Sevres-Vincennes Vintage French Porcelain Coffee Set
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Prato, Tuscany
coffee service in fine French porcelain, consists of eight cups with plate, a fine coffee maker from the
Porcelain
$4,950
H 5.88 in W 13.25 in D 10.25 in
Herend Porcelain Petite Sevres Rose (Sprog) Pattern Demitasse Coffee Set & Tray
By Herend
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage demitasse porcelain set. By Herend. In the Sevres or Petite Rose pattern. (Pattern
Porcelain
19th Century Imperial Porcelain Coffee Set
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Paris, FR
pot and its cover, six coffee cans and six saucers. Overall in typical "Bleu de Sèvres" bordered with
Porcelain
Sevres Manufacture Porcelain Coffee Pot, Royal Coffee Set from Chateau De Bizy
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Porcelain teapot or coffee pot from Louis Philippe Princes table set at his royal residence Chateau
Porcelain
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H 2.5 in Dm 2.5 in L 2.5 in
Grainger Worcester Porcelain Orphaned Coffee Cup, Blue Scale, Sèvres Birds, 1886
By Grainger Worcester
Located in London, GB
Sèvres style birds and bugs. This little cup would have been part of a "trio" of a teacup and a coffee
Porcelain
Coffee set in porcelain 19th century - Sèvres Manufacture - signed SEVRES
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Set comprising a covered coffee pot, a milk jug, and two cups and their saucers Porcelain cup and
Porcelain
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H 7.5 in W 11 in D 11 in
Sèvres Porcelain for Ottoman, Turkish Islamic Market Coffee Set, 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully hand-painted. Tray 11" diameter. Cups 3" diameter 1 1/2" high. Teapot 7 1/2 high. Creamer 4". Sugar bowl 4 "x 4" wide.
Porcelain
$3,504Sale Price / set|20% Off
Limoges Porcelain Dinner Set by F. Legrand & Cie - 68 Pieces
By L.F. Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite antique Limoges porcelain dinnerware set by F. Legrand & Cie showcases an exceptional polychrome and gold-accented design, embodying the timeless elegance of French cr...
Porcelain
Richard Ginori Burnt Orange Contessa Extensive Dinnerware Service Of 141 Pieces
By Richard Ginori
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Richard Ginori extensive dinnerware service Contessa rust red pattern dinnerware service . Pattern having a burnt orange and double gilt gold and black trim decorated design on white...
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
$2,118 / set
H 23.63 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Limoges 34 Pieces Tableware in Very Fine Porcelain by GOA
Located in Paris, FR
Limoges porcelain tableware by GOA. Very white fine porcelain decorated with small roses and basket weave motif with a gold rim. Dinner plates (25 cm) - 12x Soup plates (25 cm) - 9x...
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
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
Large German Porcelain Dinner Service, Meissen, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Delicately painted in German taste with rose camaieu flowers, the cavetto with spiral molding insterspersed with flowers, and the border with variations of basket weaving. Covered tu...
Porcelain
$22,500 / set
H 16 in W 11 in D 7 in
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Turquoise Sèvres Porcelain 'Jeweled' Clock Set
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th century gilt bronze and turquoise Sèvres porcelain 'Jeweled' three-piece clock set The clock surmounted by a covered urn, the clock case flanked by lion masks, en suite ...
Bronze, Ormolu
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
Sèvres, Macé, 12 Porcelain Plates, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Set of 12 elegant white porcelain plates with a decoration of flowers, ribbons and colored rosettes, with gold highlights Two are marked "Macé, A la ville de Sèvres, blvd des Italia...
Porcelain
$2,765 / set
H 6.3 in W 11.03 in D 6.7 in
Herend Hungary Porcelain Tea set for 12 persons, Indian Basket Green pattern
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain Tea set for 12 persons, Indian Basket Green pattern A Herend porcelain tea set for 12 persons with the Indian Basket pattern. Original it is the East Indies...
Porcelain
Porcelain Coffee Set
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Porcelain coffee set Origin Czechoslovakia Circa 20th century Neoclassical Design Very good condition and without restorations Wear on tray handles from use 16 hand-painted piec...
Porcelain
$129,234
H 10.63 in W 18.9 in D 9.45 in
Incredible Pair of George III Period Sterling Silver Wine Coolers, London, 1804
By Joseph Preedy
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1804 by Joseph Preedy, this remarkable pair of Antique Sterling Silver Wine Coolers are richly decorated, featuring a sculptural Bacchanalian frieze depicting...
Sterling Silver
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Plates and cup and saucer
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Plates and cup and saucer A Herend Hungary porcelain set with six plates and are 20,5 cm diagonal. Two cups and saucers in the large size. The...
Porcelain
$49,000 / set
H 2 in Dm 9.5 in
A Large 121 Total Piece 20th C. Meissen Porcelain Green Vine Table Service
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Tremendously Large 121 Piece 20th Century Meissen Porcelain Green Vine Table Service. This service is fully complete with an exuberant number of pieces which can we used in all di...
Porcelain
Sèvres Style Gilt and Painted Porcelain Dessert Service for 12
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., France, gilt and painted porcelain dessert service. The set is decorated with pink rose clusters on various color grounds and gold accented scallop moulded borders. Dime...
Gold
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.