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Porcelain For Sale
Jean Cocteau Porcelain Plate Limoges France Set of 4
By Limoges, Jean Cocteau
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Fabulous set of 4 Jean Cocteau porcelain hor d'oeuvres or dessert plates for Limoges. Four unique figural drawings of Ancient Greece. One signed 1958 the year he created the drawings...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
German Porcelain Floral Centerpiece Bowl Signed Carl Tielsch
Located in Clearwater, FL
A beautiful hand-painted porcelain centerpiece bowl signed by Carl Tielsch, featuring delicate lavender flowers framed by elegant pink and gold trim. This circa 1900s German piece ex...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bloor Derby Tea Service, Witches Pattern Imari, ca 1825
By Bloor Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a rather extravagant tea service serving four, made by the Bloor Derby factory between 1825 and 1830 in the wonderful "Witches" pattern in the Imari colour scheme.
The set c...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese White Glazed Wang Bin Rong Brush Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Chinese white glaze porcelain brush pot of cylindrical shape finely moulded in relief with duelling dragons above waves with leaping fish and other moulded decorat...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gien “Fraises en Folie” Set of 6 Hand-Painted Porcelain Plates, France 1985
By Gien
Located in Bochum, NRW
Gien “Fraises en Folie” – Set of 6 Hand-Painted Dessert Plates, Each with Unique Historic Border, France.
An extraordinary collector’s edition from *Gien, France, this six-piece *“Fr...
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Faience, Porcelain
$654 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Rosenthal Shallow Plate Bavaria Donatello Rose
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful antique Rosenthal Donatello Collection porcelain plate featuring graceful golden handles and delicate rose-vine trims. The plate displays an elegant form characteristic o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$35 Sale Price
68% Off
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Turquoise Pair of Indian Runner Ducks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Turquoise Pair of Ducks,
20th Century
A pair of figures of an Indian runner duck, also known as a bottle duck, colored turquoise with a purple glazed hollo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Six Cups with Saucers, Theresienthal, Bohemia c. 1900
Located in Stockholm, SE
An exceedingly rare set of six cups with saucers, whose beauty captures both the eye and the imagination. The hand-blown opaline glass cups are shaped as delicate tulip blossoms, the...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
Porcelain Constantinople 3 Plate
By Les Ottomans
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by the opulence of the Ottoman Empire and its capital, this porcelain plate is part of the limited Constantinople collection and features a decoration of elephants depicted ...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$110 / item
Pair Of Cartier Tea Or Coffee Cups Saucers Panther For Limoges Porcelain, France
Located in München, BY
Beautiful set of two Cartier Limoges porcelain cups and saucers in Art Deco style, France 1986.
Decorated with black panthers and topiary bushes.
Goo...
Category
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Auguste Ledru (French, 1860-1902) Large Naïade Bronze Centerpiece circa 1895
By Auguste Ledru
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Auguste Ledru (French, 1860-1902) Naïade Bronze Centerpiece circa 1895
Figural bronze Centerpiece
Representing a nude woman resting on a rock and surmounting two trays designed as ...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
A superb pair of Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester Porcelain Topographical Vases
Located in Exeter, GB
A superb and large pair of Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester porcelain vases c.1820. Of Campana form, with gilded gadrooned rims, each vase very finely painted with topographical views...
Category
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Signed Meissen Porcelain Artwork
Located in Roma, IT
A wonderful late 19th-Century Meissen blue onion square hand painted porcelain dish.
Printed and impressed "Meissen" mark on reverse.
This fine blue onion platter exhibits excellen...
Category
Late 19th Century German Louis XV Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Large Blue & White Porcelain Planter Jardiniere 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a delightful and decorative vintage blue and white ironstone china planter which will look fabulous with plants and flowers but is also i...
Category
Late 20th Century European Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1986 Art Deco Style Porcelain de Limoges Vase and Vanity Box by Cartier Paris
By Cartier
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Vintage 1986 Cartier "La Maison de Louis Cartier" Porcelain Vase and Vanity Box Set.
This exquisite and rare set features a porcelain vase a...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain "Cook" Pattern Dinner Plate, Cobra a L'Indienne
Located in Downingtown, PA
Exotic Irony: Fornasetti's "Cobra a L'Indienne" Dinner Plate,
Piero Fornasetti and the Serpent's Secret.
This striking porcelain plate, titled "Cobra a L'Indienne," is a brilliant e...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Milano Italy Porcelain Palloni n.2 Hot Air Balloons Tray 16"
Located in Dayton, OH
Fornasetti Palloni Tray n.2 - square porcelain serving plate / platter decorated with a variety of antique hot air balloons. This hand-painted and ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Rosenthal Andy Warhol featuring Beethoven Glass Plate
By Rosenthal, Andy Warhol
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Glass Plate, featuring Beethoven by
Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time.
Shortly before his death in 1987, Warhol created a serie of portr...
Category
1980s German Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Glass, Cut Glass
Antique Fine Irish Belleek Porcelain Demitasse Cup and Saucer
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Fine Irish Belleek Demitasse Cup and Saucer
basketweave shamrock eggshell antique porcelain
Saucer 4.5 Cup 2.5 x 2h
maker stamp present
hand painted
original estate preowned vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Northern Irish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Cachepot
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Cachepot
Herend Hungary porcelain with Apponyi green ribbed pattern cachepot
Marked with the mark of Herend on the bottom a...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
46-Piece Dinner Set - Raynaud Limoges - Decorated with Flowers - Complete Set
By Limoges
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful porcelain dinner service, complete for 12 people, made by the French brand Raynaud Limoges.
The service is beautifully decorated with flowers and gold edges.
The composit...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Set of four dinner plates. White porcelain with blue rim.
Located in København, Copenhagen
PRE-OWNED GOODS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT TARIFFS FOR U.S., UK, AUSTRALIAN & CANADIAN CUSTOMERS.
THEREFORE, NO IMPORT TARIFFS WILL BE APPLICABLE TO YOUR PURCHASE.
Meissen, Germany....
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica open lace plate in hand painted porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
PRE-OWNED GOODS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT TARIFFS FOR U.S., UK, AUSTRALIAN & CANADIAN CUSTOMERS.
THEREFORE, NO IMPORT TARIFFS WILL BE APPLICABLE TO YOUR PURCHASE.
Royal Copenhagen ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Plate- Python A La Orange
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Bite of Wit: Fornasetti's Python A L'Orange for Fleming Joffe
Piero Fornasetti and the Recipe for the Absurd
This remarkably witty porcelain recipe plate, Python A L'Orange, is a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Ralph Lauren Spectator Cadet Dinnerware ~ 8 place settings
By Ralph Lauren
Located in New York, NY
A 40 (forty) piece dinnerware set in the Spectator Cadet pattern by Ralph Lauren Home.
Features two wide blue bands with gold trim on white.
Pattern is currently discontinued; orig...
Category
1990s Portuguese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Kangxi period Plate porcelain Finely Hand Decorated, circa 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period, (1662-1722), circa 1700.
The plate is of large dinner plate size with a 10 inch di...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pr, French Porcelain Bleu Céleste Ground Compotes with Gilt and Enamel Accent
By Minton
Located in Atlanta, GA
A refined pair of French porcelain pedestal compotes, likely Paris or Limoges manufacture, dating to the late 19th century. Each features a shallow circular dish elevated on a turned...
Category
19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
Bavaria, Germany. Porcelain tray. Blue Onion-patterned. Printed decoration.
Located in København, Copenhagen
PRE-OWNED GOODS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT TARIFFS FOR U.S., UK, AUSTRALIAN & CANADIAN CUSTOMERS.
THEREFORE, NO IMPORT TARIFFS WILL BE APPLICABLE TO YOUR PURCHASE.
Bavaria, Germany....
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Twelve Christofle "Micro-Gold" Faux Malachite Porcelain Chargers, 12.625"
By Christofle
Located in Atlanta, GA
**Set of Twelve Christofle "Micro-Gold" Faux Malachite Porcelain Chargers, 12.625" Diameter**
A set of twelve contemporary Christofle porcelain chargers, each measuring 12.625 inche...
Category
20th Century French Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Andy Warhol Daisy Breakfast set (9 pcs)
By Andy Warhol, Rosenthal
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Andy Warhol Daisies 3 sets of coffee cup and saucer and plate. Rosenthal Andy Warhol Daisies line---beautiful, precious collector po...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stunning Art Nouveau Vienna Porcelain Gold Sugar Bowl and Creamer Set
Located in Red Lion, PA
This Vienna Austria porcelain sugar bowl and creamer set is a stunning example of early 20th-century European craftsmanship. Elegantly finished in a striking metallic gold, the desig...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
19th French Century Signed Samson Porcelain
By Edmé Samson
Located in Roma, IT
19th French Century Signed Samson Porcelain
Beautiful and rare hand-decorated porcelain bowl from the famous Edmé Samson manufacture (b Paris, 1810; d Paris, 1891).
Displays the ori...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Plate Rose Medallion Hand Painted, Qing, circa 1875
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export, porcelain, Rose Medallion dish or plate which we date to the 19th century, Qing dynasty, circa 1875.
I...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Royal Copenhagen Bone China Demitasse Cups and Saucers circa 1951
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Delightful pair of bone china Royal Copenhagen demitasse cups and saucers
One a soft pale pink, the other crushed raspberry. Each decorated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$190 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Mid Century Murano Glass Pink Small Vase with a Frill, Italy, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A lovely Mid-Century Modern white Glass vase from the 1960s.
Original vintage good condition. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Haviland Limoges Vieux Paris Green Set of Cup and Saucer
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage set of cup and saucer features Vieux Paris decor in green colorway on thin, semi-translucent porcelain. The pattern consists of cornflowers in blue, purple and gold colors, ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Romantic Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Foo Dog Guardian Lion Blue Porcelain Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Size Male Guardian Lion Foo Dog in Turquoise Blue Glazed Porcelain
Algora Porcelains
Designed from 1920 to 1949.
This is a male guardian lion sculpture, is recognized as it is ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
$2,273 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Derby Mansion House Dwarf Figures porcelain, 19th Century
By Derby
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a pair of Derby Porcelain "Mansion House" Dwarfs or "Grotesque Punches" both with incised model numbers and dating to the 19th century.
Both figures, male and female are m...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Blue & White Porcelain Planter Jardiniere 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a delightful and decorative vintage blue and white ironstone china planter which will look fabulous with plants and flowers but is also i...
Category
Late 20th Century European Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Two Limoges France Oyster Plate French Vintage Porcelain
By Limoges
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of 2 vintage French oyster plates. Each oyster plate features 6 wells for oysters. They are marked at the back. Nice addition to you...
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Las Palmas, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
La collezione di Porcellane Las Palmas deve il suo nome alla città di Palmas, in Brasile. Si tratta di un vero e proprio omaggio alle palme, che siano le loro foglie, l'intera pianta...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$455 Sale Price / set
20% Off
3 Piece Place Setting Coffee Cup, Saucer, Plate Hutschenreuther Blue Onion
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful setting of three china porcelain Hutschenreuther blue onion pieces, made in Germany, in the 1960s. All items are in very good co...
Category
1960s German Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Andy Warhol "Golden Angels" NEW Espresso Cup and Saucer
By Andy Warhol, Rosenthal
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Andy Warhol christmas golden Angels espresso cup with saucer. Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time, loved Christmas and was known...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate For Piero Fornasetti, The Sun
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
The Sun,
Rosenthal Factory,
Motiv Number 18,
1980s
Wonderful rare example of the small range of plates made by Rosenthal in the 1980s from Piero Fornasetti designs. This one depicts the face of Lina Cavalieri as the face of the sun amongst clouds. These plates are sometimes called Julia plates...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Ginori Italy Mantua "Italian Scene" Demitasse Cup and Saucer Set
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Richard Ginori demitasse or espresso cup and saucer set was made of fine semi-translucent porcelain in Italy. It is decorated with early landscape-based Mantua, or "Italian Sce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bareuther Bavaria Coffee Service, made in Germany, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Bareuther Bavaria coffee service, made in Germany, 1980s
Consisting of 12 cups and saucers, coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl. Never used.
The measur...
Category
1980s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$313 Sale Price / set
47% Off
Richard Ginori Galli RossiPorcelain Dinnerware Set, Doccia Manufactory, Florence
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly invite you to read the full description, as we strive to provide detailed historical and technical information to ensure the authenticity of our pieces.
Elegant 20-piece po...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Monkey Band NINE-Piece Set Porcelain figurines by Sitzendorf , Circa 1910
By Sitzendorf
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a beautiful set of NINE porcelain Monkey Figures or Figurines all playing in a Band made by Sitzendorf, Germany, circa 1910.
What makes these figures special is the excell...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service, Denmark 1961
Located in Delft, NL
Royal Copenhagen porcelain tableware dinner service, Denmark 1961
A Royal Copenhagen porcelain dinner service with pattern number 595, the floral golden basket
Flowers in the ce...
Category
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fritz Heidenreich Rosenthal Mid-Century Large Pair Porcelain Doves
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and quality pair German Rosenthal mid-century large porcelain doves designed by renowned sculptor Fritz Heidenreich (German, 1895-1966). The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Yellow and Black Chinoiserie Style Porcelain Charger Plate 1930s
By Arita
Located in Glasgow, GB
A large Japanese export 15" Chinoiserie-style porcelain charger plate, crafted in Japan around the 1930s. Stamped to its underside with a red insignia reading "foreign," a mark gener...
Category
1930s Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
$254 Sale Price
50% Off
Cabinet de Curiosités, Six Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Bread Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Cabinet de Curiosités collection takes inspiration from the rooms of the same name which in the sixteenth century collected objects and subjec...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price / set
20% Off
England Silvered Metal 5 Pieces of Coffee Tea Service Silver Color 20th Century
By Queen Anne
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
These are 5 pieces of a coffee service. The colors are Silver.
1 Sugar pot
2 Bowls
I TeaPot and 1coffeepot
The are from England made during the 20th Century.
Category
20th Century English George IV Porcelain
Materials
Metal
$426 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Russian Imperial Style by Laura Cerwinske, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Russian Imperial Style by Laura Cerwinske. Published by Prentice Hall, NY, 1990. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Sumptuously illustrated with over 100 stunning full-page co...
Category
1990s American Porcelain
Materials
Paper
Vintage Royal Albert 12 Place Tea & Coffee Service Set Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful vintage 50 piece tea, coffee service by Royal Albert China, the design is called Old Country Roses, Circa 1960 in date.
It is beautifully made of fine bone china porcelain with hand enamelled floral decoration.
There is no mistaking its unique quality and design, which is sure to make it a treasured piece by any discerning collector.
The set comprises :
1 x Large Coffeepot with lid
1 x Large Teapot with lid
1 x Large Milk Jug
1x Small Milk Jug
1 x Open Sugar bowl
1x Lidded Sugar Bowl
12 x Tea / Coffee Cups & Saucers
12 x Cake Plates
2 x Large Cake Platter
1 x Canapé Platter
2x Large Strawberry Bowls
Condition:
It is offered in truly excellent condition and appears to have rarely if ever been used.
Dimensions in cm:
height 3 x width 27 x depth 25 - cake platter
Dimensions in inches:
height 1 inch x width 11 inches x depth 10 inches - cake platter
Launched in 1962
Old Country Roses was designed by Harold Holdcroft and introduced in 1962. Its flamboyant design was inspired by the riot of colour and assortment of flowers in a typical English cottage garden, and especially by fragrant roses in full bloom. Harold used both rich and soft colours combining lush deep red roses with warmth from a peach tea rose and delicacy from the blush pink, and accentuated the composition with rich green foliage.
Brilliant gold stippling and 22-carat gilded rims complete the design creating one of the most exuberant expressions of Royal Albert's acclaimed century-long, floral tradition. Overwhelmingly popular throughout the world, Old Country Roses is regarded as the epitome of fine English teaware.
Company History
Wild (Thomas C. Wild (& Co.)) (1896–1917)
Thomas Clarke Wild joined his father, Thomas Wild, in the purchase of the Albert Works, Longton in 1895, and the partnership manufactured bone china teaware as Thomas C. Wild & Co. Wild became sole proprietor on the death of his father in 1898 and from 1905 to 1917 the business traded simply as ‘Thomas C. Wild’. The St Mary’s Works, Longton, was purchased from Bernard Moore in 1905 and used initially for decoration of the products manufactured at the nearby Albert Works. As Wild’s business prospered he acquired other factories and pottery businesses, the Park Place Works was acquired in about 1910, followed by the Royal Albert China Works in 1917, the Shore & Coggins Ltd business (and Edensor Works) in 1918 and that of William Lowe...
Category
1960s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Arje Griegst - Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa - 5 Plates 14172
Located in Stockholm, SE
5 Dinner Plates of model Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Rosa designed by Arje Griegst in the late 1970s and also produced between 1975-79. The plates are 25 cm in diameter and in e...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Cabinet de Curiosités, Six Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Bread Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Cabinet de Curiosités collection takes inspiration from the rooms of the same name which in the sixteenth century collected objects and subjec...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Natsumi, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Bordeaux and blue are the primary colors of this Japan inspired collection of plates, where ancient Japanese scenes take place on the rivers of a ...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$454 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mont Blanc, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Inspired by the highest mountain of the Alps, the Mont Blanc, this collection of plates is a photography of the changing seasons. Winter is here and a...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$455 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Berlin Porcelain Mid-Century Tortoise Pin Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful German mid-century porcelain pin dish modelled as a tortoise by renowned makers Berlin and believed to date between 1945 and 1962. The dish is mo...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique and Vintage Porcelain Dinner Plates, Platters and Serveware for Sale
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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