6 glasses goblets tumblers o...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Art Glass
Set of 12 Fine French Art Deco Silver Plated "Gallia" Knife Rests by Christofle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Set of 12 fine French Art Deco silver plated knife rests designed by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz for the Gallia collection of Christofle. All 12 animals are different.
Original case.
Aver...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
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
Georg Jensen Acorn Sterling Silver Set with 104 Pieces
Located in New York, NY
Acorn sterling silver dinner set. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. This set comprises 104 pieces (dimensions in inches):
Forks: 12 dinner forks (7 3/4), 12 salad forks (6 5/8),...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hollywood Regency Green Ceramic Cabbage Ware Serving Bowl Set - 7
By Dodie Thayer
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of seven green Hollywood Regency ceramic cabbage ware bowls and a serving bowl. This set includes six smaller bowls and one large serving...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
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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