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Rockingham Porcelain Teacup, Gilt Seaweed, Flowers, Rococo Revival, 1832
By Rockingham
Located in London, GB
On offer is a teacup and saucer made by Rockingham in about 1832. The set is decorated with a gilt seaweed pattern and beautiful little flower posies.
We have an entire tea servic...
Category
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Figure 'Huntress with Dog', by J.C. Schoenheit, Around 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborate porcelain figure of the 19th century:
Young lady with rococo wig dressed as a huntress: black trident hat with colorful feather decoration, softly falling dress...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Neoclassical Porcelain Plate attributed to Coalport
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English Neoclassical porcelain plate
Attributed to Coalport.
Decorated throughout with rich gilding, and red, green,...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
My Wild Garden Sculpture N.3
Located in Brooklyn, NY
My Wild Garden N.3
This sculpture center piece is made by handbuilding technique to be able to give earth effect. On this sculpture, only the inside part is glazed and finished with silky white glaze with crystals. Outer of this sculture is not having any glaze. That way, you can feel smooth surface of porcelain.
2023
Porcelain
Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 7.5"
Photos: Ilona Golovina
I, Chala...
Category
2010s American Rococo Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Complete Set of Porcelain Figures "The Four Elements", Rococo, circa 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive complete set of large figures called The Four Elements, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. It consists of Ceres representing Earth, V...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Wilhelm Graef New York Hand Painted Porcelain Cabinet Plate
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional hand painted, probably continental, porcelain cabinet plate retailed by Wilhelm & Graef New York titled ‘The Ruffed I’m After’ ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Brush Pot or Bitong Porcelain hand painted, Qing Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
A Chinese Export porcelain brush pot or bitong, hand painted in a blue and white figural pattern and dating to the turn of the 19th Century, late Qing period, Circa 1900.
This piece is well potted in an over square, circular shape with the diameter being wider than the height. This is a heavy piece weighing over 2.5 Kg unpacked.
It is beautifully painted in varying shades and tones of under-glaze cobalt blue showing various figures in an outdoor scene with bats, fences, trees and mountains.
The piece has a bi-ring base, which is a typical feature of Kangxi period brush pots, though this piece is Kangxi revival in its style.
Overall a very decorative, beautifully proportioned, hand painted blue and white Chinese porcelain brush pot.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Thomas Wolfe Factory Z Lion Pattern English Teacup and Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce antique English Staffordshire bone china teacup and saucer hand decorated with a red lion by Thomas Wolfe (Factory Z) and dating from around 1810...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique English Porcelain Dishes Made by Coalport, Circa 1825
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of dishes were hand-painted at Coalport in England in the early 19th century.
The colors are fabulous; we see pink, purple, orange, blue, green, yellow, and turquoise.
Flo...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Polychrome Dutch Delft Plate
By Delft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 18th century Dutch Delft plate.
With painted floral decoration throughout in orange, purple, blue, and yellow.
Simply a wonderfu...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Delft
Villeroy & Boch Santa's Apple Baker. Porcelain Winter Bakery Delight Apple Baker
Located in Bastogne, BE
Villeroy & Boch Winter Bakery Delight Apple Baker.
Premium Porcelain.
Rare edition.
This Apple Baker was designed to cook an apple with the heat from an ordinary tea light. The enticing aroma of baking apples will delight your guests.
Bakery Delight is a collection created for winter, Christmas meetings with family and friends, over cookies, mulled wine...
Category
20th Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
13-Piece Vintage Japanese Tea Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage sumatsu serving set hand painted with maple leaves and birds / Made in Japan circa 1960s
1 tea pot, width 7 inches, height 4 inches, depth 6 inches
4 plates, diameter 6.75 in...
Category
20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century English Derby Fruit Coolers with Lids & Liners, ca. 1815
By Derby
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century English Derby Fruit Coolers with Lids & Liners, ca. 1815.
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
La Menagerie Ottomane Monkey Porcelaine Dinner Plate Handmade in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Few people knew about the presence of exotic animals inside the Sultans' palaces. Most of them were gifts given to him by chief of other states and soon they became popular as they r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Dinner Plate with Hand-Painted Fish Motif
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen porcelain dinner plate with hand-painted fish motif and golden border. Flora / Fauna Danica style. Dated 1951.
Diameter: 25.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped....
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tall Beaker, Decorated with Prunus, Dehua, C1680
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A striking beaker, in Dehua’s luscious porcelain. An unsually bright white for Dehua, which is very attractive.
A tall beaker, of pleasing shape, with simple decoration of Prunus....
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
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 ...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Estate English Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Demitasse Cups and Saucers.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 6 Estate English Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Demitasse Cups and Saucers.
Cups: height - 2.5 inches, diameter - 2.5 inches
Saucers: he...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti "Mitologia" Cocktail or Glass Coasters, Set of Eight
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Piero Fornasetti "Mitologia" set of 8 bar or drink coasters, circa 1970's. This stylish set of cocktail coasters were produced exclusively for the New York City department store Bonw...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Emperor Napoleon III Sevres Porcelain Cup Saucer & Sugar Bowl 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is an important fine Sèvres porcelain breafast cup and saucer with a footed sugar bowl dating from the mid 19th Century.
The cup saucer & bowl all feature the gilt crowned N cipher with gilt line borders on a white ground and the undersides bearing the red Imperial crowned N Sèvres mark with date letters for 1855 and 1860.
This is sure to be a treasured addition to your home.
Condition:
Both cup saucer and bowl are in very good condition with no signs of damage or restoration and the gilding is crisp.
Dimensions in cm:
height 9 x width 16 x depth 12 - cup
height 3.6 x width 18 x depth 18 - saucer
height 7.5 x width 14 x depth 14 - bowl
Dimensions in inches:
height 3 inches x width 6 inches x depth 5 inches - cup
height 1 inch x width 7 inches x depth 7 inches - saucer
height 3 inches x width 5 inches x depth 5 inches - bowl
Louis was king of France when the monarchy was overthrown during the French Revolution. He was guillotined in 1793.
Louis was born at Versailles on 23 August 1754. In 1770, he married Marie Antoinette, daughter of the emperor and empress of Austria...
Category
1850s French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Meissen Luncheon Plates Each Painted with a Different Flower Bouquet
Located in Boston, MA
This is a fabulous set of twelve Meissen luncheon or dessert plates. Each of these Meissen plates are beautifully painted with a different large central flower bouquet. The artwork o...
Category
Early 1900s German Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1960 Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astronomici Plate, #7 in Series
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
1960 Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate with number 7 in the Astronomici series.
Astronomici means "Astronomics". This is a rare pattern in black and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Plates, Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates,
Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish,
Numbered # 2 & 3,
circa 1960s
The porcelain plates depict two diff...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H&R Daniel Plate, White, Floral, Etruscan Shape, Regency, circa 1825
By H&R Daniel
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful cake plate made by H&R Daniel in about 1825. The plate is potted in the square "Etruscan" shape and is decorated in a white ground with a beautiful floral pattern and gilt anthemion sprigs.
The plate formed part of a large tea service; we also have a trio
The H & R Daniel porcelain factory was founded by Henry Daniel, son of a family of master colour makers. He headed up the decoration department in the famous Spode factory where he oversaw all the beautiful early Spode decorations. In 1822 he opened his own factory with his son Richard, creating a truly iconic body of work with the most subtle colours and beautifully painted flowers and landscapes.
The Daniel factory was the last true cottage industry among the English porcelain factories, resisting the increase of industrialisation and mass production. This resulted in extraordinary and unrivalled quality, but it probably also led to the factory having to close its doors in 1846 because it could no longer compete with others who did modernise. Daniel porcelain can be hard to identify as the factory was only around for about two decades, but this short duration and the low output also means that Daniel items have become true collectors' items.
The plate is unmarked except the faded pattern number 3863, which points to a date of 1825.
A picture of this pattern can be seen on plate 34 of Michael Berthoud and Lybne Price's "Daniel Patterns on Porcelain".
CONDITION REPORT The plate is in perfect antique condition except some very light rubbing as visible in the pictures.
Antique British porcelain...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Endre László Szász for Hollohaza Porcelain Violin
By Endre Szasz
Located in Delft, NL
Endre László Szász for hollohaza porcelain violin, Hungary 1979-1980.
A Hungarian porcelain violin on a round stand with a brown painted scene o...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair of English Brass and Porcelain Candlesticks Victorian, 1870
Located in London, GB
Fine pair of English Victorian detailed brass twist candlesticks, featuring beautiful cream and gold porcelain bases. The candlesticks are hei...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Brass
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
Davenport Hand Painted Porcelain Plate
Located in East Geelong, VIC
The centre of this Davenport porcelain plate is decorated with a hand painted scene of a farmhouse on the edge of a dense wood, with sheep grazing in a meadow in the foreground, on t...
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Saxon Flower Special Version, Eight Rare Deep Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Saxon flower special version.
Eight rare deep plates with hand-painted flowers and gold decoration. Approx. 1900.
Measures: 25 x 4.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Satsuma Vase Shimazu Clan
Located in Fulton, CA
Showa period Satsuma vase with Shimazu Clan marking. Japan, mid to late 20th century. Excellent original condition.
Category
20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 12 Dresden Hand Painted Watteau Subjects Dinner Plates Carl Thieme
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a set of 12 hand painted Dresden dinner plates depicing Classic Watteau scenes surrounding the borders with masterfully hand painted centers, each a unique scene. The central...
Category
1910s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Jacob Petit Style Old Vieux Paris Porcelain Flowers Vases
By Old Paris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique porcelain flower vases.
In the style of Jacob Petit.
Each with a large central vase surrounded by 4 smaller, int...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Soviet Ukraine Porcelain 3-Piece Tea Service Soviet Russian Modernism
Located in Sharon, CT
All hand painted and signed made in Soviet Ukraine. Cup is 5.8cm high, saucer 12cm diameter and the dessert 17cm. diameter.
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Cauldon 16 Pc. Dessert Set Blue Shaped Rims, Hand Painted Flowers Serving Pcs
By Cauldon
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a complete dessert set that includes 16 pieces made by Cauldon, England. There are 12 Dessert Plates measuring 8.75 x .75, a round serving bowl, 2 oval bowls and a footed taz...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi Period Chinese Dish or Plate Porcelain Blue & White Chenghua Mark Ca 1680
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain blue and white Dish or Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period ( 1662-1722), dating to Circa 1680 or slightly earlier
This is a well potted dish with 16 lobes or ribs, a wavy barbed rim, a very well cut foot rim and a very white glaze.
The plate is very finely hand painted in a free flowing style, characteristic of the period, in varying shades of a clear cobalt blue, from the very dark to the very light blue.
The central well is hand decorated with an iconic outdoor...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Sanssouci Coffee Pot, Sugar Bowl and Cream Jug, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rosenthal Sanssouci coffee pot, sugar bowl and cream jug. Hand-painted flowers, foliage in relief and gold edge.
1950s.
The coffee pot measures:...
Category
1950s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Empire Essay, Harriet Mathilde Bing, B & G, No. 64
Located in Lejre, DK
Empire set, designed by Harriet Mathilde Bing, decorated flower garlands by bing and grøndahl no. 64.
Measures: height :15 dia:20.
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20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Antique Blanc de Chine Porcelain Figural Centrepiece
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Minton porcelain blanc de chine centrepiece with a young maiden with a basket dating from around 1862. The centrepiece stands o...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ottoman Kaftan Porcelain Dinner Plate with Gold Rim Made in Italy Kaft3
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
The elegance of kaftans is, thanks to Les-Ottomans, translated into a unique dinnerware collection. These porcelain plates are made in Italy and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Derby Porcelain Armorial Sauce Tureen C.1790
By Derby
Located in Exeter, GB
A fine Derby porcelain sauce tureen and stand c.1795-1800. Of navette shape, finely decorated with a blue band with gilding and the crest of the E...
Category
18th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set 3 Antique English Copeland Spode Chelsea Fantasy Bird Plates, circa 1910
Located in London, GB
Set 3 Antique English copeland spode chelsea fantasy bird plates circa 1910.
English Bone China Stamped Spode, Copeland, England to base.
In very g...
Category
1910s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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 Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gallo Design, Germany, Five Pamplona Porcelain Plates, Colorful Decoration
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gallo Design, Germany. Five Pamplona porcelain plates.
Colorful decoration. Late 20th century.
Measure: Diameter: 22 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
Late 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
003 Zinc
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dishwasher saf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
002 Petal
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan.
Dishwash...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
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 Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 3 Chinese Ceramic Plates, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese Ceramic plates, China mid-20th century.
Floreal motifs on the edge with rooster in the centre of the plate
Plate diameter 24 cm.
...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Teapot Hand Painted in Italy Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Berry teapot is entirely decorated with a dotted pink enamel.
Measures: Teapot 20 x 12 x 14 H cm - 60cl - 20oz
Piazza del Popolo, Berry collection
Hand painted porcelain
Made in Italy
First introduced at Milan Design Week 2018, the Piazza del Popolo collection is named after a Roman landmark, at the heart of Roman everyday life, and inspired by traditional, simple Italian artisanal pottery yet decorated in a personal and elegant key.
Each Coralla Maiuri product is entirely hand decorated. Each is a work of art. While ensuring consistency, they are never identical. Slight variations of decor and color from one to another are not only normal, but to be expected as a sign of their uniqueness.
For large quantities, production lead time to be confirmed.
Dishwasher and microwave oven safe.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Bronze Mounted Chinoiserie Floral Painted Inkwell
By Edmé Samson
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good quality bronzed mounted French porcelain inkwell with Chinoiserie floral painted designs possibly made by Samson of Paris in the second half of the 19th century. The inkwell i...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve Porcelain Plate #5, Signed, Unused
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve porcelain plate number 5. Signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two Antique Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain Serving Dishes, Early 19th C.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two antique Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain serving dishes. Early 19th century.
Measures: 35 x 4.8 cm.
In good condition. Both dishes with small chips.
1st factory quality.
St...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Minton Ornithological Porcelain Dessert
By Minton
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A partial dessert service by Minton, hand-painted with ornithological scenes after designs by Joseph Smith. The service comprises two small compotes and four dessert dishes.
This Minton dessert...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Country Style Porcelain Bowl Easter Bunny Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter bunny figure with grey spots in country style. The bunny is sitting in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Country Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 11 Early Spode Ironstone Imari Dessert Dishes Made circa 1815
By Spode
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A set of 11 Imari style ironstone dessert dishes, made by Spode circa 1815.
Josiah Spode II began producing stone china in 1813 as an alternative to porcelain. Stone china, also kno...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ironstone
Amphora Art Deco Elephant & Lion Porcelain Group, Czechoslovakia
By Amphora
Located in Newark, England
Large Amphora porcelain figural group featuring two lionesses attacking an elephant. The figure of extraordinary size measuring 66.5cm High (26.18inches) featuring a large elephant s...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Libation Cup, Dehua, Qing Dynasty, C1650
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Blanc de Chine cup of a shape copying earlier cups which were carved from 16th century rhinoceros horns.
Lucious Dehua porcelain, moulded and heavi...
Category
Mid-17th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester First Period Gilded Pattern Early Porcelain Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and unusual English Worcester First or Dr Wall Period porcelain bowl with molded shape with finely applied gilded and blue designs dating b...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique 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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