Porcelain
2010s German Country Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Porcelain
Porcelain, Paint
1890s German Antique Porcelain
Enamel
19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century German Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
1960s Belgian Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1980s French Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s German Baroque Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century German High Victorian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1980s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s German Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
1910s English Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
1950s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
18th Century German Sporting Art Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Porcelain
Porcelain
1820s Welsh George III Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Country Antique Porcelain
Majolica, Porcelain
Late 20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Porcelain
1950s American Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Earthenware, Ironstone
18th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
1850s French Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Porcelain
Delft
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Porcelain
1810s English George III 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.