Spode Indian Tree Cup and Saucer
Located in Asheville, NC
This is an absolutely fabulous antique Copeland Spode Indian tree cup and saucer. It is a
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Porcelain
Porcelain
Spode Indian Tree Cup and Saucer
Located in Asheville, NC
This is an absolutely fabulous antique Copeland Spode Indian tree cup and saucer. It is a
Porcelain
$3,757 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Prelude by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set of 30 Pieces
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Prelude by International sterling silver flatware set of 30 pieces. This set includes: Six knives, 9 1/4", six forks, 7 1/4", six salad forks, 6 1/2", six teaspoons, 6", six cr...
Sterling Silver
$3,885 / set
H 1 in Dm 9 in
Set of 4 Chinese Export Porcelain Plates with Floral Decoration & Armorial Crest
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of 4 Chinese Export Porcelain Plates with Floral Decoration & Armorial Crest, ca. 1760
Porcelain
$7,200 / set
H 1 in Dm 10.38 in
12 Coalport for Tiffany 1899 Gold, Ivory and Cobalt Blue Dinner Plates
By Coalport for Tiffany
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A set of 12 rare Coalport, made for Tiffany and Co. dinner plates featuring six alternating reserves of two colors of cobalt blue enamel with profuse raised paste gold overlay. The p...
Porcelain
Exceptional 18th Century Carved Giltwood Door
Located in New Orleans, LA
Period Louis XIV carved giltwood bow front door. The door is mounted on a piece of wood to preserve its original condition.
Giltwood
$700Sale Price / set|43% Off
H 0.75 in Dm 8.1 in
12 Antique English Dessert Plates, Cobalt Blue and Hand-Painted Florals Tiffany
By Cauldon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic pattern by Cauldon of England which was custom ordered through Tiffany's in many different color ways. We have had the pleasure of offering this beautiful pattern in cobalt...
Porcelain
$3,314 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Chippendale by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 6 Service Luncheon 24 Pieces
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in Big Bend, WI
Chippendale by towle sterling silver flatware set - 24 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes: six knives, 8 3/4", six forks, 7 1/4", six salad forks, 6 5/8", six teaspoon...
Sterling Silver
19th Century Silver Plate Epergne and Cruet Service
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant silver plate epergne is a rarity in that it also includes a full, cut-glass cruet set. This service’s delicate central basket is elevated above a plateau holding ten fin...
Silver Plate
Victorian Nécessaire de Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanity case is as much an item of luxury as it is of necessity. Known as a nécessaire de voyage, the case features a lux...
Velvet, Glass, Wood
$15,000Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 80.5 in W 80 in D 44.75 in
Pair of American Mahogany Pencil Post and Head Board Twin Tester Beds, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American mahogany pencil and bulbous post twin tester beds with original carved scrolled headboards, brass escutcheons, and side rails. Fits Standard twin mattress and box s...
Brass, Iron
Unique Georgian Sterling Tureen, c1802
By John Roberts & Co
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1802, sterling, John Roberts & Co., Sheffield, England. This very unusual tureen consists of the main tureen with an inserted vegetable dish, which is the uncommon part. Al...
Sterling Silver
$42,000 / set
H 45 in W 26.5 in D 2 in
Pair of English Georgian Chinoiserie Red Lacquered Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Georgian (mid-18th Century) red lacquered and Chinoiserie decorated wall mirrors with gilt carved open pediment top with a centered cartouche. (PRICED AS Pair) Lacqu...
Gold Leaf
Elkington Beverage Service Eight-Piece
By Elkington & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the leading English silversmith firm of the 19th century, this rare and beautifully executed beverage service by Elkington & Co. is a fantastic example of the company'...
Silver
$2,080Sale Price / set|42% Off
H 1 in Dm 9.75 in
12 Antique Limoges Cobalt Blue Hand-Painted Gilt Trimmed Plates, Buffet/Dessert
By Delinieres & Co. 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
We love the scalloped shape and nice gadroon edging to these handsomely painted set of 12 plates. There is a delightful center gilt medallion and the design features elaborate cartou...
Gold, Enamel
$481,367
H 72.75 in W 96 in D 14 in
Important English 18th Century Statuary and Sienna Marble Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A very rare and important English 18th century (circa 1760) statuary and sienna marble fireplace with highly detailed carved centre tablet of classical figures. The jambs comprise fu...
Marble
Sheffield Silver Plate Rolling Dessert Stand
Located in New Orleans, LA
The perfect complement to a fine dining affair, this George III-period rolling dessert stand is crafted of desirable Sheffield silver plate. In this modified version of an epergne, t...
Sheffield Plate
$28,500 / set
H 46.5 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Pair of English Recency Style Outdoor Patinated Bronze Torchieres
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Regency style (19th Century) outdoor bronze green patinated torchiere with lion heads and festoon design (PRICED AS Pair).
Metal
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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