(4) Functional Tableware Pottery Pieces from Various Makers and Periods. Includes a Georges Briard covered casserole dish, a Russel Wright handle casserole, a stoneware candlestick from Georgia, and a stoneware bowl signed Peter G. All by American makers, and all for use in the home, primarily the kitchen and dining room. 

Condition: Georges Briard covered casserole dish has a chip. 

Largest Size: 11 x 12 x 3 in. 

Tableware items are predominantly the dishware and utensils used for setting a table, serving food, and dining. The term includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes, serving utensils, and other items used for practical as well as decorative purposes. The quality, nature, variety, and number of objects varies according to culture, religion, number of diners, cuisine, and occasion. For example, Middle Eastern, Indian or Polynesian food culture and cuisine sometimes limits tableware to serving dishes, using bread or leaves as individual plates, and not infrequently without use of cutlery. Special occasions are usually reflected in higher quality tableware. In a broader context, tableware can even encompass decorative objects that are functional to the act of eating a meal, including the lighting that augments visual appeal or potpourri bowls to enhance the smell of the food. The greatest variety of tableware appeared in the 20th Century as the growing middle class began to adopt certain widespread traditions, with whole silverware, cookware, and dining sets becoming collectors items and absolute necessities to the average homeowner, and continues to proliferate into the 21st Century.

Georges Briard covered casserole dish has a chip.