English Spode Bone China Pyramid, Gilded Imari Paperweight
By Spode
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A collector's quality bone china paperweight from Spode, England Exquisite gilding and floral enamel decoration topped with gilded ball accent Circa 2000 Signed Spode, England F1860-...
Porcelain
Wild Rose And Tile, English Spode Bone China Paperweight
By Spode
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Wild blue and red roses, amid foliage motifs decoration on stylised tile ground Delightful bone china paperweight from Spode, England Circa 2000 Signed Spode, England F1868-AO to bas...
Porcelain
Spode England "Chelsea Garden" Bone China Porcelain Dinner Set 51 Pc Set
By Spode
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Spode Copeland England "Chelsea Garden" Bone China Porcelain Dinner Set - 51 Pcs Total.
Porcelain
Spode Fleur de Lys Red & Gold Bone China Fluted Chelsea Coffee Pot
By Spode
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sizes: 8.5 in. from handle to spout x 4.5 in W x 8.5 in. H Marked: Spode, Fine Bone China England. Pattern No. Y7481-I with the pattern name.
Ceramic
Spode Fleur de Lys Red & Gold Bone China Fluted Chelsea Tea Pot
By Spode
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Measures: 10.5 in. from handle to spout x 5.5 in W x 6.0 in. H Marked: Spode, Fine Bone China England. Pattern No. Y7481-K with the pattern name.
Ceramic
Spectacular Copeland Spode Chelsea Fantasy Bird Bone China Figurine c 1915-20
By Copeland Spode
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A magnificent and eccentric bone china Chelsea Fantasy Bird by Copeland, Spode, inspired by Meissen originals The artist had free range regarding colours - resulting in this fantasti...
Porcelain
Regency Gold: Spode Porcelain Vases in Pattern 967
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Regency Gold: Spode Porcelain Vases in Pattern 967 Object: Pair of Small Urn/Spill Vases Maker: Spode (Josiah Spode II), Stoke-on-Trent, England Pattern: Pattern 967 (Japan Pattern ...
Porcelain
Antique Copeland 60 Piece Spode Dinner Service 19th Century
By Copeland Spode
Located in London, GB
Josiah Spode is also often credited with developing a successful formula for fine bone china.
Porcelain
Set 3 Antique English Copeland Spode Chelsea Fantasy Bird Plates, circa 1910
By Copeland Spode
Located in London, GB
English Bone China Stamped Spode, Copeland, England to base.
Porcelain
Price Upon Request
The Andalusia
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Missouri, MO
Copeland, who commissioned many paintings, including some designs used for the Copeland Spode bone china. In 1840-1841, Herring visited Paris, painting several pictures, on the invit...
Canvas, Oil
Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Barrie & Jenkins, 1970. (Provides context on Spode's Bone China, dating of patterns in the 2000s series to around 1815, and the development of Chinoiserie styles.)
Porcelain
Miles Mason Porcelain Chinoiserie Plates with the Boy and Buffalo Pattern
By Miles Mason Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Alongside rivals like Spode, he sought to perfect bone china—a material that combined the whiteness of Oriental porcelain with the durability required for British life.
Porcelain
Spode Bone China Botanical, ‘Dwarf Iris’, C. 1800
By Josiah Spode
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Rare Spode bone china plate, well painted with a botanical specimen, titled to the back ‘Dwarf Iris’, within a wide gilt acanthus leaf and ball border.
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Spode 5-Piece Garniture in Pattern No. 1216, c. 1810
By Spode
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exemplary decorative garniture of 5 Spode vases, constructed of Josiah Spode's revolutionary, pure white Bone China body, and embellished with pattern No. 1216 in the Imari taste...
Unavailable
H 0.79 in W 11.42 in D 11.42 in
A large & rare Spode Porcelain Tray decorated in pattern 1166 c.1820
By Spode
Located in Exeter, GB
The pattern is ground laid in cobalt blue, hand painted and gilded on Spode's pure white bone china. It is gilded and painted entirely by hand.
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 13.78 in W 18.12 in
English 19th century portrait painting of a Pointer dog in a woodland landscape
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Bath, Somerset
Copeland, who commissioned many paintings, including some designs used for the Copeland Spode bone china. In 1840-1841, Herring visited Paris, painting several pictures, on the invit...
Canvas, Oil
New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Teacup, Palm Tree patt. 484, Georgian ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
Set of 12 Dinner Plates and 8 Dessert Plates in Bone China by Spode
By Spode
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Set of twelve Spode bone china dinner plates with characteristically English hand painted mixed floral bouquets in vivid polychrome enamels.
Enamel
Spode Porcelain Japan-pattern Soup Tureen and Cover, Rock & Tree Pattern
By Josiah Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode Porcelain Japan-pattern Soup Tureen and Cover, Rock & Tree Pattern, Bone China, Pattern 1741, Circa 1811-20 This exceptional Spode bone china soup tureen and cover, pattern nu...
Porcelain
Fine Spode Harrogate Bone China Dinner Service
By Spode
Located in Worcester, GB
Fine Spode Harrogate Bone China Dinner Service Late 20th century, English, c.1980 Spode, Harrogate pattern, all pieces stamped by the factory to the underside Fine bone c...
Porcelain
Sold
H 10.24 in Dm 12.21 in
Spode "Sheffield" 57 Piece Dinner Service in English Hand-Worked Bone China
By Spode
Located in Cagliari, IT
An hand-worked English bone china dinner service. An inspired interpretation of the spirit of English silver, an abundance of hand-worked gold is used to accentuate the richness of ...
Porcelain
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H 11.25 in W 8 in D 8 in
Vintage Spode Chinoiserie Pink Tower Temple Mantel Urn Lidded Ginger Jar 11"
By Spode
Located in Dayton, OH
Josiah Spode's son, Josiah Spode II, successfully marketed English bone china.
Porcelain
Antique Copeland 91 Piece Spode Dinner Service 19th Century
By Copeland Spode
Located in London, GB
Josiah Spode is also often credited with developing a successful formula for fine bone china.
Porcelain
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H 0.75 in Dm 9.25 in L 0.75 in
Set of Eleven Old English Spode ‘Copelands’ "Peacock and Peony" Luncheon Plates
By Copeland Spode
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Set of eleven fabulous old English spode (Copelands) "Peacock and Peony" bone China Luncheon plates Pattern No. 2083 originally introduced in 1814 and now listed as Pattern No. 21...
Touchstone, St Leger 1834
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in London, GB
Copeland, who commissioned many paintings, including some designs used for the Copeland Spode bone china. In 1840-1841, Herring visited Paris, painting several pictures, on the invit...
Oil
"White Horse in Stable" by John Frederick Herring Sr.
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Copeland, who commissioned many paintings, including some designs used for the Copeland Spode bone china. In 1840-1841, Herring visited Paris, painting several pictures, on the invit...
Panel
Antique Victorian Spode Dessert Set Imari Style, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
Josiah Spode is also often credited with developing a successful formula for fine bone china.
Porcelain
Judaica Ceramic Passover Seder Plates, 3
By Spode, Ridgway Porcelain, Lenox's Ceramic Art Company
Located in Astoria, NY
Group of Three Judaica Ceramic Passover Seder Plates, comprising: an English blue and white plate circa 1920 marked "Bardiger / London / Manufactured by Ridgways England / Regen: 699...
Ceramic
Twelve English Copeland Spode Neoclassical Porcelain Luncheon Plates
By Copeland Spode
Located in Big Flats, NY
A vintage set of twelve English Copeland Spode bone china luncheon plates offer gilt foliate garland rim with well having painted Neoclassical floral urn, en verso maker mark as phot...
Porcelain
Sold
H 1 in Dm 10.5 in
115 Pc Vintage English Spode Green Basket China Dinner Plates Bowls Tea Service
By Spode
Located in Dayton, OH
115 piece Antique England spode green basket pattern Bone China dinnerware set featuring a green floral bouquet of flowers with a scalloped / gadrooned edge.
Porcelain
Sold
H 11.25 in W 8 in D 8 in
Vintage Spode Chinoiserie Pink Tower Temple Mantel Urn Lidded Ginger Jar 11"
By Spode
Located in Dayton, OH
Josiah Spode's son, Josiah Spode II, successfully marketed English bone china.
Porcelain
Set of Three Spode Cup & Saucer Sets – Shima, Élysée, and Fleur de Lys Blue
By Spode
Located in Morristown, NJ
Set of Three Spode Cup and Saucer Sets – Y8172-G "Shima," Y8380-G "Élysée," and Y8356-G "Fleur de Lys Blue" This exquisite set of three Spode fine bone china cup and saucer sets sho...
Gold
Sterling Silver Jar of Jam Spode
By Gebrüder Deyhle, Copeland Spode
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
The jars stamped Bone China Copeland Spode Italian England. Silver stand produced by Gebrüder Deyhle/ Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 14 in W 18 in D 1 in
Fine Original 1830's Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Derby Winner Racehorse
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Copeland, who commissioned many paintings, including some designs used for the Copeland Spode bone china. In 1840-1841, Herring visited Paris, painting several pictures, on the invit...
Canvas, Oil
A Spode porcelain chocolate cup, cover & stand c.1810
Located in Exeter, GB
A very fine Spode bone china chocolate cup, cover and stand, vibrantly decorated in pattern 1494 which is an extremely ornate Imari design which covers every inch of the piece.
Porcelain
Pair Spode Violet Pot Pourri Baskets C.1815-20 in Pattern 1166
By Spode Felspar
Located in Exeter, GB
The pattern is ground layed in cobalt blue, hand painted and gilded on Spode's pure white bone china. It is gilded and painted entirely by hand.
Porcelain
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H 25.25 in W 32.25 in D 2 in
Oil Painting by John Frederick Herring Sr. Entitled "Horse and Hound at Pasture"
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Gallatin, TN
Copeland, who commissioned many paintings, including some designs used for the Copeland Spode bone china. In 1840-1841, Herring visited Paris, painting several pictures, on the invit...
19th Century 140 Piece Spode Imperial Service
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Josiah Spode is also often credited with developing a successful formula for fine bone china.
Ceramic
New Hall Bone China Teacup and Saucer, Elephant Pattern, Regency ca 1815
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Porcelain Teacup Trio, Regency Patt. Blue and Gilt, ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Hybrid Paste Porcelain Teacup, Neoclassical Cobalt Blue Gilt, ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
Orphaned Coffee Cup, New Hall, Blue and White Malay House, Georgian ca 1795
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
New Hall Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer, Regency Pattern Blue and Gilt, ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Coffee Can and Saucer, Elephant Pattern, Regency 1810-1815 'A/F'
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
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H 2.65 in Dm 2.65 in
New Hall Orphaned Coffee Can, Imari Pattern with House & Trees, Georgian ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Teacup and Saucer, Elephant Pattern, Regency ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Orphaned Coffee Cup, Blue and White Malay House, Georgian ca 1795
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Teacup Trio, Elephant Pattern, Regency ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
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H 2.6 in Dm 2.5 in
New Hall Orphaned Coffee Can, Neo-Classical Cobalt Blue, Gilt, Acorns, ca 1805
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
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H 6.5 in W 10.25 in D 1.75 in
New Hall Porcelain Serving Dish, Periwinkle Gilt and Pink Roses, Regency ca 1817
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Porcelain Teacup, Imari Pattern with Pink, Regency, ca 1816
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
New Hall Porcelain Tea Service, White, Mazarine Blue, Flower Baskets, ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Porcelain Tea Service, Cobalt Blue and Gilt, Regency ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Porcelain Teacup, Chinoiserie Water Carrier Pattern 1163, Ca 1815
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
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H 0.5 in Dm 9 in
New Hall Porcelain Plate, White with Flowers, Inverted Shell, Regency circa 1820
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
New Hall Porcelain Part Dessert Service, Cobalt Blue, Flowers, Regency 1824-1830
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Earthenware
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
New Hall Porcelain Dessert Service, Cobalt Blue with Flowers, Regency 1824-1830
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
60'S English Spode Bone China Large Oval Serving Platter, Lowestoft
By Copeland Spode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco Style English Bone China large serving platter by Copeland Spode in "Lowestoft".
Ceramic
Spode Mansard Pattern Bone China, 49-Piece
By Spode
Located in Vancouver, BC
Mansard pattern bone china by Spode. This pattern consists of a white base with a lovely embossed geometric rim.
Porcelain
1960s Art Deco Style Spode England Bone China "Lowestoft" Set of 32 Pieces
By Spode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1960s Spode England bone china set of thirty two pieces in the Lowestoft Flowers pattern.
Gold
19th Century 194-Piece Tumbledown Dick Service
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Josiah Spode is also often credited with developing a successful formula for Fine bone china.
Ceramic
New Hall Orphaned Porcelain Coffee Cup, White with Gilt, Georgian, ca 1795
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Coffee Cup, Cream with Blue Acanthus and Pink Roses, Regency 1827
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
New Hall Porcelain Tea Service, Neoclassical Cobalt Blue and Gilt, ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
New Hall is mostly known for its huge output of its typical "hybrid hard paste" porcelain, as New Hall had adapted the original hard paste recipe from Bristol in order to save on pro...
Porcelain
Rosso Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Art Deco Style, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Murano glass wall sconces, in stock Fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finials and brass accents Art Deco inspired design. Gives off warm beams of lig...
Brass
A large red coral branch from Wunderkammer, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
This large branch of Mediterranean coral, 'Corallium Rubrum' is mounted on a gilt bronze base. The creation of the vase-shaped base involves various techniques: lost wax casting, mol...
Coral, Bronze
$1,675
H 20.87 in W 17.33 in D 11.42 in
Antique Black Forest Carved Cuckoo Clock with Stag Head on Top
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Antique Black Forest Carved Cuckoo Clock with Stag Head A large handcarved wooden cuckoo clock, decorated with hunting accessoires, oak leaves, hare, pheasant and a stag head ...
Wood
$1,727
H 6.75 in W 6 in
Fine 17th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of the Madonna
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of the Madonna in Prayer 17th Century Italian School oil on board, framed framed: 6.75 x 6 inches board: 5 x 4 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: ver...
Oil
$2,043
H 13.8 in W 16.7 in D 11 in
Antique Carved Oak Gothic Revival Bible Stand / Church Book Stand w IHS Symbols
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique bible table stand with hand carved cross and open IHS symbols in Gothic quatrefoil in the sides. This beautifully and fine quality hand-carved Gothic bible stand dates from...
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Display Cabinet
Located in Pomona, CA
Late 19th century English chinoiserie decorated display cabinet. The hinged top opens to reveal a remote document storage.
Glass, Wood
$151,818Sale Price|35% Off
H 28 in Dm 18 in
A beautiful Celestial Table Globe produced by Gerard & Leonard Valk
By Gerard and Leonard Valk
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
A magnificent and very rare early 18th century celestial table globe produced by Gerard and Leonard Valk. Established at the end of the previous century by Gerard Valk, and assisted ...
Other
$1,025
H 10 in W 11.75 in D 6 in
Japanese Lacquer Box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay and Parquetry Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A finely crafted Japanese tabletop cabinet from the early 20th century, this compact storage piece is richly detailed with traditional decorative techniques and export-era flourishes...
Wood
$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
Spode Blue Italian 81 Piece Dinner Set
By Spode
Located in Montreal, Quebec
81 pieces crafted using fine earthenware porcelain make up this classic collection by Spode. The Blue Italian design depicts a scene in the Italian countryside with natural elements ...
Earthenware, Porcelain
$75,909
H 2.1 in W 1.5 in D 1 in
Miniature illuminated manuscript on vellum with 12 full-page miniatures
By Francois-Jacques Boeri
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
A tiny and complete Parisian Book of Hours with a plethora of intricate illuminations. 91 x 65mm (3.6 x 2.6in). 190 leaves on vellum, additional 4 paper leaves after (plus 3 paper e...
Leather
$479,778
H 16.15 in W 28.35 in D 20.48 in
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone Regency period ebonized wooden casket
Located in London, GB
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone mounted ebonized wooden casket English, 19th Century Height 41cm, width 72cm, depth 52cm Exceptionally fine and richly adorned, this beau...
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Ormolu
English Scenic Porcelain Dessert Service, Mid-19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
English Scenic porcelain Dessert service, mid-19th century, polychrome hand-painted with three various romantic landscape scenes in a round cartouches on a pink border, decorated wit...
Porcelain
18th Century Hand Carved Life Size Corpus Christi Skull
Located in London, GB
18th Century Hand Carved Life Size Corpus Christi Skull A rare Lifesize religious artifact of which we have never seen the like. Carved from pine wood with hand painted detail. This...
Pine
$7,980Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 4 in W 12 in D 12 in
133 Piece House of Puiforcat Kiang She Dinner Service for 12 by Limoges, France
By Puiforcat
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., France, a magnificent Chinese-inspired service from the 18th century "Kiang She" (on white background) from Puiforcat. 133 pieces of gilt and polychrome enameled porcelain, ...
Porcelain, Paint
Your dining room table is a place where stories are shared and personalities shine — why not treat yourself and your guests to the finest antique and vintage glass, silver, ceramics and serveware for your meals?
Just like the people who sit around your table, your serveware has its own stories and will help you create new memories with your friends and loved ones. From ceramic pottery to glass vases, set your table with serving pieces that add even more personality, color and texture to your dining experience.
Invite serveware from around the world to join your table settings. For special occasions, dress up your plates with a striking Imari charger from 19th-century Japan or incorporate Richard Ginori’s Italian porcelain plates into your dining experience. Celebrate the English ritual of afternoon tea with a Japanese tea set and an antique Victorian kettle. No matter how big or small your dining area is, there is room for the stories of many cultures and varied histories, and there are plenty of ways to add pizzazz to your 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 more durable than ceramic because it is denser. The latter is ideal for statement pieces — your tall mid-century modern ceramic vase is a guaranteed conversation starter. And while your earthenware or stoneware is maybe better suited to everyday lunches as opposed to the fine bone china you’ve reserved for a holiday meal, handcrafted studio pottery coffee mugs can still be a rich expression of your personal style.
“My motto is ‘Have fun with it,’” says author and celebrated hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran. “It’s yin and yang, high and low, Crate & Barrel with Christofle silver. I like to mix it up — sometimes in the dining room, sometimes on the kitchen banquette, sometimes in the loggia. It transports your guests and makes them feel more comfortable and relaxed.”
Introduce elegance at supper with silver, such as a platter from celebrated Massachusetts silversmith manufacturer Reed and Barton or a regal copper-finish flatware set designed by International Silver Company, another New England company that was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898. By then, Meriden had already earned the nickname “Silver City” for its position as a major hub of silver manufacturing.
At the bar, try a vintage wine cooler to keep bottles cool before serving or an Art Deco decanter and whiskey set for after-dinner drinks — there are many possibilities and no wrong answers for tableware, barware and serveware. Explore an expansive collection of antique and vintage glass, ceramics, silver and serveware today on 1stDibs.
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