Extensive 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Dinnerware Service For Twelve People
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An exceptional and extensive antique Meissen porcelain dinner service, made in Germany in the 19th century by the renowned Meissen manufactory. This complete and elegant service is d...
Porcelain
6 Meissen Splendour Plates, Dulong Relief With Finest Bird Painting C. 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of 6 magnificent Meissen porcelain plates Shape: Dulong relief, scalloped edge Decoration: Overglaze painting, colourful pairs of birds on leafy branches in front of a landscap...
Porcelain
Meissen Coffee Mocha & Dessert Set For 6 Persons 1001 Arabian Nights 25 Pieces
By Heinz Werner, Meissen Porcelain, Ludwig Zepner
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen service, consisting of 25 pieces: 1 mocha pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 lidded sugar bowl, 1 small bowl, 1 tea caddy, 1 bottle for rose essence, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert pl...
Porcelain
Meissen B-Shape Coffee Set For 6 Persons With Purple, Flowers & Gold Decor, 20th
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen service, consisting of 15 pieces: 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups and 6 saucers. Shape: B-shape Decor: Bulbous, curved shape, extensive purple d...
Porcelain
Meissen B-Shape Coffee Set For 6 Persons With Purple, Gold & Flowers, 20th Cent.
By Ernst August Leuteritz, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen service, consisting of 22 pieces: 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert plates and 1 serving platter. Shape: B-form Decor: bulbo...
Porcelain
Meissen Coffee Set For 6 Persons Diadem, Indian Border No. 129, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee & Dessert Set for 6 Persons: Decor number 363610 - Diadem, Indian border No. 129 - light, colourful with copper tones, gold edge 23 parts: 1 Coffee pot with lid - H ...
Porcelain
Louvois by Puiforcat France Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 175 pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
The Parisian silversmith Puiforcat is regarded as one of the legendary names in European silver craftsmanship. Massive Dinner Size Louvois by Puiforcat sterling silver flatware set,...
Sterling Silver
Meissen Coffee Set For 6 Persons Rich Dragon Black, Red & Gold, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee Set for 6 Persons, Decor number 321010 - Rich Dragon in black, shaded red and gold, gold rim 21 parts: 1 coffee pot with lid - height = 24,0 cm / 9.44 in 1 cre...
Porcelain
Meissen Swan Service Coffee Set For 6 Persons, With Indian Flowers, 20th Century
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee & Dessert Set for 6 Persons: Meissen service, consisting of 23 pieces: 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert plates and 2 servi...
Porcelain
Meissen Coffee & Dessert Set For 6 Persons, Decor Firebird, Germany, 20th C.
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen service, consisting of 23 pieces: 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert plates and 2 serving platters. Form: New cutout Decor: No. ...
Porcelain
Meissen Swan Service Tea Coffee Set For 6 Persons, With Indian Flowers, 20th C
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee & Dessert Set for 6 Persons: Meissen service, consisting of 22 pieces: 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert plates and 1 s...
Porcelain
$183Sale Price / set|20% Off
Meissen Porcelain Mug Richard Wagner Bayreuth Special Edition Hotel Fantasie
Located in Epfach, DE
A special edition porcelain mug and saucer, produced in collaboration between the Meissen manufactory and art dealer Brigitte Martini, commemorating Richard Wagner's first Bayreuth r...
Porcelain
Meissen Coffee Set For 6 Persons Rich Dragon Red & Gold, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee Set for 6 Persons, decor number 320510 - Rich Dragon in reds, shaded gold, gold rim 21 parts: 1 coffee pot with lid - height = 24,0 cm / 9.44 in 1 creamer ...
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Candlestick Holder Ornate Yellow Dragon
Located in Delft, NL
Meissen Porcelain candlestick holder ornate yellow Dragon Meissen Porcelain ornate yellow Dragon candlestick holder. The rims and pattern...
Porcelain
$11,662 / set
Meissen Porcelain ‘Green Dragon’ Coffee Service
Located in London, GB
Meissen Porcelain Green Dragon Coffee Service German, 20th Century Coffee Pot: Height 24 cm; Width 20 cm; Depth 15 cm Milk Jug: Height 12 cm; Width 13 cm; Depth 9 cm This elegant co...
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Small Knob Vase with the "Ming Dragon" Motif
Located in Delft, NL
Meissen porcelain small knob vase with the "Ming Dragon" motif Meissen Porcelain Ming Dragon yellow small knob vase. The rims are gilded. A small vase raised on a foot with a belly and a knob in the neck with a tapered end with Meissen's “Ming Dragon” motif. This pattern, which is one of the manufactory’s earliest designs, was created in in 1740. The figure of the dragon with four toes, which is the representation typically used at Meissen, was originally reserved exclusively for imperial princes in ancient China. The yellow Dragon...
Porcelain
Serving Oval Dish With Golden Border Gilding from Meissen
Located in Bastogne, BE
Antique Oval Deep Dish from Meissen Meissen creates simple but impeccably elegant collections that fit perfectly into absolutely any interior, whether it is a strict classic or eleg...
Porcelain
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, ...
Sterling Silver
Meissen Tea Solitair, Bird & Insect Painting and Gold, Germany, Circa 1820
Located in Vienna, AT
Tea solitaire set of six pieces made of porcelain with a white background and elaborate overglaze painting and gold decoration. Quatrefoil presenter with a teapot, milk jug, sugar bo...
Porcelain
Emile Puiforcat French Sterling Silver Gravy Sauce Boat & Underplate in Art Deco
Located in New York, NY
Emile Puiforcat, French 0.950 (higher purity than sterling) silver gravy sauce boat on an underplate, in Art Deco Style with an elegant, geometric design, the rims adorned with geome...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Two Splendid Meissen Cups, Cobalt With Watteau Painting & Gold Decoration, 19th
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent pieces from the Meissen manufactory from the 19th century: Two cups and saucers with cobalt blue background and large reserves with the finest overglaze painting, as well a...
Porcelain
Meissen Tea Pot with Animal Spout and Flower Decoration Rococo Period circa 1740
Located in Vienna, AT
Early and rare piece From The Meissen/Germany Manufactory Dating: made circa 1740 Material: white porcelain, glossy finish Technique: handmade porcelain, finest painting Specifications: Very early Meissen tea pot...
Porcelain
$7,633
H 1.38 in Dm 9.22 in
18th Century Meissen Set 12 Baroque Porcelain Dining Dishes with Floral Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This baroque dining colorfully dishes set is eclectical and drawn with vibrant colors. The board is in a contemporary fuchsia color. Precious, fine, elegant and timeless dining set dishes. The Meissen manufacturer is an antique brand...
Meissen
Serving Oval Dish With Golden Border Gilding from Meissen
Located in Bastogne, BE
Antique Oval Deep Dish from Meissen Meissen creates simple but impeccably elegant collections that fit perfectly into absolutely any interior, whether it is a strict classic or eleg...
Porcelain
$20,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 13 in W 21.26 in D 17.72 in
Silver 800 Cutlery Set for 12 People, Düsseldorf, Germany, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Silver 800 cutlery set for 12 people. Düsseldorf, Germany, late 19th century. Jugendstil period. Complete for 12 people. A total of 164 pieces: 12 ...
Sterling Silver
Set of 12 Pink Dessert Service
Located in Lantau, HK
Set of twelve Paris porcelain lavishly decorated dishes with flowers from the early to mid-19th century, circa 1840. The artist Jean-Pierre Feuillet (1777-1840) was one of the best ...
Porcelain
19th Century Signed Meissen Porcelain Artwork
Located in Roma, IT
A wonderful late 19th-Century Meissen blue onion square hand painted porcelain dish. Printed and impressed "Meissen" mark on reverse. This fine blue onion platter exhibits excellen...
Porcelain
$93 / item
H 0.79 in Dm 8.47 in
Grandma's Garden, Contemporary Porcelain Dessert Plate Set with Floral Design
Located in MILAN, IT
Belonging to the Grandma's garden porcelain series, the design of this dessert plate represents a sophisticated and elegant floral designs full of blossoms and buds with delicate col...
Porcelain
20th Century Meissen Porcelain Box
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful Meissen porcelain box.
Porcelain
1893-1915 Meissen Neubrandenstein Relief Plates with Floral Decoration
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
A refined pair of Meissen porcelain plates featuring the celebrated Neubrandenstein relief border, delicately decorated with hand-painted floral bouquets, scattered blossoms and inse...
Porcelain
A 20th century Meissen porcelain set, Germany
Located in Delft, NL
A 20th century Meissen porcelain set, Germany A porcelain set, manufactured by Meissen in Germany. The set painted with bright colors, red, blue, yellow and green in floral pattern....
Porcelain
$587
H 2.21 in Dm 4.22 in
Set of 4 Meissen Aquatinta Espresso Mocha Cups & Saucers Blue Floral Porcelain
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This elegant set of four Meissen mocha / espresso cups with matching saucers showcases the refined Aquatinta blossom decoration, rendered in delicate cobalt-blue floral motifs on a p...
Porcelain
La Menagerie Ottomane Dessert Plates - Set of 4
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Discover the fascinating world of exotic animals once hidden within the Sultan’s palaces, often gifted by foreign dignitaries and treasured as symbols of wonder and prestige. La Menagerie Ottomane...
Porcelain
$9,999 / item
H 2 in W 11 in D 16 in
Extensive 159 Piece Richard Ginori Contessa Porcelain Dinner and Tea Service
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Contessa Brown by RICHARD GINORI 1735 An exceptional and comprehensive porcelain dinner and tea service by Richard Ginori 1735, in the elegant and now-discontinued “Contessa Brown”...
Gold
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H 16.54 in W 11.03 in D 8.08 in
Large Meissen Teapot With Flower Decoration On Rechaud, Rococo Period, Ca 1730
Located in Vienna, AT
Very early large Meissen teapot, circa 1730, in a moulded spherical shape, with an inset lid featuring a partially gilded spherical knob; mouth rims decorated with a gold tongue frie...
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Meissen Coffee & Dessert Set For 6 Pers., Bird Painting & Gold, Germany, 20th C.
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen coffee service, consisting of 23 pieces: 1 lidded coffee pot, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert plates, 2 small bowls. Shape: New cutout De...
Porcelain
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H 13.78 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Meissen Coffee & Dessert Set For 6 Persons, Ming Dragon Black, Red & Gold, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee Set for 6 Persons Decor number 331010 - Ming Dragon in black with border, red and gold rim 22 parts: 1 Coffee pot with lid - H = 23,5 cm / 9.25 in 1 Creamer ...
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Plate, Reticulated Blue Onion, Germany
Located in Andernach, DE
The outstanding historical antique Meissen's Blue Onion pattern decoration was originally created around 1730, inspired by East Asian models from the Ming dynasty. This very dinner...
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Meissen B-Shape Coffee Set For 6 Persons With Cobalt & Lavish Gold Decor, 20th
By Ernst August Leuteritz, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen service, consisting of 21 pieces: 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert plates. Shape: B-shape Decor: bulbous, curved shape, lar...
Porcelain
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H 13.78 in W 27.56 in D 27.56 in
Meissen Coffee Set For 6 Persons Rich Dragon Black, Red & Gold, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee Set for 6 Persons, Decor number 321010 - Rich Dragon in black, shaded red and gold, gold rim 24 parts: 1 coffee pot with lid - height = 24,0 cm / 9.44 in 1 cre...
Porcelain
Splendid Meissen Cup With Exquisite Veduta Painting, 'Dresden' & Gold, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent piece from the Meissen manufactory from the 19th century: Porcelain cup and saucer with exquisite overglaze painting and lavish gold decoration: Cylindrical cup with flared...
Porcelain
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H 2.37 in Dm 5.12 in
Splendid Meissen Cup With Exquisite Still Life Painting & Gold Decoration, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent piece from the Meissen manufactory from the 19th century: Porcelain cup and saucer with exquisite overglaze painting and lavish gold decoration: Cylindrical cup, extensivel...
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Meissen Coffee & Dessert Set For 6 Persons 'Arabian Nights', Prof. Werner, 20th
By Heinz Werner, Ludwig Zepner, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen service, consisting of 22 pieces: 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert plates and 1 round serving platter. Form: No 2394, designed ...
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Meissen B-Shape Coffee Set For 6 Persons With Cobalt & Lavish Gold Decor, 20th
By Ernst August Leuteritz, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen service, consisting of 22 pieces: 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert plates and 1 serving platter. Shape: B-shape Decor: bulb...
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Meissen Coffee & Tea Set For 8 Persons Cobalt Bouquet Painting & Gold Early 19th
Located in Vienna, AT
Early Meissen coffee or tea service, 21 pieces, consisting of coffee pot with lid with silver fittings, hot water pot with lid, milk jug, sugar bowl, eight cups and eight saucers. Po...
Porcelain
Meissen Pair Of Lidded Vases, Onion Pattern With Coral & Gold, Circa 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Two baluster-shaped vases on a separate, screw-mounted round base with a stepped domed lid, crowned with a large sculpted rose blossom and modeled leaves and stems as a knob. Decor: ...
Porcelain
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.