When Frank and Barbara Sinatra threw dinner parties, you might think their guests ate off fancy plates gilded in gold or perhaps antique Meissen pieces. But they set their table with whimsical dinnerware that looked like lettuce.
The Sinatras were avid collectors of Dodie Thayer’s lettuce ware and frequently used it for entertaining. Their whopping 307-piece set, including plates, platters, tureens, bowls, candlesticks, and teapots, sold at Sotheby’s in 2018 for $37,500.
Mrs. Sinatra had acquired the dinner service directly from Thayer by traveling to Palm Beach, Florida, the glitzy
