Vintage Antique English Tea Sets
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1780s English George III Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1780s English George III Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1790s English George III Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Rococo Revival Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Rococo Revival Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Tea Sets
Pottery
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1780s English George III Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1830s English Rococo Revival Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1880s English Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1790s English Georgian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1830s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century English Modern Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
2010s Unknown Models and Miniatures
Linen
Antique 1810s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1910s German Art Nouveau Serving Pieces
Metal
Antique 1810s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Serving Bowls
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Rococo Revival Porcelain
Porcelain
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Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
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Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Late Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Late Victorian Tea Sets
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1850s English Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1870s English Aesthetic Movement Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English George III Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English Chinoiserie Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Chinoiserie Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1780s English George III Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1830s English Early Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1880s English Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1860s English Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1830s English Rococo Revival Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Rococo Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
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Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Porcelain
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.
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