For the township, see Crockery Township, Michigan. Tableware is any dish or dishware used for setting fast dishes for dinner table, serving food, and dining. It includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes, and other items for practical as well as decorative purposes. Setting the table refers to arranging the tableware, including individual place settings for each diner at the table as well as decorating the table itself in a manner suitable for the occasion.
Tableware and table decoration is typically more elaborate for special occasions. Unusual dining locations demand tableware be adapted. In recent centuries, flatware is usually made of pottery, ceramic materials such as earthenware, stoneware, bone china or porcelain. Cutlery is normally made of metal of some kind, though large pieces such as ladles for serving may be of wood. Saint Agnes appears to her friends in a vision. Before 1391, when it was owned by the King of France. One of a handful of medieval survivals, solid gold with enamels.
