$3,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 5 in W 4 in D 4 in
Meissen Porcelain Allegory of the Continent of Africa, Circa 1750
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meissen Porcelain Allegory of the Continent of Africa, Circa 1750 Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Porcelain
$22,800
H 12 in W 10 in D 5.5 in
A Large 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Model of the Continent of Asia, Lady on Camel
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and Large 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Model of the Continent of Asia. The figure
Porcelain
Meissen Marcolini Porcelain Group, Continent Asia, circa 1775
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Greding, DE
Large allegorical porcelain group representing the Asian continent. The personification of the
Porcelain
Meissen's America from the Continent Series
Located in New York, NY
. The Continents series was created by the Meissen designer, Johann Joachim Kaendler ca. 1745.
Porcelain
$7,789
H 1.38 in Dm 9.22 in
18th Century Meissen Set 12 Baroque Porcelain Dining Dishes with Floral Decor
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brescia, IT
This baroque dining colorfully dishes set is eclectical and drawn with vibrant colors. The board is in a contemporary fuchsia color. Precious, fine, elegant and timeless dining set...
Meissen
Set of 12 Minton Gold Rimmed Porcelain Ball Dinner Plates
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
One of Minton's most popular patterns is named "Porcelain Ball” which features a large diameter plate bordered by a gold and white floral decoration and trimmed with an acid etc...
Porcelain
$13,129Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.53 in W 23.63 in D 11.03 in
19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved & most impressive Italian Vanitas bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with a Belgian Black marble Roman toga (ro...
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
Extensive English Porcelain Dessert Service, circa 1825
Located in New York, NY
Pair of covered fruit coolers, pair of covered sauce tureens, pair of open work baskets, 1 compote, 4 kidney-shaped dishes, pair of square dishes, pair of oval dishes, 16 plates.
Porcelain
$976,800
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Paulding Farnham., Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum...
Sterling Silver
Set of 12 Coalport English Porcelain Dinner Plates
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous set of 12 antique English Coalport porcelain turquoise and gold encrusted dinner plates. Circa 1920. A timeless and classic touch for a fine interior. 10.5 inch diameter.
Porcelain
$15,399
H 5.91 in Dm 3.55 in
Lalique After René Lalique, Fontainebleau Service (50 pieces), France 1950s
By René Lalique
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb Lalique Fontainebleau service composed of 48 pieces in sets of 8, one carafe and one decanter (50 pieces total). This service has champagne coupes, water, red, white wine Made...
Crystal
$175,000
H 108 in W 96 in D 24 in
Palatial Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Vitrine by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A palatial and superb early 20th century gilt bronze Mounted Louis XVI style Mahogany Vitrine by François Linke François Linke The arched top with scrolled corners and centered by ...
Bronze, Ormolu
$995 / set
H 0.5 in Dm 10.75 in
Set of 12 Theodore Haviland Floral and Gilt Service Dinner Plates 10.75 Diameter
By Theodore Haviland
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of 12 elegant floral service plates made by Theodore Haviland New York. The Dresden floral center with gold band with a hand stippled teal broad border. The mark is black and r...
Porcelain
$149,798
H 33.47 in Dm 17.72 in
Rare Antique 102 piece Meissen „Flower Bouqet” Dinner Service, Germany 1840
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Rome, IT
Extensive 102 Piece Rare Meissen Dinner Service "Flower Bouqett", 1815 – 1860 , colorful, richly decorated gold rim, consisting of: 45 dinner plates (Ø 24 cm,) 24 deep plates (Ø 23 ...
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Monkey Musician Figurine
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
Meissen Porcelain Monkey Musician Figurine. The Meissen porcelain figurine represents a violinist monkey from the celebrated “Monkey Band” series, conceived as part of the Affenkapel...
Porcelain
Steuben Amethyst Hand Blown Optic Rib Plates & Stemware Service for 12
By Steuben Glass
Located in Great Barrington, MA
What an amazing collection of Steuben's hand blown amethyst crystal dinner service for 12! All hand blown in the more desirable form of optic ribbing that gives each piece a special ...
Crystal
Meissen Rococo Porcelain Box
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
Incredible hand-painted scenes inspired by Rococo master Antoine Watteau cover this magnificent Meissen porcelain box. Displaying romantic courtship scenes on each side, the casket i...
Porcelain
Surtout de table gilt bronze de style louis XVI
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare and elegant surtout de table gilt bronze louis XVI style after the work of GOUTHIERE This high end work is a master piece of a Parisian bronzier of his time , probably by one o...
Bronze
Russian 19th Century Silver Icon of Christ Pantocrator
Located in London, GB
Russian 19th century silver icon of Christ Pantocrator Moscow, 1883 Height 50cm, width 41.5cm, depth 3cm The piece, steeped in Russian Orthodox tradition, portrays Christ Pantocrato...
Silver
$3,295 / set
H 0.79 in Dm 6.11 in
Flora Danica porcelain bread and butter plates by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark 1927
Located in Delft, NL
Flora Danica porcelain bread and butter plates by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark 1927 Porcelain bread and butter plates by Bing & Grøndahl hand-painted by Frida Meyer (Gluud) Set of five...
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.