Porcelain Furniture
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery
Late 20th Century Italian Porcelain Furniture
Brass
1970s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
19th Century Asian Qing Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Brass
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1960s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Porcelain Furniture
Bronze
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain Furniture
Bronze
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1980s Japanese Showa Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1930s Chinese Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Silver Plate
1930s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1980s Danish Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1970s German Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Furniture
Bronze
Late 19th Century German Romantic Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1890s French Louis XV Antique Porcelain Furniture
Bronze
1980s Chinese Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1980s Japanese Showa Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain, Paint
Mid-20th Century Unknown Empire Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Ormolu
Late 20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain Furniture
Enamel
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Porcelain Furniture
Ceramic, Porcelain
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Porcelain Furniture
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Edwardian Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain, Glass
1930s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Porcelain
Antique and Vintage Porcelain Decorative Objects, Tableware, Dinner Plates and Other Furniture for Sale
While it is tempting to store your antique and vintage porcelain decorative objects and other items behind closed glass cabinet doors and reserve them only for display, your porcelain dinner plates and serving platters can safely weather the “dangers” of the dining room and be used during meals. So go ahead and dress up your dining table for a special meal with a range of porcelain tableware, platters and tea service from 1stDibs.
Porcelain, a durable and nonporous kind of pottery made from clay and stone, was first made in China and spread across the world owing to the trade routes to the Far East established by Dutch and Portuguese merchants. Given its origin, English speakers called porcelain “fine china,” an expression you still might hear today. "Fine" indeed — for over a thousand years, it has been a highly sought-after material.
Porcelain is not totally clumsy-guest-proof, but it is surprisingly durable and easy to clean. Its low permeability and hardness have rendered porcelain wares a staple in kitchens and dining rooms as well as a common material for bathroom sinks and dental veneers.
Meissen Porcelain, one of the first factories to create real porcelain outside Asia, popularized figurine centerpieces during the 18th century in Germany, while works by Capodimonte, a porcelain factory in Italy, are synonymous with flowers and notoriously hard to come by. Elsewhere, Denmark’s Royal Copenhagen first made dinnerware and vases with blue-and-white motifs inspired by Chinese porcelain. Hungarian brand Herend favors large, bold designs for its porcelain, with its serving pieces, dishes and other works incorporating historical scenes, animals or vegetation.
Modern porcelain houses such as Maison Fragile of Limoges, France — long a hub of private porcelain manufacturing — keep the city’s long tradition alive while collaborating with venturesome contemporary artists such as illustrator Jean-Michel Tixier.
Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is stronger than ceramic because it is denser.
Find antique and vintage porcelain made in a variety of styles on 1stDibs.