Antique Pair German Dresden Meissen Still Life Flowers Cabinet Leaf Form Plates
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally rare set of two German Meissen Floral Themed Porcelain cabinet plates of leaf form outline, mid nineteenth century.
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Meissen, Germany. Pair of antique porcelain plates decorated with flowers.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany. A pair of antique porcelain plates decorated with flowers in gold leaf.
Gold Leaf
Meissen, set of six porcelain small plates with Vine-Leaf pattern.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, 6 small plates, Vine-Leaf Pattern, “Voller grüner Weinkranz” Set of 6 small plates from Meissen, decorated in the classic Vine-Leaf Pattern (“Voller grüner Weinkranz”) with ...
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Three Meissen Green Ivy Vine Leaf Plates in Hand-Painted Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Three Meissen green ivy vine leaf plates in hand-painted porcelain. 20th century.
Porcelain
Ten Meissen Green Ivy Vine Leaf Plates in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Ten Meissen Green Ivy Vine Leaf plates in hand-painted porcelain. 1940s.
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Eight Meissen Green Ivy Vine Leaf Plates in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 20th Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Eight Meissen green ivy vine leaf plates in hand-painted porcelain. 20th century.
Porcelain
Meissen, Green Ivy Vine Leaf, Eight Plates in Hand-Painted Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen. Green Ivy Vine Leaf. Eight plates in hand-painted porcelain.
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19th Century Antique Meissen Gilt Leaf Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Antique Meissen leaf plate, 19th century. Hand decorated in gilt on blanc de chine porcelain.
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Flow Blue Meissen Porcelain Maple Leaf Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Late 19th century flow blue Meissen porcelain maple leaf plate, circa 1890.
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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