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Tableware For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Style: Napoleon III
Raymond Loewy, ‘Charcoal’ coffee pot, Rosenthal - Continental China, 1960s
Located in London, GB
Raymond Loewy (USA, 1893-1986)
‘Charcoal’ coffee pot
Designed 1960, produced by Continental China, a division of Rosenthal, Germany
Ceramic.
Good condition with only minor rubbings ...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Robert Welch for Old Hall, 1962-4, Alveston Condiment Set, Super Set, Modernist
Located in London, GB
Robert Welch for Old Hall, 1962-4
'Alveston' condiment set
Stainless steel with black plastic inserts
Very good condition, with only light marks
Makers stamp to underside of ea...
Category
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
$49 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Leo Amino Hand Carved Bowls and Fork
By Leo Amino
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stunning Leo Amino hand carved bowls and one utensil in excellent condition.
Tray with utensil: 1.75 in. H x 3.88 in. D x 8.25 in. W
Tray: 1 in. H x 4 in. D x 7.88 in. W.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Wood
$4,850 / set
6 Midcentury Pastel Daisy Porcelain Coffee Cups, Lilien, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of six charming conical coffee cups and saucers from the „Daisy“-series, made of thin, fine china in six different lovely pastel colors, yellow, light blue, light green, bluegray, pink/rosé and lilac. Made in the 1950s by Lilien Porzellan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Astonishing Italian Tray in Bamboo, Rattan and Wicker. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Astonishing italian serving tray in bamboo, rattan and wicker. Made in Italy
It's in excellent condition.
Dimension:
17,32 x 13 x 1,18 inches
cm 44 x cm 33 x cm 3 H
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
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
Set of 3 Mid-Century WGP Pottery Bowl and Plates from Silberdistel, 1960s
By Silberdistel
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century WGP Pottery Bowl and Plates from Silberdistel, West Germany, 1960s, Set of 3, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Addition...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Owl Mustard Pot with Unusual Green Eyes & Snail Serving Spoon, c. 1930
Located in London, GB
A delightful solid silver mid century mustard pot in the form of an owl, made in Spain c. 1930.
The owl is beautifully modelled and in lovely condition, with the hinge in good worki...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver
Hans Theo Bauman, Arzberg ‘Brasilia’ coffee pot with ‘Viola’ decoration, 1970s
Located in London, GB
Hans Theo Bauman (Swiss/German, 1924-2016)
‘Brasilia’ coffee pot with ‘Viola’ flower pattern, Model no. ‘Arzberg 5500’
Designed 1975, produced by Arzberg,...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 6 Midcentury French Provincial Earthenware Tumblers – Rustic Charm
Located in Milano, IT
This charming set of 6 midcentury French Provincial earthenware tumblers showcases rustic elegance with their handcrafted design and eart...
Category
19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Tableware
Materials
Earthenware
Massimo Vignelli for Heller Italien, a Set of 8 Dinner Plates in Yellow Melamine
Located in København, Copenhagen
Massimo Vignelli for Heller, Italien.
A set of 8 dinner plates in yellow melamine.
1970/80s.
Stackable.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Measures:...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Other
French Cheese Spreader in the Shape of a Shell with Four Knives
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Recently acquired from Paris...A unique set of four cheese spreaders in a holder of a resin shell. The four knives have a grotto look with the grotto...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italian Modernist Crumb Pan / Dust Pan in Teak and Brass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Teak dust/crumb pan in the manner of Carl Auböck (ca. 1960s, Italy).
Sculptural pan boasts rich teak color and vivid grain finished with a curved brass handle.
Excellent, vintage con...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
1960s La Fonda Del Sol Restaurant Salt Shakers Girard Midcentury
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Alexander Girard for Mayer China / Minners. Made in the 1960s. Bollard-form salt shakers. Identical each with single hole. No chips, no cracks. Some crazing to the white bands around...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$796 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Blossom Cocktail or Pickle Fork & Condiment Spoon
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This sterling silver fork and knife set were made by the renowned Georg Jensen of Denmark in his Blossom pattern in a naturalistic or organic sty...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century, Gio Ponti for Arthur Krupp Cutlery Set "Bear Line"
Located in Turin, Turin
An eclectic personality, from his early days he was active in the fields of architecture, painting, graphics and set design. He graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic i...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage White Gilding Vase with Pink Flower Pattern by Herend, 1970s
By Herend
Located in Bastogne, BE
Herend flower vase.
Supplier of the Royal Court of England - premium Hungarian porcelain.
1970’s.
In excellent condition, no chips, cracks or c...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Midwinter Madeira coffee pot and sugar bowl, British 1960s mid-century tableware
Located in London, GB
Nicholas Jenkins (British) – Print pattern
David Queensberry (British) – shape/objects
Madeira Coffee Pot and Sugar bowl
Designed 1960, produced by Midwinter c. 1965
Ceramic.
Overal...
Category
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 53 Bamboo And Stainless Steel Toke Cutlery For 8
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Mexico City, MX
A 1950's bamboo and stainless steel "Toke" set of cutlery for 8 by Jens Quistgaard for IHQ Denmark (Dansk). The modernist style set has bamboo handles with notorious grain. The set i...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vibrant Cobalt Blue Glasses by Carlo Moretti for Empoli
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vibrant set of cobalt blue glasses, designed by Carlo Moretti for Empoli, Italy, circa 1950s. The set consists of 22 glasses, 12 larger glasses measuring 5....
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Glass
Set of 4 Ceramic Bamboo Dessert Plates - Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Bring the beauty of nature to your table with our Set of 4 bamboo ceramic plates, made in Italy. Each plate showcases intricate hand painted bamboo detailing, combining artisanal cra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Lazy Susan Danish Modern Teak Serving Tray or Platter by Digsmed ca. 1965
Located in Andernach, DE
Lazy Susan designed by Flemming Digsmed in the 1960s, Danish modern teak swivel/rotating tray, complete with 6 original smokey glass bowls by KH Denmark.
A beautiful teak Lazy Susan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Teak, Glass
$141 Sale Price
56% Off
Walnut, Cork & Cane Fruit Knife Set, Carl Auböck II
Located in London, GB
A set of 6 cane wrapped fruit knives with a walnut stand and cork insert, designed by Carl Auböck II during the 1950s.
With a round walnut base with cork insert for the six cane wr...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Metal
Modernist Brass and Cane Wire Cheese Slicer Knife by Penchoen Originals, 1960s
By Penchoen Originals
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant, modernist wire cheese knife in solid brass with cane-wrapped handle designed by Penchoen Originals of Sturgis, Michigan. Often misattributed to either Tommi Parzinger or Car...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass, Wire
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Tapio Wirkala for Rosenthal Studio Line: complete coffee set "Ice blossom"
Located in Zemst, BE
Tapio Wirkala for Rosenthal Studio Line West-Germany:
complete coffee set named"Ice blossom"
High qulaity and fine porcelain
consists out of 39 pces:
1 coffee pot
1 milk jug
1 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century, Libbey Glass Company, "Anchors Aweigh" Tom Collins Glasses
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 vintage, nautical themed cocktail glasses, each with a different set of signal flags and their meaning in brightly colored enamel on a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Glass
Walnut Table Sweeper #4264 Carl Auböck II
Located in London, GB
A walnut and horsehair table sweeper designed by Carl Auböck II during the late 1940s.
This walnut table sweeper is the height of elevated everyday elegance, and its materials and ...
Category
1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Walnut
Iconic 50s Ice Bucket by Ettore Sottsass for Rinnovel - Vintage Italian Charm
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Dive into the retro charm of the Fifties with this iconic Ettore Sottsass‘ 50s Ice Bucket produced by Rinnovel. Crafted from anodized aluminum in a delightful shade of pink, this vin...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Aluminum
$472 Sale Price
20% Off
Emilia Castillo Alabaster and Sterling Silver Bowl
Located in Darnestown, MD
This elegant alabaster bowl with sterling silver ornamentation was made by Emilia Castillo. The bowl measures 14 inches in diameter and features five leaves, that I believe are philo...
Category
Late 20th Century Central American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Alabaster, Sterling Silver
Danish Mid-Century Modern Teak Seventeen Piece Lot with Three Pepper Mills
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Beautiful Danish teak wood serving set featuring three pepper mills, a serving tray, four coasters in a holder, four egg holders and four napkin holders. Dimensions are; Serving Tray...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Teak
Da Vinci by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 20 Pcs Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
Da Vinci by Reed & Barton sterling silver Mid-Century Modern flatware set - 20 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes:
Four knives, 9 1/8".
Four forks, 7 1/2".
Four salad fork...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid Century Modern Carl Auböck Salt and Pepper Shakers Tableware Vienna 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
This presented salt and pepper shakers in a wooden cup shows a great design by Carl Auböck, Vienna 1950s.
Two shakers made of horn, which are a pleasure to ...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Teak, Horn
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
Vision' Sterling Flatware by Ronald Hayes Pearson for Pearson
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A service for twelve (12), of sculptural, Vision flatware in sterling created by the artist and jewelry designer Ronald Hayes Pearson.
Place setting ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Modernist Brass Tray "HOLE Pattern" in Style of Mathieu Matégot, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Metal tray.
In style of Mathieu Matégot.
Origin: France,
1970s.
This original vintage tray element was produced in the 1970s in France. It was made of a wooden white lacquered ro...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Six Sweet Animal Knife Rests - by Etain Royal French vintage Metal Set in Box
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A lovely set of six knife rests. Made of pewter (etain) in France, the set is so pretty, consisting of 6 different animals in their slightly distressed original box. There are one ea...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal
Seventies Hand-Painted Tableware by Gien France 26 Pcs
By Gien
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful sunny hand-painted tableware from Gien France. The set is exposed of:
8 dinner plates
8 breakfast plates
8 soup plates
1 serving bowl (20 cm diameter and 10 cm high)
1...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
6 Glasses Cognac Smoke Joe Colombo for Arnolfo di Cambio
Located in Milano, IT
6 Glasses Cognac Smoke Joe Colombo for Arnolfo di Cambio
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Glass
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
Vintage Brass Trivet long form handle
Located in Seattle, WA
Beautiful Patina on this vintage brass Trivet. Long Form Handle. Vintage Condition as pictured. Listing is for described item only.Box H3
Dimensions. 5” W ; 2.75” D ; 5” H
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Pair of Green Earthenware Tea /Coffee Cups with Floral Motifs by Zaccagnini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This pair of cups are made in earthenware, which features lacquered hand-painted floral motifs.
They are vintage therefore they might show slight traces of use,...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Earthenware
'6' Dudson Virgin Atlantic Airways R Welch Porcelain Snack Appetizer Plates
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Set of (6) Dudson Virgin Atlantic Airways Porcelain Snack Plates by Robert Welch
Very convenient, durable and wonderfully shaped.
9 1/2" x 5 1/4"
...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$96 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Northern Lights International Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 121 Pc Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Important American silver designer Alfred G. Kintz began working at International silver around 1910 and retired in 1959. There was an excellent article done on Alfred Kintz...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Italian Oversize Tray in Murano and Brass 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Vintage Italian Oversize Tray from the 1960s combines the allure of Murano glass and brass, creating a stunning and spacious serving piece. This tray reflects the distinctive desig...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Decorative Murano and Mirror Tray 1950
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Vintage Italian Decorative Murano and Mirror Tray from the 1950s is a captivating piece that marries the renowned Murano glass artistry with the functionality of a mirror tray. O...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Blossom Cocktail or Pickle Fork & Condiment Spoon
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This sterling silver fork and knife set were made by the renowned Georg Jensen of Denmark in his Blossom pattern in a naturalistic or organic sty...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
William Spratling Wood Sterling Silver Cheese Board With Knife and Sauce Spoon
Located in Mexico City, MX
A rare ca. 1958 wood and Sterling silver cheese board with knife by American jeweler, silversmith and designer William Spratling. The wood board is inlaid with silver sheets making a...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set for 8 EKCO Eterna "Canoe Muffin" Mid-Century Danish Modern Flatware - 1960s
By EKCO
Located in St. Louis, MO
Classic Danish influenced Mid-Century sleek modernist designed stainless flatware / silverware set & serving pieces designed and sold by EKCO Products International and produced in Japan, circa 1960s. This set is from the EKCO Eterna...
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Thomas Rosenthal, Germany, Medallion Onyx Grey large serving bowl with lid 1970s
Located in London, GB
Medallion ‘Onyx Grey’ large serving bowl with lid
Produced c 1970s by Thomas, a subsidiary/division of Rosenthal, Germany
Ceramic
Excellent condition
L 25 cm, Diam 21 cm, H 13 cm, W...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Charles Voltz Vallauris Pottery SET: Jug & Casserole typical low fired red glaze
By Charles Volton
Located in Landshut, BY
SET of 2
Charles Voltz (1923-1997) moved to Vallauris France in 1950, where he had a studio for many years. His ceramics was in the typical exuberant mid-century Vallauris style with colourful and often highly textured or patterned glazes.
Vallauris is an area in the Cote d’Azur region of south eastern France and has a long history of Artistic and Ceramics traditions, but is was in the 1950s when Vallauris experienced a new golden age after Picasso went to live in and influence the Arts & Crafts of Vallauris in the late 1940s (and where he stayed until 1955)
Picasso, along with Roger Capron were significant contributors to the profile of Ceramics in Vallauris, together other names such as Roger Collet, Gilbert Portanier, Jean Derval and Charles Voltz.
Design Period 1965 to 1975
Production Period late 1960s
Country of Manufacture France
H / height: 11cm both ~ Gew. / weight: 2950grs both
DM / diameter casserole : 13 cm ~ DM / diameter jug: 8 cm
MARKED: C. Voltz Vallauris...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Clay
Traditional Antique Silver Fork and Spoon in a Box, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique silver fork and spoon in a soft box. Handmade manufactured in Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent wi...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver
$271 Sale Price
75% Off
Gio Ponti Silver Cutlery Set for Twelve by Krupp Italy 1950s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Cutlery silver set for twelve in nickel silver or German silver, this set includes a total of 36 pieces; 12 spoons, 12 forks, and 12 knives with a steel blade.
Set designed by Gio ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Nickel, Stainless Steel
Mid Century Lime Green Fabric Embroidered Cloth Dinner Napkins, Set of 4
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of four lime green cloth dinner napkins. I beautiful mid-century or chinoiserie set that will elevate any place setting. Each napkin is crea...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Fabric
$120 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Carl Auböck Neptune Fish Bottle Opener, Leather & Steel by Amboss Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful fish-shaped mid-century bottle opener, made of stainless steel, covered with dark-brown tan leather. Model #4687, designed in 1995 by Carl Auböck, Vienna. Executed by Amb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Swedish Teak Cutting Board by Karl Holmberg, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Swedish Teak Cutting Board by Karl Holmberg, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Teak
Color:...
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Teak
Christofle Silver Plated Menagère in its Box.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Christofle silver plated menagère in its box.
Christofle silver-plated menagère, box, silver-plated dinner services by Christofle, Napoleon III style, 20th century.
12 forks
12 spoo...
Category
20th Century French Napoleon III Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
A Pair of Silver-plated Conserve Pots on a Stand
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Pair of Silver-plated Conserve Pots on a Stand
These very pretty glass dishes come complete with spoons and lids, the stand is decorated with grapes and vines.
The set is 4” high...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Swedish Koka Blue, Blau, Bla Series Coffee Pot, 1950s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Swedish Koka Blue, Blau, Bla Series Coffee Pot by Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand, 1950s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1950 to 1959 This piece has an attribution mark....
Category
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Diamond by Reed and Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 51 pieces Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
This pattern was designed by internationally renowned Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti and introduced by Reed & Barton in the year 1958. It has a wonderful Mid-Century Modern Design. This is our best selling Mid Century Modern flatware...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gerald Benney Set of 4 Pewter Goblets for Selangor Pewter, C. 1986, Boxed Unused
Located in London, GB
Gerald Benney for Selangor Pewter (Royal Selangor), designed c.1986
Set of 4 pewter goblets
A beautiful boxed set in excellent un-used condition. O...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Pewter
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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