Antique Royal Copenhagen Anniversary / Commemorative Plate in Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Royal Copenhagen anniversary / commemorative plate in porcelain.
Antique Early 1900s Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Royal Copenhagen Anniversary / Commemorative Plate in Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Royal Copenhagen anniversary / commemorative plate in porcelain.
Porcelain
Rare Royal Copenhagen Anniversary / Commemorative Porcelain Plate, Dated 1912
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rare Royal Copenhagen anniversary / commemorative porcelain plate.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Porcelain 41 plates “Mother's Day” and “Christmas"
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful Collection (41) Royal Copenhagen “Mother’s Day” and “Christmas” plates, 20th century - Denmark Exquisite collection of Royal Copenhagen porcelain plates made in the 20th ...
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Porcelain 41 plates “Mother's Day” and “Christmas"
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful Collection (41) Royal Copenhagen “Mother’s Day” and “Christmas” plates, 20th century - Denmark Exquisite collection of Royal Copenhagen porcelain plates made in the 20th ...
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Porcelain 40 plates “Mother's Day” and “Christmas"
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful Collection (38) Royal Copenhagen “Mother’s Day” and “Christmas” plates, 20th century - Denmark Exquisite collection of Royal Copenhagen porcelain plates made in the 20th ...
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1897 RC-CM11
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1897 RC-CM11.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1927 RC-CM249
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1927 RC-RC249.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1923 RC-CM212
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1923 RC-CM212.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1915 RC-CM155
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1915 RC-CM155.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1894 RC-CM3
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1894 RC-CM3.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1899 RC-CM33
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative plate from 1899 RC-CM33.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1906 RC-CM61
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1906 RC-CM61.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1906 RC-CM64
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1906 RC-CM64.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1897 RC-CM016
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1897 RC-CM016.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1898 RC-CM017
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1898 RC-CM017.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1918 RC-CM172
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1918 RC-CM172.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1906 RC-CM60
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1906 RC-CM60.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1897 RC-CM11
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1897 RC-CM11.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1898 RC-CM017A
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1898 RC-CM017A with gold.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1912 RC-CM138
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative plate from 1912 RC-CM138.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1924 RC-CM224
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative Plate from 1924 RC-CM224.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1918 RC-CM179
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1918 RC-CM179.
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Commemorative Plate from 1968 RC-CM320
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate from 1968 RC-CM320.
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.