Antique Paris Porcelain Botanical Set of Plates, Flamen-Fleury
By Old Paris
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique Paris Porcelain set of Botanical plates, Flamen-Fleury Factory, circa 1830-1835 The
Porcelain
Tulip Coffee Cup in Gilded Paris Porcelain by Flamen-Fleury
By Old Paris
Located in Paris, FR
underneath with "Flamen/Fleury/Paris" in red letters, referring to a French porcelain manufactory set in
Porcelain
Tulip Coffee Cup in Gilded Paris Porcelain by Flamen-Fleury
By Old Paris
Located in Paris, FR
/Fleury/Paris" in red letters, referring to a french Porcelain Manufactory set in Paris : Flamen-Fleury
Porcelain
Tulip Coffee Cup in Gilded Paris Porcelain by Flamen-Fleury '1816-1828'
By Old Paris
Located in Paris, FR
/Fleury/Paris" in red letters, referring to a french Porcelain Manufactory set in Paris : Flamen-Fleury
Porcelain
$6,995
H 95 in W 38.5 in D 2.5 in
Eight Foot Tall Mid-19th Century French Regency Style Giltwood Floor Mirror
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Found in a chateau in the Loire Valley, this nineteenth century French Regency style gilt wood mirror stands at an impressive eight feet in height. Its beveled glass is surrounded by...
Mirror, Giltwood
$3,490
H 59.25 in W 29.5 in D 4 in
Large Empire Mirror in Cuban Mahogany with Columns and Carved Capitals, c. 1810
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An exquisite Empire mirror in Cuban mahogany with carved anthemions as antefix decorating the crown molding and columns with carved acanthus capitals flanking the mirror and frieze, ...
Mirror, Mahogany
English Regency Penwork Games Table
Located in Stamford, CT
Penwork games table with pedestal on four legs and wheeled feet, English, circa 1810.
Wood
19th Century English Regency Folding Table or Tripod
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare original English Regency folding table or tripod table 18th-19th century. Through and through massive mahogany. Slim ballroom shank, of which extending three curving legs in so...
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century Regency Brass Inlaid Cabinet Chiffonier
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique Regency period brass inlaid goncalo alves chiffonier, circa 1820 in date. This magnificent cabinet has an arched shaped back and features a pair of grill...
Brass
$934Sale Price|40% Off
H 25.6 in W 22.45 in D 11.42 in
18th Century Exclusive French Mahogany Cabinet, Louis XVI Epoque
Located in Sofia, BG
Exclusive mahogany cabinet from Louis XVI epoque. With gilt bronze ornаments, brass cannelures and three shelves inside and a small drawer infront, France, circa 1790. The piece is i...
Brass, Bronze
Pair of French Carved Mahogany Armchairs, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An imposing pair of Louis Philippe Fauteuils Constructed in Honduras Mahogany, standing on swept lappeted gentle 'S' shaped legs to the front, and sabre shaped to the rear, the pa...
Mahogany
$14,500 / set
H 35 in W 28 in D 13 in
A fine pair of 19th century Regency mahogany and parcel gilt bookcases.
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of 19th century English Regency mahogany and parcel gilt cabinets with White marble tops.
Carrara Marble
$66,359
H 68.12 in Dm 33.86 in
Large Eight-Light Regency Tent and Waterfall Chandelier of the Finest Quality
By Hancock & Rixon
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine regency chandelier of classic tent and waterfall design unusually having two tents divided with a second waterfall both waterfalls with double rosette bands, the main ring iss...
19th Century Danish Mahogany Empire Cabinet
Located in San Marino, CA
A remarkably elegant 19th century Empire cabinet that features beautiful crotch mahogany veneer. A drawer above one door that encloses three stationary shelves as well as a drawer be...
Mahogany
$2,026
H 36.23 in W 17.72 in D 16.74 in
Antique Hall Chair, Scottish, Walnut, Occasional, Reception Seat, Regency, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique hall chair. A Scottish, walnut occasional reception seat, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820. Attractive hallway chair, graced with distinctive detail and ...
Walnut
Antique Regency Rosewood Chiffonier with Marble Top, England, 1820
Located in London, GB
An early 19th Century Regency period rosewood breakfront Chiffonier, having original Diaspro nero e giallo marble top above 3 brass line inlaid frieze drawers. The Chiffonier, with ...
Marble
Pair of English Regency Waterford Crystal Candelabras
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Regency Waterford candelabras with a pine cone finial above a swirl center post and 2 arms emanating from a metal and brass centerpost having crystal drops (PRICED AS...
Crystal, Brass
$2,000 / item
H 2.25 in W 11.13 in D 7.75 in
Spode Porcelain Botanical Specimen Dishes- A Pair. After William Curtis
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode Porcelain Botanical Named Specimen Dishes, After William Curtis, A Pair, Circa 1810-20 A superb pair of Spode porcelain botanical dishes with a gilt border and to each end a r...
Porcelain
Late Regency Games Table by T.G Seddon
By Thomas & George Seddon
Located in Stamford, CT
A late Regency burl wood and giltwood games table produced by T.G Seddon (cabinet maker for the queen).
Giltwood, Burl
$3,995 / item
H 48.25 in W 72 in D 24 in
Antique Georgian Regency Gothic Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard Buffet Server 1825
Located in Portland, OR
A very elegant antique late Regency flame mahogany twin pedestal sideboard, circa 1825. The sideboard/server with a galleried back having a band of carved gadrooned decoration, the b...
Mahogany
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.