Early 19th Century Biedermeier Period Topographical Porcelain Cup and Saucer
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique German Biedermeier period topographical porcelain cup and saucer.
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Set Of Late 19th Century Biedermeier Brass Goblets/ Cups/ Vases, AT ca. 1860
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
This artfully made antique Biedermeier brass cups come with beautifully shaped bodies and impress with their extremely artfully hand chased surfaces showing a lot of delicate details.
Brass
Vienna porcelain - Cup and Saucer, early 19th century
By Imperial Vienna Porcelain
Located in DELFT, NL
By the early 19th century, under directors like Matthias Niedermayer, the manufactory's output was characterized by detailed figural painting and allegorical themes, reflecting the a...
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Niderviller - Porcelain Cup and Saucer - early 19th century, France
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Early 19th Century French Porcelain Cup and Saucer This elegant French porcelain cup and saucer, dating to the first quarter of the 19th century, exemplifies the refined artistry of ...
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Antique KPM Berlin Lidded Porcelain Chocolate Cup, Gilded Floral, 1847
Located in Uppsala , SE
KPM Berlin is renowned for its high-quality luxury porcelain, specializing in intricate hand-painted dinner services and ornate collectible items during the 18th and 19th centuries. ...
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Antique glas cup "Farmers silver", Germany around 1880
Located in Hamburg, DE
“Bauernsilber,” also known as “farmer’s silver,” is a unique technique that became popular in the 19th century, particularly in Germany. Despite its name, it is not real silver but r...
Glass
Porcelaine de Paris - Coffee cup and saucer 'Litron', late 18th century
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Elegant cup and saucer, of the model ‘Litron’ with a floral ornament and elaborate gilding. Fair condition; Restoration to handle. Tiny fleebites and little loss of gold along the r...
Porcelain
Porcelaine de Paris - Coffee cup and saucer 'Litron', early 19th century
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Elegant cup and saucer, of the model 'Litron' with elaborate gilt decoration of garlands and palmettes. Central is a crowned P. Good condition; Tiny fleebites to the rims and littl...
Porcelain
Porcelaine de Paris - Coffee cup and saucer 'Litron', late 18th century
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Elegant cup and saucer, of the model 'Litron', Central cartouche with a floral ornament. Elaborate gilding. Very good condition; just tiny fleebites and little loss of gold along t...
Porcelain
Porcelaine de Paris - Coffee cup and saucer 'Litron', late 18th century
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Elegant cup and saucer, of the model 'Litron' decorated with 2 ornament friezes depicting parakeets and rabbits and iinsects withing elaborate gilded garlands. A butterly on the cent...
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Rare Imperial Vienna Porcelain Cup & Saucer by Josef Nigg - Austria - Circa 1817
By Imperial Porcelain Factory
Located in Chatham, ON
IMPERIAL VIENNA PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY (Manufacturer / 1718-1864) - JOSEF NIGG (Attributed / Painter / 1782-1863) - Rare museum quality Biedermeier porcelain cup and saucer from the m...
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Samson - Porcelain Cup and Saucer decor 'Aux Barbeaux' - late19th century French
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Cup and saucer in the style of Chantilly porcelain, bearing faux Chantilly marks, attributed to the Samson manufactory, Paris, 19th century. The decoration is hand-painted in the "Dé...
Porcelain
Popov, Moscow Porcelain - Covered Cup and Saucer - mid 19th century, Russia
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Popov porcelain; Russian covered broth bowl & stand. Broth bowl and stand, superbly decorated in the Rococo taste with delightful swags of flowers pendant and vivid pink rococo edg...
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Porcelain Cup and Saucer with flowers and butterflies, early 19th century French
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Early 19th Century French Porcelain Cup and Saucer with Hand-Painted Roses and Butterflies. This elegant French porcelain cup and saucer, dating to the first quarter of the 19th cen...
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André Leboeuf, Manufacture à la Reine' - Coffee cup and saucer 'Litron', late 18
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Very beautiful cup and saucer of the model Litron, by Manufacture à la Reine rue Thiroux. ca 1785-1790. Refined and elaborate decoration of pink trelliswork, flower festoons and gilt...
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Glass in Green Biedermeier Crystal and Pure Gold from the 1950s
By Biedermeier
Located in Milano, MI
Hand-decorated green Biedermeier crystal cup with pure gold details and border, made in the 1950s Ø cm 9 h cm 24 It was an artistic movement that developed between 1815 and 1848.
Crystal
Antique Meissen-Style Chocolate Cup, Mid-19th C
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen-style chocolate cup. Hand-painted in pink and with gold decoration, richly ornamented. Presumably Germany. Mid-19th century. In good condition with natural wear o...
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Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Schoenbrunn Castle, Austria, 1811
By Imperial Vienna Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Cylindric cup with angular handle and saucer with View of Schönbrunn castle / Vienna. Vienna / old imperial Austrian porcelain manufactory (= alt Wien / kaiserliche porzellan manufa...
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Imperial Porcelain Cup and Saucer with Landscape Scene, Vienna, 1819
By Imperial Porcelain Factory
Located in Vienna, AT
VIENNA / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory ( = ALT WIEN / KAISERLICHE PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR ) dated 1819 ABUNDANTLY PAINTED (STUNNING PICTURE PAINTING !) HALLM...
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Imperial Porcelain Antique Mythology Cup and Saucer, Vienna, 1806-1815
By Imperial Porcelain Factory
Located in Vienna, AT
VIENNA / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory ( = ALT WIEN / KAISERLICHE PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR ) dated 1806 and 1815 ABUNDANTLY PAINTED (STUNNING PICTURE PAINTING !...
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H 2.36 in Dm 5.31 in
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Sorgenthal Period Meander Ornament, 1800
By Imperial Vienna Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Cylindric cup with angular handle and saucer, both decorated with double meander ornaments. Vienna / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory (Alt Wien / Kaiserliche Porzellan...
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Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Female Nude Austria 1810-1825
By Imperial Porcelain Factory
Located in Vienna, AT
VIENNA / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory ( = ALT WIEN / KAISERLICHE PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR ) dated 1810 and 1825 ABUNDANTLY PAINTED (STUNNING PICTURE PAINTING !)...
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H 3.54 in Dm 6.02 in
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Saint Stephen's Cathedral Austria, 1821
By Imperial Vienna Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Cup with hoisted handle and saucer with view of Saint Stephen's Cathedral / Vienna. Vienna / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory (Alt Wien / Kaiserliche Porzellan Manufak...
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Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Gold Viennese Veduta Hoher Markt, 1815
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique Vienna cup with saucer abundantly painted: Viennese Veduta (Hoher Markt) Vienna / Old Imperial Austrian porcelain manufactory (Alt Wien / Kaiserliche Porzellan Manufaktur)...
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H 3.93 in Dm 6.1 in
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Painted Viennese Veduta Golden Shaded 1822
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique Vienna cup with saucer abundantly painted: Viennese Veduta (stock-im-eisen place) Vienna / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory (= ALT WIEN / KAISERLICHE PORZELLAN ...
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H 2.59 in Dm 5.9 in
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Painted with Flowers Golden Shaded, 1855
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Handled cup and saucer abundantly painted with flowers / partially golden shaded Vienna / old imperial Austrian porcelain manufactory (= Alt Wien / Kaiserliche Porzellan Manufak...
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H 3.93 in Dm 5.71 in
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Chinese Style Paintings Dated 1817 Austria
By Imperial Porcelain Factory
Located in Vienna, AT
Vienna / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory ( = ALT WIEN / KAISERLICHE PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR ) Dated 1817 Abundantly Painted (Stunning picture paintings of Chinese ty...
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Helene Wolfson for Dresden, Antique Coffee Cup with Saucer in Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Helene Wolfson for Dresden. Antique coffee cup with saucer in hand-painted porcelain with merchants and gold decoration. Approx. 1860. The cup measures: 9 x 5 cm. The saucer meas...
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Antique Meissen Coffee Cup, Hand Painted in Pink and Gold Decoration
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen coffee cup. Hand-painted in pink and gold decoration. Mid-19th century. In good condition with wear to the gold. Marked. First factory quality. Cup measures: H ...
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H 2.36 in Dm 5.51 in
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Golden Ornaments Dictum and Flowers, 1816
By Imperial Vienna Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Cylindric cup with angular handle and saucer, both decorated with golden ornaments. Vienna/ Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory (= Alt Wien / Kaiserliche Porzellan Manufa...
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H 2.37 in Dm 2.76 in
Antique Meissen Coffee Cup with Saucer in Hand Painted Porcelain, 19th Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen coffee cup with saucer (Meissen Rose) in hand painted porcelain with floral motifs and gold rim, late 19th century. The cup measures: 7 x 6 cm. The saucer measures:...
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H 1.58 in Dm 2.76 in
Royal Copenhagen, Antique and Rare Cup in Hand Painted Porcelain, Museum Quality
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen. Antique and rare cup in hand painted porcelain. Museum quality. Dated 1820-1850. Measures: 7 x 4.5 cm. In good condition with a small chip. Stamped.
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H 3.66 in Dm 6.18 in
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Cherubs Driving Chariots Dated 1814 Austria
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Vienna / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory (= Alt Wien / Kaiserliche Porzellan Manufaktur). Dated 1814. Abundantly painted (Stunning picture paintings!) Hallmarked: ...
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H 3.54 in W 6.1 in D 5.9 in
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Shaped as Snail and Round Clam, 1826
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Cup as well as saucer or rare form type: Handled Cup Shaped As Snail / Saucer Having Appearance Of A Round Clam Vienna / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory (= Alt Wien...
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H 2.37 in Dm 3.55 in
Kpm, Berlin, Chocolate Cup Hand Painted with Green Flowers and Gold Decoration
Located in København, Copenhagen
KPM, Berlin. Chocolate cup hand-painted with green flowers and gold decoration. Marked. Mid-19th century. First factory quality. In excellent condition with minimal wear. With ...
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H 4.5 in Dm 5.7 in L 4.5 in
Antique Royal KPM Hand Painted Portrait Tea Cup & Saucer with Heavy Gilt Accents
By KPM Porcelain
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique porcelain tea cup and saucer set was made in approximately 1815 by the Royal Porcelain Factory of Germany, more commonly known as KPM in the Biedermeier style of the per...
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Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup with Saucer Gold and Green Hand Painted 1827
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Legantly painted Imperial Viennese cup with Genre motive Manufactory: 'Alt Wien' Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory Vienna Date of manufacture: 1828 Technique: white ha...
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Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup with Saucer Gold and Blue Hand Painted, 1827
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegantly painted Imperial Viennese cup: Manufactory: 'Alt Wien' Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory Vienna Date of manufacture: 1827 Technique: White handmade porcelain...
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H 2.36 in Dm 5.51 in
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Veduta Cup with Saucer Gold and Rose Hand Painted 1829
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegantly painted imperial Vienna cup with Veduta Manufactory: 'Alt Wien' Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory Vienna Date of manufacture: 1829 Technique: white handmade ...
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H 4 in W 5.25 in D 5.25 in
19th Century Biedermeier Period Topographical Porcelain Cup and Saucer
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful setting of two china porcelain pieces, made in Germany, in the mid 19th Century. All items are in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites, only a view mi...
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5 sets of antique b&g/ bing & grøndahl, coffee cups and saucers.
Located in København, Copenhagen
5 sets of antique b&g/ bing & grøndahl, coffee cup and saucer. Hand painted with butterflies. Measures: 7.5 cm. x 4.5 cm. incl. handle. Saucer 12 cm. 1860 / 70s. In perfect conditio...
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Golden Blue Ornaments with Leaves 1812
By Imperial Vienna Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Tapering cup of conical form type with hoisted handle and saucer, both decorated with golden-blue ornaments. Vienna / Old Imperial Austrian Porcelain Manufactory (= Alt Wien / Ka...
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H 3.15 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
12 Cups and Saucers, Worcester, Antique Porcelain, 1820-1840, Handmade, England
Located in South Cotswolds, GB
A beautiful set of 6 and 6 cups and saucers of the Worcester porcelain, hand painted from the 1820. Painted in an olive green with dark cream and gold 6 cups are smaller and the ot...
Porcelain
The authentic Biedermeier furniture on 1stDibs is representative of the first modern European decorative style not dictated by the tastes of the aristocracy. Following the Napoleonic wars, a growing, wealthy urban middle class in the German-speaking states of Central Europe began to demand rights and privileges once granted only to nobles. To avoid trouble, the upwardly striving confined their political discussions to one another’s homes. And so the salon was born.
Cabinetmakers in cities such as Vienna, Berlin and Mainz began to offer goods that reflected the tastes and needs of the new class. The makers of Biedermeier chairs, tables and other furniture used little or no gilding, silver hardware or other lavish ornament. Ebonized trims are common on Biedermeier cabinetry, and neoclassical elements — lyre-shaped chair splats, carved scrollwork, table supports shaped like Greek columns. But the strongest aesthetic statement came from the wood — richly-grained, honey-colored, often book-matched veneers of walnut and fruitwood.
There are two iconic Biedermeier furniture forms, both made to outfit rooms designed for conversation. One is the sofa, deeply upholstered with a strong, architectural wooden frame. The second is the circular pedestal table, which stood at the center of the room, offering a surface on which to place coffee and cake services; or to roll out a map, or sketch out ideas on paper.
“Biedermeier” was originally a derogatory term — it derives from the pen names of two German magazine writers who mocked bourgeois manners. Looking at the elegant and refined antique, new and vintage Biedermeier furniture offered on 1stDibs, that is now an amusing irony.
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.