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Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass For Sale
Creator: Meissen Porcelain
Creator: Piero Fornasetti
Meissen Art Nouveau Group 'the Air' by Paul Helmig, Germany, Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900:
Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, si...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations - Buttons, Motiv 13
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate,
Themes and Variations,
Buttons
Motiv 13,
1980s
The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with t...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Splendid Centerpiece With Music Playing Children, by Leuteritz, Mid-20th
Located in Vienna, AT
The centerpiece was designed by Leuteritz using old forms in Rococo style:
High, round rocaille base, centered a high column, covered on the front and back with large rocaille panel...
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Mid-20th Century German Rococo Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Meissen Germany Porcelain Serving Inset Strainer Entrée Dishes
Located in Gardena, CA
Pair Meissen Germany Porcelain Serving Entrée Dishes. Hand painted scattered florals throughout. With an insert strainer to each tray. Meissen marks to the underside.
Additional Inf...
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20th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Group 'Girl With Goat', by Erich Hoesel, Meissen Germany, ca 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Girl in a striped dress with polka dots and a white blouse holding a bouquet of flowers in both hands above her head and fending off a ...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Pair Girl and Boy Feeding Chickens and Geese
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Meissen Figures circa 1870. The girl feeding chickens, the boy feeding geese. The pair first modelled by J.J Kaendler in 1761. Both figur...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century style Meissen Tureen with family crest.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century style German Meissen porcelain lidded tureen, having wonderful gilded high lights, scrolling handles and feet, white porcelain garlands of flowers surrounding the whole. a faux pierced affect and four small inset hand painted plaques depicting romantic scenes. A family crest or armoral painted on the lid which has this impressive crown finial...
Category
Early 20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Large Pair of Pugs with Pup
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair Meissen Pugs first modelled by J J Kaendler 1771.
Female with puppy and both Male and Female pugs in seated position.
Height of Male – 25cm
Hei...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figure of the Hot Chocolate Maker Representing Fire 'Element Series'
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen figure of the hot chocolate maker representing fire from the series of four elements. First modelled by JJ Kaendler in 1770.
Height 10cm 3.94in
...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes and Variations Plate, Motiv 28
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Motiv Number 28,
1980s
The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the fa...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Plate from Meissen, Germany, Late 19th Century
Located in Chorzów, PL
Blue onion plate from Meissen Germany
Signature from late 19th century
Very good condition, small chip shown at the picture.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1969 Piero Fornasetti Zodiac Porcelain Plate, Virgo, Made for Corisia
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Zodiac Porcelain Plate,
Virgo,
Made for Corisia in 1969 #6 in series.
The plate in black and gold depicts the astrological si...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Vase Designed by Ludwig Zepner for the "Weiss" Series
By Meissen Porcelain, Ludwig Zepner
Located in Delft, NL
Meissen porcelain vase designed by Ludwig Zepner for the "Weiss" series for Meissen, Germany, 1960s
Ludwig Zepner (1931-2010) a German inventor, designed this vase in the 1960s fo...
Category
20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Huge Meissen Platter with Butterflies, Early 19th Century
Located in Dresden, DE
Huge Meissen platter with some very rare decoration. It's a combination of Indian flowers with lots of Chinese butterflies. These paintings in very intense colours.
About 20.5 in...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Eight Meissen Dessert Plates Each Painted with a Different Flower Bouquet
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this beautiful set of eight Meissen dessert plates. Each plate is painted with a different central flower bouquet. Inside th...
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1890s German Romantic Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Set of Plates with Mollusks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain Conchiglie seashell plates with snails and mollusks,
Set of Six,
circa 1960s-1970s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchiglie pattern which d...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Cupid Stabbing Heart with Arrow
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Figure of cupid stabbing heart with arrow from a series of 27 cupids first modelled by Heinrich Schwabe 1878. Circa 1890
Model L10 & Painters mark 40...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Legumi Pattern Demi-lune Salad Dishes, Set of Seven
Located in Downingtown, PA
Seven Piero Fornasetti Shaped Ceramic Dishes in Legumi Pattern,
1950s.
The set of seven crescent-shaped Piero Fornasetti ceramic Salad dishes are each decorated with a different nam...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Cupid Lighting Hearts with Flame ‘Je Les Enflamme’
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen figure of cupid lighting hearts with flame from a series of 16 each inscribed with the motto in french on the base. In this instance it says ‘Je Les Enflamme’ ‘I Ignite them’...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coasters Il Mondo Alla Rovescia Midcentury Set of 8
Located in North Miami, FL
These theatrical vintage Piero Fornasetti complete set of 8 hand painted very colorful porcelain coasters and or small plates are Mid-Century Modern. They are for an opera and in translation of English for the opera mean Topsy Turvy. Great barware. These are not common. They come in their original round gold box...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Nine Blue Onion Meissen Show or Wall Plates
Located in Stamford, CT
Nine blue onion Meissen show or wall plates. This is a stunning collection of blue white wall platters purchased from a NYC Socialite at the Beekman on the East side of Manhattan. Th...
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Late 19th Century German Chinese Export Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Dancing Peasant Woman
Located in Altrincham, GB
A very rare Meissen porcelain figure of a dancing peasant woman. Modelled in 1748-63 by Johann Joachim Kaendler and/or Peter Reinicke.
Unglazed underside, blue crossed swords mark...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Grape Picker Boy 'Gardeners Series No. 8'
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Grape Collector first modelled by J J Kaendler 1740
Number 8 From a series of Gardners
circa 1870
Height 13.5cm.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Street Trader Figure Selling Grapes Cris of Paris
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen figure of street trader selling grapes. From the series of 35 figures known as the Cris of Paris. They were based on the drawings of Christopher ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Ormolu Windmill with Meissen Harlequin and Columbine
Located in Maidstone, GB
Windmill from the Louis XV period, decorated with 2 Meissen porcelain figures and gilt bronze.
The movement of the mill signed inside ‘Bunon Fecit ParisiSe’ , and likely to be the w...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Louis XV Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Antique Meissen Two Tier Dessert / Cake Stands
Located in London, GB
A fine quality pair of 2-tier stands with figural finials of a maiden and man. The reticulated plates and supports each painted with various types of birds, waterfowl, insects and fl...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Racegoer and Companion
Located in Altrincham, GB
A pair of Meissen figures of the Racegoer and his companion, holding his spyglass to his right eye, his left holding the top of his cane, his companion holding a letter and with her ...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Leopard Attacking a Snake, 20th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 20th Century Meissen porcelain model of a Leopard attacking a snake.
Batch 71 61587 DSKZN
Category
20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Small Knob Vase with the "Ming Dragon" Motif
Located in Delft, NL
Meissen porcelain small knob vase with the "Ming Dragon" motif
Meissen Porcelain Ming Dragon yellow small knob vase. The rims are gilded. A small vase raised on a foot with a belly and a knob in the neck with a tapered end with Meissen's “Ming Dragon” motif. This pattern, which is one of the manufactory’s earliest designs, was created in in 1740. The figure of the dragon with four toes, which is the representation typically used at Meissen, was originally reserved exclusively for imperial princes in ancient China.
The yellow Dragon...
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Mid-20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Europa and the Bull
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen group of Europa and the Bull. Europa sitting on white bull with two female attendants sitting either side of her. The god Zeus has transformed himself in to a docile white bull in order to gain the confidence of Europa before he carries her off in to the sea and on to the island of crete where she bore him three sons. First modelled by JJ Kaendler...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Piero Fornasetti Tabby Cat Tray, 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
A fabulous light-colored and black version of the tromp l’oeil Tabby cat designed by Piero Fornasetti. Originally designed and produced in the mid-1950s as per the Fornasetti catalog...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Meissen Girl Feeding Cat
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen figure of a girl holding a cat on her lap which she is feeding with milk from a saucer. First modelled c1750.
Circa 1870
Height 12cm / 4.72inches
Model number B94
...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Allegorical Group 'The Water', by M.V. Acier, Germany, Around 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Nymph, covered only with a cloth, seated on a half shell floating on the water, holding the cloth at one end so that it forms ...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Plate-Clock, Pattern Number 74
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #74
The Clock,
Atelier Fornasetti,
1990s
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Early Meissen Partridge Tureen, 1740
Located in Dresden, DE
Lidded box with naturalistic painting in shades of brown. The finely worked out nesting material in light green. Due to their very decorative character, figurative lidded boxes were ...
Category
17th Century German Baroque Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Flower Seller Figure Cris of Paris 'Cris Series'
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thc Meissen flower seller from the series of 35 figures known as the Cris of Paris.
Number 16
Height 13.5cm
Cross swords in underglaze blue...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Extremely Rare Meissen Beer Mug, Drunken Radish
Located in Dresden, DE
Huge beer mug in the shape of a smiling radish who has had a bit too much beer.
Very intense colours and the whole mug designed with the surface of a radi...
Category
20th Century German Other Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates,
"12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns, Twelve Months,
Eight Plates,
Mid to Late 1950s.
Piero Fornasetti's "12 Mesi 12 Soli" series numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10, showing the sun as a woman's face and each one representing a different month- May & June.
Dimensions: 10-inch diameter x 1-inch high.
The Piero Fornasetti Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates are a series of twelve porcelain plates that were designed by the Italian artist Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s. Each plate features a different month of the year, represented by a sun with the face of a woman. The plates are decorated in a whimsical and playful style that is typical of Fornasetti's work.
The Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates were inspired by a calendar that Fornasetti created in 1942 for his friend, the Italian publisher Gio Ponti. The calendar featured a series of drawings of the sun with the face of a woman, and Fornasetti later adapted these drawings for the plates.
The Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates were first produced in the early 1950s.
Mark: Each with Piero Fornasetti printed...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Catchall / Vide-Poche in Porcelain "La Gioconda" by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Original astonishing porcelain catchall / vide-poche "La Gioconda" by Piero Fornasetti. Heavy porcelain construction for use as beautiful desk accessories. Marked on the bottom...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figure of Air “Allegory of the Element Air” 'Element Series'
Located in Altrincham, GB
“Allegory of the element air”
J. Kaendler, 1770
Model Number: C 99
Circa 1880, painter’s mark in Orange.
Height 13 cm, width 13 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Box in Shape of a Pug
Located in Dresden, DE
Meissen box with cover in shape of a laying pug. Naturalistic painting.
Looks like new.
Category
20th Century European Baroque Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group of Three Dogs Two Bolognese Spaniels and a Pug Dog
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Group of Three Dogs two Bolognese Spaniels and a Pug dog sat on a grassy mound base.- Modelled by Kaendler.
circa 1850.
Height 14cm / 5.5inch.
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Posacenere Ore Quotidiano” Ceramica 1950, Italia
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti Posacenere measure: 24".
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Meissen Kingfishers
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting pair of naturalistically modelled Meissen kingfishers perched on tree stumps, each with wonderful colour and signed to the bases with the blue crossed sword of the Meis...
Category
Early 20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Baby Child with Picture Book, by Konrad Hentschel
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created:
Baby in a dress with legs outstretched sitting on the floor and looking at a picture book.
Modeling of the finest quality, extremely loving and lifelike details.
Modeller:
JULIUS KONRAD HENTSCHEL (Cologne 1872 - Meissen 1907)
studied at the academies in Munich and Dresden, worked as a modeler and porcelain painter, from 1889 in the Meissen manufactory.
Model U 149 was created 1904.
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1905
Style: Art Nouveau
Material: multicolored porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain
Hallmarked: underglaze blue Meissen Sword...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Apple Picking Group
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Porcelain Figure group of Apple Pickers late 19th Century after a model by J.J. Kaendler and F.E. Meyer of 1751 depicted as a maiden and three young boys climbing a ladder an...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Cupid with Flaming Heart
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen figure of cupid with flaming heart in wooden cage. Cross swords in underglaze blue. Incised model number O186.
circa 1890.
Height is 11.5cm.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Marcolini Duck Tureen
Located in Dresden, DE
This figurative butter or pate terrine in duck form, Meissen, c. 1780/90, impresses with its naturalistic painting and finely worked plumage structure. Such figurative service compon...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Bird Figure, European Roller On A Trunk, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of animal figures:
European roller leaning forward, also known as almond crow in German-speaking countries, sitting on a tree trunk with o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Porcelain: Empress Catherine ii of Russia's Favorite Dog
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen Porcelain Model Of Empress Catherine II Of Russia's Favorite Dog (Russisches Windspiel). This delightful 19th-century Meissen porcelain model depicts Empress C...
Category
1860s German Louis XVI Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Street Trader Waiter Cris of Paris 'Cris Series'
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thc Meissen street trader waiter from the series of 35 figures known as the Cris of Paris.
Number 1
Height 13.5cm
Cross swords in underglaze ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Gallant Holding Flowers
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Figure of Gallant holding flowers first modelled circa 1765.
Height 19.5cm
Underglaze blue crossed swords underneath. Incised model number A58.
circa 1870.
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Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Blanc de Chine Porcelain Jester and Monkey Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine vintage Meissen porcelain blanc de chine figure of a Jester with a monkey and owl dating from the 20th century. The figure stands on a narr...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Meissen Potpourri Monkey Vase, Eberlein, 1850
Located in Dresden, DE
Unique Meissen potpourri vase designed by Johann Friedrich Eberlein.
Perforated baluster shaped vase with additional figurines and some branc...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Cupid
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting late 19th century Meissen Porcelain figure of a 'Cupid'
Having wonderful colouring, an under-glaze blue crossed swords mark to the ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Style Gardener Group, 'Apple Harvest', by Kaendler, Germany, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborately crafted porcelain group from the 19th century:
A couple of gardeners and two boys harvesting apples, dressed in rural Rococo robes with fine decorations, a boy standing at the top end of the ladder leaning against the tree and picking apples, below them the gardener couple, the female catching them in her apron held high while the beau reaches an apple to her mouth, a boy sitting behind the tree and taking an apple from the full hat standing next to him on a tree stump.
On a round meadow base with three-dimensional foliage and gold-heightened rocaille decoration.
Designer:
JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER (1706 - 1775) was chief sculptor at the Meissen manufactory from 1742 to 1775. He is the most famous modeller Meissen manufactory ever had and created famous series such as Shepherd Figurines, Comedian's Children, Gardener Children (with Acier), Paris Town Criers (with Reinicke and Meyer) , Gallant Figurines, etc.
Kaendler designed model 1755...
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1850s German Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Huntsman and Companion with Dogs
Located in Altrincham, GB
Modelled as a huntsman seated on a stool holding a gun, with a dog at his feet, on a circular plinth base, his female companion similarly modelled seated on a stool holding a hound a...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Candlestick Holder Ornate Yellow Dragon
Located in Delft, NL
Meissen Porcelain candlestick holder ornate yellow Dragon
Meissen Porcelain ornate yellow Dragon candlestick holder. The rims and pattern...
Category
Late 20th Century German Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique and Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Your dining room table is a place where stories are shared and personalities shine — why not treat yourself and your guests to the finest antique and vintage glass, silver, ceramics and serveware for your meals?
Just like the people who sit around your table, your serveware has its own stories and will help you create new memories with your friends and loved ones. From ceramic pottery to glass vases, set your table with serving pieces that add even more personality, color and texture to your dining experience.
Invite serveware from around the world to join your table settings. For special occasions, dress up your plates with a striking Imari charger from 19th-century Japan or incorporate Richard Ginori’s Italian porcelain plates into your dining experience. Celebrate the English ritual of afternoon tea with a Japanese tea set and an antique Victorian kettle. No matter how big or small your dining area is, there is room for the stories of many cultures and varied histories, and there are plenty of ways to add pizzazz to your 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 more durable than ceramic because it is denser. The latter is ideal for statement pieces — your tall mid-century modern ceramic vase is a guaranteed conversation starter. And while your earthenware or stoneware is maybe better suited to everyday lunches as opposed to the fine bone china you’ve reserved for a holiday meal, handcrafted studio pottery coffee mugs can still be a rich expression of your personal style.
“My motto is ‘Have fun with it,’” says author and celebrated hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran. “It’s yin and yang, high and low, Crate & Barrel with Christofle silver. I like to mix it up — sometimes in the dining room, sometimes on the kitchen banquette, sometimes in the loggia. It transports your guests and makes them feel more comfortable and relaxed.”
Introduce elegance at supper with silver, such as a platter from celebrated Massachusetts silversmith manufacturer Reed and Barton or a regal copper-finish flatware set designed by International Silver Company, another New England company that was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898. By then, Meriden had already earned the nickname “Silver City” for its position as a major hub of silver manufacturing.
At the bar, try a vintage wine cooler to keep bottles cool before serving or an Art Deco decanter and whiskey set for after-dinner drinks — there are many possibilities and no wrong answers for tableware, barware and serveware. Explore an expansive collection of antique and vintage glass, ceramics, silver and serveware today on 1stDibs.
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