18th-century Bow Porcelain Underglaze Blue & White Shell Sweetmeat Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Forms: Similar to sweetmeat dishes, pickle dishes frequently took on naturalistic forms.
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Dr. Wall Worcester Porcelain 'Scale Blue' Leaf & Twig Dishes, circa 1770
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Wall first period Worcester porcelain bonbon, nut, pickle, or sweetmeat dishes, the 'leaf-and-twig' form soft paste bodies having the very desirable 'Scale Blue' pattern with gilt po...
Porcelain
Pair of First Period Worcester Porcelain Underglaze Blue Pickle Dishes
Located in Downingtown, PA
The small dishes are modelled in the form of a leaf with serrated edges and the central well is painted with the Pickle Leaf Vine pattern.
Pair of 18th Century Worcester Porcelain Leaf Form Pickle Dishes
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of 18th century Worcester porcelain pickle dishes. Finely decorated with a deep blue.
Porcelain
Pair of Staffordshire Pearlware Green Border Leaf Form Pickle Dishes
By Leeds Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of English Leeds type pearlware green border leaf form pickle dishes. Of molded form with three snail form feet.
Pottery
Small Antique Bowl from Okinawa, Japan / Late 19th Century / "Tsuboya ware"
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
You can enjoy it as a rice bowl or by adding simmered dishes or pickles. Okinawan pottery is difficult to obtain.
Pottery
Pair of Worcester pickle dishes, circa 1765
By Royal Worcester
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Two Worcester pickle dishes, of leaf form painted underglaze with flower sprays, within a feathered rim.
Porcelain
Delft - Pair of blue and white Delftware plates - 18th century
By Delft
Located in DELFT, NL
A fine pair of Dutch Delft faience plates with scaloped rim, dating to the 18th century, hand-painted in cobalt blue on a tin-glazed white ground, inspired on Chinese porcelain. Th...
Earthenware, Delft, Faience
Pair of 19th Century Majolica Leaf Plates from England
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of 19th century green majolica leaf plates from England. This is a lovely pair of berry, vine and leaf plates with a gorgeous shade of green glaze. These plates will look g...
Ceramic
Delft - Blue and White Tureen, 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
A Dutch Delft tin-glazed earthenware tureen or butter dish, dating to the mid-18th century. The piece is formed in an elegant octagonal shape and hand-decorated in cobalt blue. The ...
Earthenware, Delft
$324
H 1.58 in Dm 9.26 in
Antique Chinese Porcelain Qianlong Dish Blue and White Flowers, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice and beautifully decorated dish with a scene of Flowers, The painting quality is very nice. Also anhua decoration in the white. Additional information: Material: Porcela...
Porcelain
$189Sale Price|20% Off
H 4 in Dm 6 in
Miles Mason Porcelain Sucrier Blue and White Broseley Willow Pattern, circa 1810
By Miles Mason Porcelain
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a porcelain blue and white, hand gilded Sucrier (Sugar Bowl) in the Broseley printed pattern made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, in the early 19th century...
Porcelain
Antique Blue and White Chinese Export Porcelain Dish Hand Painted Circa 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
This Chinese Export porcelain dish was hand-painted in deep cobalt blue with beautiful floral decoration featuring peonies, a traditional symbol of prosperity and beauty. Made circa ...
Porcelain
$2,800
H 7 in W 14.75 in D 11.75 in
Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain Covered Tureen and Platter, 19th Cenutry
Located in Austin, TX
A traditional and timeless Chinese Export "Canton" pattern blue and white porcelain tureen and cover with associated large platter, late 19th century, China. The tureen, cover, a...
Porcelain
$4,400
H 10 in W 14.75 in D 13.13 in
18th-century Chinese Export Blue & White Porcelain Soup Tureen, Cover & Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Underglaze Blue Tureen, Cover, and Stand Qianlong Period, Circa 1745–1750 This three-piece Chinese Export porcelain tureen set is a good example of 18th-ce...
Porcelain
$1,850 / set
H 175 in W 11.25 in D 8.25 in
Coalport Porcelain Botanical Lozenge Dishes, Pair, Cobalt and Gilt, Circa 1820
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Coalport Porcelain Botanical Lozenge Dishes, Pair, Cobalt and Gilt, English, Coalport, John Rose & Co., Circa 1820 This pair of dessert dishes is painted at the center with groups o...
Porcelain
$2,922 / set
H 5.32 in W 4.34 in D 0.4 in
A pair of Dutch Delft blue and white sweetmeat dishes, late 17th C
By Delft
Located in DELFT, NL
A pair of Dutch Delft sweetmeat dishes in finely modelled fleur-de-lys form, painted in underglaze blue. These pieces belong to the 17th–18th century tradition of Delft sweetmeat se...
Earthenware, Delft, Faience
$1,250
H 8 in W 18.5 in D 12.8 in
Mid-20th Century Italian Blue & White Porcelain Foot Bath Jardiniere Centerpiece
Located in Pearland, TX
A vintage Mid-Century Italian blue and white white porcelain ironstone foot bath basin / jardiniere / planter crafted in Italy. No maker's mark. This lovely large footbath has a simp...
Porcelain
Delft - Pair of blue floral Delfware plates - 18th century
By Delft
Located in DELFT, NL
Good pair of 18th century Dutch Delft Blue plates decorated with a stylized arrangement of a central flower, adorned with foliage scrolls. The borders richly adorned with similar fol...
Earthenware, Delft, Faience
Ancient Blue and White Porcelain Bowl , Early 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Blue and white porcelain bowl realized in China late Ming or early Qing dynasty period. The interior is delicately painted in cobalt blue with a riverside landscape featuring rocks, ...
Ceramic
$678 / set
H 12 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
Set of Two Enoch Wedgewood Asiatic Pheasants Platters, Staffordshire, Blue White
By Enoch Wedgwood
Located in Worcester Park, GB
This stunning pair of vintage English platters by Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd features the timeless Asiatic Pheasants pattern—one of the most beloved and collectible transferware d...
Ceramic
$5,500 / set
H 1.25 in W 11.88 in D 7 in
First Period Worcester Pair of Porcelain Basket Weave Leaf Dishes
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Downingtown, PA
First Period Worcester Porcelain Pair of Vine Leaf Dishes with Pierced Basketwork Borders Circa 1758–1760 This pair of First Period Worcester porcelain dishes of the Dr. Wall period...
Porcelain
19th Century, Crown Staffordshire, Rose Garland, Gilded & Blue Border Plates
By Crown Staffordshire
Located in Worcester Park, GB
The image shows an antique porcelain plate, likely a dessert or serving plate, featuring a distinctive design with a dark blue, scalloped rim and a delicate rose garland motif. Th...
Porcelain
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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