Limoges Fish Platter Set with 12 Plates
By Limoges Elite Porcelain 1
Located in Winter Park, FL
green and yellow with gilt edge. Mark to underside: Elite Works Limoges France. (Red print indicating
Porcelain
$425 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 6.88 in
Fine French Porcelain Antique Rose de France Set of Six Dessert Plates, Limoges
By Limoges
Located in New York, NY
Elite Works, San Martin, Elite France Diameter: 6.88 inches Height: .75 inches Condition: Very Good
Porcelain
Twelve Antique French Elite Works Limoges Salad Plates, circa 1900
By Limoges Elite Porcelain 1
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French antique set of twelve fine china salad plates by Limoges France Elite Works offers shaped
Porcelain
Ten Antique French Elite Works Limoges Dinner Plates, Circa 1900
By Limoges Elite Porcelain 1
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French antique set of ten fine china dinner plates by Limoges France Elite Works offers shaped
Porcelain
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H 1 in Dm 8.5 in
Antique French "Elite Works" Limoges Porcelain Green & Gold Oyster Plate Ca 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Elite Works" Limoges Porcelain Green & Gold Oyster Plate, Circa 1890-1900. Shaped
Porcelain
Oyster Plate
By Limoges Elite Porcelain 1
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique hand-painted porcelain Elite works Limoges oyster plate.
Porcelain
Antique Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Oyster Plate by Elite Works Unusual Design
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H 1 in Dm 8.75 in
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Teal & Sea Green Shaped Oyster Plate Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Art Nouveau Porcelain oyster plate, Signed "Elite Works, Limoges", Circa 1900. Hand
Porcelain
Two French Limoges Porcelain Plates by Martial Redon
By Limoges Elite Porcelain 1, Martial Redon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Works in Limoges, France. Each antique plate is skillfully decorated with naturalistic, hand-painted
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Sèvres Style Parcel-Gilt Porcelain Jardinière
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A late 19th century Sèvres style parcel-gilt porcelain jardinière Finely painted with numerous colored flowers with green and gold trim, gilt ram heads on either side. In late ...
Porcelain
1910s Antique Sterling Silver Duck Napkin Ring
By Crisford & Norris 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver duck napkin ring; an addition to our christening silverware collection. This exceptional antique Georg...
Silver, Sterling Silver
$700Sale Price / set|43% Off
H 0.75 in Dm 8.1 in
12 Antique English Dessert Plates, Cobalt Blue and Hand-Painted Florals Tiffany
By Cauldon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic pattern by Cauldon of England which was custom ordered through Tiffany's in many different color ways. We have had the pleasure of offering this beautiful pattern in cobalt...
Porcelain
$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
Set of Four French Louis XVI Style Painted Dining Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming set of four 20th century French carved beech dining chairs made in the grand Louis XVI taste. The carved frames feature a painted finish with an intentionally distressed pat...
Brass
$4,800 / set
H 6.75 in Dm 3 in
Set of 12 Val St. Lambert Handblown Crystal Cameo Goblets with Gold Roman Motifs
By Val Saint Lambert
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a magnificent set of 12 water or wine goblets made by Val St. Lambert. Each one is handblown, panel cut bowl with cameo cut frieze of Roman figures embellished with gold leaf...
Crystal
$763
H 36.23 in W 1.78 in D 1.78 in
Antique French "Siren" Handled Walking Stick Cane 92cm / 36 inches 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French silver gilt pommel handled walking stick, circa 1890 in date The striking stick features an ornate pierced gilt ball-shaped handle featuring super...
Silver
1901 A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuously bound edition of this Shakespeare play, a finely bound copy by Asprey for Bayntun-Riviere. A superbly bound edition of Shakespeare's beloved play, finely bound in crus...
Paper
Emile Galle Blown Out Clematis Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
Emile Galle Mold Blown Blue Clematis Glase Vase. Circa: 1910 Nancy, France A fine Galle blown-out glass vase, Clematis pattern, in strong blue colors. Signed in cameo, Galle. Heigh...
Art Glass
18th Century Meissen Ink Mug in Blue Painting, circa 1750
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Meissen ink mug with so-called blue painting corpus margin also painted with blue border. Meissen Schwertermarke under glaze, circa 1750.
$1,250 / set
H 2.75 in Dm 5.5 in
Set of Six 18th Century Flight Worcester Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of six antique Flight Worcester porcelain cups and saucers. Each with a ribbed swirl design and cobalt blue and gold floral sprig and garland decoration. Each base is mar...
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
$821
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
Set of 22 English Porcelain Hand-Painted Floral Plates
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Set of 22 English porcelain hand-painted floral plates. Measuring 10" x 3".
Porcelain
19th Century Aesthetic Movement Black Porcelain Vase with Gold & Platinum
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is an extraordinary example of "Aesthetic Movement" decoration, finely rendered on black glazed porcelain. The well detailed and beautifully painted subject, depicts a hunter wi...
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Large Purpur Soup Tureen with Dish
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen large Purpur soup tureen with dish. Dish measures 35 cm. Number 427/8532. Year 1870-1890. In perfect condition. 1st. factory quality.
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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