"Frolicking in the Waves, " Art Deco Porcelain Vase with Nudes by Meissen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and lovely, this flaring porcelain vase designed by Rudi Stolle for the famed Meissen
Porcelain
$12,800
H 17.75 in Dm 8 in
A 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Female Nude Figurine After The Bath, R. Ockelmann
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Female Nude Figurine After The Bath, M 193b, R. Ockelmann. This
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Meissen Rarest Plate Female Nude Picture of Love Art Nouveau, circa1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
MEISSEN GORGEOUS PICTURE PLATE OF FEMALE NUDE ART NOUVEAU PERIOD Manufactory: Meissen
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Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine the Blossoming Woman by W. Schott Rarity
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine: Female Nude With Roses: "The Blossoming Woman" created by Walter
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H 9.84 in W 8.85 in D 6.49 in
Meissen Female Nude Figurine with Mirror Model T 185 Robert Ockelmann
By Robert Ockelmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous figurine of nude lady with mirror / created by Robert Ockelmann Manufactory
Porcelain
Meissen Female Nude After The Bath By Robert Ockelmann C.1900
By Robert Ockelmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen quite tall figurine of a Female Nude called 'AFTER THE BATH' height: 37 cm ( = circa
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Meissen Female Nude Figurine after the Bath Model M 193 Robert Ockelmann
By Robert Ockelmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous figurine of nude lady, called after the Bath / created by Robert Ockelmann
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H 14.76 in Dm 5.7 in
Meissen Female Nude Figurine After The Bath Model M 193b R. Ockelmann ca: 1890
By Robert Ockelmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen gorgeous Figurine of Nude Lady, called After The Bath / created by Robert Ockelmann
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Rare Meissen Porcelain Iris Goddess Sculpture
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This Meissen porcelain represents a semi nude nymph with a gold crown standing up in victorious
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H 17.32 in Dm 6.88 in
Meissen Female Nude Figurine after the Bath Model M 193 by Robert Ockelmann
By Robert Ockelmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Gorgeous figurine of nude lady: Called 'After the Bath,' created by Robert Ockelmann
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Meissen Hand Painted Cabinet Plate Nudes ca. 1900
Located in Redding, CA
Fine Meissen Cabinet Plate beautifully hand painted with nudes surrounded by a cartouche of raised
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Meissen Porcelain Deep Cabinet Plate with Handles
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen Porcelain deep cabinet plate with handles. This piece is hand painted in cobalt blue with floral motive in the center and richly decorated gold edge. Signed on the bottom.
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Complete Set of Four Meissen Elements Ewers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tarzana, CA
This extremely important set of Meissen ewers represents the Four Elements: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Impressive in both size and artistry, they are among the most famous and spect...
Porcelain
$26,260 / set
H 7.5 in W 6 in D 4 in
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Groups in Dore Bronze Mounts, circa 1770
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
This pair of Meissen groups portray scenes of playful lovers in bowers of flowers embellished with mercury gilded bronze. The bowers are crowned with additional nosegays of porcelain...
Meissen
$2,316
H 8.27 in W 3.55 in D 2.76 in
Meissen Group Allegory 'the Love', by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, circa 1900
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and exceptional porcelain figure group: Standing young beauty with her hair tied back at the nape of her neck and crowned with a tiara, wearing a long dress softly embraci...
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Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of 18th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical figurines of smell and hearing from a set of the senses probably modeled by J.J. Kandler. Each group is on a footed square b...
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Meissen Four Elements Porcelain Ewers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extremely rare and important set of four Meissen ewers represents the Four Elements: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Impressive in both size and artistry, they are among the most fa...
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19th Century Meissen Porcelain 'Elements' Ewer Emblematic of Water
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of water. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water, is after the set modelled by Johann Joachim Ka¨n...
Porcelain
$1,000
H 9.45 in Dm 4.73 in
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine, Woman Playing the Flute, Late 19th Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen porcelain figurine. Woman playing the flute. Late 19th century. Measures: 24.5 x 12 cm. In very good condition. A few micro chips in the leaves. Stamped. 1st fact...
Porcelain
$198,260
H 48 in W 32 in D 29 in
Incredible 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Urn Emblematic of Autumn
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An incredible and truly monumental 19th century Meissen Porcelain Covered urn emblematic of autumn. This is one of the most incredible and spectacular displays of Meissen Porcelain w...
Porcelain
$6,551
H 14.57 in W 5.12 in D 5.52 in
Large Meissen Porcelain Figurine Group 'Apollo & Daphne', By Juechtzer, Ca. 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Christian Gottfried Juechtzer
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century: Apollo clothed with a cloak embraces Daphne from behind, who is fleeing from him and has already frozen into a ...
Porcelain
$12,450
H 9 in W 6 in D 5 in
19th C Meissen Porcelain Grouping of a Mother & her Daughter at Tea-Time w/ Lace
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Grouping of a Good Mother and her Daughter at Tea-Time. This finely crafted 19th-century Meissen porcelain grouping depicts an intimate scene of a m...
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Meissen Porcelain Lady Figurine Watching a Bird
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Meissen Porcelain lady figurine that it is part of group of five that represents the five senses. She represents the sense of Touch. It depicts an 18th century lady in a ch...
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Very fine and large KPM porcelain plaque of The Three Fates
By KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Very fine and large KPM porcelain plaque of The Three Fates German, c.1908 Frame: height 90cm, width 77cm, depth 9cm Plaques: height 53cm, width 43cm, depth 0.5cm This exceptional p...
Porcelain, Wood
$13,977
H 17.33 in W 7.49 in D 9.45 in
Large Meissen Art Nouveau Figure, Flora with Cupids, by Emmerich Oehler, ca 1913
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Art Nouveau Figurine Group by Meissen: Monumental figure of Flora, taking a step forward in dance and holding large, heavy flower garlands of yellow roses, which are ...
Porcelain
$48,500
H 12.5 in W 17 in D 7 in
Meissen Grouping of Mars's War Chariot with War Putti for Catherine the Great
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and quite large, Baroque style, Museum Quality, Antique Meissen Porcelain Grouping of Mars, the God of War, Chariot with his Putti Servant, originally designed by Johan...
Porcelain
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain 'Elements' Ewer Emblematic of Air
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of air. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water, is after the set modelled by Johann Joachim Ka¨ndl...
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.
Simple or sophisticated, equipped with console, cart or custom cabinetry, these stylish bar areas deserve a toast.
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
Faye Toogood and John Pawson are among the list of plate designers.
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