Mark Horton
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1840s English Rococo Revival Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Serving Bowls
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Serving Bowls
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s British Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Pearlware
Antique 1810s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English George III Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Antique 1810s English Regency Serving Bowls
Porcelain
Antique 1820s Welsh Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1840s English Victorian Serving Bowls
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English George III Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English George III Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Pastel
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood Panel, Oil, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Antique 1810s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1840s English Rococo Revival Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Screen
1980s Realist Portrait Prints
Ink, Paper, Lithograph
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Late 20th Century American Modern Mixed Media
Intaglio
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Barware
Silver
Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Vintage 1910s English Picture Frames
Sterling Silver
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Paintings
Paint
Antique Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Picture Frames
Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1780s English Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs
Mahogany
Antique Early 1800s English George III Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1870s English Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s More Art
Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets
Creamware
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1880s English Victorian Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1810s British Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1850s English Victorian Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English George III Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English Regency Tea Sets
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.