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Coalport Dessert Service

Coalport "Money Tree" Part Dessert Service
Coalport "Money Tree" Part Dessert Service

Coalport "Money Tree" Part Dessert Service

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in Harrodsburg, KY

A Coalport part dessert service in the “Money Tree” pattern consisting of 12 dessert plates (8" diameter), four square shapes (8.5" x 8.5"), four shell shapes (8.25" x 7.75"), two ob...

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Antique Early 19th Century English Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces
Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces

Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in Downingtown, PA

Regency Rarity: Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, Pattern 2314 This extensive and highly theatrical Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, dating to the peak of the Regency era around Circ...

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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Pottery Partial Dessert Service
Coalport Pottery Partial Dessert Service

Coalport Pottery Partial Dessert Service

Located in Essex, MA

Decorated with the story of cupid, painted in various pursuits with borders of peach colored marbleized panels, iron red foliate painting. Provenance Taylor B Williams, Chicago. Incl...

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Antique Early 1800s English Regency Pottery

Materials

Pottery

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Coalport Dessert Service
Coalport Dessert Service

Coalport Dessert Service

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H 0.5 in Dm 12.6 in

Coalport Dessert Service

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

A rare Coalport Porcelain eight-piece dessert service, comprising a set of six dessert plates, an oval two handled serving dish and a square two handled serving dish.

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Antique Early 1900s British Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

English Cobalt Blue Fruits Coalport Dessert Service Painted By Frederick Howard
English Cobalt Blue Fruits Coalport Dessert Service Painted By Frederick Howard

English Cobalt Blue Fruits Coalport Dessert Service Painted By Frederick Howard

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

Coalport dessert service painted by Fred Howard each with a still life of different fruits and their foliage, each signed 'F.

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Antique Late 19th Century British Serving Pieces

Materials

Porcelain

12 Pink Coalport Dessert Service
12 Pink Coalport Dessert Service

12 Pink Coalport Dessert Service

Unavailable

H 0.1 in Dm 9 in

12 Pink Coalport Dessert Service

Located in London, GB

A Coalport set of 12 absolutely gorgeous pink dessert plates all hand painted pieces attributed to Steven Lawrence, one of the best painters from the factory. These plates are In ex...

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Antique Mid-19th Century British Serving Pieces

Materials

Porcelain

English Royal Red Floral Coalport Dessert Service, circa 1840 With Ice Pails
English Royal Red Floral Coalport Dessert Service, circa 1840 With Ice Pails

English Royal Red Floral Coalport Dessert Service, circa 1840 With Ice Pails

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

A Coalport porcelain dessert service, circa 1840s, each piece well painted with flower groups against a claret ground, this color depicting Royalty.

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Antique Mid-19th Century British Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

English Botanical Coalport Cobalt Blue Dessert Service by Stephen Lawrence
English Botanical Coalport Cobalt Blue Dessert Service by Stephen Lawrence

English Botanical Coalport Cobalt Blue Dessert Service by Stephen Lawrence

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

A coalport dessert service by Stephen Lawrence, circa 1840, the moulded rims picked out in yellow and gilt, the centres finely painted with botanical studies to reserves edged in gil...

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Antique Mid-19th Century British Serving Pieces

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Georgian Handpainted Dessert Service
Coalport Georgian Handpainted Dessert Service

Coalport Georgian Handpainted Dessert Service

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

A stunning Georgian Coalport dessert service all hand painted with beautiful summer trailing flowers at its centre set on a white background.

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Antique 1840s English Rococo Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Hand Painted Salmon Dessert Service
Coalport Hand Painted Salmon Dessert Service

Coalport Hand Painted Salmon Dessert Service

Unavailable

H 0.79 in W 2.37 in D 10.01 in

Coalport Hand Painted Salmon Dessert Service

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

A lovely dessert service all hand painted with beautiful summer fruits and trailing flowers at its centre set on a very unusual salmon background.

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Antique 19th Century English Serving Pieces

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport England Cobalt Blue & Gilt Porcelain Dessert Service for 12
Coalport England Cobalt Blue & Gilt Porcelain Dessert Service for 12

Coalport England Cobalt Blue & Gilt Porcelain Dessert Service for 12

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in Pasadena, CA

Coalport England hand painted porcelain dessert service for 12, circa 1895.

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Antique 1890s North American Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport John Rose Pearlware Dessert Service, Orange with Silver Vines, ca 1800
Coalport John Rose Pearlware Dessert Service, Orange with Silver Vines, ca 1800

Coalport John Rose Pearlware Dessert Service, Orange with Silver Vines, ca 1800

By Coalport Porcelain, John Rose

Located in London, GB

This is a stunning and extremely rare dessert service made by John Rose at Coalport probably around the year 1800, shortly after Rose bought up the Caughley factory.

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Antique Early 1800s British Neoclassical Dinner Plates

Materials

Pearlware

English Minton Reticulated Royal Arms Botanical Turquoise Dessert Service
English Minton Reticulated Royal Arms Botanical Turquoise Dessert Service

English Minton Reticulated Royal Arms Botanical Turquoise Dessert Service

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

Minton reticulated exceptional botanical turquoise dessert service for 8 with comport. Reticulated in the shape of royal arms each plate individually hand painted with a different fl...

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Antique Early 19th Century British British Colonial Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Coalport English Dessert Service, Tableware with Gilt Borders
19th Century Coalport English Dessert Service, Tableware with Gilt Borders

19th Century Coalport English Dessert Service, Tableware with Gilt Borders

Located in London, GB

A part English dessert service. 19th century. Each decorated with fruit and berries within gilt borders.

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Antique 19th Century English Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

A Coalport Botanical Part Dessert Service
A Coalport Botanical Part Dessert Service

A Coalport Botanical Part Dessert Service

Located in Katonah, NY

A group of beautifully painted Coalport botanical dishes each with its specimen flower framed by a gilded yellow ground border. Each flower is named on the reverse of the dish in iro...

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Antique 19th Century English Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Hand Painted Botanical Dessert Service with Hand Painted Birds
19th Century Hand Painted Botanical Dessert Service with Hand Painted Birds

19th Century Hand Painted Botanical Dessert Service with Hand Painted Birds

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in Great Barrington, MA

A wonderful combination of decorative elements is featured on this lovely dessert service. A rich cobalt ground border is framed within a molded leaf border enriched with parcel gilt...

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Antique 19th Century British Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

16 pc. Early 19th C. English Apple Green Hand Painted Dessert Service
16 pc. Early 19th C. English Apple Green Hand Painted Dessert Service

16 pc. Early 19th C. English Apple Green Hand Painted Dessert Service

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in Great Barrington, MA

This a very early 19th c. hand painted dessert service with shaped rims and apple green ground borders all highlighted in gold. The painting is rather primitive and simple which is i...

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Antique 19th Century British Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain, Paste

Antique English Georgian Coalport Porcelain 29 Pce Dessert Service, Circa 1810's
Antique English Georgian Coalport Porcelain 29 Pce Dessert Service, Circa 1810's

Antique English Georgian Coalport Porcelain 29 Pce Dessert Service, Circa 1810's

Located in New Orleans, LA

Finest quality antique English early Georgian Coalport Porcelain 29 piece dessert service with compotes and serving pieces, circa 1810-1820.

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Antique Early 19th Century English Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Botanical Dessert Service
Coalport Botanical Dessert Service

Coalport Botanical Dessert Service

Located in Montreal, QC

Set of 12 Coalport dessert plates and two oval serving dishes, all hand-painted with various flowers centering moulded beige border with floral cartouches and serpentine rim, all ove...

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Antique 19th Century English Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Early 19th Century Coalport Imari Pattern Part Dessert Service circa 1810
Early 19th Century Coalport Imari Pattern Part Dessert Service circa 1810

Early 19th Century Coalport Imari Pattern Part Dessert Service circa 1810

Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

This charming early 19th century Coalport Imari pattern part dessert service comprises of a pair of lidded sauce tureens and stands, a pair of shell shaped dishes and a pair of large...

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Antique 1810s Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Dessert Service, Floral Studies by Cecil Jones, circa 1820
Coalport Dessert Service, Floral Studies by Cecil Jones, circa 1820

Coalport Dessert Service, Floral Studies by Cecil Jones, circa 1820

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

This is a stunning dessert service made by Coalport in circa 1820. It was hand painted with beautiful flower studies by Cecil Jones, a celebrated flower painter who was born in 1799 ...

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Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport "Warwick" Dessert Tureen & Cover, c. 1820
Coalport "Warwick" Dessert Tureen & Cover, c. 1820

Coalport "Warwick" Dessert Tureen & Cover, c. 1820

Located in Atlanta, GA

The piece is part of a larger Coalport dessert service in our store, with formed dishes, plates, and a center comport in the same forms and pattern.

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Antique 19th Century English Porcelain

Coalport Part Dessert Service, Fruit Paintings, 1850-1865
Coalport Part Dessert Service, Fruit Paintings, 1850-1865

Coalport Part Dessert Service, Fruit Paintings, 1850-1865

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

This set would have belonged to a large dessert service. The items are decorated with beautiful fruit studies by an unknown painter.

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Antique 1850s English Victorian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Part Dessert Service, Named Flowers by John Toulouse, 1843
Coalport Part Dessert Service, Named Flowers by John Toulouse, 1843

Coalport Part Dessert Service, Named Flowers by John Toulouse, 1843

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

This is a stunning part dessert service made by Coalport in 1843. The original set would have consisted of many more items, but with six plates and one serving dish it is still a nic...

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Antique 1840s English Rococo Revival Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport partial dessert service
Coalport partial dessert service

Coalport partial dessert service

Located in Vancouver, BC

Impressive partial dessert service by Coalport in the full blown Regency style circa 1805, twenty nine pieces (see additional photos); decoration attributed to Baxter; some restorati...

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Antique 19th Century English Serving Pieces

Materials

Porcelain

English Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Bird's Nest and Flowers to Centers

English Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Bird's Nest and Flowers to Centers

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The tureen roughly 9" W x 5.25" H. x 4.75" D. A similar service is illustrated in Geoffrey Godden, Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelain (1970), plates 138 and 139.

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Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain

John Rose Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Japan Imari Pattern, circa 1805
John Rose Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Japan Imari Pattern, circa 1805

John Rose Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Japan Imari Pattern, circa 1805

By Coalport Porcelain, John Rose

Located in London, GB

This is a very boldly decorated John Rose / Coalport dessert service made in about 1805, which is known as the Georgian period.

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Antique Early 1800s English George III Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Pink with Flowers, Regency 1820-1825
Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Pink with Flowers, Regency 1820-1825

Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Pink with Flowers, Regency 1820-1825

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

On offer is a dessert service made by Coalport between 1820 and 1825, which was the Regency period.

Category

Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Purple Vines, Rams Heads, Regency, ca 1820
Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Purple Vines, Rams Heads, Regency, ca 1820

Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, Purple Vines, Rams Heads, Regency, ca 1820

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

This is a rare and spectacular full dessert service made by Coalport around the year 1820.

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Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Porcelain Plate, Peach Ground and Flowers by Thomas Dixon
Coalport Porcelain Plate, Peach Ground and Flowers by Thomas Dixon

Coalport Porcelain Plate, Peach Ground and Flowers by Thomas Dixon

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

This plate would have belonged to a large dessert service. Coalport was one of the leading potters in 19th and 20th century Staffordshire.

Category

Antique 1850s English Victorian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Porcelain Plate, Salmon Colour, Flowers by Thomas Dixon, ca 1840
Coalport Porcelain Plate, Salmon Colour, Flowers by Thomas Dixon, ca 1840

Coalport Porcelain Plate, Salmon Colour, Flowers by Thomas Dixon, ca 1840

By Coalport Porcelain

Located in London, GB

This plate would have belonged to a large dessert service. Coalport was one of the leading potters in 19th and 20th Century Staffordshire.

Category

Antique 1840s English Regency Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

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Coalport Dessert Service For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic coalport dessert service available at 1stDibs. Each coalport dessert service for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and paste. When you’re browsing for the right coalport dessert service, those designed in Regency, Georgian and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. Coalport Porcelain and John Rose each produced at least one beautiful coalport dessert service that is worth considering.

How Much is a Coalport Dessert Service?

Prices for a coalport dessert service can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $2,150 and can go as high as $60,165, while the average can fetch as much as $7,500.

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Your dining room table is a place where stories are shared and personalities shine — why not treat yourself and your guests to the finest antique and vintage glass, silver, ceramics and serveware for your meals?

Just like the people who sit around your table, your serveware has its own stories and will help you create new memories with your friends and loved ones. From ceramic pottery to glass vases, set your table with serving pieces that add even more personality, color and texture to your dining experience.

Invite serveware from around the world to join your table settings. For special occasions, dress up your plates with a striking Imari charger from 19th-century Japan or incorporate Richard Ginori’s Italian porcelain plates into your dining experience. Celebrate the English ritual of afternoon tea with a Japanese tea set and an antique Victorian kettle. No matter how big or small your dining area is, there is room for the stories of many cultures and varied histories, and there are plenty of ways to add pizzazz to your 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 more durable than ceramic because it is denser. The latter is ideal for statement pieces — your tall mid-century modern ceramic vase is a guaranteed conversation starter. And while your earthenware or stoneware is maybe better suited to everyday lunches as opposed to the fine bone china you’ve reserved for a holiday meal, handcrafted studio pottery coffee mugs can still be a rich expression of your personal style.

“My motto is ‘Have fun with it,’” says author and celebrated hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran. “It’s yin and yang, high and low, Crate & Barrel with Christofle silver. I like to mix it up — sometimes in the dining room, sometimes on the kitchen banquette, sometimes in the loggia. It transports your guests and makes them feel more comfortable and relaxed.”

Introduce elegance at supper with silver, such as a platter from celebrated Massachusetts silversmith manufacturer Reed and Barton or a regal copper-finish flatware set designed by International Silver Company, another New England company that was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898. By then, Meriden had already earned the nickname “Silver City” for its position as a major hub of silver manufacturing.

At the bar, try a vintage wine cooler to keep bottles cool before serving or an Art Deco decanter and whiskey set for after-dinner drinks — there are many possibilities and no wrong answers for tableware, barware and serveware. Explore an expansive collection of antique and vintage glass, ceramics, silver and serveware today on 1stDibs.