Porcelain Tea or Coffee Set, Rosslau China Blau
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Porcelain set, Rosslau China Blau. Breakfast set from the Hermann Schomburg & Söhne Porzellan
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Porcelain Breakfast Teacup, Chinese Export, Canton Famille Verte Figures, '2'
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Chinese Export Porcelain Breakfast Teacup, Canton Famille Verte Figures, '1'
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This is a very striking breakfast cup and saucer made in the "Canton" famille verte style in China
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rare Nantgarw China Works porcelain breakfast cup and saucer made 1813-1822. The outside of the cup
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Breakfast China Sets For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of breakfast China sets is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct breakfast China sets — often made from ceramic, porcelain and wood — can elevate any home. Breakfast China sets have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Breakfast China sets made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made breakfast China sets over the years, but those made by Swansea Porcelain, Belleek Pottery Ltd. and Henry Link are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Breakfast China Sets?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $832, while they’re typically $240 on the low end and $7,800 highest priced.
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.
Questions About Breakfast China Sets
- What is a set of china?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021A set of china refers to a set of tableware. 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. A set of china is likely to include dinner plates, bread plates, cups and other items. Find antique and vintage china on 1stDibs.
- Are China sets worth anything?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021The value of China depends on the brand as well as the age of the set. Antique pieces from certain companies such as Lenox or Welmar, particularly if they are rare, will be of higher value than newer items from a brand that engages in mass production.
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