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How can you tell the difference between pottery and porcelain?
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The difference between pottery and porcelain is that one is a broad term, and the other is a specific material. Pottery is the general term for any items made out of earthenware. Porcelain is one type of pottery. To produce it, artisans use refined clay and fire pieces at extremely high temperatures, making it extremely hard. When unpainted, porcelain has a whitish, translucent appearance. Other types of pottery include earthenware and stoneware. On 1stDibs, find a large collection of porcelain wares and other pottery.
1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024
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Porcelain Constantinople 6 Plate
By Les Ottomans
Located in Milan, IT
This magnificent porcelain plate was designed by Vito Nesta and inspired by the Ottoman empire and its capital. It is part of a limited series of six plates that can be mismatched ob...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$110 / item
Herend, Hungary. A six-person “Queen Victoria” porcelain coffee set.
Located in København, Copenhagen
PRE-OWNED GOODS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT TARIFFS FOR U.S., UK, AUSTRALIAN & CANADIAN CUSTOMERS.
THEREFORE, NO IMPORT TARIFFS WILL BE APPLICABLE TO YOUR PURCHASE.
Herend, Hunga...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$392 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Derby Duesbury Imari Porcelain Dessert Service - 18 Pieces - U.K. - Circa 1825
By Duesbury & Kean 1, Derby Porcelain
Located in Chatham, ON
DERBY (William Duesbury II period) - Imari Pattern - Exceptional early soft paste porcelain dessert service - featuring hand painted Japanese style decoration in iron red, underglaze...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bloor Derby Tea Service, Witches Pattern Imari, ca 1825
By Bloor Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a rather extravagant tea service serving four, made by the Bloor Derby factory between 1825 and 1830 in the wonderful "Witches" pattern in the Imari colour scheme.
The set c...
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Gien “Fraises en Folie” Set of 6 Hand-Painted Porcelain Plates, France 1985
By Gien
Located in Bochum, NRW
Gien “Fraises en Folie” – Set of 6 Hand-Painted Dessert Plates, Each with Unique Historic Border, France.
An extraordinary collector’s edition from *Gien, France, this six-piece *“Fr...
Category
Vintage 1980s French Post-Modern Porcelain
Materials
Faience, Porcelain
$650 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Chinese White Glazed Wang Bin Rong Brush Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Chinese white glaze porcelain brush pot of cylindrical shape finely moulded in relief with duelling dragons above waves with leaping fish and other moulded decorat...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
