Porcelain Cats
Vintage 1970s Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1870s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1770s English Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1970s Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1790s English George III Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
1990s Spanish Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Antique 1880s German Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Vintage 1950s German Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
Porcelain
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century French Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Mid-18th Century Georgian Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
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20th Century Posters
Paint, Paper
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Majolica
Vintage 1970s French Space Age Architectural Elements
Metal, Aluminum
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Posters
Paper
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1980s Italian Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Wood
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Prints
Etching, Aquatint
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Chinoiserie Platters and Serveware
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine, Uranium ...
Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Coat Racks and Stands
Brass
Antique Early 1900s German Rococo Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Antique Late 19th Century English Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Recent Sales
Antique 18th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Austrian Porcelain
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Porcelain
1990s Polish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
1990s Polish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
1990s Polish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
1990s Polish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
1990s Polish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1830s German Georgian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Chinese Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Austrian Romantic Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1950s Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Asian Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1750s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1970s Porcelain
Wool, Foam, Rubber
Antique 1850s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1760s English Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Neoclassical Porcelain
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Porcelain
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century Victorian Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Tableware
Porcelain
Vintage 1940s Italian Figurative Sculptures
Antique 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 1810s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Porcelain
1990s Polish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Figurative Sculptures
Early 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
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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