Meissen Large Group
Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Romantic Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1870s German Aesthetic Movement Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1880s German Empire Busts
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1850s German Classical Greek Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1910s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1870s German Rococo Centerpieces
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century German Rococo Busts
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Victorian Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1760s Chinese Chinese Export Soup Tureens
Porcelain
Antique 1870s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 18th Century Austrian Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 18th Century German Rococo Soup Tureens
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Rococo Candlesticks
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
Antique 1750s English Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 1760s English Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Table Lamps
Bronze
Antique 1760s English Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 1760s English Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 1760s English Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 1750s German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 1770s German Rococo Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1740s European Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century European Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Greco Roman Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Mid-18th Century German Georgian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s German Georgian Ceramics
Porcelain
Antique 1870s German Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s German Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 1770s Asian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1870s German Classical Roman Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
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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.
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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