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Porcelain For Sale
Color: Brown
Color: Orange
Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall, 640 Park Ave Christie's, NY, 2006, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall from 640 Park Ave: Christie's, New York, 17 May, 2006. Louis XIV, XV and XVI Furniture, Chinese Porcelains, 18th & 19th c bronzes, antique rugs an...
Category
Early 2000s American Porcelain
Materials
Paper
Costantinopoli by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans Set of 6 Dessert Plates Two
By Les Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Set of 6 dessert plates of our the most stunning tableware collections: Costantinopoli.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
English Garniture of 3 Vases, Empire Style, Provenance G.Godden, 1810-1815
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular garniture of three vases made by an English factory between 1810 and 1815. The vases are made in the French Empire style with heavily gilded Egyptian caryatid s...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Surrealist Ceramic Box by Garouste and Bonetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
France, rare gilt and painted faience porcelain lidded vessel by the celebrated design duo, circa 1995.
Category
1990s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain and Doré Bronze Candelabra, Barbedienne, Edouard Lievre
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual pair of antique French doré bronze and Chinese Export porcelain, orientalist style, three-light candelabra designed by the outmost renowned French orientalist designer; Edouard Lievre, and finely executed by Ferdinand Barbedienne.
Each crafted in rich orientalist design with three very fine hand chiseled ormolu elephant...
Category
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Set of 14 Copeland Late Spode Aesthetic Movement Green Parrot Dessert Plates
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This wonderful set of 14 Copeland Late Spode dessert plates will surely add color and whimsy to your place settings. This pattern was originally in...
Category
Early 20th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hicks & Meigh Porcelain Dish, Cobalt Blue, Gilt, Flowers Patt.699 Regency Ca1820
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful square dessert dish made by Hicks & Meigh in about 1820. The dish has a deep cobalt blue ground, lavish gilding and panels with beautiful hand painted flowers.
...
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Unmarked Sevres Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque, Hand Carved Frame
Located in Vero Beach, FL
A circa 1880 masterpiece of a young couple feeding doves. This is a superb example of a 19th century unmarked Sèvres hand painted porcelain plaque. Signed by the artist R. Deniau. Th...
Category
1870s French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
20th Century KPM Berlin Walking White Tiger Statuette, Antoine Louis Barye
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
20th century KPM Berlin / Walking white tiger statuette - Antoine Louis Barye
This listing is for a stunning statuette of a walking white tiger. Designed by Antoine Louis Barye and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Figure of Female Ranelagh Dancer, Rococo 1759-1769
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a sublimely made porcelain figure of the female "Ranelagh Dancer", made by Derby between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The figure would originally have had a male ...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Doulton John Bareleycorn Jug
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
Character jug of John Bareleycorn, very slight scratches on the back of the jug, stamped Royal Doulton
Circa: 1939-55
Material: Porcelain
Country Of Origin: England
Measure...
Category
20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Rosenthal Andy Warhol "Golden Angels" Latte Macchiato Cup Saucer, 1980
Located in Rijssen, NL
Rosenthal cup and saucer set of 2. Andy Warhol Collection-Studio Line, Golden Angels
Measures: Cup H 10.2 cm, Ø 6.8 cm saucer Ø 16 cm, H 2 ...
Category
1980s German Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Basse Cour by Pierre Frey set of 4 Demitasse Cups and Saucers, Limoges Porcelain
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Demitasse cups and saucers in Basse Cour pattern by Pierre Frey were made in France by Porcelaine de Limoges. The set consists of 4 cups and 4 saucers; at the time of the listing we ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sabin Crest-o-Gold 22K China Set with Teapot - 15 Pieces
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Vintage Sabin Crest-o-Gold 22K tea set.
The set includes:
3 cups
3 saucers
3 fruit plates
3 dinner plates
1 sugar bowl with lid
1 creamer
1 teapot with lid
15 pieces
Good condition...
Category
20th Century American Early Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coral Mokka Set in Style from Dorothy Draper from 1930s
By Carlsbad
Located in Vienna, Austria
Mokka set from the 1930s, produced in the Victoria Carlsbad porcelain manufactory-
This coral coloured set with handprinted black linen co...
Category
1930s Czech Hollywood Regency Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Spode porcelain chocolate cup, cover & stand c.1810
Located in Exeter, GB
A very fine Spode bone china chocolate cup, cover and stand, vibrantly decorated in pattern 1494 which is an extremely ornate Imari design which covers every inch of the piece. This ...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dresden Ambrosius Lamm Footed Cups and Dessert Plates Set of 10 Hand Painted
Located in Austin, TX
Amazing hand painted porcelain set of footed cups /saucers and matching dessert plates made by famous Ambrosius Lamm studio in Dresden.
Set includes 10 footed cups, 10 saucers and 10 dessert plates.
Beautiful porcelain pedestal cups and plates are 360 degree panoramic painted with romantic scenes and decorated with raised gold technique. Scenes present Rococo era people relaxing in beautiful landscapes, some engaged in courtship, some playing musical instruments. The inside of the scalloped rim plates feature beautiful gilt work including swags, garlands, crosshatch and a highly decorative monogram, all with raised gilt paste embellishment.
Cups are truly pieces of art.. Three of ten cups are gilt with raised gold decoration inside, other seven cups have colored luster inside with raised gold on the rim.
Matching saucers have beading, raised gold flowers decoration and a monogram in the middle.
Marked under the glaze blue with lamb mark for Ambrosius Lamm Studio, Dresden.
Condition - generally great condition with imperfections natural to its age and use.
Plates: 9 plates are in great/excellent condition, minor gilt wear natural to its age and use. Monograms have darker patina. One plate has a Y shape hairline on the back invisible on the face side, the same plate has a tiny chip on the rim visible with close up inspection (see the photo).
Cups: 6 cups are in excellent/great condition, minor gilt wear natural to its age and use. Four cups - green, pink and 2 whites have a tiny imperfections on the rim, one on each cup ( see the last photo, it combines 4 cups rims ). No hairlines, no breaks.. One white cup has dark patina on gold inside the cup.
Saucers: 9 saucers are in excellent/ great condition. One pink saucer...
Category
1910s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Paris Porcelain Gilt Chinoiserie Cup
Located in New York, NY
Paris porcelain gilt chinoiserie cup. French footed coffee can with richly painted and gilt chinoiserie figures within gilt arcade on brown ground w...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Imposing Louis XVI Style Pair of Sèvres Style Vases
Located in Montreal, QC
These have huge decorative impact. Decorated with "scenes gallant" in the manner of Watteau on a Bleu Celeste ground, with gilt decoration and appllied w...
Category
1980s French Louis XVI Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Old Paris Porcelain Coffee and Tea Set, 40 Pieces, 19th Century, France
By Old Paris
Located in Delft, NL
Old Paris porcelain coffee and tea set, 40 pieces, 19th century
A white ribbed porcelain with gold paint service with a very large coffee pot, teapot, lidded sugar pot, a creamer and 18 cups and saucers
Coffeepot measures 29 high, 20 cm wide and the depth is 12 (1370 gram)
Teapot measures 21.5 high, 19 cm wide and the depth is 11 (808 gram)
Sugar pot measures 19 high, 11 cm diagonal (540 gram)
Creamer measures 21 high, 12 cm wide and the depth is 7.5 (460 gram)
Cups measures 10.5 high, 7 cm diagonal
And the saucers measures 3 cm high and 12.5 cm / 13.5 cm diagonal (264 gram per cups and saucers)
“Old Paris” porcelain, or as the French say, “Vieux Paris” porcelain, prefers not to a single Manufacturer, but to more than thirty porcelain sources, based around Paris, from late 18th century till, circa 1870.
This “Old Paris” French porcelain...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Enesco Twin Pink Lady Head Vases Wall Pockets Pink Rose Muff and Bonnet
By Enesco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rare vintage 1950s pair of twin mirror opposite young lady head vases by Enesco head vases. This model is know as "Bouquet and Mink", C-8996. These beau...
Category
1950s Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Animalia, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Spring time, animals all around the world spreads their love and starts to look for their second half of the apple.
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Noir Mille Fleur Assembled Service
Located in Austin, TX
A large assembled set of Chinese porcelain mille fleur wares. The set featuring a full tea service, as well as various plates, cups, and saucers. All piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Museal Early Asian Lidded Tureen With Présentoir, Meissen Germany 1740-1780
Located in Vienna, AT
Very exceptional, museal three-part object of the 18th century:
Lidded vessel on a six-sided base, widening towards the top and slightly domed at the bottom, on a stepped, low slopin...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic
Set of 19th Century Small, Shaped Satsuma Hand Painted Pin Trays
Located in North Salem, NY
The attractive set of 19th-century small, shaped, hand-painted Satsuma pin trays is a collection of delicate and ornate pieces that showcase the artistry of Satsuma ware from the Mei...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A pair of Chamberlain Worcester Sir James Yeo Service Tureens c.1815
Located in Exeter, GB
A pair of Chamberlain Worcester armorial dessert tureens and covers from the Admiral Yeo service c.1815-1820, each of twin-handled semi-reeded campana form on spreading foot, painted and enriched in gilding with the crest, motto and Badge of the Order of the Bath of Admiral Sir James Yeo, the borders richly painted in an Imari palette with flowering shrubs within oval cartouches reserved on royal blue ground gilt with stylised ornament, the gently domed cover with gilded pineapple finial and gilt highlighted acanthus leaf decoration within conforming border, puce script mark to underside of each cover, ‘Chamberlains Regent...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Italian Porcelain Esotica Collection, Snake by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This Italian porcelain sculpture is part of Grand Tour by Vito Nesta. Made in Capodimonte porcelain with a glossy and iridescent finish. This double candle holder...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Peacocks Porcelain Dinner Plate by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans, Made in Italy
By Vito Nesta
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Contemporary dinner plate 'Peacock' designed by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans, a magical trip in an Ottoman world made of exotic animals and c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Painted Porcelain Portrait of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A painted porcelain portrait of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, shown wearing full uniform and orders. English, circa 1910.
Footnote: Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was one of the most successful British military commanders of the 19th century. He served in the Indian rebellion, the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leading British Forces to success in the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross...
Category
1910s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco French Porcelain Box
Located in Paris, FR
Zoomorphic enameled porcelain polychrome box represents a fennec fox.
Manufactured by Théodore Haviland Porcelain, model was created in 1921 by great Swiss...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland Fleurs Parisiennes Tureen, 1887-1889
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Up for your consideration is a hand painted and hand decorated small tureen by Haviland in the Fleurs Parisiennes pattern on Cannele blank, measuring 3.1" and 8.5" with 5.4" opening. The back-marks on the bottom are H&C*/Depose underglaze mark, dating back to 1887, and the circular Haviland Limoges decorator/overglaze mark (mark g, according to Haviland's Collectors International Foundation reference sheet) in brown (color indicates premium decor pieces on Haviland porcelain made in that period), dating back to 1879-1889.
Cannele blank ("fluted"), influenced by traditional Japanese bowl shape called "kaki" or "chrysanthemum", was one of the new blanks created in 1880-1890s by Haviland's artists at the peak of Japonisme movement, after European artists and artisans become exposed to Japanese art. Cannele was hugely popular at the time and won the Grand Prix of 1889 Paris's World Fair. The Fleurs Parisiennes is one of the less common Haviland patterns...
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Dessert Service by Rosenthal Bjorn Wiinblad 24-Karat Plated, 1980
Located in Bronx, NY
Magic flute coffee dessert service by Rosenthal Bjorn Wiinblad 24-karat plated by Rosenthal Bjorn Wiinblad 24-karat plated, mint condition set for six with milk and sugar bowl on a 2...
Category
1980s German Baroque Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Group, "The noble rococo game of chess", German Manufacturer
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, decorative porcelain group, "The noble game of chess". German porcelain manufacturer.
Undamaged.
Category
20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Minton Gold Rimmed Porcelain Ball Dinner Plates
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
One of Minton's most popular patterns is named "Porcelain Ball” which features a large diameter plate bordered by a gold and white floral decoratio...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two Porcelain Campana Vases Attr. to Edmé Samson, Lilac, Birds, Flowers, 19th C
By Derby, Edmé Samson
Located in London, GB
On offer is a set of two beautiful porcelain campana vases made circa 1815, attributed to Edmé Samson in Paris. The vases have a beautiful lilac ground, beautiful gilding and hand pa...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Vienna Style Coffee Tea Set Dessert Service for 16, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Beautiful vintage Royal Vienna style dessert/ coffee set for 16 decorated with four different mythological scenes: Ares receiving armor, Europa and the bull, Iphigenia escaping sacri...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Sevres, Ormolu-Mounted Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of 19th century French 'Sevres' porcelain vases, each having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts. The classical romantic and cherub scenes set in turquoise background.
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
Massive Sevres Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Centrepiece
Located in London, GB
19th century sevres style centrepiece with impressive gilding all around it.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique La Seynie P & P Limoges 5 Piece Vanity Tray Set
By Limoges
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Antique La Seynie P & P Limoges 5 Piece Vanity Tray Set. The large tray is signed G. Dodge on the upper right side. The smaller tray bears the manufac...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Karolina Porcelain Coffee Service, Poland, 1950s / 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain coffee set, a rare design of the Karolina set from the mid-twentieth century.
The service includes a jug, milk jug, sugar bowl, 6 cups and 6 saucers. One saucer has more...
Category
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Hand Painted Cup and Saucer
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Diminutive whimsical 19th century Meissen cup and saucer. The purple trim with gilt decoration with birds and insects. The saucer is 5 inches in...
Category
19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Girl With Doll's Pram, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created:
The girl in a white dress and with a blue bow in her long hair bends over the wicker doll's pram and places ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th C Copeland porcelain hand painted fruit and flower cabinet plate
Located in Central England, GB
This superb early 19th century porcelain cabinet plate is very finely hand painted with a rich central display of exotic fruit and foliage over a white ground boardered with a delica...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Qing Qianlong Famille Rose Medallion Porcelain Bowl
Located in New York, NY
This finely decorated Qing-period rose medallion or rose mandarin bowl is beautifully hand-painted with four vignettes depicting courtly scenes.
Category
1770s Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figure Of A Faun With Crocodile Rosenthal Selb Germany Circa 1924
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable Art Nouveau Figurine by Rosenthal.
Faun terrified standing on a broken piece of ruins with Egyptian inscriptions, holding a pan flute in his right hand, at his feet a croco...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1950s Wedgwood Imari Pattern Dinner Plate
By Wedgwood
Located in Stamford, CT
1950s Wedgwood Imari pattern dinner plate. Stamped Wedgwood on the underside. Made for William H. Plummer & Co. in New York City.
Category
1950s English Regency Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figures of a Jewish Porcelain Peddler and his Wife, Derby, England, Circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
Figures of a Jewish Peddler and his Wife, Derby, England, Circa 1770
This pair of Derby ware figures, dating from around 1760, represent an increasingly...
Category
1770s European Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Imari Chragers
Located in Wilson, NC
Pair of Japanese Imari chargers, the outer border to the rim is a narrow crosshatch of blue and white lines; inner border is alternating cartouches with birds, flowers and bamboo in...
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
KPM Berlin porcelain plaque, after F. A. von Kaulbach, c. 1860.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine K.P.M. Berlin porcelain plaque, after Friedrich August von Kaulbach, c. 1860. Beautifully painted, in Renaissance style, with a young girl, in an Italianate river landscape. S...
Category
1860s German Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Porcelain Vase with Poodle Dog, Hand Painted, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A lovely Mid-Century Modern porcelain vase from the 1960s.
Original vintage good condition. Some effects shown on pictures.
Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Porcelain
Materials
Glass, Ceramic, Porcelain
Meissen Group 'Allegory Of The Volga' for Catherine II of Russia, Kaendler, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent porcelain sculpture:
Kändler created this group in 1772, right at the beginning of the work on the large order, as a personification of one of the two great main
rivers of the vast Russian Empire, the natural waterways Volga and Dnieper, important for economy and traffic, which promised prosperity and wealth to the Empire:
The Volga in the form of a river god, seated sideways on heavily relieved fully sculptured rock covered with shells and coins as well as fern and reed plants, fully bearded and crowned with laurel, wrapped in floral patterned purple loincloth. He looks pensively to the side and rests his right arm on an overturned baluster vase, from which water flows together with shells and fish, on the wall of the vase the crowned, rocaille-framed Polish-Lithuanian royal coat of arms with the coat of arms of the Electorate of Saxony. At the same time he touches with his hand an oar with gold ornamentation and crossed red swords, in his left he holds a cornucopia with plastic flowers, ears of grain and coins, symbols of fertility and wealth.
The group is based on the front curved plinth with relief gold heightened meander and ribbon border.
The design of this group belongs to the models of the 'Great Russian Order...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
David Leach Lowerdown Studio Pottery Celadon Glazed Bowl
By David Leach
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine Lowerdown Pottery celadon glazed porcelain bowl by renowned potter David Leach OBE (British, 1911-2005) and dating from around 1987.
David Leach, the son of the highl...
Category
1980s English Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Huge Minton Majolica Vase
By Minton
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1870, by Minton, England. A gorgeous example of English porcelain, this monumental vase is a Victorian Aesthetic movement tour de force. Majolica by Minton is known for its del...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional Chinese Porcelain Planters, circa 1925
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Exceptional Chinese porcelain planters
circa 1925
Original pedestals.
Porcelain measures:
Height: 26 cm.
Diameter: 63 cm.
Total height: 139 cm.
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Viennese Imperial Porcelain Picture Plate Plate, Baden En Autriche, 1813
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain plate decorated with fine veduta painting: in the mirror octagonal picture panel against golden background, framed with matte gold painted festoons above and below the pict...
Category
1810s Austrian Classical Greek Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Nippon Art Nouveau Style Butterfly Vase
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous Nippon Art Nouveau style butterfly vase.
Fully marked on base for having been made and hand decorated in Japanese Macau. This h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Macanese Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Ridgway Porcelain part Dessert Service in pattern 1045 c.1825
Located in Exeter, GB
A finely decorated John & William Ridgway porcelain dessert service in pattern 1045 c.1825. The central well of each piece decorated with the scene of ruins / a castle / a house or a...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. Meissen 'Winey Wife' Caricature Bottle Stopper / Corkscrew with Case
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Meissen 'Winey Wife' Caricature Bottle Stopper / Corkscrew with Case
Germany, Circa 1860s
An exceptional 19th-century Meissen 'Winey Wife' caricatu...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Metal
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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