Nast In Paris, Set of 12 Louis XVI Porcelain Plates, 18th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Exceptional set of 12 white porcelain plates by Nast à Paris, dating from the Louis XVI period. Featuring elegant scalloped edges and the refined “Barbel” pattern, each plate is enha...
Porcelain
$2,560Sale Price / set|20% Off
5, French Nast Factory "Ornithological" Porcelain Dessert Plates C. 1815
Located in Atlanta, GA
**Set of 5 French Porcelain Ornithological Dessert Plates Nast Factory, Paris, Early 19th Century** A refined and rare matched set of five ornithological dessert plates by the estee...
Porcelain
Sold
H 9.75 in W 11.5 in D 0.5 in
Six-Piece French Empire Parcel Gilt Porcelain Demi-Tasse Set by Nast, Paris
By Nast
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good parcel-gilt finely painted French Empire demitasse service, signed Nast a Paris, 1804, consisting of two cups and saucers, creamer, covered sugar, coffee pot and under tray, e...
Gold
Antique Paris Porcelain Soup Tureen Cornflower Sprig Pattern
By Nast
Located in Katonah, NY
The tureen and under plate are marked "Nast a Paris".
Porcelain
Pair of Large Vases by Nast a Paris
By Nast
Located in Katonah, NY
The quality of the painting and gilt decoration are characteristic of the style of the Nast atelier. Nast was a prominent hard-paste porcelain factory founded in Paris in 1783.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Henriette, Five Dinner Plates
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen Henriette. Five dinner plates. Model No. 444/8549. Measurements: 25.8 cm. In perfect condition. First sorting.
Porcelain
$11,367 / set
H 1.19 in Dm 9.69 in
Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Set 8 Dishes Floral Design
By Richard Ginori
Located in Brescia, IT
The set of eight hand-painted flower design porcelain dishes was manufactured by Richard Ginori in the historical headquarter of Doccia (Tuscany, Italy), one of the most important an...
Porcelain
$3,200
H 10.5 in W 13.75 in D 13.75 in
A French late 19th century Louis XV st. Lunéville Faience Porcelain serving set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XV st. Lunéville Faience Porcelain serving set. This most attractive fifty-four piece dining is painted on over glaze co...
Porcelain
$975 / set
H 4.25 in Dm 10.5 in
Wonderful Floral Pattern Service 12 Dinner Porcelain Plates Aynsley Bavaria
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Floral Pattern Service 12 For Dinner Porcelain Plates By Aynsley Bavaria
Porcelain
$400 / set
H 1.19 in Dm 7.88 in
Meissen, Germany. Five porcelain plates with floral motifs and gold rims
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany. Five porcelain plates. Hand-painted with polychrome floral motifs, gold rim. Approximately 1920s/1930s. Marked. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Dimensions...
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Set of five deep dinner plates in porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany. A set of five deep dinner plates in porcelain. Hand-painted with polychrome floral motifs, gold rim. Approximately from the 1920s/30s. Marked. First factory quality...
Porcelain
$2,034
H 1.19 in Dm 11.82 in
19th Century Large French Porcelain Dinner Service Set by Aux Lions de Faience
Located in Sofia, BG
Here we present full porcelain dinner set made in France in the late 19th century, The pieces are white porcelain with a textured (basket-weave–style) relief pattern on the rims. The...
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Doccia Porcelain Dinner Service
By Doccia Porcelain
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A dinner service comprising six dinner dishes and six soup dishes made by the Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1750. Italy was the site of Europe’s first porcelain production: ...
Porcelain
Set of 6 Vintage Hand-Painted Limoges of France Porcelain Bird Plates
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of 6 Vintage Hand-Painted Limoges France Porcelain Bird Plates with Basketweave Borders, circa 1960s. Invite the beauty of the French countryside to your walls or table with this...
Porcelain
Set of Eight Audubon Bird Dinner Plates
By Alfred Meakin
Located in New York, NY
Set of eight Audubon birds of America plates in cream with raised floral border centering on eight different birds. Alfred Meakin, Some crazing commensurate with age. England, circa ...
Creamware
$14,000 / item
H 0.75 in Dm 10 in
Herend Rothschild Bird Dinnerware Set ~ 60 pieces ~ 12 place settings
Located in New York, NY
A set of 60 pieces in the Herend Rothschild Bird pattern porcelain dinnerware. Vintage; the pieces in this set were produced between 1950 to 1980. All marked. Hand painted and craft...
Porcelain
Sèvres Porcelain Dinner Plates, 18th Century Set of Fourteen -
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Bradenton, FL
Set of Fourteen Hand-painted Sèvres Porcelain Dinner Plates. The Manufacture de Sèvres, in Sèvres, France, was established in the 18th century, and became one of Europe's most presti...
Porcelain
12 Royal Copenhagen Frijsenborg plates in porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
12 Royal Copenhagen Frijsenborg plates Model/decoration: 910/1626 1st quality Mid 20th century Origin: Denmark Designer: Royal Copenhagen Material: Porcelain Dimensions: D. 16 cm Co...
Porcelain
Rosenthal. Set of seven deep porcelain plates in Else pattern. 1930s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rosenthal Else, set of seven deep plates. Set of seven porcelain deep plates in Rosenthal’s Else pattern featuring delicate floral bouquets and gilt rims. Produced in the 1930s. Min...
Porcelain
$500 / set
H 0.79 in Dm 10.63 in
Royal Copenhagen. Set of Five Large Dinner / Decoration Plates with Birds
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen. Set of five large dinner/decoration plates with hand-painted bird motifs. Dated 1959. In excellent condition. 3rd factory quality. Measures: 27.5 cm.
Porcelain
$850 / set
H 1.25 in Dm 9 in
Antique Haviland Limoges Set of 7 Porcelain Plates Japonisme Decor, 1879-1889
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Antique set of 7 porcelain plates features streamlined round form with flat rim. The plates are decorated with multicolored hand decorated borders, depicting flowering branches in Ja...
Gold
$9,500
H 36 in W 18 in D 16 in
Dining Chairs Swedish Set of Four Gustavian Original Paint Green Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A set of four side chairs made during the Gustavian period in Sweden 1790-1810. The original paint in a grayish green which has a stunning patina. Rounded legs with channeled details.
$3,885 / set
H 1 in Dm 9 in
Set of 4 Chinese Export Porcelain Plates with Floral Decoration & Armorial Crest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of 4 Chinese Export Porcelain Plates with Floral Decoration & Armorial Crest, ca. 1760
Porcelain
English Regency Gilt Convex Mirror
Located in Sherborne, GB
Regency convex mirror circa 1815 with slightly worn through water gilding and original mercury glass which is in very good condition, the pine back panel has its original maker’s pap...
Glass, Giltwood
$2,240Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 32.29 in W 18.51 in D 18.9 in
Pair of 19th Century Biedermeier Fruitwood Side Chairs
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of beautifully honey colored fruitwood Biedermeier side chairs, with gently curved rectangular backs, the top and side inlaid with banding, the splat carved with a stylized fl...
Fruitwood
Mid 18th Century Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug, 1760
Located in New York, NY
Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug Made in Axminster, Devon, Great Britain, circa 1760 (George III) Provenance: Baron Guy de Rothschild 29' 10" x 17' 11" (909.32 x 546.10 cm)
Wool
$36,000 / set
H 19.25 in Dm 12 in
Minton 19th C Gilt Dessert Service 15 Pc. W/ Parian Figures Hand Painted Roses
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Beyond belief! This set is museum worthy, exhibiting some of the finest workmanship Minton produced. The centerpiece features an exquisite pierced tall basket lifted up by 3 tall Par...
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Empire Swan Neck Mahogany Daybed, Paris
Located in Astoria, NY
An elegant early 19th-century French Empire daybed sourced from Paris, France. Crafted from solid mahogany, it features the iconic swan-neck ends with finely carved heads, floral ros...
Fabric, Mahogany
By Jules Vieillard & Cie, “Nella", 83-Piece Fine Faience Dinner & Coffee Service
By Jules Viellard
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Few 19th-century French faience services embody the elegance, artistic refinement and poetic spirit of the Japonisme movement as beautifully as Jules Vieillard Bordeaux’s celebrated ...
Enamel
Asiatic Pheasant Dinner Plate, Blue & White Floral, circa 1850, Ceramic
Located in Worcester Park, GB
The image shows a plate from the Burleigh Blue Asiatic Pheasants collection. This Plate dates back to the mid 1800s Design: This collection features intricate soft blue flowers and ...
Ceramic
$12,276
H 29.73 in W 22.84 in D 22.05 in
Neoclassical Empire Early 19th Century Mahogany Desk Armchair
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An unusual North European mahogany desk armchair with original brass castors. Fully carved armrests with eagle heads, the design probably by a designer from Berlin or Copenhagen (e.g...
Brass
19th Century Empire Tub Armchair
Located in Belmont, MA
Empire Tub Armchair in Mahogany with New Upholstery, Circa 1820 Unique Empire tub armchair, crafted circa 1820 in rich mahogany with finely carved decorative details that highlight t...
Mahogany
$8,002Sale Price|20% Off
H 37.41 in W 95.67 in D 24.41 in
Sofa Louis XV, Covered with Authentic Perfect Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
1910/M, I hope You can understand what it is from some photos only. Museum quality antique sofa, coating with an authentic Aubusson old tapestry: everything perfectly restored.. Uni...
Wood
Antique Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel in Breche d'Alep Marble
Located in London, GB
A Louis XVI period late 18th century fireplace in Breche d'Alep marble with Ormolu enrichments and cast iron interior panel. The frieze with beaded decoration, acanthus leaf and moul...
Marble, Ormolu
$802
H 1.07 in Dm 9.14 in
Antique 18th Century Chinese Porcelain Plate with Regency Style Overdecorating
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made piece of 18th century porcelain decorated with a beautiful scene. Underglaze blue and overglaze other enamels done later in Europe. We have also added a picture of...
Porcelain
19th Century English Mahogany Tea Caddy, Hand-Carved, Regency Style
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An extraordinary 19th century English solid mahogany tea caddy. This shaped box has a carved, angular top outlined with satinwood for subtle contrast, opening to a fitted interior. I...
Bronze
Italian / Tuscan Baroque 17th Century Walnut Credenza
Located in Troy, NY
Excellent Italian credenza with an understated linear design, wonderful light honey colored patina, three drawers over two doors, one continuous shelf inside.
Walnut
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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