![Silver centerpiece of imperial city of Augsburg: Hercules fights hydra by goldsmith Albrecht Biller from Augsburg at Maximilian Museum. Augsburg, Germany.](/t/DYN/DYAMX35.JPG) | ![Faience centerpiece with candle sockets from Nuremberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.](/t/DYN/DYNM1515.JPG) | ![Porcelain centerpiece with oil or vinegar cruets modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory of Germany at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.](/t/USILC/ILDE657.JPG) | ![Cruet centerpiece of silver table service of Bishop of Hildesheim made in Augsburg at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMB494.JPG) |
Silver centerpiece of imperial city of Augsburg: Hercules fights hydra (c1700) by goldsmith Albrecht Biller from Augsburg at Maximilian Museum. Augsburg, Germany. | Faience centerpiece with candle sockets (c1725) from Nuremberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany. | Porcelain centerpiece with oil or vinegar cruets (c1737) modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory of Germany at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. | Cruet centerpiece of silver table service of Bishop of Hildesheim (1759-65) made in Augsburg at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany. |
![Wedgwood blue jasper footed bowl centerpiece with white & yellow weaving at World of Wedgwood. Barlaston, Stoke, England.](/t/UEW/UEWSW245.JPG) | ![Porcelain dessert table setting by Derby around Sevres centerpiece at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG3081.JPG) | ![Porcelain dessert table setting by Derby around Sevres centerpiece at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG3082.JPG) | ![Silver centerpiece bowl resting on three sea-horses by John Flaxman for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell of London at Russborough House. Ireland.](/t/IE/IEDRR245.JPG) |
Wedgwood blue jasper footed bowl centerpiece with white & yellow weaving (1785-90) at World of Wedgwood. Barlaston, Stoke, England. | Porcelain dessert table setting (c1796-1805) by Derby around Sevres centerpiece at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON. | Porcelain dessert table setting (c1796-1805) by Derby around Sevres centerpiece at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON. | Silver centerpiece bowl resting on three sea-horses (1824) by John Flaxman for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell of London at Russborough House. Ireland. |
![Sea-horse detail of silver centerpiece bowl resting on three sea-horses by John Flaxman for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell of London at Russborough House. Ireland.](/t/IE/IEDRR246.JPG) | ![Silver fruit bowl from Romania at Danube Schwabian Museum. Ulm, Germany.](/t/DYP/DYUMS047.JPG) | ![Gilt bronze candelabrum centerpiece with grapes & grape leaves probably American at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.](/t/USNYD/NYMB4115.JPG) | ![Monumental bronze table centerpiece of France distributing crowns of glory by François Gilbert, Georges Diébolt & Pierre-Louis Rouillard for Christofle Co. of Paris, made for Louis Napoleon Bonaparte at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.](/t/FPM/FPMDA421.JPG) |
Sea-horse detail of silver centerpiece bowl resting on three sea-horses (1824) by John Flaxman for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell of London at Russborough House. Ireland. | Silver fruit bowl (end 19thC) from Romania at Danube Schwabian Museum. Ulm, Germany. | Gilt bronze candelabrum centerpiece with grapes & grape leaves (1850-60) probably American at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY. | Monumental bronze table centerpiece of France distributing crowns of glory (1852) by François Gilbert, Georges Diébolt & Pierre-Louis Rouillard for Christofle Co. of Paris, made for Louis Napoleon Bonaparte at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France. |
![Porcelain fruit basket used by Franklin & Jane Pierce, purchased from Haughwout & Dailey of New York at National Museum of American History. Washington, DC.](/t/USDCM/DCMIC141.JPG) | ![Silver centerpiece of Sir Walter Scott by Peter Slater & made by Walter Crichton of Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.](/t/UAE/UAEM1627.JPG) | ![Porcelain water lily centerpiece by Belleek at Ulster Museum. Belfast, Northern Ireland.](/t/UIR/UIBMU249.JPG) | ![Cut glass centerpiece & stand by F&C Osler of Birmingham, England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.](/t/UAE/UAEM1719.JPG) |
Porcelain fruit basket (1853) used by Franklin & Jane Pierce, purchased from Haughwout & Dailey of New York at National Museum of American History. Washington, DC. | Silver centerpiece of Sir Walter Scott (1858-9) by Peter Slater & made by Walter Crichton of Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Porcelain water lily centerpiece (1863-90) by Belleek at Ulster Museum. Belfast, Northern Ireland. | Cut glass centerpiece & stand (c1864) by F&C Osler of Birmingham, England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
![Porcelain neoclassical centerpiece made by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.](/t/USNYD/NYMB3351.JPG) | ![Silver fruit bowl with kneeling woman & grape vines by Gorham Manuf. Co. of Providence, RI at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.](/t/USRI/RISD321.JPG) | ![Silver & glass Egyptian-Revival centerpiece by Dominick & Haff at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.](/t/USILC/ILDA581.JPG) | ![Silver centerpiece in shape of swan by Tiffany & Co. at Rough Point. Newport, RI.](/t/USRI/RINYR179.JPG) |
Porcelain neoclassical centerpiece (1866) made by Minton & Co. of Stoke-on-Trent, England at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY. | Silver fruit bowl with kneeling woman & grape vines (1871) by Gorham Manuf. Co. of Providence, RI at RISD Museum. Providence, RI. | Silver & glass Egyptian-Revival centerpiece (1872-5) by Dominick & Haff at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. | Silver centerpiece in shape of swan (1874) by Tiffany & Co. at Rough Point. Newport, RI. |
!["Lady of the Lake" silver centerpiece by Mackay, Cunningham & Co. of Edinburgh at museum of Abbotsford House. Melrose, Scotland.](/t/UAM/UABAB226.JPG) | ![Nautilus Centerpiece by William C. Codman of Gorham Manuf. Co., Providence, RI at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.](/t/USTXD/TXDAS225.JPG) | ![Silver Martelé Centerpiece Bowl by William Codman of Gorham Manuf. of Providence, RI at Cleveland History Center. Cleveland, OH.](/t/USOHV/OHVH0415.JPG) | ![Silver centerpiece by Robert Bain & Edwin Everett Codman of Gorham Manuf. Co. of Providence, RI England at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.](/t/USOH/OHNMD027.JPG) |
"Lady of the Lake" silver centerpiece (1880-1) by Mackay, Cunningham & Co. of Edinburgh at museum of Abbotsford House. Melrose, Scotland. | Nautilus Centerpiece (1893) by William C. Codman of Gorham Manuf. Co., Providence, RI at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX. | Silver Martelé Centerpiece Bowl (1898) by William Codman of Gorham Manuf. of Providence, RI at Cleveland History Center. Cleveland, OH. | Silver centerpiece (1903) by Robert Bain & Edwin Everett Codman of Gorham Manuf. Co. of Providence, RI England at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH. |
![Silver table centerpiece by Josef Hoffmann of Wiener Werkstätte at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.](/t/DER/DENW446.JPG) | ![English glass Arts & Crafts centerpiece by Harry Powell at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.](/t/USNY/NYGGA465.JPG) | ![English Arts & Crafts centerpiece by Harry Powell at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.](/t/USNY/NYGUT023.JPG) | ![91st Battalion Centerpiece by Elkington & Co. of Birmingham, bought to commemorate South African War at Stirling Castle Regimental Museum. Stirling, Scotland.](/t/UAL/UACS0562.JPG) |
Silver table centerpiece (c1906) by Josef Hoffmann of Wiener Werkstätte at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany. | English glass Arts & Crafts centerpiece (1906) by Harry Powell at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY. | English Arts & Crafts centerpiece (1906) by Harry Powell at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY. | 91st Battalion Centerpiece (c1906) by Elkington & Co. of Birmingham, bought to commemorate South African War at Stirling Castle Regimental Museum. Stirling, Scotland. |
![Detail of 91st Battalion Centerpiece by Elkington & Co. of Birmingham, bought to commemorate South African War at Stirling Castle Regimental Museum. Stirling, Scotland.](/t/UAL/UACS0563.JPG) | ![Detail of 91st Battalion Centerpiece by Elkington & Co. of Birmingham, bought to commemorate South African War at Stirling Castle Regimental Museum. Stirling, Scotland.](/t/UAL/UACS0564.JPG) | ![Silver centerpiece by Josef Hoffmann & made by Wiener Werkstätte at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria.](/t/ATV/AVMKV976.JPG) | ![Earthenware centerpiece by Wilhelm Süs made by Großherzoglische Keramische Manuf. of Karlsruhe, Germany at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTR5109.JPG) |
Detail of 91st Battalion Centerpiece (c1906) by Elkington & Co. of Birmingham, bought to commemorate South African War at Stirling Castle Regimental Museum. Stirling, Scotland. | Detail of 91st Battalion Centerpiece (c1906) by Elkington & Co. of Birmingham, bought to commemorate South African War at Stirling Castle Regimental Museum. Stirling, Scotland. | Silver centerpiece (1908) by Josef Hoffmann & made by Wiener Werkstätte at Historical Museum of City of Vienna. Vienna, Austria. | Earthenware centerpiece (c1910) by Wilhelm Süs made by Großherzoglische Keramische Manuf. of Karlsruhe, Germany at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON. |
![Silver & Malachite centerpiece vase by Josef Hoffman for Wiener Werkstätte at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.](/t/USTXD/TXDAS159.JPG) | ![River navigation sculptural silver table centerpiece by Marie-Joseph Armand-Calliat at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France.](/t/FY/FYMBA673.JPG) | ![Versailles etched centerpiece at Fostoria Glass Museum. Moundsville, WV.](/t/USWV/WVVG181.JPG) | ![Centerpiece cut with flowers, leaves & diamonds at Fostoria Glass Museum. Moundsville, WV.](/t/USWV/WVVG185.JPG) |
Silver & Malachite centerpiece vase (1910) by Josef Hoffman for Wiener Werkstätte at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX. | River navigation sculptural silver table centerpiece (1912) by Marie-Joseph Armand-Calliat at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France. | Versailles etched centerpiece (1928-43) at Fostoria Glass Museum. Moundsville, WV. | Centerpiece cut with flowers, leaves & diamonds at Fostoria Glass Museum. Moundsville, WV. |
![Steuben engraved glass centerpiece by George Thompson & Don Wier at Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Wichita, KS.](/t/USKS/KSHH213.JPG) | ![Dining room centerpiece at Anderson House Museum. Washington, DC.](/t/USDCM/DCHMA122.JPG) | ![Dining room centerpiece at Houmas House. Burnside, LA.](/t/USLA/LAR543.JPG) | ![Floral silver centerpiece on dining table at Eastman House. Rochester, NY.](/t/USNYB/NYRE135.JPG) |
Steuben engraved glass centerpiece (c1960) by George Thompson & Don Wier at Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Wichita, KS. | Dining room centerpiece at Anderson House Museum. Washington, DC. | Dining room centerpiece at Houmas House. Burnside, LA. | Floral silver centerpiece on dining table at Eastman House. Rochester, NY. |
![Swan centerpiece in dining room of James A. Garfield home. Mentor, OH.](/t/USOHV/OHEM063.JPG) | ![Dining room table centerpiece at Marble House. Newport, RI.](/t/USRI/RINXM152.JPG) | ![Dining room silver centerpiece at Chateau-sur-Mer. Newport, RI.](/t/USRI/RINXS251.JPG) | ![Silver candlesticks, centerpieces, urns & soup tureen on sideboard in dining room at Chepstow. Newport, RI.](/t/USRI/RINXW163.JPG) |
Swan centerpiece in dining room of James A. Garfield home. Mentor, OH. | Dining room table centerpiece at Marble House. Newport, RI. | Dining room silver centerpiece at Chateau-sur-Mer. Newport, RI. | Silver candlesticks, centerpieces, urns & soup tureen on sideboard in dining room at Chepstow. Newport, RI. |
![Dining room table centerpiece in Staiti House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMH536.JPG) | ![Silver centerpiece for fruit at Rienzi house museum. Houston, TX.](/t/USTX/TXHMR079.JPG) | ![Decorative silver peacock on dining room table at McFaddin-Ward House. Beaumont, TX.](/t/USTXC/TXMHB114.JPG) | ![Silver fruit basket in dining room at McFaddin-Ward House. Beaumont, TX.](/t/USTXC/TXMHB120.JPG) |
Dining room table centerpiece in Staiti House at Sam Houston Park. Houston, TX. | Silver centerpiece for fruit at Rienzi house museum. Houston, TX. | Decorative silver peacock on dining room table at McFaddin-Ward House. Beaumont, TX. | Silver fruit basket in dining room at McFaddin-Ward House. Beaumont, TX. |
![Dining room centerpiece & Havilland china at East Terrace House. Waco, TX.](/t/USTXC/TXWF432.JPG) | ![Silver table centerpiece with classical figures at Manderston House. Duns, Scotland.](/t/UAM/UABMD048.JPG) | ![Ornate silver & pressed glass fruit bowl centerpiece in dining room at Lauriston Castle. Edinburgh, Scotland.](/t/UAL/UAEFL173.JPG) |
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Dining room centerpiece & Havilland china at East Terrace House. Waco, TX. | Silver table centerpiece with classical figures at Manderston House. Duns, Scotland. | Ornate silver & pressed glass fruit bowl centerpiece in dining room at Lauriston Castle. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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