Porcelain
Early 18th Century Chinese Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Ming Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s American Vintage Porcelain
Enamel, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain
Ceramic
20th Century Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
1960s American Country Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Porcelain
Gold
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary German Black Forest Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Hungarian Chinoiserie Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Gold
1890s German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Hungarian Other Porcelain
Porcelain
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s Vintage Porcelain
Earthenware
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Asian Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Porcelain
Ceramic
1910s Italian Vintage Porcelain
Ceramic, Porcelain
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century European Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Italian American Classical Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s German Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Porcelain
Brass
Early 20th Century Asian Porcelain
Pottery
Late 19th Century European Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century European Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century European Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century European Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century European Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century European Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1890s Japanese Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Gold
Early 20th Century French Empire Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain
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.