$4,000
H 8.27 in W 4.73 in D 3.55 in
Art Nouveau Figurine, Ice-Scater, By Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure: Skater in elegant winter attire: costume consisting
Porcelain
$5,648
H 8.27 in W 6.89 in D 3.94 in
Art Nouveau Figure Group, Ice-Scaters, by Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: A couple skating in elegant winter attire: the lady
Porcelain
$5,059
H 8.27 in W 4.34 in D 5.52 in
Art Nouveau Figure Group 'Ice-Scaters', by Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Skating couple in elegant Winter clothing: the lady
Porcelain
$5,589
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
Porcelain
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H 8.27 in W 5.32 in D 3.55 in
Art Nouveau Figurine 'Ice-Scater' By Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1911
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure: Skater in elegant winter clothes: lady wearing a long
Porcelain
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H 8.08 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Art Nouveau Figure Group 'Ice-Scater', by Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Ice-skating couple in elegant winter clothing
Porcelain
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H 10.63 in W 20.47 in D 9.05 in
Meissen Ice Bear Animal Figurine Model T 181 Jarl Otto Made, circa 1935
By Otto Jarl
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen most remarkable and huge animal figurine: Walking ice bear / most lifelike impression: It
Porcelain
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H 10.63 in W 20.47 in D 9.25 in
Meissen Tall Animal Figurine Ice Bear T 181 by O. Jarl, circa 1905
By Otto Jarl
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen most remarkable and huge Art Nouveau animal figurine: Walking ice bear/most lifelike
Porcelain
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H 8.46 in W 5.51 in D 2.95 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Lady Ice Skating Model Z 194 by Alfred Koenig, circa 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Gorgeous Art Nouveau Figurine: Lady Ice Skating Manufactory: Meissen Dating: made
Porcelain
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H 11.03 in W 22.05 in D 14.57 in
Large Porcelain Wine Cooler, Meissen Taste, Champagne, Ice Bucket, 20th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large porcelain wine cooler, Meissen taste, multi-bottle champagne ice bucket, 20th
Porcelain
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H 10.63 in W 20.47 in D 9.25 in
Meissen Ice Bear Animal Figurine Model T 181 Jarl Otto made circa 1935
By Otto Jarl
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen most remarkable and huge animal figurine: Walking ice bear / most lifelike impression: It
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Meissen Ice Pale on Shaped Foot
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
An unusual Meissen ice pale on shaped foot. Exotic birds and foliage. Cross swords mark.
Porcelain
$114,700
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Wrought Iron
Antique 19th Century French Set of Four Copper Pans
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian French set of four copper pans of circular form having a tempered copper base, iron handles with copper rivets and hanging holes. They are heavier than the average...
Copper
$3,500
H 8 in W 11.5 in D 3.25 in
Antique Franz Bergman Bruno Zach Cold Painted Bronze Peacock with Fanned Train
By Bruno Zach, Franz Bergmann
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This fabulous bronze peacock was made at Franz Bergman's Vienna foundry and bears the name of sculptor Bruno Zach. The highly detailed sculpture is beautifully cast and features col...
Bronze
$3,765
H 3.34 in W 8.26 in D 6.1 in
Meissen the Wave Art Nouveau Bowl Figurine Henschtel Konrad Q 169, circa 1900
By Julius Konrad Hentschel
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen rarest Art Nouveau item: The wave Size: Height 3.34 inches Depth 6.10 inches Width 8.26 inches Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen sword mark (glazed bott...
Porcelain
$5,412
H 7.49 in W 6.3 in D 4.73 in
Art Nouveau Group 'Mother With Child', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, ca 1912
By Paul Helmig, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Mother in a dress decorated with elaborate Art Nouveau decor sitting on a fabric-covered stool and playing with her son, who is wearin...
Porcelain
Large English Porcelain Dinner Service, Minton, circa 1845
Located in New York, NY
With a soft turquoise ground, painted with a fine spray of flowers, with gilt scroll and dash borders. Comprising pair of covered tureens and stands, pair of vegetable tureens, well ...
Porcelain
$149,500
H 25.5 in W 17.75 in D 6.75 in
Art Nouveau "Mounted Amazon" bronze sculpture by Franz von Stuck
By Franz von Stuck
Located in Palm Beach, FL
FRANZ VON STUCK (German, 1863-1928) There is a tension between the Apollonian and Dionysian in Stuck’s work. Nietzsche’s contemporary and a kindred spirit, Stuck valiantly searched f...
Bronze
$263,135
H 26.78 in W 36.23 in D 24.02 in
A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Mount Parnassus
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus. Comprised of sixteen interlocking parts. Apollo standing holding a lyre and with Pega...
Porcelain
$15,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 9.45 in W 11.03 in D 5.52 in
Garniture of Bronze Figures by Franz Xaver Bergman
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Garniture of bronze figures, depicting a scene of hunters with an elephant with a dead tiger strapped securely on top of it, accompanied with one hunter and another at his side with ...
Bronze
$57,500 / set
H 12 in W 5.25 in D 4.5 in
Set of 5 Meissen Figures Emblematic of the Senses by J.J. Kändler and Eberlein
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and fully complete set of 5 Meissen figures emblematic of the senses: Hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight, Modeled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein. These figures ...
Porcelain
$9,766
H 7.88 in W 15.36 in D 10.24 in
Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902
By Paul Helmig, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...
Porcelain
$126,600
H 17 in W 11.5 in D 8 in
Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child
By Meissen Porcelain, J.J. Kändler
Located in New York, NY
An important, extremely rare, and rather large 18th century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child, By Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler, Circa: 1744. This is an incr...
Porcelain
$48,500 / set
H 12 in W 12 in D 12 in
Pair 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Style of Nodding Pagoda Figures
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable Head, Hand and Tongue, known as a "Nodder'. This Unusual and Highly Detailed Novelty s...
Porcelain
$14,002
H 17.33 in W 7.49 in D 9.45 in
Large Meissen Art Nouveau Figure, Flora with Cupids, by Emmerich Oehler, ca 1913
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Art Nouveau Figurine Group by Meissen: Monumental figure of Flora, taking a step forward in dance and holding large, heavy flower garlands of yellow roses, which are ...
Porcelain
$123,554
H 162.21 in W 88.98 in D 30.71 in
19th Century Regency Oak Fireplace Inspired by Versailles, France
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Antique oak wood fireplace inspired by the fireplace in the Hercules Salon in Versailles Palace. This antique Regence style fireplace was made out of carved oak wood in the late 19th...
Oak
$5,530
H 8.67 in W 9.65 in D 5.52 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Group 'the Air' by Paul Helmig, Germany, Around 1900
By Meissen Porcelain, Paul Helmig
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900: Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, si...
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.
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