Hand Painted Vases
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1980s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Ceramic
Antique 1850s Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 19th Century English George IV Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century American Art Nouveau Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Belle Époque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Vases
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Organic Modern Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Porcelain, Paste
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Vases
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Vases
Porcelain, Glass
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Vases
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century French Other Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Late 20th Century Hungarian Vases
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Vases
Porcelain, Glass
Antique 1810s English George III Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Vases
Porcelain, Paint
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Vases
Porcelain, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century German Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s Danish Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1890s British Aesthetic Movement Vases
Enamel, Gold
Mid-20th Century German Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1870s Danish Victorian Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Neoclassical Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Vases
Porcelain, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Porcelain, Paint
Mid-20th Century German Vases
Porcelain, Glass
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Vases
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Victorian Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s English Vases
Paste
Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s French Vases
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Revival Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1890s English Romantic Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Porcelain, Paint
Mid-20th Century Chinese Vases
Porcelain, Wood
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Vases
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century British Art Nouveau Vases
Pottery, Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Austrian Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s German Vases
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Hungarian Vases
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Hungarian Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Porcelain
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Finding the Right Porcelain for You
Today you’re likely to bring out your antique and vintage porcelain in order to dress up your dining table for a special meal.
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.
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. 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.
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. While it is tempting to store your porcelain behind closed glass cabinet doors and reserve it only for display, your porcelain dinner plates and serving platters can safely weather the “dangers” of the dining room and be used during meals.
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.
On 1stDibs, browse an expansive collection of antique and vintage porcelain made in a variety of styles, including Regency, Scandinavian modern and other examples produced during the mid-century era, plus Rococo, which found its inspiration in nature and saw potters crafting animal figurines and integrating organic motifs such as floral patterns in their work.
- Is Fornasetti hand painted?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, each and every Fornasetti design is hand made and hand painted. The colors are expertly applied by painters, ensuring no two items are alike. You’ll find a variety of Fornasetti designs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The best way to tell if you have a hand-blown glass vase is to locate the pontil mark. The pontil mark is a scar commonly found on the bottom of the piece where the pontil was broken off of the vase. An absence of this scar may indicate your vase was mold-blown. Shop a collection of vintage and contemporary blown glass vases from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To tell if a plate is hand-painted, examine it closely and inspect the painting with a magnifier. If the design is hand-painted, there are bound to be irregularities in at least a few places. Transfer prints will look much more uniform. Feel the plate's surface to see if you can detect areas with more texture — an indication of hand painting. Shop a wide collection of hand-painted plates from some of the world's top sellers on 1stDibs.
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