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Tableware For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Napoleon III
Victorian cut glass and sterling silver pepper grinder made in London in 1889
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this handsome, Antique, Victorian, Sterling Silver Pepper Grinder, features a round hobnail cut glass body, a plain sil...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century inlaid mahogany tray
Located in Martlesham, GB
A lovely quality 19th Century inlaid mahogany tray, having a shaped gallery edge with brass carrying handles either end, having lovely intricate inlay incorporating various patterns ...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Mahogany
Silver Plated Combination Cigar Cutter/Bud Vase by Derby, Connecticut circa 1885
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a most unusual piece appealing to both those who collect cigar cutters, and collectors who seek out silver plated novel items. It consists of a bottom scalloped edged bowl wh...
Category
1880s American Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Buckingshire Sheffield England Silver Plated Victorian Tip Kettle and Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Buckingshire Sheffield England Silver Plated Victorian Tip Kettle and Stand. Item features a unique tipping design with "locking" pins...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Andrea by Sadek Victorian Style Silver Plated Clam Shell Biscuit Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Andrea by Sadek Victorian Style Silver Plated Clam Shell Biscuit Box. Circa late 20th Century. Measurements: 10.5" H x 9" W x 6" D.
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Pair of Ewers in Patinated Bronze, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large pair of ewers in patinated bronze, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A pair of 19th century ewers in patinated bronze, Napoleon III period.
...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tableware
Materials
Bronze
White Ceramic Bow Motif Napkin Rings, Set of 6
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of six porcelain ribbon motif napkin rings. This set will be a gorgeous addition to any table setting. Each piece is glazed in a crisp white and features a bow tied at the top....
Category
20th Century American Victorian Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
English Sheffield Sterling Silver Mounted Silver Plated Champagne Bottle Coaster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
English Sheffield Sterling Silver Mounted Silver Plated Champagne Bottle Coaster. Item features floral pierced design with flower repoussé to base and rim, original hallmark, very ni...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
B & G, Bing & Grøndahl Saxon Flower, Set of 8 Antique Large Dinner Knives
Located in Copenhagen, DK
B & G, Bing & Grøndahl Saxon flower. Set of 8 antique large dinner knives.
1st factory quality. In very good condition.
Early stamp, circa 1900.
Measures: 27.5 cm.
Category
Early 1900s Danish Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Steel
Rare Pair of Antique Silver Plated Spoon Warmers, Registered in 1875
Located in London, London
Made circa 1875, this very rare pair of antique silver plate spoon warmers, are wonderfully modelled as shells standing on naturalistic bases...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Victorian English Sterling Silver Fiddle Pattern Gravy Spoon
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver fiddle pattern gravy spoon; part of our silver cutlery collection.
This antique Victori...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Rare Victorian sterling silver bell hallmarked in London in 1891
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1891 by Aldwinckle & Slater, this stylish, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Bell, features fluted decoration throughout and reed detailing. The bell measure...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper shaker in silver. Late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 7 x 3.3 cm
Pr...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Lighthouse Style Sugar Caster
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A very fine and impressive large antique Victorian English sterling silver lighthouse style caster; part of our silverware collection.
This impres...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Wood & Hughes New York Sterling Silver Medallion-Inspired Punch Ladle
Located in New York, NY
Victorian sterling silver punch ladle. Made by Wood & Hughes in New York, ca 1870. Medallion-inspired terminal with cast bust of gallant lady mounted to stippled and beaded oval on l...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian English Sterling Silver Bread Dish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver dish has an oval shaped form.
The lower portion of the body is embellished with fluted decoration, surmounted with a band of pierced floral motif decoration.
The decoration to the pierced band incorporates two cartouches; one bears the full hallmarks and the other remains vacant.
The rim of this antique silver serving...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian 1899 English Sterling Silver Novelty Pepper Pot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique Victorian English sterling silver novelty pepper Shaker in the form of a George I style chocolate pot; an addition to our silver cruet and condiments collection.
This fine antique Victorian silver pepper pot has been realistically modelled in the form of a George I style chocolate pot and has a plain tapering cylindrical design.
The surface of this silver pepper pot is plain and unembellished.
The pepper pot retains the original domed push fit hallmarked cover surmounted with a ball style finial and ornamented with pierced 'pepper' holes.
This impressive Victorian silver pepper is fitted with the original plain rounded painted wood handle.
Condition
This antique pepper pot...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Silver Plated Figural Chicken Napkin Ring, American, circa 20th Century
Located in Incline Village, NV
Listed is a silver plated figural napkin ring that I have not seen before and is unmarked. I do not think it is from the Victorian era, but I do believe it was manufactured and somew...
Category
1920s American Victorian Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare Victorian Sterling Silver Squirrel Condiment Set
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English cast sterling silver three piece condiment set in the form of squirrels; an addition to our silver cruets/condiments collection
This exceptional and rare antique Victorian English cast sterling silver condiment set consists of a mustard pot and a pair of peppers.
The components of this magnificent set have been realistically modelled in the form of squirrels eating nuts.
Each substantial piece is ornamented with details reproducing the squirrel's fur and anatomical features.
The fine mustard pot is fitted the original hallmarked flush hinged cover, incorporating the rodent's arms and head, and retains the original gilding to the interior; the flush hinge and gilding indicates the high quality of the piece.
The decoration to each squirrel pepper incorporates an array of pierced 'pepper' holes to the upper portion.
The underside of each pepperette is fitted with a hinged hallmarked push fit cover.
The base of each piece bears the retailer's mark 'Jones 41 St James's St & 23 B Des Capucine, Paris'.
The magnificent condiment set will have been crafted in the same year, but due to the hallmarking system the mustard pot is struck with the date letter 'C' and the pepperettes bear the date letter 'D'.
This exceptional and rare sterling silver squirrel...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Wallace 731 Victorian Style Silver Plated Oval Trivet 1980 Award Platter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Wallace 731 Victorian Style Silver Plated Oval Trivet 1980 Award Platter. item features an engraved “Deep Sea Club 190 Mako/Giant Tuna Estelle ...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage English Victorian MBC Silver Plated Round Expanding Pot Trivet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage English Victorian MBC Silver Plated Round Expanding Trivet. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 0.75" H x 11.25 Diameter. Expands to 15".
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century from Large Private Collection
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper shaker in silver. Late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 7 x 4 cm.
Pro...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper shaker in silver, late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 7.5 x 4.3 cm.
...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Incredible sterling silver set of stacking beakers & shot glasses from 1861 & 71
Located in London, London
An interesting set of 6 stacking beakers and 6 shot glasses, presented in the original leather carrying case, with a leather spacer allowing the smaller shot glasses to stack inside ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Cow Creamer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver cow creamer; an addition to our 19th Century silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver creamer has been realistically modelled in the form of a cow.
The plain body of this antique silver creamer is embellished with details reproducing the fine definition of the cow's facial and anatomical features.
The jug is fitted with a hinged cover, surmounted with an impressive cast and applied finial realistically modelled in the form of a fly.
This impressive Victorian silver cow creamer is fitted with a loop handle, modelled in the form of the cow's tail.
The hallmarks to the underside and hind leg of this cow creamer include:
Maker's mark: SBL (Samuel Boyce (or Boaz) Landeck)
British assay mark: Leopard head (London, England)
Silver quality/purity mark: British lion passant mark, 930, Dutch lion rampant mark with 1st standard purity (minimum .934, 934/1000)*
Export mark: Key mark intruding lion passant
Additional mark: F (foreign manufacture mark)
Such antique Dutch sterling silver examples are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
* The country of origin hallmarked this item with the standard mark 930/lion rampant mark and once imported into Britain the silver purity was tested and hallmarks struck reaffirming the silver is a minimum of sterling standard.
Condition
This antique 19th century cow creamer...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cream Jug and Sugar Bowl
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver cream jug and sugar bowl; an addition to our sil...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large victorian sterling silver goblet made in Sheffield in 1885
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1885, this large, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Goblet, is very plain in style with simple beaded borders. The goblet measures 8.75"(22cm) tall, by 4....
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
An English decorative papier mâché tray circa 1840
Located in Central England, GB
This most remarkable English papier mâché tray is in pristine condition with almost no losses or signs or wear, it has some light crazing to the lacquer.
This most attractive Englis...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
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
James Deakin & Sons Victorian English Sterling Silver Presentation Cup
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver presentation cup; an addition to our presentation silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Vic...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Set hand-forged Fiddle Thread & Shell silver cutlery for 12
Located in London, GB
Victorian hand-forged silver cutlery set for 12 people in the Fiddle Thread and Shell pattern. This is a charming design featuring the classic fiddle s...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper Shaker in silver, late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 9.3 x 5.3 cm.
...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Cream Jug and Sugar Bowl
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver cream jug and sugar bowl; an addition to our silver teaware co...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Victorian Period Mappin Brothers Silver Plated Condiments Set
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century Victorian Period silver plated condiments set retaining its original stand.
Stamped Mappin Brothers’ 220 REGENT STRE...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Victorian 1879 Sterling Silver Novelty Pepper Shaker
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian English sterling silver novelty pepper shaker; an addition to our diverse silverware collection.
This fine antique Victorian sterling silver novelty pepper has a plain ovoid shaped form.
The body of the pepper is embellished with impressive chased decoration depicting a cracked egg shell with a boy’s face and hands to the anterior surface and his feet and buttocks to the reverse.
The body has pierced 'pepper' holes in a hexagram formation to the upper portion.
This pepper retains the original fully hallmarked screw fit weighted base; which when unscrewed provides access to permit the pot to be filled.
This novelty pepper is a fine example of its type.
Dimensions
Height 5.3 cm / 2.1"
Diameter of body 3.7 cm / 1.4"
Weight
An accurate weight of silver cannot be provided as this pepper has a weighted base
Condition
This antique pepper...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper shaker in silver. Late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 7 x 3.5 cm.
P...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper shaker in silver. Late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 10.8 x 4 cm
P...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Victorian English Sterling Silver Cream Sugar Presentation Set
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver cream jug and sugar presentation set - boxed; an addition to our antique teaware collection.
This exc...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century from Large Private Collection
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper shaker in silver, late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 7.5 x 4.3 cm.
...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Egg Server with Spoon Set - Serving for 6
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Egg Server with Spoon Set - Serving for 6. Item featured is an elegant antique silver plate and gold wash egg server for 6. Circa Early 1900s. Measure...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper shaker in silver. Late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 7.9 x 3.3 cm.
...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper shaker in silver, late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 7 x 3.1 cm.
P...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Antique Silver Plate Novelty 'Boat' Spoon Warmer, Design Registered in 1870
By T. Woolley 1
Located in London, London
Made circa 1880 by Thomas Wooley, this remarkable, Victorian, Antique Silver Plate Spoon Warmer, is modelled to resemble a boat, and carries ...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century French Napoleon III Black and White Hunt Scenes Plates, Set of 10
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant set of ten antique plates was crafted in Sarreguemines, France, circa 1870. Each hand painted plate features an illustrated hunt scene. Every black and white ceramic plate has French writing narrating the event including the first one which reads: "Bien des chasseurs se vantent du gibier qu'ils ne tuent pas: lui au contraire en tue beaucoup et ne se vante pas". They are: "Chasse aux Canards Sauvages", "Chasse aux Faisans", "Battue aux Chevreuils", "Chasse aux Cailles...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Antique Rogers Smith & Co Victorian Silver Plated Butter Cheese Dish Hoof Feet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Rogers Smith & Co Victorian Silver Plated Butter Cheese Dish Hoof Feet. Item features has a "C" monogram to the lid, removable insert, ornate tw...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
English Pepper Shaker in Silver, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
English pepper shaker in silver. Late 19th century. From large private collection.
Large selection in stock.
Stamped.
In very good condition. Minor wear.
Measures: 8.3 x 4 cm.
P...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Antique English Victorian Silver Plated Figural Cherubs Shaker Caster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Silver Plated Figural Cherubs Shaker Caster. Circa Early 20th Century.
Measurements: 7" H x 2.5" Diameter.
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
A set of three Victorian copper saucepans
Located in Martlesham, GB
A nice set of three Victorian copper saucepans with long steel handles, each saucepan of circular form and having copper lids with a handle. Circa 1860.
Large saucepan - 9 1/2" x 9...
Category
1860s British Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Copper
Set of 4 cast sterling silver menu holders modelled as crests made in 1891
By Samuel Jacob
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1891 by Judah Rosenthal & Samuel Jacob, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Set of 4 Menu Holders, are modelled as crests and are presented in...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Vintage Mercury Glass Flutes or Champagne Glasses
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid Century pair of hand blown mercury glass flutes crafted in classic champagne glass form, decorated with acid etched flowers and ferns on the outsides with gold tone insides and s...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Victorian Tableware
Materials
Mercury Glass
Antique Wilcox SP Co. 4281 Silver Plated Seasoning Spice Shaker "E" Monogram
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Wilcox SP Co. 4281 Silver Plated Seasoning Spice Shaker with "E" Monogram. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 6" H x 3" Diameter.
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Edward & John Barnard Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Mustard Pot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver mustard pot made by Edward & John Barnard; an addition to our silver cruets/condiments collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver mustard pot has a plain cylindrical form.
The body of the mustard pot is embellished with pierced interlacing scrolling leaf designs.
The upper and lower rim of this sterling mustard pot is ornamented with an applied bead decorated border.
This fine mustard pot retains the original hallmarked hinged domed cover surmounted with an impressive interlacing tri-lobed thumbpiece.
This antique piece is fitted with an opposing scroll handle ornamented with a plain scrolling thumbpiece.
The mustard pot retains the original removable blue glass liner.
Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body and part hallmarks to the interior of cover are all very clear; the maker's mark to the interior of the cover have wear in keeping with age.
Condition
This antique silver...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Water Jug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian sterling silver water jug; part of our antique dining silverware collection.
This e...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Military Interest - Victorian sterling silver bell with military inscription
By E.&E. Emanuel
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1892 by Emanuel Emanuel, this striking, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Bell, is of handsome proportions, and is of military interest. The bell was present...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Condiment Shakers (1885)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive pair of antique Victorian English sterling silver condiment shakers; an addition to our si...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Champagne Bottle Pepper
By John Harrison & Co. Ltd. 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver novelty pepper Shaker in the form of a champagne bottle; an addition to our silver cruets/condiments collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver pepper has a cylindrical shaped form realistically modelled in the form of a champagne bottle.
The lower cylindrical portion of the body is embellished with the contemporary bright cut engraved Roman numerals 'XXIX' - 29.
The pepper is fitted with the original hallmarked push fit cover modelled in the form of a foil capped champagne cork embellished with pierced 'pepper' holes subdivided by an integrated wire muselet/wirehood indentation design.
The underside of this impressive sterling silver pepper bears the retailer's mark 'Jones, London & Paris'.
Condition
This antique pepper...
Category
1870s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Charles Boyton II Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Mustard Pot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian English sterling silver novelty mustard pot; an addition to our 19th century silver condiments collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver mustard pot has an oval shaped form on to a circular spreading foot, modelled in the form of a period coal scuttle or flower basket.
The lower portion of the body is embellished with undulating fluted ornamentation.
The upper portion of the body is embellished with a wide incurved band of scrolling leaf decoration accented with a floral motif to each spiralling terminal, all on a matte background.
This sterling silver mustard pot is fitted with impressive two hallmarked hinged covers embellished with scrolling leaf and floral motifs on a matte background.
This exceptional example of antique silverware has a central ribbed handle.
The stepped circular spreading foot is encircled with a band of leaf and circular motif decoration.
This fine novelty silver mustard pot retains the original gilded interior.
This antique silver mustard pot...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Pair of Sauce Boats, London 1896, Lambert & Co.
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1896 by Lambert & Co., this handsome, pair of Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Sauce Boats, feature gadroon borders, acanthus detailed flying C...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique 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.