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Pmr, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany, Plate and Bowl in Retro Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
PMR, Bavaria, Jaeger & Co, Germany.
Plate and bowl in retro porcelain with a floral motif.
Approx. 1970s.
Stamped Jaeger & Co.
In perfect conditi...
Category
1970s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM, Berlin, Antique Cup in Overglaze, Hand Painted with City Motif from Leere
Located in Copenhagen, DK
KPM, Berlin. Antique cup in overglaze, hand painted with city motif from Leere in Germany.
Mid-19th century.
With wear to gold leaf, a hairline crack on...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany, Pink Indian, Round Tureen with Lid, 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, Pink Indian, round tureen with lid in porcelain.
19th century.
Marked.
Fourth factory quality.
In excellent condition with chips and approx. 5 cm long hairline ...
Category
19th Century German Antique 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
Ikat Porcelain Dessert Plates Set of Six Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Ikat is part of our colorful world and we ae so in love with this old technique that we have reproduced some our most representative pattern on porcelain plates in order to create a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique German Dresden Porcelain Conch Shell & Cherub Centerpieces, Ca 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique German Dresden porcelain hand-painted shell centerpieces, Circa 1890's.
Conch shell motif with winged cherubs and flowers.
Category
19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Biscuit Bust of Louise Brongniart After Houdon Made by Sèvres
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Lovely biscuit porcelain bust of a young girl, named Louise Brongniart. The bust is marked on the back with 'Houdon' and the Sevres mark. Biscuit por...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Butterfly Bowl
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A mother of pearl butterfly lustre bowl with a stunning orange interior, made circa 1915 by Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood.
This butterfly lustre bowl is a gorgeous example of Da...
Category
1910s Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Late Georgian Blue Spode Hot Chocolate Cup with Cover and Saucer
By Spode
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century late Georgian blue spode hot chocolate cup with cover and saucer, decorated with gilt highlights, and embossed white floral motif on a ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Hand Painted Gilded Porcelain Plate/Tray
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen Porcelain plate/tray with hand painted floral motives and rich gold decor.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair Dresden Porcelain Pot Pourri Lidded Vases 1920s 20th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique pair of fine quality Dresden porcelain pot pourri urns and covers, circa 1920 in date.
Each painted with harbour scenes on a patterned ground and bearing underglaze blue AR marks.
They are beautiful objects which will look fabulous in all surroundings.
Condition:
In really excellent condition with no chips, cracks or signs of repair, and only very minor signs of wear comensurate with age and use, please see photos for confirmation of condition.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 41 x Width 23 x Depth 17
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 foot, 4 inches x Width 9 inches x Depth 7 inches
Dresden porcelain - A King's Obsession
In the early 1700s, King Augustus II, prince elector of Saxony, held goldsmith Johann Bottger prisoner and commissioned him to create gold. Bottger instead discovered the method of creating porcelain, a favored and valuable item in the king's eyes.
The king announced to Europe in 1710 that he would open a porcelain manufactory in Dresden. He instead opened one at nearby Albrechtsburg castle. Espionage was rampant, and the king guarded his porcelain secret, even though it meant imprisoning workers within the castle walls.
By 1720, the secret was leaked and porcelain producers popped up in Vienna and Venice. Dresden porcelain adopted Saxon crossed swords in under-glaze blue as its distinguishing mark.
In 1736, the porcelain manufactory produced the "Swan Service...
Category
1920s Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges Porcelain Tableware, 56 Pieces
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Limoges porcelain tableware with floral decoration and gilding comprising 56 pieces:
24 flat plates, 10 small plates, 12 soup plates, one soup tureen or vegetable dish , on...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herons by Jaroslaw Jezek, Royal Dux, 1958
By Royal Dux
Located in Meda, MB
This elegant and fine Royal Dux porcelain figurine sculpture was produced in the Czech Republic in 1958. It features a modern design by Ja...
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Porcelain Dish Hand Painted with Flowers 19th Century Circa 1830
Located in Katonah, NY
The dish is hand-painted with perfect pink and purple roses and a fabulous orange eastern poppy.
Around the center is a band of gilt.
The border has impressed decoration of flowers ...
Category
1830s English Early Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Spode Felspar Square Dessert Plate, Gilt and Flowers, Regency 1824
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is beautiful square dessert plate made by Spode around the year 1824. The set was made in the famous Spode Felspar china, which was a bright porcelain that included felspar rock, making it exceptionally robust and very suitable for large table services. This plate was a spare of a large dessert service that was sold previously.
An identical service is on display in the Spode Museum in Stoke on Trent, on the original place where this service was produced. In a wonderful moment of serendipity, I happened to be standing and admiring that service exactly the moment the service this plate belonged to came up for auction - and I won the bid, enabling me to present it here to you!
Josiah Spode was the great pioneer among the 19th Century potters in England. Around the year 1800 he perfected the bone china recipe that has been used by everyone ever since, and he was also the leading potter behind perfecting the technique of transferware, making it possible for English potters to replace the Chinese export china, which had come to an end around that time, with their own. This was fundamental to a thriving industry that would last for about 150 years and provide half the world with their tableware. In the early 19th Century Spode also made this "Felspar" porcelain, which was even stronger thanks to a large percentage of the strong felspar rock in the recipe.
In the early 19th Century, dinner and dessert services were an important part of the social life of the elite, and particularly the dessert service had to be stunning in order to leave guests with a lasting impression of the wealth and power of the owner. This plate is part of such a show piece.
The plate has the printed Spode Felspar Porcelain mark in puce, as well as a hand painted pattern number 3765.
CONDITION REPORT The plate is in good undamaged antique condition, with its only flaw being some wear as visible in the pictures.
Antique British porcelain...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Villeroy & Boch Vieux Luxembourg 'Old Luxembourg' Candy Tureen with Lid
Located in Bastogne, BE
We offer a porcelain candy bowl from the Vieux Luxemburg series from the cult manufacturer Villeroy and Boch, which is in high demand among customers, grace and elegance are perfectl...
Category
1980s Luxembourgish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
English Staffordshire Great Dane Dog Equestrian Stirrup Cup
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine rare vintage English staffordshire great dane hunting dog porcelain stirrup cup produced by Royale Stratford, in England, circa 1980. Acquired from a collector's estate in England. This charming stirrup cup is in the form of a Great Dane dog...
Category
Late 20th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Porcelain Plate with Hand-Painted Blue and White Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese hand-painted porcelain plate from the 19th century, with blue and white tree and foliage décor. Created in Japan during the 19th centur...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Fruit and Flower Large Platter / Chop Plate
By Herend
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Herend hand painted porcelain two handled platter or chop plate in the fruit and flower patter. Since its introduction in the 1860s this pattern, with its beautiful compo...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
White Porcelain Neoclassical Style Amphora Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
White porcelain neoclassical style amphora oil lamp. Sleek white Berlin porcelain amphora with entwined serpent handle raised on four lion monop...
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pierced Tea Bowl, Dehua, Qing Dynasty, C1635
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is a stunning antique Blanc de Chine double walled tea bowl! This elegant piece is perfect for collectors and enthusiasts for antique china...
Category
Mid-17th Century Chinese Chinoiserie 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
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
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
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
Antique Blue & White Fitzhugh Pattern Chinese Export Porcelain Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain plate in the Fitzhugh pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue with floral devices to the face, and a border to the rim with a repeating diamo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
Country Style Easter Bowl Porcelain with Hare Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted hare figure in grey and white with an egg. The Easter bunny is sitting next to a handpainted egg for decorat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Country 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.
Category
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Butter Dish and Sauce Boat
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Large Butter Dish and Sauce Boat.
The butter dish with branch and roses is very large, 20 cm diagonal and 12 cm high
Mark...
Category
20th Century Hungarian 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
Viso Porcelain Zodiac Plate Leo 0301-LEO
Located in New York, NY
Discover our new horoscope collection conceived in collaboration with iconic Spanish porcelain maker Sargadelos. Decorative or functional, this horoscope theme capsule of 12 porcelai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grondahl / B&G, "Butterfly", Complete Coffee Service in Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grondahl / B&G, "Butterfly".
Complete coffee service in hand-painted porcelain for eight people with coffee pot, cream jug and dishes.
The coffee pot measures: 25 x 21 cm.
...
Category
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Capodimonte Ceramic and Gold Decorative Item of a Reading Child, Italy
By Capodimonte
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1960s.
This reading child is made in Capodimonte ceramic, which has been lacquered and hand-painted with pure gold.
This item might ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
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
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
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
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
Vintage Germany Hutschenreuther Novum Porcelain Coffee Pot
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage white porcelain teapot with lid and a cobalt blue stylised flower burst design on each side.
Minimalist porcelain coffee pot or tea po...
Category
Late 20th Century German Minimalist 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
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
Salvador Dali Service Porcelain 113 Pieces 1977 Limited Edition N°577/1000
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) world-famous Spanish painter, graphic artist, and sculptor of surrealism designed this Ceramic edition Painted Porcelain with 24-karat gold rim, complete service for 12 in a fitted trunk in 1977.
Plates are signed on front and back, and inscribed number n°577/1000.
Porcelain Brand Schirnding Porzellan AG in Bavaria Germany
Each piece is decorated with mermaids flanked by red coral, Dali's signatures and small symbolic depictions of a fisherman, an ant, a snail, a sailboat, a nude maiden and a bird, with gilded rims.
Complete service of 113 pieces for 12 persons in fitted trunk composed :
12 large plates: Diameter 24.5 cm
12 small plates: Diameter 20 cm
12 soup plates: Height 4 cm; Diameter 23 cm
12 soup bowls + 12 saucers : Height 5.5 cm; Diameter 11.5 cm
12 bowls cereal or fruits bowl: Height 4.5 cm; Diameter 14 cm
2 terrines: Height c. 15-17 cm; Inner diameter: c. 12.5-14.5 cm
1 underdish
1 round serving tray: Diameter 30 cm
2 serving bowls: Height 6.5-7.5 cm; Inner diameter 18-21 cm
2 dishes: Dimensions: 21 x 34 cm; 22 x 35.5 cm
2 sauceboat with 1 saucer h 8 cm
1 coffee pot: Height c. 23 cm
1 teapot with warmer...
Category
1970s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Limoges France Hand Painted Porcelain Pear Box with Bee Closure
By Limoges
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful Limoges porcelain pear shaped trinket box is handmade with a white background and is skillfully hand painted with lots of detail in pretty colors of green, pink, blue, cran...
Category
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Rare Porcelain Melon Shaped Teapot & Cover
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare antique Worcester porcelain melon shaped teapot and cover dating from around 1880. The teapot is of round melon shape and applied in relief with trailing leafy stems with a fu...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Flower-Blossom Porcelain Plates
Located in Brea, CA
A pair of 19th century Chinese flower-blossom porcelain plates, the base marked with red Daqing GuangXu NianZhi, heights 1.5 inch, opening diameter 9.5 inch.
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Six Royal Copenhagen Frijsenborg Deep Plates in Hand-Painted Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Six Royal Copenhagen Frijsenborg deep plates in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold edge. 1950s.
Measures: 22 x 5 cm.
In excell...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco style Fish Service for 12 People by Bernardaud Limoges c. 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Fish service in Bernardaud Limoges porcelain for 12 people.
Wonderfully decorated with a turquoise pattern and exotic fishes executed in grisaille ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose 'Wu Shuang Pu' Plate
Located in Bradenton, FL
This rare Chinese porcelain plate is boldly decorated and to the top with heroic characters from the 'Wu Shuang Pu', the Table of Peerless Heroes, each ac...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique 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
Tall Pair of Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Vases, circa 1842-1845
Located in Exeter, GB
A tall pair of Chamberlain Worcester porcelain vases and covers, typical of the 1840's. Finely decorated with panels of summer flowers, chased gilding and 'fancy birds' in landscapes...
Category
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
László Jurcsák for Hollohaza Large Porcelain Vase
Located in Delft, NL
László Jurcsák for hollohaza large porcelain vase, Hungary 1982-1992
A Hungarian porcelain vase of 24 cm high. White porcelain with black pain...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ashley Howard Porcelain Cup Set
Located in Leeds, GB
Four beautifully irregular porcelain cups covered in a silky white glaze, one with painted detail.
Each is one of a kind by UK-based ceramist Ashley ...
Category
20th Century British Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Coffee Can Porcelain Hand Painted Cornflowers Pattern, circa 1805
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality coffee can that we attribute to the Coalport porcelain works, Shropshire, England, made during the John Rose period of the George 111rd years, circa 1805.
The coffee can is nominally parallel, tapering slightly to the base, with a simple loop handle, with a slight lower kink and pointed attachments. It has a shallow foot recess with obtuse corner and is unmarked to the base.
The pattern is beautifully hand painted in the French Chantilly style with cornflower sprigs in gold gilt and blue with red & green leaf detail to the lower half with an upper border continuous cornflower pattern, all between gold gilt rings with further gilt decoration to the outer handle and gilding around the lower rim.
We date this piece to the late George third...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Parian Figure Il Penseroso
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century parian figure attributed to Worcester “Il Penseroso” A draped female figure with downcast eyes standing on a circular base named Il Penseros...
Category
1860s British Victorian Antique 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
Herend Porcelain Hungarian Vintage Folk Peasant Figurine
By Herend
Located in Savannah, GA
The Herend Porcelain Manufactory is a Hungarian manufacturing company specializing in luxury hand painted and gilded porcelain. Founded in 1826, it is based in the town of Herend nea...
Category
1950s Hungarian Bohemian Vintage 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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