Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Plate, Marsh Hibiscus, John Brewer, Circa 1815
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Plate, Marsh Hibiscus, John Brewer, Circa 1815 The Derby porcelain plate is finely painted at the center with a single botanical specimen of the Ma...
Porcelain
Antique Derby Porcelain Salmon Ground Plate, An Annual Lavetera, by John Brewer
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-ground Plate, Annual Lavetera, by John Brewer, Circa 1815.
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 1 in Dm 1 in
Derby Porcelain Part Dessert Service, Red Botanical, John Brewer, 1795-1800
By Crown Derby, John Brewer
Located in London, GB
John Brewer came to work at Derby in 1795 and worked there until his death in 1816.
Porcelain
A Derby Porcelain Salmon-Ground Plate of An Elder Scented Iris
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain, John Brewer
Located in Downingtown, PA
John Brewer, (1764-1816) John was the elder of two brothers who both worked at Derby.
Porcelain
Derby Plate, Monochrome Sepia Hunting Scene by John Brewer, ca 1795-1800
By Derby, John Brewer
Located in London, GB
The scene was painted by John Brewer, one of the most celebrated painters at Derby.
Porcelain
A Derby Porcelain Cache Pot decorated by John Brewer c.1815
By Derby
Located in Exeter, GB
A Derby Porcelain Cache Pot c.1815. Of circular form, flared rim with slightly tapered sides, the front decorated with a finely painted by John Brewer with the scene of a man on hors...
Porcelain
A Derby Porcelain Campana Vase decorated by John Brewer c.1810
By Derby
Located in Exeter, GB
A large Derby Porcelain Campana Vase decorated by John Brewer c.1810 - Duesbury & Kean period.
Porcelain
A large Derby Porcelain Vase decorated by John Brewer c.1810
By Derby
Located in Exeter, GB
A large Derby porcelain two part vase c.1810. Very finely painted by John Brewer, with gilt framed panel, depicting a traveller riding a donkey before a river, in a woodland landscape.
Porcelain
$307Sale Price|20% Off
H 2 in W 11.25 in D 8.63 in
Georgian Derby Porcelain Serving Dish or Bowl Hand-Painted, Fully Marked Ca 1815
By Derby
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good oval shaped serving dish or bowl, made by the Derby factory, hand painted and gilded in a free flowing floral pattern, during the reign of George 111 in the early 19th...
Porcelain
$465
H 2 in W 11.1 in D 8.5 in
Georgian Derby Porcelain Platter or Dish Partridge Pattern hand painted, Ca 1815
By Derby
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good antique porcelain platter or dish, made by the Derby factory, hand painted and gilded in the beautiful Partridge Pattern, during the reign of George 111 in the ea...
Porcelain
$237Sale Price|20% Off
H 0.99 in Dm 9.8 in
Mason's Ironstone Dinner Plate, Flying Bird Pattern, Antique 1825
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a late Georgian Ironstone dinner plate in the distinctive flying bird pattern, made by Mason's of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, during the early 19th century, circa 182...
Ironstone
$960
H 0.79 in Dm 7.49 in
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Salad Plate in Hand-Painted Porcelain with Flowers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica salad plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration. Model number 20/3573. Diameter: 19.5 cm. In perfect condition. 1st Factory ...
Porcelain
$199Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.13 in Dm 6.67 in
Georgian Davenport Saucer Dish or Plate Ironstone in Pattern 659, circa 1815
By Davenport Porcelain
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good early hand painted ironstone (stone china) saucer dish or plate, made by William Davenport and Co., Longport, Staffordshire Potteries, England, George 111rd period, ci...
Ironstone
Vintage Porcelain Plate The French Saxon China C0 22K. Gold Made in USA 1940s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage decorative China plate in the Blue Orchid Pattern. Vintage 10 inches plate by French Saxon China Co. Nat. Brotherhood. 22K. gold accents with multi floral center, blue rim. T...
Porcelain
$280Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 1 in Dm 8.75 in
Antique Ridgway Porcelain Botanical Plates, Hand Painted, Circa 1830
By Ridgway Porcelain
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful pair of very decorative, Porcelain Botanical plates by John Ridgway, of Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, England, dating to the William IVth period of th...
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Plate with Gilt
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Plate. Plate features vibrant enameled scenes of flowers, birds, and butterflies, symbolizing beauty, prosperity, and transformation. Executed i...
Porcelain
19th Century English Plate Rose & Jessamine Wedgwood
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century English Plate Rose & Jessamine signed wedgwood.
Ceramic
$312
H 1.19 in Dm 8.27 in
Limoges Porcelain Plate, circa 1860 by Sazerat Leon, Signed and Numbered France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This plate demonstrates the attractiveness of French ceramists from the second half of the 19th century aesthetics and Far Eastern culture. Fascinated by its colors, shapes, artists ...
Porcelain
$731Sale Price|25% Off
H 9.38 in W 8.5 in D 1.75 in
Antique English John Rose Coalport Periwinkle and Gilt Botanical Dessert Shell
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Quite possibly one of the Finest pieces of early 19th Century English porcelain attributed to John Rose Coalport. This "Periwinkle ground" relief-made dessert shell is considered as...
Porcelain
$264Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.1 in Dm 8.38 in
Fine Georgian Coalport Desert Plate Richly Gilded Hand Painted Ptn 1949, Ca 1810
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine example of an English George III period, Coalport Desert Plate, hand painted in pattern 1949 and dating from the early 19th century, circa 1810. The Plate is well pot...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese "Famille Rose" Porcelain Plate, Circa 1910-1920's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Chinese "Famille Rose" Porcelain Plate, Circa 1910-1920's.
Porcelain
$259Sale Price|20% Off
H 1 in Dm 8.13 in
Georgian John Ridgway Plate Porcelain Hand Painted botanical, Circa 1820
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful, decorative, Porcelain Botanical Plate by John Ridgway, of Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, England, dating to the Late Georgian period of the early 19th...
Porcelain
Antique English Neoclassical Porcelain Plate attributed to Coalport
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English Neoclassical porcelain plate Attributed to Coalport. Decorated throughout with rich gilding, and red, green, pink and purple floral devices. With a s...
Porcelain
$210Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.38 in Dm 7.75 in
Georgian Sunderland Porcelain Lustre Dish or Plate, English Early 19th Century
By Sunderland
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good porcelain Sunderland pink lustre dish or deep plate from early in the 19th century, George III period, circa 1810-1820. The dish is decorated with a bat printed sce...
Porcelain
Fine English Porcelain Dessert Service, Minton, circa 1830
Located in New York, NY
Comprising 24 plates, pair of covered sauce tureens and stands, pair of shell dishes and a pair of rectangular dishes. The bright blue ground interspersed with gilt-edged reticulatio...
Porcelain
18th Century Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish
By James Giles, 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Worcester Blind Earl porcelain plate made circa 1770 with beautifully enamelled decoration of butterflies and insects among raised leaf and rosebud decoration, set within a delicat...
Porcelain
English Scenic Porcelain Dessert Service, Mid-19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
English Scenic porcelain Dessert service, mid-19th century, polychrome hand-painted with three various romantic landscape scenes in a round cartouches on a pink border, decorated wit...
Porcelain
Set of Early 19th Century English Derby Porcelain Dessert Service
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of Early 19th Century English Derby Porcelain Dessert Service. 18 plates, 7 shaped dishes, 1 sauce tureen with lid and underplate.
Porcelain
Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode Porcelain Dessert Service, Probably Pattern 2314, 58 Pieces, Circa 1815 Circa 1815 This extensive Spode bone china dessert service of fifty-eight pieces was made at the height...
Porcelain
$120,000
H 1 in Dm 9 in
Large English Porcelain Imari Pattern Dessert and Tea Service, Spode, circa 1815
Located in New York, NY
Iron-red uppercase Spode mark and pattern 2213. Richly painted in the Imari palette and enriched in pale-blue, green and gold with flowering shrubs and a tree, the border with altern...
Porcelain
$75,000 / set
H 1.25 in Dm 8.5 in
English Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Part Dessert Service, circa 1815
Located in New York, NY
Comprising footed compote, pair of covered sauce tureens, one gallery (partially restored), pair of lozenge-shaped dishes, pair of kidney-shaped dishes, four shell dishes, four squar...
Porcelain
Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-Ground Plate, French Marigold
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-ground Plate, French Marigold, by John Brewer, Circa 1815. The Derby porcelain plate is boldly painted with a French Marigold botanical spec...
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.