Hand Painted Vases
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1850s Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century American Art Nouveau Vases
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Vases
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Hungarian Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1940s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vases
Porcelain, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Porcelain, Paste
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s French Chinoiserie Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Vases
Enamel
Vintage 1940s Hungarian Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Vases
Porcelain
Early 2000s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English George III Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1870s Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Biedermeier Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Vases
Porcelain, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century German Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1890s British Aesthetic Movement Vases
Gold, Enamel
Mid-20th Century German Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1870s Danish Victorian Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Antique 19th Century German Neoclassical Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Victorian Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s English Vases
Paste
Vintage 1920s French Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1890s English Romantic Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Austrian Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s English Victorian Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Vases
Porcelain, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Northern Irish Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 1880s French Neoclassical Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Chinoiserie Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Vases
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Vases
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Porcelain
2010s German Chinoiserie Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Vases
Porcelain
2010s German Chinoiserie Vases
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Vases
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Napoleon III Vases
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s German Vases
Porcelain
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Finding the Right Porcelain for You
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.
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.
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