| It combines well with both glazes and paint, and can be modelled very well, allowing a huge range of decorative treatments in tablewares, vessels and figurines. |
| Early porcelain tablewares were produced in bulk by 1750, and were based on Meissen porcelain models such as salt cellars in the form of realistic shells. |
| The most significant work of Jean Luce and Marcel Goupy, designers of glass and ceramics, was in the production of elegant tablewares. |
| Domestic offtake further reduced silver in circulation as the improving fortunes of the merchant class led to increased demand for tablewares. |
| Each of them worked in an individual style, and in addition to decorative pieces many of them designed tablewares for the subsidiary Sandvik factory. |
| Some fine tablewares were produced, especially after mid-century, by designers such as Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Richard Süssmuth and Heinrich Löffelhardt. |
