Spode Felspar
Antique 1820s English Rococo Revival Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1830s British Serving Pieces
Gold, Enamel
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Serving Bowls
Porcelain
Antique 1830s English Regency Porcelain
Ironstone
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1830s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Chinoiserie Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1840s English Platters and Serveware
Gold
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Ceramics
Ceramic
Antique 1840s English Soup Tureens
Gold
Antique 1810s English Georgian Ceramics
Ceramic
Antique 1840s English Platters and Serveware
Gold
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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.
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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