$1,120Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 7 in W 4 in D 5 in
2 Antique Meissen German Porcelain Lidded Chocolate Tea Cups & Saucers on Stands
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of exquisite antique 19th century Meissen porcelain demitasse chocolate cups with lids and
Porcelain, Hardwood
$300 / set
H 1.97 in Dm 1.97 in
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion. Set of three small chocolate cups with saucers.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion. A set of three small chocolate cups with saucers in porcelain. Hand
Porcelain
$695 / set
H 3 in Dm 5.5 in
Antique English Chelsea Style Porcelain Chocolate Cup & Saucer Birds of Paradise
By Chelsea Porcelain, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain chocolate cup and saucer pair. In the Chelsea Porcelain style
Porcelain
Meissen Augustus Rex Schneeballen Bird Chocolate Cup and Saucer
By Dresden Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Meissen Augustus Rex bird chocolate cup and saucer encrusted with foliage and flowers with birds
Porcelain
Sold
H 2.37 in Dm 2.37 in
Antique Meissen Chocolate Cup with Saucer in Hand Painted Porcelain, 1814-1815
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen chocolate cup with saucer in hand painted porcelain decorated with flowers. Dated
Porcelain
Sold
H 2.37 in Dm 2.37 in
Antique and Rare Meissen Chocolate Cup with Saucer in Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique and rare Meissen chocolate cup with saucer in hand painted porcelain with floral motifs
Porcelain
Antique Meissen-Style Chocolate Cup, Mid-19th C
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen-style chocolate cup. Hand-painted in pink and with gold decoration, richly
Porcelain
Large and Rare Meissen "Blue Onion" Morning Cup / Chocolate Cup with Saucer
Located in København, Copenhagen
Large and rare Meissen "Blue Onion" morning cup/chocolate cup with saucer in hand painted porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chocolate Cup, Lid and Saucer
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
19th century Meissen porcelain chocolate cup, lid and saucer.
Porcelain
$95,617
H 98.43 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
Set of Extraordinary Italian Stone Statues Representing the Four Seasons
Located in Rome, IT
Four season ,monumental classically draped female figures and their distinguishing symbols on a square base. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Timeless classical decoration for you...
Limestone
Flora Danica Porcelain Dinner Service by Royal Copenhagen, 119 Pieces
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Flora Danica Porcelain Dinner Service for 12 Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory Crafted by the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory, this 119-piece dinner service features one...
Porcelain
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
Antique English Set of 12 Wedgwood Cranberry Side Plates
By Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Wedgwood
Located in Toronto, ON
A set of 12 antique English Wedgwood cranberry side plates, made for Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co, Philadelphia, circa early 19th century. Ornate and delicately gilt, the cranberry colo...
Porcelain
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.5 in W 13.25 in D 9.75 in
Meissen Blue Onion Figural Scalloped Oval Tureen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meissen Blue Onion Figural Scalloped Oval Tureen Germany, late 19th century A magnificent 19th-century Meissen Blue Onion Figural Scalloped Oval Tureen from Germany, late 19th cent...
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Meissen Figural Porcelain Centerpiece Baskets
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (late 19th century) reticulated porcelain baskets supported by putti around a tree stump, and encrusted with raised flowers. Each 16 inches tall. Each with the Meiss...
Porcelain
$28,850
H 8.13 in W 14.13 in D 9.25 in
A George Jones Majolica Game Tureen with a Quail and Her Chicks, English, 1874
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Game Tureen, the base with relief molded rabbits among ferns and grasses on both sides, with oak leaves, acorns, and ivy encircling all around the mossy branc...
Majolica
$960Sale Price / set|38% Off
H 8 in W 6.25 in D 4.25 in
Rosenthal Kronach Viktoria German Porcelain Floral Design Coffee Set, 27 Pieces
By Rosenthal
Located in Plainview, NY
1930's Rosenthal Kronach Viktoria Lombul gold trim German porcelain large coffee set of 27 pieces decorated in a floral prink rose motif on white. Each piece is signed Rosenthal Kron...
Porcelain
$13,739
H 23.63 in W 14.97 in D 7.88 in
Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with a red Rosso Imperiale marble Roman toga (robe). The roman...
Marble, Carrara Marble
$149,402
H 33.47 in Dm 17.72 in
Rare Antique 102 piece Meissen „Flower Bouqet” Dinner Service, Germany 1840
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Rome, IT
Extensive 102 Piece Rare Meissen Dinner Service "Flower Bouqett", 1815 – 1860 , colorful, richly decorated gold rim, consisting of: 45 dinner plates (Ø 24 cm,) 24 deep plates (Ø 23 ...
Porcelain
$113,545 / set
H 64.18 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in
Selection of eight restored 19th C Neo-Gothic Stained-Glass Windows
Located in Leuven , BE
The Color Experience: Stained-glass windows “Color is a power which directly influences the soul” (Wassili Kandinsky, Moskou 1866 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1944) “Color! What a deep a...
Art Glass, Stained Glass
$131,021
H 41 in W 34.75 in
Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
Lady Dormer, Mary Browne c. 1592 oil on panel 35 x 29 inches, unframed; 41 x 34.75 inches, inc. frame Inscribed 'Lady Dormore' Mary married Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampt...
Oil
Steuben Amethyst Hand Blown Optic Rib Plates & Stemware Service for 12
By Steuben Glass
Located in Great Barrington, MA
What an amazing collection of Steuben's hand blown amethyst crystal dinner service for 12! All hand blown in the more desirable form of optic ribbing that gives each piece a special ...
Crystal
Set of 19th c. Meissen Four Seasons Figurines
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Worcester, GB
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines – Set of the Four Seasons A finely modelled set of four Meissen porcelain figures representing the Four Seasons, produced in the 19th centur...
Porcelain
$95,000
H 29 in Dm 31.5 in
A Very Fine Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Fine Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table by Henry Dasson Henry Dasson The brèche rouge circular marble top above a frieze mounted with allegor...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$26,892
H 44.89 in W 13.78 in D 8.27 in
Monumental Malachite Obelisks In Malachite Quartz (Rock Crystal) And Gilt Bronze
Located in Madrid, ES
Monumental Malachite Obelisks In Malachite Quartz (Rock Crystal) And Gilt Bronze Italian Monumental Malachite Obelisks SPECTACULAR OBELIKS IN MALACHITE Quartz (rock crystal) AND GILT...
Malachite
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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