The centerpiece of the party, with everything within reach.
This silver plated lazy Susan is built for gathering. A 17" round silver tray, edged in a gadroon border of beading and flutes, holds a set of pressed glass inserts, with a round bowl at the center and sections radiating around it, each with fluted sides that catch the light. Beneath the glass, the silver is engraved with swirling scrollwork, which shows through the sections and makes the whole piece shimmer. The inserts lift out for easy serving and cleaning.
The lazy Susan has a charming history. Its ancestor was the dumbwaiter, a revolving tray in 18th-century England made to bring dishes within reach of everyone at the table. The name “Lazy Susan” is a mystery, and no one is certain who the Susan was or why she was lazy, but it appeared in print in the early 1900s and became a household name after a 1917 Vanity Fair advertisement for a mahogany “Revolving Server or Lazy Susan.” Over a century later, a tray that brings the food to everyone is still the best idea at the table.
It’s made for entertaining. Fill the center bowl with a dip, the sections with olives, nuts, cheeses, cured meats, crackers, pickles, and fresh vegetables, or turn it into a sundae bar, a condiment server, or a candy dish. It’s a showstopper at holiday tables like Thanksgiving and Christmas, at cocktail parties, and on a buffet, and it’s equally lovely on a sideboard as a display piece with no food at all.
Tucked inside every set, a little something for first time Tavola customers — a hand-finished vintage passport notebook. Note the piece, the moment, the person you gave it to. One day these pieces will sit in someone else's hands — and they'll know it came from yours.
The centerpiece of the party, with everything within reach.
This silver plated lazy Susan is built for gathering. A 17" round silver tray, edged in a gadroon border of beading and flutes, holds a set of pressed glass inserts, with a round bowl at the center and sections radiating around it, each with fluted sides that catch the light. Beneath the glass, the silver is engraved with swirling scrollwork, which shows through the sections and makes the whole piece shimmer. The inserts lift out for easy serving and cleaning.
The lazy Susan has a charming history. Its ancestor was the dumbwaiter, a revolving tray in 18th-century England made to bring dishes within reach of everyone at the table. The name “Lazy Susan” is a mystery, and no one is certain who the Susan was or why she was lazy, but it appeared in print in the early 1900s and became a household name after a 1917 Vanity Fair advertisement for a mahogany “Revolving Server or Lazy Susan.” Over a century later, a tray that brings the food to everyone is still the best idea at the table.
It’s made for entertaining. Fill the center bowl with a dip, the sections with olives, nuts, cheeses, cured meats, crackers, pickles, and fresh vegetables, or turn it into a sundae bar, a condiment server, or a candy dish. It’s a showstopper at holiday tables like Thanksgiving and Christmas, at cocktail parties, and on a buffet, and it’s equally lovely on a sideboard as a display piece with no food at all.
Tucked inside every set, a little something for first time Tavola customers — a hand-finished vintage passport notebook. Note the piece, the moment, the person you gave it to. One day these pieces will sit in someone else's hands — and they'll know it came from yours.
