Nantgarw Porcelain Dinner Plate, c1820
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Nantgarw Porcelain Dinner Plate, c1820 Additional information: Date : c1820 Period : George III
Porcelain
A Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820 Welsh porcelain is amongst the most highly regarded
Porcelain
$52,812
H 0.79 in Dm 8.27 in
A Worcester (Barr, Flight & Barr) Twenty-Eight Piece Part Dessert Service
By Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Nantgarw China Works. Barr, Flight & Barr 1804–1813 The Warmstry factory at Worcester was owned by
Porcelain
Cup & Saucer decorated with bluebells. Nantgarw C1815.
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
of the porcelain to be clearly seen. Nantgarw porcelain is particularly fine, and was much prized by
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Plate, circa 1820
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Nantgarw Porcelain Plate, circa 1820 Additional Information: Date: 1820 Period: George 111
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Teacup and Saucer c1820
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Nantgarw porcelain teacup and saucer Date : 1818-20 Period :Regency Origin : Nantgarw
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Teacup and Saucer c1820
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Nantgarw porcelain teacup and saucer Date : 1818-20 Period :Regency Origin : Nantgarw
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Teacup and Saucer 1818-20
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Nantgarw porcelain teacup and saucer Date : 1818-20 Period :Regency Origin : Nantgarw
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer, c1820
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Nantgarw Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer, c1820 Additional information: Date : c1820 Period
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Teacup and Saucer 1818-20
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Nantgarw porcelain teacup and saucer Date : 1818-20 Period :Regency Origin : Nantgarw
Porcelain
A Marked Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Marked Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820 Welsh porcelain is amongst the most highly
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Plate with Moulded Rim, 1813-1822
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Nantgarw Porcelain Plate with Moulded Rim, 1813-1822 Additional Information: Date: 1813-1822
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Plate by William Billingsley, 1813-1820
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Nantgarw Porcelain Plate by William Billingsley Additional Information: Date: 1813-1820 Period
Porcelain
A Nantgarw Porcelain Plate with Moulded Lip and Lobed Rim, c1820
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Nantgarw Porcelain Plate with Moulded Lip and Lobed Rim, c1820 Additional information: Date
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Breakfast Cup and Saucer with Pink Roses Wales, 1813-1822
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Katonah, NY
in the world was produced at the Nantgarw China Works. Founded in Wales by William Billingsley, who
Porcelain
No Place Like Home Interiors by Madeline Stuart
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
The first book from renowned Hollywood-based interior designer Madeline Stuart, whose elegant decorating is predicated on timeless design, be it modernist or traditional in inspirati...
Paper
A Nice Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Alabaster 16-Light Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Alabaster Sixteen Light Chandelier Bronze casted with an alabaster bowl, each set of arms centered with a rams heads, flowers and bows. Bronze fe...
Alabaster, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 18th Century Italian Chinoiserie Blown Glass Vases
Located in London, GB
Crafted in the popular 18th century Chinoiserie style, this fine pair of Italian vases are crafted of blown glass, and feature elongated curved bodies. The vases are painted all over...
Blown Glass
Sevres Porcelain Trembleuse Cup and Saucer First Size
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : 18th Century Sevres 1st Size Trembleuse Cup and Saucer Date : Late 18th Century c1790 Marks : Interlaced L mark in blue. Incised OO mark on base of the cup Origin : Sevres...
Porcelain
Vintage Meissen Lidded Tureen with Putto Figure
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Blue crossed swords mark to the base. A footed bowl with a wide sight scalloped gilt rim with shell and acanthus leaf handles and decorated with insects and flowers. The lid is decor...
Porcelain
$5,807Sale Price|17% Off
H 7.08 in W 5.9 in D 3.74 in
Meissen Mantel Table Clock Bronze Porcelain Autumn Fall Kaendler, circa 1745
By Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous rococo mantel / table clock made of gilded / gilt bronze, excellently decorated with sculptured figurines made of porcelain. Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue M...
Brass, Bronze, Enamel
$7,017
H 18.51 in W 7.88 in D 5.91 in
Large Goldscheider Art Deco Odalisque 'Aida' by Josef Lorenzl, Around 1925
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna, Josef Lorenzl
Located in Vienna, AT
Very exceptional decorated Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1920's: Depiction of a standing lady proudly looking to the side in oriental garb, wrapped in a large blue-gree...
Ceramic
Schumacher Blumont I/O in Blue 24" x12" Pillow
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This pillow features Blumont Stripe with a knife edge finish. This classic alternating stripe with a graphic outline combines high performance durability with an amazingly soft and s...
Cotton
Roxbury I/O Pillow in Leaf, 20"
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This pillow features Roxbury Indoor/Outdoor with a knife edge finish. A graphic large-scale design, Roxbury Indoor/Outdoor in navy is a bold geometric that invites pattern play. Pill...
Cotton
Schuamcher Picnic I/O 20" Pillow in Emerald
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
This pillow features Picnic Indoor/Outdoor by Mary McDonald for Schumacher with a knife edge finish. Stylish and classic, Picnic Indoor/Outdoor in emerald is a wonderfully versatile ...
Cotton
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.25 in W 16.875 in D 9.75 in
RARE 1840's Wedgwood "Tower Of London" In Orange Transfer Pearlware Tureen
By Wedgewood
Located in Atlanta, GA
Wedgwood (English, founded 1759), circa 1840. Behold a truly exceptional piece of antique porcelain history: the Rare 1840's Wedgwood "Tower Of London" in Orange Transfer Pearlware ...
Pearlware
$13,203
H 4.73 in W 3.55 in D 1.19 in
Early 20th Century Silver and Precious Stone Table Clock by Dreyfous
Located in London, GB
This delicate table clock features a surmounting design of silver foliate and flowers, which are mounted with precious stones. Held centrally within the silver flowers is the circula...
Agate, Silver
$125,000
H 18 in W 18.5 in
H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Kiss" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The Kiss, no. 1 from the fifth installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts Undoubtedly Klimt’s best known and most reproduced images, this printed version of The Kiss is the only one with...
Handmade Paper
$6,412
H 17.13 in W 9.45 in D 4.73 in
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure Striding Dancer With Train, by Lorenzl c1930
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna, Josef Lorenzl
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremeley rare porcelain figurine around 1930: Elegant dancer striding to the side with her upper body turned forward, wearing a knee-length, shimmering gray-pink trouser dress with...
Ceramic
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
$5,747
H 7.88 in W 4.34 in D 5.91 in
Art Nouveau Figure Group 'Ice-Scaters', by Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Skating couple in elegant winter clothing: The lady in a long, white skirt with a green decorated hem, green jacket and white c...
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.