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
$52,171
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
$56,069
H 98.43 in Dm 84.65 in
Imposing Italian Rezzonico Chandelier in blown Murano Glass with flowers 1960s
By Giovanni Dalla Fina Gallery
Located in Villaverla, IT
Imposing Italian Rezzonico Chandelier in blown Murano Glass with flowers 1960s Elegant, and imposing Italian Venetian, Ca Rezzonico Chandelier, in blown Murano Glass, allocated in di...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$194,500
H 32 in Dm 51 in
Italian 19th-20th Century Whimsical White Marble Wishing Wellhead with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and exceptionally carved Italian 19th-20th century Baroque Revival style whimsical white Carrara marble wishing wellhead, raised on an octagonal two-step marble base. The...
Carrara Marble
Buccellati - Shell Mounted In Sterling Silver
By Buccellati
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Shell mounted in sterling silver by Buccellati Length: 25 cm Width: 20.5 cm Height: 20 cm
Sterling Silver
$166,320
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Chrysanthemum by Tiffany & Co Sterling Silver Candelabra Pair of 3-Light
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Tiffany's luxurious Chrysanthemum silver was designed in 1880. With its flowing curves, swirling vegetation, meandering tendrils and exotic blossoming plants, Chrysanthemum is charac...
Sterling Silver
$29,078Sale Price|25% Off
H 13 in W 10.63 in D 4.34 in
Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible
By Henry Moret
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Publisher: Daniel Vervliet and Hendrik Swingen for Jan I Moretus & Jan I van Keerberghen Place / Date: Antwerp, 1599 Biblia sacra. Dat is de geheele heylighe schrifture bed...
Wood, Paper
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Feather Table Lamp.
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Feather Table Lamp. New York, Circa 1910 Base signed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 584, Height 22 Inches Shade signed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1439, Diameter 16....
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Geometric Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910. Art nouveau classic wit Art Deco design. Attractive orange peel texture with light gilding and red...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Apple Blossom Table lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Apple Blossom Leaded Glass and Bronze Table Lamp, The patinated bronze base with with Acorn design in wonderful condition gives a great stature to the pink floral app...
Bronze
$18,000
H 7.5 in W 4.75 in D 1.25 in
Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, First Edition with Dust Jacket
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare first edition, with near-fine dust jacket of the children's classic. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows; with a frontispiece by Graham Robertson. London: Methuen an...
Paper
$124,900
H 101 in W 85 in D 5 in
Palatial and Opulent Belle Epoque Giltwood & Oil on Canvas Three-Panel Screen
Located in Queens, NY
A Palatial and Opulent Belle epoque giltwood & oil on canvas three-panel screen, circa 1890. "Allegory of Youth" Comprising of three exquisite hand-painted triptych oil on canv...
Oil
20th Century Louis Vuitton Cow Hide Suitcase, France c.1920
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A highly unusual and exceptionally rare Louis Vuitton suitcase, originating from the early years of the 20th century, distinguishes itself not with the globally renowned monogram can...
Brass
$52,500
H 13 in W 22 in D 16 in
Important Meissen Chinoiserie Centerpiece w/ Rooster Heads, by J.J. Kändler
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
Important and Large Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Centerpiece with Rooster Heads, Model by Johann Joachim Kändler (Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775). The centerpiece is formed as a...
Porcelain
$78,000 / set
H 24.375 in Dm 10.25 in
Signed Pair of Sevres ‘Third Republic’ Pate Nouvelle Pale Yellow Ground Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and large pair of signed Sèvres Art Nouveau period ‘Third Republic’ Pate Nouvelle pale yellow ground vases (Vase De Lesbos 1 Grandeur). These premier quality vases are ...
Gold, Enamel
Monumental 20th Century Pair Of French Gilt Bronze & Crystal Lanterns
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A monumental early 20th Century French pair of gilt bronze & crystal lanterns. Each features a foliate and acanthus-cast corona above six scroll supports, which suspend a waisted ban...
Crystal, Bronze
$80,000
H 9.06 in W 4.73 in D 3.94 in
Vase Sign: Daum Nancy, France, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1905
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Daum Nancy Daum is the name of a factory established in 1875 in the city of Nancy, France. When the notary Jean Daum became the owner of an industrial furnace, that of Nancy G...
Glass
$44,000
H 12.21 in Dm 4.73 in
Vase, Sign: Daum Nancy France, Style: Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1910
By Daum
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Daum Nancy France Daum is the name of a factory established in 1875 in the city of Nancy, France. When the notary Jean Daum became the owner of an industrial furnace, that of N...
Glass
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.