$4,114
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
$5,808
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
$5,203
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
$5,747
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
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
$7,865
H 1.38 in Dm 9.22 in
18th Century Meissen Set 12 Baroque Porcelain Dining Dishes with Floral Decor
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brescia, IT
This baroque dining colorfully dishes set is eclectical and drawn with vibrant colors. The board is in a contemporary fuchsia color. Precious, fine, elegant and timeless dining set...
Meissen
Four Meissen Porcelain Plaques Depicting the Four Seasons
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This delicately detailed set of four allegorical porcelain plaques portrays family scenes within the theme of the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Spring can be ide...
Metal
$3,800 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.5 in
12 Coalport Grey and Polychrome Enamel Floral Shaped Rim Dinner Service Plates
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Coalport dinner plates feature an unusual color combination of a soft gray border decorated with a vibrant palette of brightly painted flowers. There are various combi...
Porcelain
$2,299
H 7.08 in Dm 5.51 in
Meissen Candlestick with Figurines Gardener Children Model R 185, circa 1870
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Rare Item: Candlestick with Gardener Figurines Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark with Pommels on Hilts Model Number R 185 Former's Number 13 Painte...
Porcelain
$9,850Sale Price|23% Off
H 5.25 in W 26 in D 22 in
A French 19th-20th Century Ebonized Wood & Plated Surtout de Table Centerpiece
By Gianmaria Buccellati
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century neoclassical revival style ebonized wood and figural silver plated mounted plateau Surtout de Table centerpiece in the manner of Buccellati. The ...
Wood
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
English Porcelain Tulip Vase, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
English porcelain tulip vase, circa 1840.
Porcelain
125 Years of Louis Vuitton (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Two books in soft covers housed in a brown cloth covered slip case with cream lettering. One volume illustrates Louis Vuitton products through the years, the second illustrates the "...
Paper
French School, Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, 60cm x 42cm, (74cm x 60cm framed). The picture is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. Drawings and paintings of the nude were central to academ...
Paper, Carbon Pencil
$20,826 / set
H 22.05 in W 8.67 in D 4.73 in
Three Piece Alabaster Clock Garniture in the Form of a Neo-Gothic Cathedral
Located in London, GB
This exquisite three-piece alabaster clock garniture consists of a central clock with two flanking vases. The central clock is designed to resemble the shape of a neo-Gothic cathedra...
Alabaster, Ormolu
Beautiful Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Mirror Plateau
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautiful late 19th century gilt bronze and mirror plateau Of oval form, with a vine and grape bronze gallery, centered with a mirror and sitting on four sea shell feet. Mirror m...
Bronze
Gothic Revival Carved Oak and KPM Porcelain Triptych
By KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
The triptych comprises a trio of porcelain plaques, depicting the patron saints of the German city of Cologne (Köln) by the renowned Berlin manufacturer KPM (Konigliche Porzellan-Man...
Porcelain, Oak
$152,000
H 22.75 in W 30.75 in D 2 in
Large Berlin KPM Porcelain Plaque, "The Dancing Lesson of Our Grandmother"
By K.P.M. Berlin
Located in Tarzana, CA
"The Dancing Lesson of Our Grandmother" (The Dance Lesson). Considered by collectors and dealers to be one of the best and most desirable K.P.M plaques ever produced, this magnificen...
Wood, Porcelain
Six Unusual Rounded Square Porcelain Plates, 19th Century
By Carlsbad
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Six unusual rounded square porcelain plates, impressed mark for B&D Carlsbad, Bohemian, mid-19th century. With a wide border, striking hand painted floral decoration in deep burgundy...
Porcelain
$32,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 120 in W 132 in D 24 in
Bronze Sculpture Moses Parting the Red Sea NJ Synagogue
Located in New York, NY
Retrieved from a North Bergen, New Jersey synagogue before it's demolition a few years ago. Solid bronze religious sculpture of Moses parting the Red Sea with a black finish. It was ...
Bronze
$822
H 1.78 in W 7.88 in D 9.65 in
Black Forest Porcelain Dish Christmas Garland Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
By Sofina Porzellan
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Hands-free painted porcelain dish with platinum rim. Hands-free painted in a classic black forest christmas decor with green fir and pine cone garland. Completely handmade in Bavaria...
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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