If you think that antique bowls should be many ages old to be considered as antique bowls, then you are misguided, in view of the fact that also last century's antique bowls can be rated as antique, and they also certainly have their antique bowls' value. In general then antique bowls as such appeared much afterwards than the knives and spoons. The very first antique bowls were manufactured from clay and they were fired. Even though at the starting point antique bowls didn't look like some sort of dishes, but instead appeared to some dishes just for the mass, after a some years they started to reform to the antique bowls in the latest way, moreover throughout the time people began to cover antique bowls with ornaments. After a particular period ceramics were added. In ancient Greece and Rome, the technique of making antique bowls from ceramics got their top. There came out differentiation between daily, decorative and ceremonial antique bowls. The most recognized were all kinds of antique bowls where were moments from the lifestyle of the gods or heroes. The most luxurious antique bowls were made of silver and gold. Close to 600 AD China launched to produce porcelain. They figured out how to produce transparent hard porcelain and other objects from it. In Europe, in the Middle Ages food on the table was brought in the large dishes. Firstly these antique bowls were used by everyone. Only over the centuries people commenced to use antique bowls personally. And only in 18th century bowls became important in the eatingmeals. But the story continued with the antique bowls and these days they are not used only for meals but also for decorative purposes or as souvenirs. As you can see then antique bowls are enough old kind of dishes, which was initially meant only for eating, and only over the time got the interior accessory status.