8 Entertaining Pieces Grandma Loved—And We Still Do Too

Text by Heather Bien

What’s old is new again.

If you've ever been the lucky recipient of pieces from Grandma's entertaining collection, then you may have spent some time wondering, "Did people actually use this?!"

The answer is, of course, yes. And the fancier, the better. Previous generations entertained at home more often than making a restaurant reservation, and all those dinner parties and teas came with an assortment of beautifully designed serving pieces and perfectly specific items that were pulled out for celebratory events and everyday occasions alike.

Armed with many of these inherited items in our own china cabinets (or, for lack of space, kitchen cabinets), we're petitioning to bring them back, and here are eight of them items at the top of our list.

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