Porcelain Bears
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1730s German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Porcelain
Majolica, Porcelain
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1970s Spanish Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1880s German Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1750s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1980s Spanish Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Austrian Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Victorian Porcelain
Antique 1780s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1850s English Rococo Revival Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German High Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1950s German Porcelain
Porcelain, Paint
1990s German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1890s German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1790s French Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Empire Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1970s German Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Revival Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century European Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s French Porcelain
Ormolu
Antique 1760s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1790s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1980s German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Arts and Crafts Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1760s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s French Porcelain
Ormolu
Antique 1880s French Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1890s French Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1890s French Porcelain
Ormolu
Antique 19th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Czech Neoclassical Porcelain
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Finding the Right Porcelain for You
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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