Spode Dinnerware, Baking Days Dinner Plate

With fanciful beading and a feminine edge, the Lenox French Perle white dinnerware collection offers dinner plates that have an irresistibly old-fashioned sensibility. Hard-wearing stoneware is dishwasher safe and, in a soft white hue with antiqued trim, a graceful addition to every meal.

Modern style and ancient materials collide in this slick bamboo ice bucket. A silvertone metal lid and insulated design keep it cool when you're entertaining a crowd. (Clearance)

A new hue. Handcrafted by Villeroy & Boch, the Colour Concepts bowl combines a thick sham and saturated olive shade to serve up effortless modern style.

When you aren't entertaining, the Adams flatware chest from Reed & Barton stores more than a dozen place settings and serving pieces in soft, tarnish-resistant silver cloth. Imitation leather and cherry-finished wood veneer look as fine as its contents.