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Tableware For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Style: Minimalist
Silver Plate Modernist Sculptural Napkin Rings Set of 6 Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This set of six polished vintage silver plate sculptural napkin rings will set any table with elegance and modern elements. There are four of the same elliptical shape and two of ano...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
White Demi Pierced Bowl, In Stock
Located in Oakland, CA
This bowl was wheel thrown and hand pierced and fired with a white satin finish glaze. It is perfect as a center piece for a dining table, on a credenza, or a kitchen island.
Food s...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century 17-Piece Cocktail / Barware Set in 'Tree of Life' Pattern
Located in Nantucket, MA
Seventeen piece vintage barware suite in a "Tree of Life" pattern which appears to be inspired by Georges Briard's 'Forbidden Fruit' designs. Each piece is decorated in 22-karat gold and translucent colored enamels on clear glass with gold spattered ground. On one side of each piece is a gold fruit tree with a variety of fruits in different colors, the other with a tiered dessert stand...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Glass
Helene by Easterling Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 59 Pieces
By Easterling
Located in Big Bend, WI
Helene by Easterling, circa 1955 sterling silver flatware set of 59 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9".
12 forks, 7 1/2".
12 salad forks, 6 3/4".
12 teaspoons, 6".
One gravy l...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid Century Modern Vintage Solid Brass Nutcracker Austria 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage nut cracker from solid brass designed and executed Austria 1950s.
Amazing simple design in great execution highlights t...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
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
75 Pc. Georg Jensen Caravel Sterling Silver Flatware Dinner Service for 12
By Georg Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine 75-piece Georg Jensen sterling silver flatware set.
Designed by Henning Koppel.
In the Caravel pattern.
Set comprises:
12 Dinner Forks (7 3/8")
12 Salad Forks (6 1/2")
12 Tea Spoons (5 15/16")
12 Place Spoons...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Argo Fregat by Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 60 Pcs Dinner
By Georg Jensen
Located in Big Bend, WI
Rare Dinner size Argo Fregat by Georg Jensen sterling silver Flatware set, 60 pieces. This set includes:
12 dinner size knives, long handle, 8 7/8"
12 dinner size forks, 7 1/2"
12 ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Classic Vintage Dansk Design Cutting Board from the 1960s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Based on form and function, this cutting board has the knife in the handle. The blade is 18/10 stainless steel and is tappered from the spine to
the cutting edge. The block is constructed in parquet style including the knife handle.
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Wood
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
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
Six Midcentury Cera Glass "Ethyl Gasohol" Rocks Glasses with Temp & Fill Scales
Located in Nantucket, MA
Six vintage, Pop Art, 14oz rocks glasses in red, white, yellow and black enamel designed an "Ethyl Gasohol" drum. The front and backs decorated with label information and the sides w...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Glass
Unusual Hand Blown Crystal Tableware Set, Italy, 1950s., Set of 6
Located in Bastogne, BE
Absolutely Antique crystal tableware set.
This charming set of 6 pieces includes a Decanter, 4 matching goblets and a candy dish.
Cryst...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Crystal
Amboss Austria Kitchen Utensil Set, Designed by Janos Meglk
Located in Vienna, Austria
A nice set of kitchen utensils designed by Janos Meglk for Amboss Austria. These instruments have been used but are in very good condition.
There are f...
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Metal
Scandinavian Modern Stainless Steel Salt and Pepper Shaker Set, circa 1970's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Danish pair of salt and pepper shakers by Jens Harald Quistgaard for Dansk, circa 1970's. The Minimalist shakers feature a tapered cylindrical form in brushed stai...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Comprehensive Wmf Stockholm Silver Plated Flatware, Kurt Mayer, Germany, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A meticulously curated set of silver-plated cutlery, the "4100 Stockholm Laurel" series, was designed in 1955 by Kurt Mayer for WMF Germany, Württembergische Metallwaren Fabrik. This...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Danish Rosewood Modernist Salt Pepper Shakers
Located in Ferndale, MI
Two pairs available priced separately. Either set is rosewood. I believe them to be Danish origin.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Rosewood
Da Vinci by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 50 Pcs Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
Da Vinci by Reed & Barton circa 1967 Sterling Silver flatware set - 50 pieces. This set includes:
8 Knives, 9 1/8"
8 Forks, 7 1/2"
8 Salad Forks, 7"
8 Teaspoons, 6 1/8"
8 Place Soup...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 4 Ceramic Dessert Bamboo Plates, Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Hand painted ceramic bamboo plates
Made in Italy
Size: 21cm diameter.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Torch Cut and Hammered Metal Bowl by Marcello Fantoni
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Mid-century Marcello Fantoni brutalist hammered metal torch cut bowl. Stamped twice "Fantoni Firenze, Italy," 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Metal
'His & Her' Sterling Silver Pair of Goblets, Christopher Lawrence London 1974
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1974 by Christopher Lawrence, this handsome pair of Sterling Silver Goblets are presented in their original box, and are in Lawrences signature style. The lar...
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Decorative Bulldog Glazed Ceramic and Leather Sculpture Cookie Jar, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Decorative bulldog glazed ceramic and leather sculpture cookie jar, 1960s
The head is Ceramic glazed the body ceramic and leather with paint.
It can also function as Cookie Jar o...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Leather, Ceramic
1950s Marble Decorative Vintage Ashtray
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
A 1950s vintage marble ashtray. Decorative object, the item has been created by using a single piece of marble. In very good conditions with som...
Category
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Marble
White Ceramic Circular Pierced Cylindrical Bowl or Vessel, In Stock
Located in Oakland, CA
This bowl was thrown on a potter's wheel and hand pierced. Small holes are created when the piece was still wet. Each hole is then painstakingly enlarged once the clay is bone dry. It is fired with a white satin finish glaze. While it is lovely on its own it is also a functional bowl that is stunning filled with seasonal fruit...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Amboss Cutlery Model 3000 Attributed to Helmut Alder
Located in Vienna, AT
Made by Alois Weichselbaumer company later Amboss in the 1950s.
Model 3000 stainless steel with rosewood handle with brass rivets.
Set of 18:
Six knives,
six spoons,
six forks.
...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Rare Early Spratling Hand-Hammered Punch Ladle
Located in New York, NY
Rare sterling silver punch ladle. Made by Spratling in Taxco, Mexico. Round hand-hammered bowl with curved spout. Mount has tooled bands and applied rope ban...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Sommerso Murano Glass Vase, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern large Murano glass vase.
Beautiful and rare vase with oval shaped sides and clear glass bottom. The golden glass is striking, especially in the daylight. Large eno...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Wooden Box, with Compartiments, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian wooden box, 1960s
Small wooden box, with compartiments.
Category
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Wood
Cantone by Wilkens Germany 800 Silver Flatware Set Service 108 Pieces Modern
By John Wilkins
Located in Big Bend, WI
Mid-Century Modern cantone by Wilkens German 800 silver flatware set - 108 pieces. This set includes:
18 Knives, 8 1/2"
18 Dinner Forks, 7 3/4"
...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Salt & Pepper Menage Condiment Set, Richard Rohac, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A delightful modernist cruet set comprising salt and pepper shakers along with a toothpick dispenser. Crafted from brass, bakelite in various colors an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass
Los Castillo Azurite Sugar Bowl Mexican Modern Studio Craft Taxco Silver Jewlery
By Los Castillo
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Silver-plated spherical lidded sugar with mosaic Azurite and Malachite handle. Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Silver Plate
Coin Tray by Auböck
Located in Wien, AT
Coin tray by Carl Aubo¨ck
Original condition
(We have a second one).
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Set of 18 Mid-Century Modern Square Translucent Lucite Napkin Holders
Located in New York, NY
This stunning set of 18 Mid-Century Modern napkin holders were realized in the United States circa 1970. They feature square bodies in translucent...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Lucite
Mid-Century Copper & Brass Milk Creamer and Sugar Bowl with Lid, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful set of a milk creamer and a sugar bowl, made of copper and brass with nice wicker handles. Executed in the 1950s by Erich Kolbenheyer, Vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Brass, Copper
Silver Rhythm by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 56 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
"Silver Rhythm" by International Sterling Silver Flatware set - 56 pieces. This pattern was launched in the year 1953 and features an unadorned asymmetri...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Walter Bosse Donkey Salt and Pepper Shaker Set, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian midcentury Shaker set, displaying a donkey. A very humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria in the 195...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal, Brass
Salt and Pepper Shaker with Stand in Teakwood and Ceramic, Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Salt and pepper shaker with stand made of teak and ceramic around the 1960s
Signs of use
Original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Teak
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
Fruit Bowl Execution in Brass and Wood by WMF, Germany, around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Fruit bowl execution in brass and wood by WMF, Germany, around 1950s
Brass polished and stove enamelled.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Amboss 1050 "Bacon Cutlery"
Located in Vienna, AT
This rustic cutlery consist of 18 pieces and was made in rosewood and stainless steel and was the most expensive model of the company Amboss.
Neuzeug from the 1950s
Diamention kn...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
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 style. Both pieces are clearly hallmarke...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of JHQ Dansk Denmark Teak Salad Servers
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Denmark teak salad servers. Recently purchased with large collection of modernist servers.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Teak
Caddy Full of Bakelite Handled Utensils
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A colorful large collection of vintage cutlery having red, green, amber, black, brown, ivory and tortoise color handles. The collection is held in a handled and pierced vintage...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Amboss 2090 Cutlery by Helmut Alder
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare complete cutlery designed by Helmut Alder for Amboss in 1963, stainless steel, each part punctured, altogether 30 parts each six pieces.
Good original condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Bamboo Napkin Holder, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Bamboo napkin holder, circa 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Bamboo
Gio Ponti Italian Stainless Diamond Flatware Set Three Long Ice Tea Spoons 1958
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Gio Ponti Italian stainless diamond flatware set of three long ice tea spoons, 1958.
Measures: 7 1/2" L x 1 1/8" W x 1/2" H
Maker stamped. Italian Gio Ponti designer for Reed and B...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Group of Three 20th Century Art Pottery Pieces
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Group of Three 20th Century Art Pottery Pieces,
From left: Bottle vase inspired by Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach. Thick crimson "orange peel" glaze, accentuated light rust edges,...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Pottery
Eternity by Dragsted Danish Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service Denmark 81 Pcs
By A. Dragsted
Located in Big Bend, WI
Eternity symbol by A. Dragsted Danish Mid-Century Modern sterling silver flatware set - 81 pieces. We have never seen this pattern before! The handle features a continuous eternity s...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Aldo Tura for Macabo Cusano Hand Carved Basket and Thermos Bottle 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Aldo Tura for Macabo Cusano Milanino Milano hand carved walnut wood basket and thermos bottle 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Walnut
Set of 8 Majolica Knife Rests with Fishs Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
A set of 8 rests knife with fishes in the original box, circa 1950 attributed to Vallauris.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Ceramic
Gio Ponti Stainless Flatware Set of Four Diamond Soup Spoons for Reed & Barton
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Italian designer Gio Ponti stainless flatware set of four diamond shape soup spoons designed for Reed & Barton, 1958
Measures: 7 1/2" L x...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Stainless Steel
Stromlinie by A. Dragsted Danish Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 85 Pieces
By A. Dragsted
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner Size Stromlinie by A. Dragsted Danish Mid-Century Modern sterling silver flatware set - 85 pieces. This scarce handmade set includes:
12 dinner knives, 9 3/4"
12 dinner forks...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gossamer by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 90 Pieces Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
Mid-Century Modern "Gossamer" by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 90 pieces. This modern style pattern has clean lines and a Florentine style brushed finish. This set includes:...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage, Horn Handle, Corkscrew from Amboss Austria, Chrome-Plated, 1950s
Located in Vienna, Austria
A vintage corkscrew from Amboss Austria, from the early 1950s. The handle is made from the tip of a deer antler
and held in place with a pin which g...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Metal
Coin Tray by Carl Auböck
Located in Wien, AT
Coin tray by Carl Auböck
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Finn Juhl for Kay Bojesen Teak Bowl
By Kay Bojesen, Finn Juhl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Classic Danish modern teak bowls designed by Finn Juhl for Kay Bojesen, Denmark. Turned from a single piece of teak wood into an organic modern shape. Polished and clean, with origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tableware
Materials
Teak
Fruit Bowl Vienna Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Fruit bowl vienna around 1950s
Brass
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tableware
Materials
Brass
Sea Sculpture by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 53 pieces
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
Modern design "Sea Sculpture" by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set - 53 Pieces. This set includes:
12 Knives, 9"
12 Forks, 7 1/2"
12 Salad Forks, 6 3/4"
12 Teaspoons, 6"
2 Servin...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern 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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