Everyone needs a great serving bowl. But to be truly great, it should work for more than soup and salad. This Arte Italica bowl is a centerpiece as much as it is dinnerware: hand-blown, alabaster-like glass with a pewter pearl border done by hand in Italy. Keep it out, filled with moss balls or fresh fruit, then give it a rinse when company arrives. Pretty pieces shouldn’t be cooped up in cabinets.

Splendore Serving Bowl #SPL0129, $279, arteitalica.com