Dagoty Manufacture of Empress Joséphine Wife of Napoleon 1st Swan Cup
By Dagoty
Located in Paris, FR
This very rare set of 12 delicate cups swan shape with their saucers is signed by Dagoty, one of the favorite manufacturers of Empress Joséphine's first Napoleon wife well known for ...
Porcelain
Meissen, Green Ivy Vine. Two coffee cups with tall handles shaped like swans.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Green Ivy Vine, two coffee cups with tall handles shaped like swans. With saucers. Mid-20th century. Marked. Perfect condition. First factory quality. Saucers in third facto...
Porcelain
19thc. Paris Porcelain Cabinet Cup
Located in New Orleans, LA
Highy Detailed and Gilded Paris Porcelain Swan Cup
Porcelain
Viennese Imperial Porcelain Collecting Cup 'Swans En Grisaille', 1813
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Extraordinarily decorated Antique Vienna porcelain cup with saucer: Bell-shaped white porcelain cup on a stepped foot, three-quarters of the exterior decorated with stylised swans an...
Porcelain
Set of 12 Period Empire Bisque Porcelain and Gilt Swan Cups, Marked Sevres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Essex, MA
Set of twelve period empire early 19th century bisque and gilt swan cups - Each modeled as a naturalistic swan in bisque porcelain and fire gilt - A set of 11 original empire s...
Porcelain
Whimsical Italian Porcelain Swan Covered Cup with Under plate
Located in Essex, MA
A whimsical and beautifully modeled, parcel gilt and painted porcelain covered cup and under plate by Richard Ginori, Naples, circa 1870s-1880s, the finial depicting a newly born s...
Very Fine Sevres Cup and Saucer Modelled as a Naturalistic Swan
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Exeter, GB
A very fine Sevres cup and saucer modelled as a naturalistic swan in biscuit porcelain and finely gilded.
Porcelain
Six Meissen Dresden style Swan Cups and Saucers, circa 1955
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Six Meissen Dresden style Swan Cups and Saucers, circa 1955 after a Meissen design from 1820 Marked RPM on the bottom of the saucer
Gold
Empire Style Six-Light Cobalt and Gold Chandelier
Located in Alexandria, VA
Cast brass with gilt wash Empire style chandelier. Cobalt blue porcelain center. Swan-supported candle cups. Can be shortened on request.
Brass
$1,394 / set
H 2.37 in Dm 4.93 in
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Egg Cups and Plates
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" egg cups and plates Set of 12 egg cups and 12 small plates The plates has number 512/AV, (Apponyi Vert), Herend porcelain...
Porcelain
$3,718
H 10.04 in W 10.24 in D 6.03 in
19th Century Silver Sauciere With Stand Paris 1819-1838 Handle Swan Head
Located in Epfach, DE
A rare and very unusual gravy boat with matching stand. It is marked Paris around 1819-1838 in solid silver 950. Particularly fine silversmithing, the elaboration with the handle as ...
Silver
French 19th Century Old Paris Porcelain and Gilt Coffee Service
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French 19th century Old Paris seven piece parcel-gilt decorated coffee service. The set includes a tall coffee pot with three cups and matching saucers crafted in white porcelain w...
Ceramic
French Porcelain Tete a Tete Tea Set Circa 1875
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elegant 19th century porcelain in white gold and crimson raspberry. The teapot with lid, sugar bowl with lid, creamer, two tea cups with tray. The tray measures 17 wide, 12.75 deep a...
Porcelain
XIX Century Italian Capodimonte Signed Porcelain Cup
By Capodimonte
Located in Roma, IT
This wonderful Capodimonte porcelain tea cup and saucer set is a classic example of Italian Neoclassical and Baroque-inspired artistry. This important set is characterized by high-r...
Porcelain
$3,718 / set
H 8.47 in W 9.45 in D 4.73 in
Austrian Porcelain Coffee Service, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Austrian porcelain coffee service, 19th century, Napoleon III period. A beige and gold porcelain coffee service with enamelled bird decorations, Napoleon III period, 19th century, c...
Porcelain
Sèvres - Louis Philippe - Cup and Saucer 'Capraire', early 19th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Sèvres porcelain cup and saucer from rom the 'Service fond beau blue, frise capraire en or' of the Emperor Louis Philippe at the Tuileries. Decorated with gilt garlandras of leaves...
Porcelain
$1,032Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 4.14 in Dm 5.52 in
Antique Pair of Paris Porcelain Gilded Coffee Cups and Saucers
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite pair of antique white 'Porcelaine de Paris' teacups and saucers, intricately hand- painted with gilt decoration throughout. Dating from the early 19th century, the cups ...
Porcelain
$2,240Sale Price|30% Off
H 9.75 in W 10.5 in D 7.75 in
Rare 19th Century Set of Staffordshire Swan Tureens
By Staffordshire
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A rare and charming graduated pair of Staffordshire covered boxes, each modeled as a graceful swan resting amid a stylized coral-inspired base. These late 19th-century ceramic boxes ...
Ceramic
$1,432Sale Price|36% Off
H 8.86 in W 13.98 in D 8.86 in
19th Century Napoleon III Sèvres Style Porcelain and Bronze Centerpiece
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite 19th century Napoleon III compote, or centrepiece, in delicate Sèvres style porcelain and gilt bronze. Designed to grab all the attention as the decorative focal point o...
Bronze
Early 19th Century Paris Porcelain Tea Service with Rich Gilt Decoration
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This refined Paris porcelain tea service dates from the early 19th-century and beautifully reflects the elegance and technical mastery of French porcelain production during the Empir...
Porcelain, Paint
$840 / set
H 6.3 in Dm 7.88 in
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Large Cache Pots
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Large Cache pots Herend Hungary porcelain cachepots with handles in the shape of shells #7212/AV The measurements are...
Porcelain
19th Century French Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th-century French porcelain piece is a finely crafted example of the decorative artistry of the time, likely influenced by the Rococo Revival or Neoclassical styles that were ...
Porcelain
$5,950 / set
H 0.75 in W 7 in D 7 in
Set for 16 Royal Vienna Style Coffee Tea Dessert Service, circa 1930
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful vintage Royal Vienna style dessert/ coffee set for 16 decorated with four different mythological scenes: Ares receiving armor, Europa and the bull, Iphigenia escaping sacri...
Porcelain
$200 / set
H 2.37 in Dm 3.15 in
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, two large porcelain coffee cups with saucers.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, two large coffee cups with matching saucers. Hand-painted. 1920s/30s. Marked. Third factory quality. One saucer is first factory quality. In perfec...
Porcelain
$900 / set
H 0.79 in Dm 5.91 in
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, eleven small plates with reticulated edges
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, a set of eleven small plates with reticulated edges. Hand-painted. 1930/40s. Marked. First factory quality. In perfect condition. Dimensions: D 15.2...
Porcelain
$350,000Sale Price|30% Off
H 39.5 in W 58 in D 82 in
Rare Antique 1901 Steinway Model B Rosewood Grand Piano Louis XV Rococo Restored
By Steinway & Sons
Located in Dayton, OH
Fully Restored 1901 Steinway & Sons Model B Louis XV Baroque Rococo Grand Piano – Serial Number 99151, Full 88 key keyboard. The most exquisitely detailed example of a turn of the c...
Fruitwood, Rosewood
Bird Cage Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Year: 1900, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Bird Cage, Art Nouveau Year: 1900 Country: French Material: Iron It is an elegant and sophisticated bird cage. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles s...
Iron
$98,765
H 92.52 in W 47.25 in D 20.87 in
Midcentury Trumeau Handpainted in Italy Wood Venetian Art Technique by Cupioli
By Cupioli made in Italy
Located in Rimini, IT
This Trumeau has been handmade using the technique of Venetian art. In the 18th century in Venice the fashion of lacquering spread. Using small prints, cut out and then glued on the ...
Wood, Art Glass
Fabergé Silver Flatware Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional 77-piece complete service by Fabergé is a rare treasure from the world-renowned firm. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and ...
Silver
$232,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 136 in Dm 108 in
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns . Monumental Exquisite refined work King Charles X Period Rotunda rotundus building structure with a...
Stone, Copper
$347,200
H 29 in W 60 in D 32 in
Alexandre Chevrie, Museum French Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Royal Executive Desk
By Alexandre Chevrié, Paris 1
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Alexandre Chevrie, a museum quality French ormolu mounted mahogany Royal Executive "Empire" Desk, circa 1875. Double sided desk with six solid bronze lions paw feet, framed ormolu...
Ormolu
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
Antique Rococo Style Porcelain Mirror by Meissen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique Rococo style porcelain mirror by Meissen German, 19th century Measures: Height 94cm, width 66cm, depth 14cm Manufactured by the renowned Meissen Porcelain factory, whic...
Porcelain, Mirror
$94,407Sale 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
René Lalique Ceylan Vase
By René Lalique
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the celebrated French glassmaker René Lalique, this enchanting Ceylan vase is molded from opalescent glass with a blue stained wheel. The design, conceived by Lalique on M...
Glass
$17,429
H 59.06 in W 37.41 in D 19.69 in
Rare Italian Liberty Style/Art Nouveau Commode with Painted Wood Inlays
Located in Milano, IT
Rare commode in the style of Louis Majorelle with front and sides inlaid in painted wood. Two doors on the front that hide a cabinet with open compartments and small drawers in light...
Wood
Camille Le Tallec Gilded Porcelain Tureen Empire-Style Set
Located in Roma, IT
Camille Le Tallec Gilded Porcelain Tureen Empire-Style Set Spectacular set of ornately gilt service plates hand-painted by Le Tallec of France Important and magnificent Empire-styl...
Porcelain
Set of 10 Cobalt Empire by Baccarat Goblets
By Baccarat
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1860s, Baccarat, France. These antique Baccarat water goblets are perfect for water or wine. The pattern is Empire and the look is Baroque revival or the French decoratif movem...
Cut Glass
Russian Imperial Silver Punch Set From Czar Alexander III
Located in New Orleans, LA
A monumental piece of history, this exquisite silver punch set was made for Czar Alexander III as a gift to British Captain Joseph Wiggins. Heavily decorated with rich engravings and...
Silver
Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service German, c. 1900 Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm Square salad bowl: Height 9.5cm, width 22cm, depth 22cm...
Porcelain
$27,800
H 8.75 in W 6.5 in D 5 in
A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Models of Swans, After J.J. Kandler
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Models of Swans, After J.J. Kandler. The models are based on designs by Johann Joachim Kandler, the chief modeler at Meissen in the mid-18th ...
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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