Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Ceramic, Paint
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Ceramic, Paint
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
1880s Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 2000s American Porcelain
Paper
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1840s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
18th Century German Sporting Art Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Country Porcelain
Porcelain
1870s German Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1980s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1820s British Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1850s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary German Black Forest Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Porcelain
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Ceramic, Porcelain, Rattan
19th Century German Renaissance Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1880s German Empire Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary German Black Forest Porcelain
Porcelain
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
1890s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Gold, Enamel
1930s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1910s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Other Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Polish Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Polish Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century George III Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Faience
Mid-20th Century English Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary French Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s French Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique and Vintage 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.
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.