For a number of years I have collected vintage fish shaped ceramics, these include dinner sets from Shorter and Sons England to some lovely Australian pieces from Wembley Ware and Darbyshire. These are all vintage pieces from 1950s or earlier and on a crazy whim I decided to see what would happen if I had a seafood dinner party using my vintage fish collection.
And it actually worked, enjoy Julie.
Seafood Dinner Party ideas
The table held vintage fish shaped vases with colourful bouquets of flowers, vintage fish plates, salt and pepper shakers and more. Keeping with the vintage theme we included vintage crystal glasses and decanters.
Wembley Ware Dhu Fish Vase
Darbyshire Salt and Pepper Fish
The pieces used have been collected over a number of years through various trips to antique fairs and markets and the occasional on-line purchase.
Seafood Dinner Party Ideas
I created the menu incorporating my fish display cabinet , the menu is available as a free download . Vintage Crystal and decanters were used for this party and a Shorter and Sons Fish Gravy boat with matching pate.
Seafood Dinner Party menu
Seafood Dinner Party Ideas
This has to be the brightest and most unusual dinner party table I’ve created. It is always fun to experiment with vintage pieces and see what you can create.
Seafood dinner party with vintage Shorter and Sons fish plates
Shorter and Sons fish plates come in a range of colours from the most common cream with green gills and fins through plates in hues of greens, blues and pinks.. This party included matching name places and paper napkin rings, both are available as a free download.
Shorter and Sons Fish plate
Shorter and Sons fish plate
Shorter and Sons Fish Plate
Shorter and Sons Fish Plate
Jim Beam fish decanters completed the look with another large green fish vase and small Wembley Ware fish vases.
Jim Beam Fish Decanters - Seafood Dinner Party
Fish vases allow for great displays of colour.
Seafood Dinner Party Decorating Ideas
Seafood Dinner Party Ideas
The Menu
The menu included four courses and ending with coffee and petit fours. Dishes were simple to prepare so more time could be spent with guests
We served two canapes, the first was a simple prawn with avacado and mayo on toasted pina di casa, this was served on a very large shorter and sons fish plater. The second was natural oysters served on a shorter and sons oyster plate rwith matching salt shaker.
Seafood Canapes on Shorter and Sons Platter
Shorter and Sons Oyster Plate with Salt Shaker
The next course was a seafood chowder, this was served in a shorter and sons soup tureen with matching lid (Not shown)
Seafood Chowder served in Shorter and Sons Tureen
Our main course was spaghetti Marinara with garlic bread, this dish looked great on the fish plates.
Spaghetti Marinara served on Shorter and Sons Fist Plate
We finished with a raspberry souffle with a hidden chocolate truffle, served in a souffle dish on a smaller shorter and sons plate. We finished with coffee and a selection of petit fours.
Raspberry Souffle served on a Shorter and Sons Fish Plate
Seafood Dinner Party Games
During the night we played a few rounds of “Guess Who or Guess What” based on different seafood dishes or sea life. We placed cards in card holders wrapped in black velvet. These cards are available as a free download.
Seafood Dinner Party Games
Seafood Dinner Party Guess Who Games
A set of printable products were created to compliment this party, they include napkin rings, blank name tents and blank cards. Three sets of Dinner party “Guess Who” games are also available as a free download Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3.
Seafood Dinner Party Free Printables
Seafood Dinner Party Game Printables
We hoped you enjoyed our seafood dinner party.
Cheers Julie