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Chinese Porcelain Plate with Dragon Decoration "Famille Verte" 18th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful porcelain plate of the green family with dragon decoration in the 18th century. The decoration is finely executed by hand, we see a green and golden dragon, with friez...
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18th Century Chinese Antique Porcelain

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Ceramic

Tigers Porcelain Dinner Plate by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Contemporary dinner plate 'Horses' designed by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans, a magical trip in an ottoman world made of exotic animals and ch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain

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Porcelain

C.1950's Théodore Haviland "Gold Encrusted Hearts" 21pc Porcelain Dinnerware Set
Located in Thiensville, WI
C.1940's - 1950's Théodore Haviland "Milford" "gold encrusted hearts" 21pc porcelain dinnerware set. This beautiful dinnerware set comes w...
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1950s American American Classical Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Samson Porcelain Vases and Covers, ”Famille Rose” Decoration, Exceptional Size
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Samson Porcelain vases and covers Late 19th century Exceptional size. ”Famille Rose” Decoration. One with invisible restoration in the body.  
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Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Chelsea-Derby Chocolate Cup Set, Gilt Stripes, Puce Flowers, Rococo 1770-1775
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful chocolate cup set made by Chelsea-Derby between 1770 and 1775, which was the Rococo era. The set consists of a cup, a saucer and a cover, and is decorated in a st...
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1770s English Rococo Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Sevres Hand Painted Matched Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique French matched hand painted porcelain cabinet cup and saucer painted with various scenes by Sevres and dating from the latter 19th century. ...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Derby Figure of Shepherdess with Garlanded Lamb, ca 1760
Located in London, GB
This is a charming Derby figure of a shepherdess with a garlanded lamb, made in or shortly after 1760. The figure is one half of a set called the "Garland...
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1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Rare Coalport England Indian Tree Set of 5 Cups with Plates and Serving Platter
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Set of 5 dessert plates and cups and large rectangular serving or sandwich platter was made of fine porcelain by Coalport China Company in England. It is hand decorated with Indian ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Le Tallec Set of 4 Demitasse Cups and Matching Tray with Profuse Raised Gilding
Located in Boston, MA
This is an exquisite Le Tallec set that includes four demitasse cups and saucers with a tray with a matching pattern. All the cups and saucers and the tray are embellished in raised profuse gilding with curves and scrolls in a rococo style. The tray is 13.5 inches in diameter. This demitasse set is very rare and would be a wonderful addition to any coffee lover or demitasse collector. Price of Le Tallec set-$1500.00. Camille Le Tallec was born in Paris in 1906. In 1929, he graduated from the Ecole du Louvre. In 1930, he opened his studio in Belleville, Paris, which became the Atelier Le Tallec. At his studio, his goal was to paint his porcelain pieces beautifully like Vincennes or Sevres porcelains. Most of the Le Tallec boxes...
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1950s French Rococo Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Vintage Noritake 'Roseville' Fine China Dining Set for 8 (79 Items) Ships Free
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Noritake Rosseville 6238 Fine China Dining Set. Manufactured in Japan, approximately in the beginning of 1960's. The set includes 64 items: (8) Dining Plates - 10.5" (8) Salad Plates...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Porcelain

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Porcelain

Noritake 'Highland Park' Bone China - 8-Person, 44 Pieces Dining Set
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Noritake Highland Park 9754 bone china set for 8. The set includes: 8 cups 8 saucers 8 dinner plates 10.5" 8 salad plates 8 1/8" 8 bread & butter plate...
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20th Century Japanese Porcelain

Materials

Bone, Porcelain

Antique KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Cabinet Plate Depicting the Biblical "Ruth"
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-painted porcelain cabinet plate was made by the renowned KPM porcelain factory of Germany in approximately 1880. The center of the plate features a depiction of the...
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Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Empire Paris porcelain vase, early 19th century circa 1810
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Antique French Paris porcelain vase or planter, early 19th century production, Empire period circa 1810. Beautiful, elegant trumpet-shaped model enhanced with a refined gilt stars an...
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Staffordshire Porcelain Campana Vase, Salmon, Gilt and Flowers, circa 1820
Located in London, GB
On offer is a very fine small porcelain campana vase made circa year 1820 by an unknown Staffordshire potter. The vase has a beautiful delicate salmon colored ground, rich gilding an...
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1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Bing & Grondahl Seagull Set of 9 Dinner Plates pre Royal Copenhagen, 1952-1957
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Bing & Grondahl Seagull Set consists of 9 dinner plates 9.65" in diameter with 6" rims, 1.25" high. Relief of scales on the rim is shaded in pale blue with ombre effect; plates are ...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Chamberlain & Co Worcester Amorial Crest Sample Plaque c.1840
Located in Exeter, GB
A Chamberlain & Co Worcester Amorial Crest Sample Plaque c.1840. This plaque was probably hung in the Chamberlain New Bond Street showroom to illustrate the various crests which could be added to a special order such as tea sets, dinner and dessert services...
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19th Century Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Country Style Porcelain Bowl with Easter Hare Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter hare figure with brown spots. The bunny is sitting on the side of the bowl for decorating nuts or swe...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Country Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Lady With Muff, by Konrad Hentschel, ca 1906
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant young lady with a wide-brimmed hat, decorated with green-brown-white checkered ribbons and a blue feather, wearing a floor-length white dress with a green hem and button plac...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Handcrafted Faceted Porcelain Ice Bucket Leather Handles
Located in Sharon, CT
Our Battuto ice bucket will make a great addition to your barware. Ice, champagne, prosecco, serve it all with style. The handmade porcelain bucket featuring our “beaten” facets fini...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Porcelain

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Leather, Porcelain

Rare 'Hope Service' Plate 18th Century Flight Worcester
Located in Brisbane, QLD
The Hope Service was designed and created by the Royal Flight Worcester Company, commissioned by the Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (later King William I...
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1780s English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Garniture of Minton Porcelain Vases decorated by Thomas Steel c.1830
Located in Exeter, GB
A Garniture of Minton Porcelain Vases decorated by Thomas Steele c1830. Each vase of 'Elgin' shape, finely decorated with a well executed panel of flowers on a marble table by Thomas...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Salt Cellar 3557 Patentilla hirsuta Vahlmecr Flora Danica (1961 to Current) By Royal Copenhagen 3.25" x 4" x 1.8" h The last picture shows other items from the same collector being offered at Owl's Roost Antiques...
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20th Century Danish Porcelain

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Porcelain

Royal Worcester Blue Sprays Small Dish
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
Blue floral print, some scratches to dish, stamped Royal Worcester Blue Sprays. Circa: 1950s Material: Porcelain Country Of Origin: England Measurements: 1cm high, 9.5cm diamet...
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20th Century Porcelain

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Porcelain

Country Style Porcelain Bowl with Easter Hare Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter hare figure with brown spots. The bunny is sitting in the middle of the bowl for decorating nuts or s...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Country Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Royal Doulton The Mayor Plate
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
Print of the Mayor this is part of the professional collection, there is some ware to print and crazing to plate. Circa: 1950s Material: Porcelain Country Of Origin: England Me...
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20th Century Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Royal Doulton Mr Micawber Plate
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
Rectangle plate like dish with a man Mr Micawber, slight ware to print, stamped Royal Doulton Mr Micawber Material: Porcelain Measurements: 2cm high, 20cm length, 15.5cm width ...
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20th Century Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Gucci Vintage Porcelain Toothbrush Mug Richard Ginori 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci Vintage porcelain mug or tea cup in hand painted floral design. Signed with Gucci and made by Richard Ginori in the 1970s. This wonderful ...
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Anna Weatherley - Hand Painted Porcelain Plates
Located in Arlington, VA
Drawing inspiration from seventeenth and eighteenth-century botanical art, Anna Weatherley’s designs are created by her Master Painter's using a style of freehanded painting in her B...
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2010s Hungarian Other Porcelain

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Porcelain

Suite of 9 Porcelain Plates by Theodore Haviland
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Suite of 9 porcelain dessert plates by Theodore Haviland, Limoges, France. 20th century Measures: H: 1 cm, D: 19 cm.
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Early 20th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

La Menagerie Ottomane Parrot 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 represented something unusual for the city. 'La Menagerie Ottomane...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain

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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain

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Porcelain

2 Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowls from the Ship Wrecked "Tek Sing"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
In 1822 the Chinese Junk "Tek Sing" or true star sank in the south China sea, where the ship and its cargo remained until salvaged in 1999. These antique blue...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Maharaja One Porcelain Dinner Plate by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
'The Silk Road' is a project that gives homage to this legendary route that during centuries has meant exoticism and travels. These line of porcelain din...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain

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Porcelain

Musicians Porcelain Dinner Plate by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Contemporary dinner plate 'Musicians' designed by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans, a magical trip in an ottoman world made of exotic animals and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain

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Porcelain

Set 12 Porcelain Plates Adamo Black/White/Gold
Located in MILANO, IT
This set of twelve hand-decorated porcelain plates, as a whole, forms the figure of Adamo. You can use the ensemble for ornamental purposes ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Chamberlains Armorial Plate Set from the Carnatic Service Nawab of the Carnatic
Located in London, GB
Chamberlains received an order for two magnicent services which were made for Nawab of the Carnatic, Azam Jah (r.1819-1825), around 1820 (India). The pink set...
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19th Century English Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Animal Figure, Rooster On Wood Pile, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
A life-size rooster crowing and sitting on a pile of wood in an extremely naturalistic depiction. Impressive due to its rich sculptural details and flawless, hand-painted staffage, t...
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Late 20th Century German Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Rococo Group 'The Good Father' by J.C. Schönheit, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain genre group: The father in domestic garb (housecoat over elaborate house clothes, slippers, high cap) sitting on a cushioned bench and busy supervising hi...
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Late 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Early 19th Century Old Paris Porcelain Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Early 19th century old Paris porcelain vase, hand-painted floral detailing and gilt gold design details on a white base. Measures: 8.5" H x...
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19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Herend Porcelain Figural Asparagus Covered Box Model No. 6070/C
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine figural porcelain covered box. By Herend. In the form of a bundle of asparagus tied together with a pink ribbon. Model No. 6070/C. Simply a wonderful piece of Here...
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20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

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Porcelain

Beautiful Empire Sevres Urn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sevres Porcelain and Bronze Urn Depicting the Campaigns of Napoleon I
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19th Century French Antique Porcelain

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Bronze

Meissen Porcelain Urn Snake Handles Amphora, Germany
Located in New York, NY
An antique Meissen porcelain urn with snake handles amphora, circa early-20th century, Germany. This Meissen urn is hard-paste porcelain, hand painted, fea...
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Early 20th Century German Porcelain

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Porcelain

Set of 12 Havilland- Limoges Dinner Plates, Six Fish and Crustacean Designs
Located in San Francisco, CA
This set of Limoges Dinner Plates are quite rare. The set consists of six different designs, two each in the set. The designs are very reminiscent of European Chinoisery decor used b...
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1950s French Chinoiserie Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

12 Minton French Enamel Pate Sur Pate Artist Signed Marshall Dinner Plates
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Minton dinner plates exhibits the beauty and quality of Minton's top of the line offerings. The acid etched gold border frames the three neoclassical reserves of raised paste gold and beading alternating with three blue reserves hand-painted with overflowing baskets of flowers in the French enamel technique. Most often this decorative technique is misnamed as Pate sur Pate but this technique is honestly French enamel. One reserve on each plate is signed by the artist Robert Marshall...
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1920s English Neoclassical Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Turn of the Century Italian Majolica Harlequins
Located in New York, NY
Pair of turn of the century Italian Majolica porcelain male and female harlequin figures each wearing a top hat, striped pants and a red shirt.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Porcelain

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Majolica

19th Century Viennese Porcelain Figural Cherub Jardinière or Centrepiece Bowl
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This item is a big 19th century Viennese porcelain centerpiece bowl or jardinière beautifully enameled in rich colors with floral sprays and gilt highlights. This stunning Rococo pie...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Heart-Shaped Zsolnay Lidded Box in Cream-Colored Porcelain with Flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Heart-shaped Zsolnay lidded box in cream-colored porcelain with hand-painted flowers, butterflies and gold decoration. Late 20th century. Measures: 12 x 6.5 cm. In excellent cond...
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Late 20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

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Porcelain

Late 19th Century Capodimonte casket.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century Capodimonte porcelain casket, depicting classical religious and heavenly scenes. Batch 74 G9811/22. SNYZ
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Set of twelve French Black and Gold dessert plate
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
A Set of twelve French Black and Gold dessert plate with elaborate borders. The white porcelain with an exotic persinan style border marked Limoge...
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1920s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Mame Ngagne Plate by Kehinde Wiley
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Kehinde Wiley's collection of six porcelain coupe plates is one of our best-selling editions. Made in direct collaboration with the artist, the collection features details from paintings spanning 2008-2012. Each of the six images - 3 male and 3 female - are cropped against intricate, vibrant backgrounds, and can be hung decoratively or used as completely functional dinner plates. This porcelain plate features a detail from Kehinde Wiley’s 2008 painting Mame Ngagne. Originally exhibited at the Studio Museum...
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2010s North American Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Chamberlain Worcester porcelain Armorial plate c.1830
Located in Exeter, GB
A fine Chamberlain’s Worcester porcelain large plate c.1830. Very finely decorated with the arms of the Attwood family within a dark green border with hand painted flower panels and ...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Belleek Cabaret Tea Set, Cream Cob Lustre, Erne, Victorian, 1890s
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare Belleek cabaret set for two, or "tête-à-tête", made in the Erne series brought out in the 1890s. The items carry the 2nd Black Mark, used between 1891 and 1926. The set consists of a teapot, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, two teacups and saucers, and a large matching tray. This set is very fine and with its restrained cream-white colour it would make a wonderful wedding gift! If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china. Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine he realised that unless he would find a way for his tenants to make a profit off the land, they would starve. Agriculture had become impossible due to the agricultural diseases. This caused millions to starve and more millions to leave. As an amateur mineralogist, John Caldwell Bloomfield realised that his land had exactly the right mineral deposits to be used as clay for porcelain. He involved several investors and scientists and after many years of research, trial, error, the building of a railway line to import coal from England, and building a factory, the Belleek pottery resulted, employing the local people and soon producing the finest china made with clay from the Belleek area. What had started as a way to fend off famine among the local tenants had became a story of incredible success by the 1880s as Queen Victoria fell in love with the fine white china and the many homely, slightly bizarre but nature-loving designs; this was different from English tradition, yet it was very much to the taste of the British who had developed a real love for home-made fine china since it was introduced in the late 18th Century. Belleek not only brought out many tea services, but started a new tradition of intricately woven porcelain baskets. Soon the English nobility started to place big orders and the pottery is still flourishing today and selling its wares the world over, while in England most potteries have long disappeared. Belleek made many cabaret services, often called breakfast services or "tête-à-tête" services; these were used to carry breakfast tea up to the bedroom. Queen Victoria bought one in the Echinus style during a visit to the factory in the 1860s, and ever since Belleek's cabaret services have been in great demand. Nowadays there are very few of these left and it is rare to find a full service like this. The Erne series was named after the river right besides the Belleek factory. This river forms the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the factory on the Northern Irish end of the bridge at Belleek. The pattern seems to be a play on the baskets and nets of the fishermen who once fished the abundant trout and salmon on the river Erne and the lake that belongs to it. The items carry the second Black Mark, which was used between 1891 and 1926, however the very fine quality of the porcelain indicates that most pieces of the set are more likely to be from the 1890s than from the 20th Century. You will see that the shade of cob lustre is different on each item; this is normal for Belleek tea sets...
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Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Large Meissen Figurine Allegory 'The Painting' by Johann Christian Hirt, ca 1885
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely decorative full plastic depiction of a young beauty in classical style, with a bare breast, covering the bare abdomen with a large cloth held together with a shoulder strap...
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1880s German Classical Roman Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Viennese Imperial Porcelain Splendour Plate, Playing Cupids As Hunters, 1805
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with fine polychrome painted scenery: In the mirror five winged cupids dressed as hunters with dog in a summer landscape agains...
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Early 1800s Austrian Baroque Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Chamberlain & Co Worcester porcelain basket c.1845
Located in Exeter, GB
A Chamberlain & Co Worcester porcelain basket c.1845. Of circular form with an overhead handle, moulded with overlapping leaves, the claret red ground reserved with a central cartouc...
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19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Paris Porcelain and Parcel Gilt Reticulated Compote or Fruit Basket
Located in Pembroke, MA
Nice quality Paris porcelain reticulated compote (corbeille, fruit basket) in tazza form with gilded decoration (late 19th century).
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Group 'Triumph Of Apollo Over Python' for Catherine II of Russia, c 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent porcelain sculpture: Kaendler created the group Apollo and Python as a triangular composition in March and May of1774. Apollo stands in the highest place as the radiant victor over the dragon Python and over the personification of envy, both of whom lie slain at his feet. To the left, Minerva sits as the goddess of prudent war, turning her gaze to the hero. Dressed in helmet and armor, she carries a spear in her right hand and an olive branch in her left, while the owl next to her right foot indicates her identity as Pallas Athena. Just like Apollo, the tsarina protected by Minerva is supposed to leave the envious behind and always triumph over evil. The group is based on stepped, irregular, yet symmetrical, partially curved base with gold raised frieze decoration and was made in two parts, which were then joined and screwed together. The design of this group belongs to the models of the 'Great Russian Order...
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Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain

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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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