Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Pair Boy & Girl With Hoops, A. Koenig, c 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurines: Two children with colorful hoops: Standing boy in sailor dress, holding the hoop with both hands behind him standing on the ground,...
Porcelain
Meissen Girl and Boy Feeding Chickens and Geese Pink and Blue
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Meissen Figures. The girl feeding chickens, the boy feeding geese.
Porcelain
Meissen Pair Girl and Boy Feeding Chickens and Geese
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Meissen Figures circa 1870. The girl feeding chickens, the boy feeding geese.
Porcelain
Meissen Pair Boy with Cherries Girl Holding Book
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen pair figures seated young man offering cherries to seated young girl holding a book. First modelled by Acier in 1776. Model Number F51 circa 1860 Height Man – 13.5cm...
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Figurine of Bull with Boy and Girl
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
Our charming figurine from Meissen depicts a boy and girl with work bull. With blue underglaze mark of Meissen and impressed model number R78 and smaller impressed number 131.
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Children Boy and Girl with Apples X 187 188 by Koenig
Located in Vienna, AT
MEISSEN GORGEOUS PAIR OF ART NOUVEAU FIGURINES: Boy and Girl with Apples Manufactory: Meissen Dating: made circa 1910 Hallmarked: Meissen Mark with Pommels on Hilts (shortly...
Porcelain
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H 2.36 in Dm 1.18 in
Meissen Pair of Gardeners En Miniature Boy Girl Model 2869, Kaendler, circa 1850
By Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen rarest pair of figurines en miniature created by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706-1775): Gardener children, two children, boy and girl.
Porcelain
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H 8.85 in Dm 4.33 in
Meissen Gardeners Girl Boy Kaendler Bronze Candlestick Model C 41 2814 Made 1850
By Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen most remarkable pair of figurines: Boy and girl feeding geese and chickens, each of them attached to fire-gilt candlestick made of bronze.
Bronze
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H 6.69 in W 5.51 in D 3.54 in
Meissen Boy Girl Allegory Fall Autumn Model G 93 by J.C. Schoenheit, circa 1860
By Johann Carl Schoenheit
Located in Vienna, AT
Schoenheit retired in year 1794. Specifications: Boy and girl accompanied by Billy goat: Allegory of Fall / Autumn (= SEASONS FIGURINES)
Porcelain
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H 8.5 in W 5.5 in D 5 in
Pair of Meissen Figurines with Candleholders, Boy and Girl Bright Colors
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This delightful hand-painted pair of porcelain figurines depict a boy and a girl playing musical instruments, him with a dog, her with a lamb and each with a candle holder. With del...
Porcelain, Paint
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H 6 in W 5.63 in D 3.75 in
Antique Meissen Figural Group of Girl and Boy with Two Birds Out of Their Cage
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
Meissen figural group of girl and boy with two birds out of their cage.
Porcelain
$1,160Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 16 in W 6.75 in D 6.25 in
Pair Of Large Meissen Style Porcelain Figures Of Woman & Man Gardeners c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
A charming pair of antique porcelain figures, in the manner of Meissen and dating to circa 1890. These finely crafted pieces depict a man and a woman gardener, embodying the pastora...
Porcelain
$2,444 / set
H 4.73 in W 3.55 in D 1.97 in
Meissen Rococo Porcelain Figures of Dancing Children, Circa 1750
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Basildon, GB
A Pair of 18th Century Meissen Figures "Children Dancing", modelled in the commedia dell'arte style as a young girl and boy dancing. Raised over simple rococo bases with applied flow...
Porcelain
$5,361
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
$2,184Sale Price / set|25% Off
H 7.88 in Dm 2.96 in
Meissen Porcelain Rococo Couple Figurines, Germany, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A pair of 19th-century Meissen porcelain figurines in Rococo Revival style, depicting a romantic couple in floral costumes. These finely detailed polychrome porcelain figures captur...
Porcelain
$373 / set
H 14.57 in W 7.49 in D 5.91 in
Pair Dresden Style Hand Painted Porcelain Figures Late 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful pair of hand painted porcelain figures in the Dresden style, dating from the last quarter of the 20th century. This delightful pair features a woman and a man...
Porcelain
$600Sale Price / set|50% Off
H 24.5 in Dm 9.5 in
Monumental Royal Dux Biscuit Porcelain Figurines, Circa 1920, Pair
By Royal Dux
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautiful pair of monumental biscuit porcelain figures made by renowned Royal Dux Bohemia, depicting a girl and boy, each one at a well. Stamped with the pink, triangular Royal Du...
Ceramic
$3,729
H 5.12 in W 5.52 in D 3.55 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Hentschelkind, Girl With Doll's Pram, Circa 1905
By Meissen Porcelain, Julius Konrad Hentschel
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created: The girl in a white dress and with a purple bow in her long hair bends over the wicker doll's pram and place...
Porcelain
Rare Dahl Jensen Figurine No. 1214, Girl and Boy with Ship
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rare Dahl Jensen figurine No. 1214. Girl and boy with ship. Jens Peter Dahl Jensen. Measures: Length 21 cm. Height 18 cm. 1. Quality, in perfect condition.
$4,500
H 8.2 in W 4.6 in D 2.75 in
Ferdinand Preiss Hoop Girl And Sonny Boy Painted Bronze Figures
By Ferdinand Preiss
Located in Dallas, TX
Ferdinand Preiss (German, 1882 - 1943) Hoop Girl & Sonny Boy Cold-painted bronze Circa 1930, Art Deco Period Dimensions: 8.18 Inches Tall x 4.65 Inches wide x 2.75 inches deep. ...
Marble, Bronze
Bing & Grondahl, porcelain figurine of mother and boy. 1920s/30s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing & Grondahl, porcelain figurine of mother and boy. Number 1568. Dating 1920/30s. Marked. First factory quality. In perfect condition. Dimensions: W 12.0 cm. x H 12.0 cm.
Porcelain
$6,410
H 4.14 in W 9.45 in D 5.52 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Group, Hentschelkinder, Children Baking Sand Cakes, 1906
By Julius Konrad Hentschel, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
A very special group of children from the time the design was created: Girl in a long-sleeved dress of blue-violet fabric dotted with pink, her hair tied up, is crouching with her li...
Porcelain
Pair of German Meissen Porcelain Figures
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of German (19th Cent) Meissen porcelain figures of boy and girl with monkey and bird on a floral and rocky base
Meissen
$5,594
H 5.91 in W 4.73 in D 4.34 in
Meissen Art Nouveau Group, Two Children With Dog, By Max Bochmann, Circa 1912
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent, rare Meissen children group: Kneeling girl with long braided hair in a long pink and white dress with elaborate embroidery, her left arm around the toddler standing next t...
Porcelain
$200
H 6.7 in Dm 3.55 in
Bing and Grondahl, porcelain figurine of a little girl and boy. Approx. 1930s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing and Grondahl, porcelain figurine. A girl trying to kiss a boy. Designed by Ingeborg Plockross Irminger. Model number 1614. Marked. Circa 1930s. First factory quality. In perfec...
Porcelain
$4,545
H 7.29 in W 3.55 in D 3.75 in
Art Nouveau Figure Group, Dancing Couple, Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, 1912
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: A dancing couple in elegant casual wear: the lady in a long, fitted dress with a white skirt and black-and-green striped sleeves; on he...
Porcelain
$2,214 / set
H 7.49 in W 4.34 in D 2.56 in
Set of 2 Art Deco Porcelain Figurines Signed Amelin - Rauche / "Limoges France"
Located in Beirut, LB
Art Deco Figurines in Limoges porcelain, featuring a depiction of 2 young women swimmers adorned in a classic bathing suit featuring a more fitted and tailored look compared to the l...
Porcelain
$3,205
H 4.93 in W 3.35 in D 2.76 in
Art Nouveau Children Group Girl With Child A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, c 1905
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure group: Girl and child in clothing from around 1900, the girl in a blue patterned long-sleeved dress with a white apron kneeling on the ...
Porcelain
$6,177
H 7.49 in W 6.3 in D 5.91 in
Art Nouveau Figurine 'Pierrette' by Martin Wiegand, Meissen Germany, ca 1908
By Martin Wiegand, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurine: Red-haired girl sitting on the ground with big hat with brim turned up in front, dressed in green bodice with gold hem, wide sk...
Porcelain
$5,536
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: The lady in a long, white skirt with a green decorated hem, green jacket and white c...
Porcelain
$4,196
H 9.06 in W 4.34 in D 3.04 in
Meissen Germany Art Nouveau Figurine Girl With Shawl, by Theodor Eichler, c 1913
By Meissen Porcelain, Theodor Eichler
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a young unclothed Art Nouveau girl with artfully pinned up hair with incorporated hood, a large striped cloth wrapped around her right forearm and holding it behind her ...
Porcelain
$4,212
H 8.27 in W 6.3 in D 5.52 in
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Girl With Child', T. Eichler, Meissen Germany, 1905
By Meissen Porcelain, Theodor Eichler
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Two girls in clothing of circa 1900, the elder with hair pinned up in a bun in a blue fringed white dress with a yellow petticoat...
Porcelain
$2,447
H 7.09 in W 3.15 in D 3.75 in
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Two Girls', by A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, ca 1940
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure group: Two barefoot girls in summer clothes, the older one in a green-brown skirt and white long-sleeved shirt with blue stripes, her h...
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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