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Tableware
 Websites presented in alphabetical order California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch: Lead in Tableware 
 Information about the portion of California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (known as Proposition 65) relating to labeling ceramic dishes with a potential for causing lead poisoning. "This law requires businesses in California to provide warnings when they expose the public to hazardous chemicals like lead." Also includes information about how lead from dishes may leach into the body and about related federal regulations. From the California Department of Health Services. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CLPPB/Pages/CLPPBtableware.aspx Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Food & Cooking, Pollutants & Toxic Substances Last updated Mar 1, 2009 Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500–2005
Online companion to an exhibition addressing "the development of utensil forms, innovations in production and materials, etiquette, and flatware as social commentary" in Western dining. Explore themes (such as "Ergonomics of the Table" and "Flatware for Children") and biographies and timelines of the knife, fork, and spoon. From the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. http://cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/feeding_desire/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Food & Cooking Last updated Jun 6, 2007 The History of Eating Utensils
Learn about the history of common eating utensils. This site covers knives, forks, spoons, chopsticks, and portable cutlery. Includes graphics and a bibliography. From the Rietz Food Technology Collection in the Anthropology Department at the California Academy of Sciences. http://research.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/utensil/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Food & Cooking Last updated May 15, 2008 Raising the Curve: Designer Eva Zeisel
Companion to a National Public Radio (NPR) program about this porcelain and glassware designer who is "considered one of the premier industrial designers of the 20th century," and is known for the "whimsical curves" of her designs. Includes photos. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4510966 Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Food & Cooking Last updated Jul 6, 2005 Replacements, Ltd.
This supplier of old and new china, crystal, silver, and collectibles has an inventory of nearly six million pieces in over 125,000 patterns. The site features brief history of well-known tableware manufacturers (Spode, Waterford, Reed & Barton, and more); assistance in identifying types of pieces; place setting guides for different meals; and images of hundreds of popular china, crystal, and flatware patterns. Services include free pattern identification and customer alerts listing pieces available in registered patterns. http://www.replacements.com/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Food & Cooking Last updated Feb 6, 2009 Set Your Table: Discontinued Tableware Dealers Directory
This international directory provides contact information for antique dealers, matching services, manufacturers, repairers and restorers, and appraisers; coverage includes dinnerware, flatware, hollowware, glassware, silver, china, pewter, and Christmas ornaments. Also has articles on appraisals, blue-and-white patterns, and selling tableware. http://www.setyourtable.com/ Topics: Christmas, Collectors & Collecting, Food & Cooking Last updated Jul 26, 2005 Setting the Table
Illustrated examples of casual, informal, and formal table settings with suggestions for numbers and types of courses for formal and informal dinners and a casual luncheon. Also includes an illustration of a buffet setting. From a Southern grocery store chain. http://www.winn-dixie.com/food/tips/table_tips.asp Topics: Food & Cooking Last updated Feb 14, 2006 Setting the Table
This "diagram shows a full-blown table setting for a fancy dinner party," including proper placement for cutlery, dishes, and glassware. From the Old Farmer's Almanac. http://www.almanac.com/content/setting-table-special-dinner Topics: Food & Cooking Last updated Nov 19, 2009 |
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