Meissen, Germany, mustard pot with original spoon. Floral motifs
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany, mustard pot with original spoon. Hand-painted with polychrome floral motifs, gold
Porcelain
Sold
H 6.3 in Dm 4.34 in
Antique Meissen Mustard Jar with a Spoon in Hand-Painted Porcelain with Flowers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen mustard jar with a spoon in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration
Porcelain
French Daum Nancy attr. Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Mushroom Vase
By Daum
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
French Daum Nancy attr. Art Nouveau cameo glass mushroom vase from the turn of the century. Wheel cut with raised designs in colored enamels on an etched ground with a raised cameo...
Blown Glass
Victorian Nécessaire de Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanity case is as much an item of luxury as it is of necessity. Known as a nécessaire de voyage, the case features a lux...
Velvet, Glass, Wood
$4,719
H 3.15 in Dm 5.32 in
Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase 'Branches de pommier en fleurs', France circa 1905
By Daum
Located in Bochum, NRW
Daum Nancy Cameo Glass Vase — “Branches de pommier en fleurs,” France, circa 1905 This breathtaking Daum Nancy cameo glass vase captures the ephemeral charm of blooming apple trees, ...
Glass
Daum Large Art Nouveau Agapanthus Cameo Acid Etched Art Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare French Art Nouveau Agapanthus/Flowering Rush cameo glass vase by renowned and sought after glass makers Daum Nancy and dating from around 1900. This large, ta...
Blown Glass
Fine Pair of Wedgwood Base Georgian Storm Lights
By Wedgwood
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine pair of wedgwood drums with mythological scenes mounted with gilt lacquered bases supporting glass storm shades.
Brass
$131,900 / set
H 41.93 in W 31.11 in D 20.08 in
Magnificent Exceptionally Large Pair of Victorian Wall Lights by Perry & Co
By Perry & Co
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A highly important pair of seven-light cut-glass and silvered mounted early Victorian wall lights of exceptionally size the main stem with two flute cut receiver bowls separated by f...
Silver Plate
Vase by Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Etched and enameled glass vase, France, circa 1905. etched signature to side: Daum Nancy with the cross of Lorraine. Provenance: Private collection
Sold|$2,500
H 8.25 in W 5.875 in D 2 in
1 Vol. Dante Alighieri, The Vision: or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
Located in New York, NY
1 Vol. Dante Alighieri, The Vision: or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise (with a Life of Dante). The Albion Edition. Translated by Henry Francis Cary. Vellum bound, Vellucent Binding. Co...
Leather
Daum Nancy "Ombelle" Cameo Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This cameo glass "Ombelle" vase by French Art Nouveau masters, Daum Nancy, features a rounded body of smooth, light candy pink glass decorated by two delicate umbel blooms in green c...
Art Glass
Vase by Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Etched and enameled glass vase, France, circa 1905. Etched signature to side: Daum Nancy 3501 with the cross of Lorraine. Provenance: private collection.
Art Glass
Rustic Black Forest Walnut Bear Settee
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Black Forest style (20th Cent) carved walnut settee with bear sides suppports and center hat tree
Wood, Mirror
Daum Nancy Enameled and Etched Orchid Landscape Glass Vase
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau enameled and etched glass vase by Daum Nancy is a bright scene is dominated by two planes of mottled glass, golden yellow on top of deep purple, which togethe...
Art Glass
Regina Upright Music Box
By Regina Company
Located in New Orleans, LA
An extraordinary and rare coin-operated Regina Sublima upright music box crafted by the Regina music box company, one of the most recognized music box manufacturers in the world, com...
Oak
2 Documented Art Deco Monumental Glass and Bronze Lanterns
Located in Queens, NY
2 Art Deco monumental bronze 8 sided lanterns with tiered etched & beaded glass panels with an extension (Provenance: Philadelphia Municipal Auditorium) (PRICED EACH) Each fixture h...
Bronze
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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