15-Piece Old Paris Dagoty Hand-Painted Botanical Peach and Gold Dessert Set
By Dagoty
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Simple and elegant, this set of Ancienne Maison Dagoty, Edourd Honore, botanical plates and serving pieces showcase the beauty and precision of the hand-painted flower specimens. The...
Porcelain
19th Century Pair of French Empire Porcelain Vases Dagoty Paris
Located in Roma, IT
Given the quality of the porcelain and the decorations, we can very probably attribute this beautiful pair of vases to the important French manufacture of the Empire period ‘Dagoty à...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 5.12 in Dm 3.55 in
Four French Paris Porcelain Empire Period Cups with Saucers, Dagoty, circa 1800
By Dagoty
Located in Paris, FR
A set of four French Paris porcelain Empire period cups and saucers signed Dagoty, circa 1800-1810.
Porcelain
Pair of Old Paris Vases
By Dagoty, Nast
Located in Vancouver, BC
The urns sit on faux marble porcelain rectangular bases. Unsigned but attributable to either the Nast or Dagoty factories in Paris.
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Porcelain Centerpiece in Dagoty Style
By Dagoty
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The manufactory was flourishing until the Restoration and, at the beginning of 1816, Dagoty joined Honoré père et fils, bringing together two porcelain factories in Paris, a factory ...
Porcelain
Tea/coffee Service - Porcelain - Pl Dagoty - Empire - France - XIXth
By Dagoty
Located in CANNES, FR
"Tea/coffee Service - Porcelain - Pl Dagoty - Empire - France - XIXth" Tea and coffee service in Paris porcelain, Dagoty, including a teapot and a coffee maker, a milk jug, a sugar b...
Porcelain
Dagoty and Honore Solitaire Set, Cupids and Egyptian Revival , circa 1818
By Dagoty
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Paris porcelain solitaire set, by Dagoty and Honre, comprising of: teapot with feline head spout, sucrier, milk jug, cup and saucer, and tray, each with painted panels of cupid at va...
Porcelain
Paris Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer, C. 1830
By Dagoty
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Paris porcelain coffee can and saucer, c. 1830. The coffee can painted with a large spray of flowers, with smaller sprigs around the rest of the can, between gilt lines. Similar deco...
Porcelain
Pair Old Paris Porcelain Vases France Empire Style Circa 1840
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of Old Paris porcelain mantel vases stands out immediately for its remarkable mirror-bright gilding, a luminous surface that captures and reflects light in the luxurious ma...
Porcelain
Antique Continental Floral Painted Porcelain Dinner Service
Located in London, GB
63-Piece Antique German Floral Porcelain Part Dinner Service Continental, c.1900 Largest plate: 36cm in diameter, 5cm in depth Smaller plates: 23.5cm in diameter, 2.5cm in depth. Th...
Porcelain
$11,482 / 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
$425 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 6.88 in
Fine French Porcelain Antique Rose de France Set of Six Dessert Plates, Limoges
By Limoges
Located in New York, NY
Fine French porcelain antique Rose de France set of six dessert plates Early 20th Century Exquisite quality, each plate with a shaped scrolled gilt decorated border with romantic Ros...
Porcelain
$975 / set
H 6.75 in W 7 in D 3.5 in
14-Piece Japanese Gilt and Painted Tea and Dessert Serving Set with Peacock
Located in Norwood, NJ
14-piece Kutani Japanese gilt and painted tea and dessert serving set with Peacock. Hand painted gilt and painted Peacock tea and serving set. Features floral and peacock design. Lid...
Gold
Pair of Medici Vases, Hand Painted Porcelain, French, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
A pair of elegant vases finely painted with flowers and butterflies in brilliant colors, richly gilded on handles and base. Shipping included Free and fast delivery door to door ...
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Old Paris Hand Painted Jacob Petit Vases
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of antique Old Paris hand painted Jacob Petit vases, circa 1850. Jacob Pettit was a porcelain maker and decorator in 19th century France. His work is very pleasing and highly co...
Porcelain
French Restauration Period Paris Porcelain Tea Set, Hand-Painted Gilded Accents
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This refined 20-piece French porcelain tea set was crafted in Paris during the Restauration period (circa 1815–1830), a time known for its elegant and meticulously detailed porcelain...
Porcelain, Paint
12 Antique Limoges Floral & Gilt Shaped Dessert Plates. Circa 1890
By Jean Pouyat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pretty set of first course or dessert plates by the re known Limoges firm of Jean Pouyat from the turn of the last century. A very versatile size and a great shaped plate accented ...
Gold, Enamel
French Porcelain Dinner Service with Rose Motif, 45 Pieces
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An elegant and refined vintage French porcelain dinner service comprising approximately 45 pieces, beautifully decorated with delicate hand-painted pink rose motifs and enriched with...
Porcelain, Paint
English Scenic Porcelain Dessert Service, Mid-19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
English Scenic porcelain Dessert service, mid-19th century, polychrome hand-painted with three various romantic landscape scenes in a round cartouches on a pink border, decorated wit...
Porcelain
Set of Early 19th Century English Derby Porcelain Dessert Service
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of Early 19th Century English Derby Porcelain Dessert Service. 18 plates, 7 shaped dishes, 1 sauce tureen with lid and underplate.
Porcelain
$24,000 / set
H 2 in W 14.8 in D 16.5 in
Mid 19th Century Hand-Painted British Porcelain Dinnerware, 88 Pieces
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th Century British porcelain dinnerware service with hand painted gilt foliate borders with bouquets of wild flowers against a white background design details. Each piece is in...
Gold
$3,300 / set
H 1 in Dm 9.5 in
Set of 10 Antique French Limoges Porcelain Hand-Painted Gold & Botanical Plates
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 10 antique French Limoges "Tressemanes & Vogt" porcelain plates with hand-painted botanicals and gold details, 100 years old.
Porcelain
$10,130 / set
H 4.73 in Dm 9.45 in
Antique English Sixteen-Piece Dessert Service by Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This splendid antique dessert service is impressive both for its beautiful design and its prestigious maker, Royal Crown Derby Porcelain, which was appointed the official royal porce...
Porcelain
French Pair of Petite 19th Century Empire Period Urns
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A pair of French Empire period Old Paris Porcelain vases, circa 1810, with painted landscapes and figural scenes on each side. The Classical amphora profile features a gold-banded mo...
Gold
$1,920Sale Price / set|50% Off
Vintage Limoges Porcelain Dinnerware Set - 80 Pieces
By Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite vintage dinnerware set, likely crafted in fine Limoges porcelain, features delicate floral patterns and gold accents. Each piece is signed “France,” a hallmark of its ...
Porcelain
$68,500 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.75 in
Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue & Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...
Porcelain
Fine Italian Porcelain Dinner Service, Verbano Laveno, 20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
FINE ITALIAN PORCELAIN DINNER SERVICE, VERBANO LAVENO, 20TH CENTURY The Verbano Laveno dinner service, originating from the 20th century, boasts exquisite craftsmanship and timeless...
Porcelain
$60,000
H 12 in W 14 in D 7 in
Magnificent French Antique Porcelain 116-Piece Dinner Set, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
116 Pieces A magnificent French Antique porcelain 116-piece dinner set, 19th century, with burgundy and gold accents. This set is exceptionnal both in its beauty, its state of con...
Porcelain
$3,800Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 10.63 in Dm 12.6 in
19th Century Sèvres Porcelain Dinner Set with Comital Coronet
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite 52-piece porcelain dinner service, crafted by Sèvres in the 19th century, exemplifies the refined artistry and heritage of French porcelain. Each piece features a hand...
Porcelain
Antique Paris Porcelain Botanical Set of Plates, Flamen-Fleury
By Old Paris
Located in Downingtown, PA
French Garden on Porcelain: Flamen-Fleury’s Gilded Botanical Plates This elegant set of Paris Porcelain botanical plates is a prime example of the refined dinnerware produced by the...
Porcelain
$195,196
H 57.68 in W 85.44 in
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
Canvas, Oil
$347,200
H 68 in W 55 in
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
Oil
$93,292Sale Price|35% Off
H 33.47 in Dm 17.72 in
Rare Antique 102 piece Meissen „Flower Bouqet” Dinner Service, Germany 1840
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Rome, IT
Extensive 102 Piece Rare Meissen Dinner Service "Flower Bouqett", 1815 – 1860 , colorful, richly decorated gold rim, consisting of: 45 dinner plates (Ø 24 cm,) 24 deep plates (Ø 23 ...
Porcelain
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
Steuben Amethyst Hand Blown Optic Rib Plates & Stemware Service for 12
By Steuben Glass
Located in Great Barrington, MA
What an amazing collection of Steuben's hand blown amethyst crystal dinner service for 12! All hand blown in the more desirable form of optic ribbing that gives each piece a special ...
Crystal
$15,523Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 1.97 in Dm 11.82 in
19th Century Rococo Meissen Germany Dinner Service 28 pieces
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Uppsala , SE
An extensive Meissen porcelain dinner service, from the 1860s. The set features hand-painted "Deutsche Blumen" (German flowers) and insects on "Neu Brandenstein" blanks, characteriz...
Porcelain
Nymphenburg Porcelain Pearl King's Service for 12 Königsservice Perl 70 pieces
By Nymphenburg Porcelain, Dominikus Auliczek
Located in Lausanne, CH
Pearl Service also known as Bavarian Royal Service. A dinner service for 12 people, by the Royal Nymphenburg porcelain factory, designed circa 1792 by court sculptor Dominik Aulicze...
Porcelain
Baccarat Condé Pattern Cobalt Cut to Clear Stemware Service for 12
By Baccarat
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is an incredible Baccarat cobalt cut to clear complete service for 12. All handblown crystal overlaid in cobalt blue and cut in the most complex and masterful Conde pattern, fir...
Pair of Wedgwood Borghese Covered Vases, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
With neoclassical decoration. Impressed Wedgwood.
Porcelain
Pair of Antique French Empire Style Porcelain Urns, Hand-Painted, 1860
Located in Montreal, QC
Now fitted as lamps, these two handled Paris urns are painted with floral bouquets on one side and a courtship scene on the other. The gilding is rubbed but the painting is well exec...
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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