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Tableware For Sale
Suzani Printed Cotton Tablecloth
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Add a touch of charm to your dining experience with our unique printed Suzani cotton tablecloth. Measuring 250x150cm, this tablecloth features intricate, vibrant patterns that celebr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Tableware
Materials
Cotton
$150 / item
Luigi Colani Zen Full Tea Set and Plates, Stoneware, Friesland, Germany, 1970s
By Friesland Ceracron, Luigi Colani
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful tea set made of black glazed stoneware, designed by Luigi Colani in 1973. Executed by Porzellanfabrik Friesland, Germany. All items are in excellent condition. The set co...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Set of 11 Crystal Champagne Glasses - Lalique France - Model Barsac
By Lalique
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful set of 1 crystal champagne glasses, from the French brand Lalique. The name of the model is Barsac.
The stem is beautifully satined with fine shaping. Wide protruding gob...
Category
1990s French Modern Tableware
Materials
Crystal
Ornate William IV Sterling Silver Christening Mug by Edward Barnard made in 1836
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1836 by Edward Barnard & Sons this elaborate William IV sterling silver christening mug has a flared rim and is decorated with applied cast and chased flo...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Putto Wine Bottle Stopper
Located in Delft, NL
A silver putto wine bottle stopper
A silver (800/1000 purity of silver) wine bottle stopper with
a scene of Verrocchio's charming little angel, P...
Category
19th Century European Antique Tableware
Materials
Marble, Silver
Large Japanese Imari Porcelain Charger from the Meiji Period
Located in Kastrup, DK
A large Japanese porcelain imari charger dating from the Meiji era.
Hand painted design in polychrome colors, six alternating panels surrounding the central floral medallion. Reverse...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Other Antique Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Onedia Mid-Century South Seas Silverplate Flatware Set for Community
By Community
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A 58 piece set of silverplated sculptural south seas pattern styled flatware with 8 serving pieces, with five pieces for each place setting salad, dinner fork, tea, soup spoon and knife. There are eight severing pieces butter, cake knife, slotted, large severing and condiment spoon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Georgian Pewter Measure from the Hope Inn, by Edward J Wilderness Row
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Georgian pewter measure from the Hope Inn, by Edward J Wilderness Row
Hope Tavern, 179 Stanhope Street, Euston Road
Hallmarked Edward J London of Wi...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tableware
Materials
Pewter
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain Dinner Plate - Butterfly, Insect Collection
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Step into the charm of an English garden with our porcelain plates, adorned with delicate hand-appliqué design of a butterfly. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining ...
Category
2010s Italian Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Fornasetti “Greca” Cups and Saucers, Italy, ca. 1955
Located in Stockholm, SE
An early pair of porcelain cups with saucers, designed by Piero Fornasetti (1913–1988) in Milan, circa 1955.
The model “Greca” is decorated with a black and gilt neoclassical key mot...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Classic Bouquet by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 56 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Classic Bouquet by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set, 56 pieces. The handle design is a bouquet of flowers with pierced and beaded detailing. This se...
Category
1970s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Walter Bosse Brass Dinner Bell Displaying a Cat by Herta Baller, Austria, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming midcentury table bell displaying a cat. A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Herta Baller Austria in the 1950s. Made of brass, in very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Postmodern Flash One Series Milk and Sugar Pot by Dorothy Hafner, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Flash One Series Milk and Sugar Pot by Dorothy Hafner for Rosenthal, 1980s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
A...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Silver Cutlery Set For 12 People By V.C. Dub for A. Einspinner, 1915
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant cutlery set made of solid silver for twelve people consisting of 173 Parts in original wooden box.
Date of manufactory: circa 1915
Material: Massive silver '800', Stain...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver
Danish Rosewood Table Crumb Brush Dust Pan Tray Bold Graphic Midcentury Design
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Laurids Lonborg bold, graphical design. Rare wood constructed brush, with a textured plastic molded pan.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Rosewood
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Winterling–Bavaria Coffee Service from the 1907-1950s
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a porcelain mocaccino service.
The set includes: a pitcher, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, and six cups with saucers.
The Winterling-Bavaria signature is from the 1907-19...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$386 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pantheon by Tuttle International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 60 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner size pantheon sterling silver flatware set - 60 pieces. All of the pieces were made by Tuttle except for the dinner knives, which are the earl...
Category
20th Century American Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Mid 20th Century Tray in Gilt Aluminum and Butter Yellow Glass. 60s
Located in Roma, IT
We are pleased to offer for sale a charming small mid-century modern tray. Dating to the 1950s–1960s, it was most likely made in Italy and features rounded edges designed to hold jus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Aluminum
Delafosse by Christofle France Silver Plate Flatware Set 12 Service 137 Pieces
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
Delafosse by Christofle silver plated flatware set of 137 pieces. This set includes:
12 dinner size knives, 9 3/4",
12 dinner size forks, 8 5/8",
12 luncheon knives (some blade we...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
English Provincial Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 32 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
English Provincial by Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware set - 32 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 9 1/8".
Eight forks, 7 1/2".
Eight salad forks, 6 3/4".
Eight teaspoon...
Category
1960s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service Dinner 179 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Named for King Richard I of England. Described as truly a royal pattern with regal dignity drawn from the romantic background of the pomp and pageantry of Richard the Lion-hearted an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
stainless-steel cutlery set with antler handles Solingen Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
18-piece stainless-steel cutlery set with antler handles, crafted in the tradition of Hubertus Solingen workmanship. The set includes knives, forks, and spoons, each combining durabl...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rustic Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tulip Glass Decanter by Aldo Cibic
By Aldo Cibic
Located in Milan, IT
Decanter made in blown in a mold glass. The Tulip collection is a glassware family by Aldo Cibic, who designed these pieces walking the line between classical and Postmodern design. ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Tableware
Materials
Glass
$168 / item
Large Oval Domed Dish or Food Cover, Silver Plated
Located in Delft, NL
Large oval domed dish or food cover, silver plated
A large silver plated oval dish with a domed food cover with handle
The cloche (handle) is with shell...
Category
20th Century English Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Contemporary Woven Rattan Napkin Holder in Navy
Located in Toronto, ON
Uplift your table with this stunning handwoven rattan napkin holder. Finely crafted by expert artisans, this piece showcases the classical technique of weaving in a modern way. From ...
Category
2010s Colombian Tableware
Materials
Rattan
12 Coalport England Cups & 12 Saucers, 24 Pieces Green Hand Painted Florals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pretty green and floral tea cup set of 12 cups and 12 saucers from Coalport England in their signature batwing pattern. As this pattern was made for ...
Category
1920s British Vintage Tableware
Materials
Gold, Enamel
$1,462 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Richard Ginori Brown & Gold Trimmed Extensive Dinnerware Service Of 99 Pieces
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Richard Ginori extensive dinnerware service Contessa brown / gilt pattern dinnerware service . Pattern having a brown and double gilt gold trim decorated design on white porcelain. Service comprising twelve dinner plates, diameter 10 1/4 inches. twelve soup / pasta plates , twelve salad plate, thirty one small plates; fifteen coffee / tea cups, twelve small plates , two large oval serving chargers , two Round Covered tureen with two handled All in great condition, with only the faintest service wear, showing some negligible oxidation to the gold trim.
comprising in the service:
12 dinner plates
12 salad plates
31 small ice cream plates...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Gold
Georg Jensen Continental Sterling Silver Dinner Knife with Serrated Blade
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen dinner knife with silver handle and serrated stainless steel blade, item 014 in the Continental pattern, design #4 by Georg Jensen from 1906.
Additional information:
...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Francis I Older by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 87-Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Old mark FRANCIS I BY REED & BARTON Sterling Silver flatware set - 87 pieces. This set includes:
8 KNIVES, FRENCH BLADES, 9 1/4"
8 FORKS (HEAVY), 7 1/4"
8 SALAD FORKS, 6 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hammered Shell Hamret Skjell by J Tostrup Norway 830 Silver Flatware Set Service
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scandinavian / Norwegian Modern Hammered Shell aka "Hamret Skjell" by J. Tostrup Sterling Silver flatware set - 39 pieces. This set includes:
6 dinner knives, 10"
5 dinner forks,...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Georg Jensen Acanthus Sterling Silver Coffee Spoon 034
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
Georg Jensen sterling silver coffee spoon, item #034 in the Acanthus pattern, flatware design #180 by Johan Rohde from 1917.
Additional information:
Mate...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Spode Blue Italian 81 Piece Dinner Set
By Spode
Located in Montreal, Quebec
81 pieces crafted using fine earthenware porcelain make up this classic collection by Spode. The Blue Italian design depicts a scene in the Italian countryside with natural elements ...
Category
20th Century English Tableware
Materials
Earthenware, Porcelain
$1,420 / set
Year Plate by Eduardo Paolozzi for Rosenthal, 1978
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing bisque porcelain year plate, designed by Eduardo Paolozzi for Rosenthal, 1978, number 1620 from a limited series of 3000, complete with certificate and original box.
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Indian Silver Three Piece Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian silver three piece tea service; an addition to our diverse silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Indian silver tea set/set consists of a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl.
Each piece of this service has a circular rounded form onto a circular foot.
The surface of each piece is embellished with impressive chased bamboo stalk ornamentation, on a matte background.
The teapot is fitted with a domed hinged cover ornamented with further bamboo stalk decoration and surmounted with the original, fine and impressive finial.
The teapot and cream jug are fitted with silver handles realistically modelled in the form of bamboo stalks.
The teapot has an exceptional spout ornamented with a continuation of foliate ornamentation.
The antique sugar bowl and cream jug retain the original gilded interior.
Condition
This antique tea service...
Category
1890s Indian Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
Modern Artisanal Chowk Red Geometric Print Cotton Table Napkin( set of 4 )
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Chowk table napkin is a unique modern artisanal napkin. Created artistically and ethically by artisans in India using clamp dye technique, using only pure natural dyes. It is a pure ...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Tableware
Materials
Cotton
$55 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Limoges Porcelain Service Glazed in an Opulent Royal Blue with Gilt Edges
By Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A partial coffee/dessert service in opulent Limoges porcelain, comprising 6 dessert plates, 6 side plates and a two-handled sugar container. Glazed in an opulent royal blue, the body...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Classic Rose by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 77 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful CLASSIC ROSE BY REED & BARTON sterling silver Flatware set - 77 Pieces. This set includes:
12 KNIVES, 9 1/8"
12 FORKS, 7 1/2"
12 SALAD FORKS, 6 5/8"
12 TEASPOONS, 6"
12 PL...
Category
1950s Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Midcentury Flatware Set Service for 24/5 Piece Setting /120 Pieces
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wow, this is an incredible find. A sterling silver flatware set, service for 24, 5 piece setting in mint condition. This is midcentury at its finest. Look at the curvy shape of each piece; a modernist paradise. Each piece is tapered with the center being a tad bit wider than the top and bottom. This is not your grandmothers ornate and heavy looking flatware; this set is young and modern. Comes with a wooden flatware chest...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
German midcentury porcelain dinnerware set, Flowers, Eschenbach, 55 pieces
By Eschenbach
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful German porcelain dinnerware made by Eschenbach during the 1950s. The dinnerware consists of 55 pieces, with round and oval trays of various sizes, soup and dinner plates, a...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
$5,598 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Chinese Folding Screen for Desk Hardwood & Silk Hand Decorated, Circa 1960
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese folding desk or table screen with hardwood frame and silk panels with hand embroidered decoration, dating to cir...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Tableware
Materials
Silk, Hardwood
Louvois by Puiforcat France Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 54 pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
The Parisian silversmith Puiforcat is regarded as one of the legendary names in European silver craftsmanship.
Superb Dinner Size Louvois by Puiforcat sterling silver flatware set, ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Set of French Louis XV Style Porcelain Tableware with Pink and Blue
By Limoges
Located in Dallas, TX
A large set of French porcelain tableware in the Louis XV style with a white ground with pink and blue floral and gilt edging. This set consist of
26 9" plates, 15 8.25"plates, 11 ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 24 Piece English Rare Pattern Dessert Set, circa 1853 Martin Hall & Co.
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Set of 24 antique English silver plate lunch dessert knives and forks, circa 1853, Martin Hall & Co. The Service comprises 12 knives and 12 forks, tapered quadrilateral handles; the ...
Category
19th Century Antique Tableware
Materials
Silver
$1,100 Sale Price
33% Off
Hand cut Crystal Saltshaker set Ambrosià (2-piece set: amber & dark gray)
Located in Glendale, CA
The Ambrosià Crystal Salt & Pepper Shakers are exquisite examples of hand-cut crystal craftsmanship, blending European artistry with timeless 20th century design. Crafted from high-q...
Category
2010s Modern Tableware
Materials
Crystal
$210 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Royal Danish by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 65 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
This stately pattern is a combination of form and symmetry, influenced by the clean, balanced lines of Scandinavian artistry. Bold openwork is enhanced by slender lines of fluted col...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 4 Christofle 'Gallia' silver plated Figural Salt and Pepper Shakers
By Christofle, Gallia
Located in Long Island City, NY
Christofle 'Collection Gallia' - design by artist Eugène Volynkine (often attributed to Edouard Marcel Sandoz).
A set of four French Art Deco silvered figural salt & pepper shakers.
...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Bing & Grondahl / B&G, "Butterfly", Complete Coffee Service in Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing & Grondahl / B&G, "Butterfly".
Complete coffee service in hand-painted porcelain for eight people with coffee pot, cream jug and dishes.
The coffee pot measures: 25 x 21 cm.
...
Category
20th Century Danish Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
1960s 15 Piece Dinnerware in by Ingrid, Chicago
Located in San Gabriel, CA
Set of 15 vintage plastic dinnerware consisting of 7 dinner plates, 7 salad plates, and 5 bowls. Made of ABS.
Some signs of age and use, light scra...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Plastic
$56 Sale Price
20% Off
Chantilly by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service Luncheon, 110 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
12 knives 8 7/8",
12 forks 7",
12 salad forks 6 1/2",
12 teaspoons 5 3/4",
12 cream soup spoons 6 1/8",
12 iced tea spoons 7 5/8",
12 demitasse spoons 4",
12 coffee spoons 5 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Arabia, Finland 1960s dinner service "Crownband"
Located in Delft, NL
Arabia, Finland 1960s dinner service "Crownband"
This dinner set is made in Finland by Arabia, 1960s. Arabia, established in 1873.
This set with the Crownband pattern in blue, grayish, yellow and brown lines on the edge on a light blue underground.
The set consists of the following.
* 19 x of plates of 24 cm diagonal
* 2 x lidded tureens ( soup)
* 2 x lidded tureens
* 14 x plates with 19,3 cm diagonal (deep)
* 14 x soup plates of 24 cm diagonal
* 12 x small plates of 14,5 cm diagonal
* 20 x plates of 19,5 cm diagonal
* 5 x soup bowl with saucers
* 2 x small bowls on foot
* 9 x cups and saucers
* 2 x egg cups
* 2 x gravy boats
* 2 x round large bowls of 25,5 cm diagonal
* 1 x oval bowl of 36 cm wide
* 8 x cups raised on a foot
* 1x Coffee pot
* 1 x large milk / water or orange jug
* 1 x mini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Tableware
Materials
Pottery
$3,318 / set
Iron Age by Michael Aram Black Oxidized Stainless Steel Flatware Set 31 Pcs
By Michael Aram
Located in Big Bend, WI
Iron Age by Michael Aram
“Flatware that's not flat: Design and Production of innovative Table cutlery, 1890-2015” By William P. Hood Jr. & Phil Dreis. (Not pictured in the book)...
Category
20th Century Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Cassetti "Lighthouse" pepper shaker, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Vintage lighthouse-shaped pepper shaker by Cassetti, Italy, crafted in rich ebony and chrome-plated brass. This exquisite mid-century design, dating from circa 1950–1970, exemplifies...
Category
1950s Italian International Style Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Dinnerware set of 6 Deep Plates Decor Blue Delft by Gien. France
By Gien
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Vintage Dinnerware dinner service, tableware, serveware set of 6 deep plates in earthenware enameled of Gien France model Blue Delft.
Category
Late 20th Century French Tableware
Materials
Earthenware
French Cast Iron Enameled Green Trivet Made in France 1970
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
French Cast Iron Enameled Dark Green Holly Trivet Made in France.
This French Provincial enameled iron trivet is perfect for any emerald green themed kitchen.
The trivet, cast to res...
Category
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Tableware
Materials
Iron
Dotty Pasta Bowl in Terracotta (Set of Four)
By Louise Roe
Located in London, GB
Rustic and full of charm, our Dotty collection is handmade in Southern Italy. Inspired by an antique terracotta fragment found by Louise on her travels, shop the full dinnerware coll...
Category
2010s Italian Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
$200 / item
Polar Coaster Antico & Arabescato By Greg Natale
By Greg Natale
Located in Sydney,, NSW
The Polar Coaster presents a symmetrical fusion of two contrasting marble pieces honed for smooth elegance and finished with a black non-slip base. Simple and refined, each set is su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Tableware
Materials
Marble
Georgian Plain by Birks Sterling Silver Flatware Set Dinner Service 80 pc Canada
By Henry Birks
Located in Big Bend, WI
Exquisite Georgian Plain by Birks (Canada) dinner size sterling silver Flatware set - 80 pieces. This set includes:
8 Dinner Size Knives, 9 3/4"
8 Dinner Size Forks, 7 3/4"
8 Lunche...
Category
Early 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gucci Bottle Opener in Original Vintage Packaging, Italy 70s
By Gucci
Located in Roma, IT
We are pleased to offer for sale an elegant vintage bottle opener by Gucci.
Made in Italy around the 1970s, this bottle opener features a sleek, minimalist design crafted from gold-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Old English Tipt by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 32 pieces
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
The Old English Tipt pattern was introduced by Gorham in the year 1870. It is a plain pattern with a straight tip, creating a simple, timeless, rectangular fiddle shaped design.
G...
Category
Late 20th Century 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.
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