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Porcelain For Sale
Creator: KPM Porcelain
Creator: Coalport Porcelain
Antique Vase Coalport England Hand Painted with Jeweling and Raised Gilt
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming vase by the storied English firm of Coalport. This sweetie features 2 handles, and an interesting hand painted scene with river, mountains, flora fauna accented with white...
Category
1890s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Coalport Slop Bowl, Moss Green, Gilt and Flowers, patt. 967, Regency ca 1820
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful slop bowl made by Coalport around the year 1820. The bowl has a gadrooned rim, a deep moss green ground with a gilt trellis pattern, and beautiful hand painted fl...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
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 ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19Th Century German KPM Porcelain Two-Handled Vases And Covers c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th Century pair of A Berlin KPM porcelain vases with covers, showcasing exquisite craftsmanship. Marked with a underglaze blue scepter and a crowned orb above "KPM" in...
Category
1890s German Other Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Pair of Vases, Persian Revival Gilt with Puce Floral Reserves, ca 1845
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and very rare pair of vases made by Coalport in around 1845. The vases have rich gilding in the Persian Revival style, combined with very English floral reserves o...
Category
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Porcelain Plate, White with Handpainted Flowers, Regency ca 1820
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful plate made by Coalport around the year 1820. The plate is decorated in white with a simple gilt rim, darting puce and gilt vines, and a wonderful hand painted bou...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Teacup Trio Coalport John Rose, Flowers in Gilt Squares and Stars, ca 1800
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful true trio made by John Rose at Coalport around the year 1800. It consists of a teacup and a coffee can sharing one saucer. In the 18th and early 19th Century, th...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport John Rose Sucrier, Cobalt Blue, Gilt, Flowers and Fruits ca 1815
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning sucrier with cover made by John Rose at Coalport in about 1815. The sucrier is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and has beautifully hand painted flowers and fru...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Coalport Porcelain Saucers, Beige & Flowers, By Joseph Birbeck, c. 1847
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of Coalport Porcelain Saucers, Beige & Flowers, By Joseph Birbeck, c. 1847
Lovely gold painted on beige ground with a pink tulip on one and a purple flower on the other. Marked ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A pair of Coalport Cache Pots decorated by Thomas Baxter c.1802 - 1805
Located in Exeter, GB
A rare pair of Coalport porcelain cache pots c.1802-1805. Each cache pot, painted in the London studio of Thomas Baxter most probably by Thomas Baxter junior, ‘en grisaille’ with cla...
Category
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport John Rose Porcelain Plate, Cobalt Blue, Gilt, Flowers & Fruits, 1805-15
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning plate made by John Rose at Coalport between 1805 and 1815. The plate is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and has beautifully hand painted flowers and fruits, an...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German KPM Porcelain Lidded Bowl Tureen Birds Butterflies
Located in Portland, OR
A very elegant antique 19th century KPM porcelain hand-painted & gilded lidded bowl/tureen, decorated with birds & butterflies, 1840-1895.
This very handsome lidded tureen made by th...
Category
1880s German Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport John Rose Porcelain Dessert Service, Imari Pattern, ca 1805
Located in London, GB
This is a rather stunning 25-piece dessert service made by John Rose at Coalport around the year 1805. It consists a centre piece on four feet, two oval dishes, two shell dishes, two...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Georgian Coalport Plate Richly Gilded Hand Painted Pattern 1949, Ca 1810
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine example of an English George III period, Coalport Desert Plate, hand painted in pattern 1949 and dating from the early 19th century, circa 1810.
The Plate is well pot...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dessert Set Coalport Porcelain Dishes Hand Painted 32 Pieces England Circa 1810
Located in Katonah, NY
This hand painted porcelain dessert service features the exquisite Blue Chrysanthemum pattern, combining deep blue with the allure of gold.
It's a fabulous combination!
The golden chrysanthemum leaves are richly gilded, creating a beautiful contrast against the deep blue background.
The 32-piece service consists of 21 dessert plates and all the serving shapes: a centerpiece and pairs of square-shaped dishes, shell-shaped dishes, oval-shaped dishes, and a fabulous pair of sauce tureens with their underplates.
Made by Coalport in England...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Regency Period Coalport Porcelain Chinoiserie Dish with Yellow Dragon & Lions
Located in Downingtown, PA
Coalport Porcelain Chinoiserie Dish with Yellow Dragon
Circa 1805-10
The Coalport porcelain shaped oval dish is painted in an Imari coloration with the center depicting a yellow dragon with green scales...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Three Early 19 Century Coalport, Worcestor and Paris Porcelain Plates
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A set of three rare early 19 Century porcelain plates all in orange red gold and white hues. The plate shown on the left is a Chamberlains Worcestor, the middle plate is a Coalport...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport John Rose Thumb and Finger Pattern Teacup & Saucer
Located in Stamford, CT
Early 1800s Coalport John Rose Thumb and Finger teacup and saucer: Hand painted, richly colored and detailed cup and saucer with hand painted gold band. No makers mark or signature. ...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
Pair Admiral Nelson Pattern Porcelain Ice Pails England Circa 1810 by Coalport
Located in Katonah, NY
Coalport Porcelain made this fabulous pair of Admiral Nelson pattern ice pails circa 1810. The intensity of the Imari colors on the Admiral Nelson pattern is quite remarkable.
It...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
A Coalport Botanical Porcelain Dessert Tureen Cover and Stand, 1805-10
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Coalport Botanical Porcelain Dessert Tureen Cover and Stand, 1805-10
Additional information:
Date : 1805-1810
Period : George III
Marks : None
Origin : Coalport, Shropshire
Colour...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Royal Berlin Design by Griemert Porcelain Coffee Set, Decor by von Unruh
Located in Epfach, DE
20th Century KPM Royal Berlin coffee or mocca set porcelain 41 pieces
form Krokus design by Griemert , decor by Siegrid von Unruh
made 1953 mid century
KPM ROYAL Berlin Crocus patte...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large KPM Porcelain Covered Pots, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of large KPM Porcelain covered pots, 19th Century.
Large 19th century covered pots in Berlin porcelain, KPM, Napoleon III period.
Dimensions: h: 28.5c...
Category
19th Century European Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport John Rose Pearlware Dessert Service, Orange with Silver Vines, ca 1800
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and extremely rare dessert service made by John Rose at Coalport probably around the year 1800, shortly after Rose bought up the Caughley factory. It consists of a large centre piece comport, one sauce tureen with cover, two oval dishes, two square dishes, two shell dishes, and eight plates. The service is beautifully decorated in the Neoclassical style.
Coalport was one of the leading potters in 19th and 20th Century Staffordshire. They worked alongside other great potters such as Spode, Davenport and Minton, and came out with many innovative designs. When we say "Coalport" we usually think of the one Coalport factory that became famous, but in its beginning years there were two factories, one run by John Rose and the other by his brother Thomas Rose. Thomas Rose went into partnership with Robert Anstice and Robert Horton and they were located directly opposite John Rose, across the canal. John Rose had bought up the local Caughley factory in 1799. The brothers' factories had much in common with each other and they shared many different shapes and patterns. Ultimately, the John Rose factory proved more profitable and John Rose bought Thomas' factory in 1814, making it the one Coalport factory that became so famous. Many of the Coalport items, of either factory, are now collectors' items.
This service is made of pearlware, which leads us to believe that it might have been made at the old Caughley premises, which had kilns for pearlware - the later Coalport items are not known to be made of pearlware but the shape of the dishes and the sauce comport are clearly a Coalport shape.
All items have a beautiful deep orange ground - they were done in different firings as the colour is not entirely consistent, which makes the service very charming. The rims are set off with a beautiful vine pattern in silver, which makes the service even more rare as this was not done often.
The items are unmarked, as is usual for that era, except the odd "B", which is probably the gilder's tally mark.
CONDITION REPORT The service is in good usable condition with some minor flaws: there is some crazing and wear throughout, which is to be expected of pearlware of this era. The centre piece comport has a slight crack through the side, which is not very visible. One of the plates has a chip on the front of the rim as well as three lines coming off the rim; one has a chip on the underside of the rim; and one has a line coming off the rim. Neither of these stand out and the plates are entirely stable.
Antique British china...
Category
Early 1800s British Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Pearlware
Pair of Coalport Porcelain Oval Dishes, Flowers & Birds Patt.759, Regency ca1815
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular pair of oval dishes made by Coalport between 1815 and 1820. The dishes bear the famous and very wonderful bird pattern with the number 759. Panels with stunning hand painted birds and flowers are set in a cobalt blue background with rich gilt decoration.
This pattern is very desired and doesn't come to the market often, so this is a rare opportunity.
Coalport was one of the leading potters in 19th and 20th Century Staffordshire. They worked alongside other great potters such as Spode, Davenport and Minton, and came out with many innovative designs. When we say "Coalport" we usually think of the one Coalport factory that became famous, but in its beginning years there were two factories, one run by John Rose and the other by his brother Thomas Rose. Thomas Rose went into partnership with Robert Anstice and Robert Horton and they were located directly opposite John Rose, across the canal. The brothers' factories had much in common with each other and they shared many different shapes and patterns. Ultimately, the John Rose factory proved more profitable and John Rose bought Thomas' factory in 1814, making it the one Coalport factory that became so famous. Many of the Coalport items, of either factory, are now collectors' items.
The stunning thing about pattern 759 is that each bird is different, as well as each flower formation. All birds and flowers are painted carefully in their own colours; they are all different species. Each bird is an individual with its own expression; in fact I once had a large dinner service...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 13 Coalport Porcelain “Money Tree” Dinner Plates, England, circa 1820
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of 13 Coalport Porcelain “Money Tree” Dinner Plates, England, circa 1820
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Porcelain Oval Dish, Beige with Apple by Joseph Birbeck, circa 1847
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning oval dessert dish made by Coalport in about 1847. The dish has a pierced rim, a beige and finely gilded ground and a beautifully hand painted apple painted by the ...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Teacup, White Blind-Moulded Floral Dulong Pattern, ca 1817
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by Coalport in about 1817. The teacup is blind-moulded in the "Dulong" pattern and painted with little floral sprays.
We also have a pla...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Porcelain Model of a Parrot, Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A KPM porcelain model of a parrot
German, late 19th century
Measures: Height 23cm, width 12cm, depth 9cm
Marked for KPM, the leading German porcelain makers, this charming and ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 KPM Dessert Plates with Hand Painted Fruit Pierced & Gilt Borders
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of KPM porcelain dessert plates are exceptional as they feature interesting and more unusual fruit subjects. The plates have the name of the fruit subject painted on the rev...
Category
Early 1900s German Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 3 Antique Hand Painted Bone China Liquor Bottle Tags by Coalport England
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of three antique liquor bottle decanter tags. Each tag is created from fine porcelain in a medallion shape. On a crisp white background, each is han...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Metal, Gold
Pair of Antique KPM Royal Berlin Armorial Octagonal Porcelain Bowls or Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of antique German porcelain octagonal bowls or plates.
By the KPM Royal Berlin Porcelain Manufactory.
With an armorial crest or coat of arms that includes an armored knight'...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Coalport Porcelain Punch Bowl C.1820
Located in Exeter, GB
A fine Coalport porcelain punch bowl c.1820. Decorated with panels of flowers on a rich cobalt blue ground with richly embelished gilt decoration:
...
Category
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique German KPM Porcelain Lidded Bartmann Jug Tankard
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique German KPM Porcelain Lidded Bartmann Jug Tankard.
19th century German Bellarmine Bartmann jug with bearded man from the Porcelain Manufactory K...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Renaissance Antique Porcelain
Materials
Pewter
Antique Coalport English Porcelain Neoclassical Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine English Neoclassical porcelain plate.
By Coalport.
Decorated throughout with alternating red and blue geometric patterns, gil...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
12 Coalport Grey and Polychrome Enamel Floral Shaped Rim Dinner Service Plates
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Coalport dinner plates feature an unusual color combination of a soft gray border decorated with a vibrant palette of brightly pai...
Category
1920s English 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
Coalport Porcelain Teacup, Beige with Landscapes, Rococo Revival, ca 1840
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by Coalport in 1840, which was the Rococo Revival period. The set is decorated with a warm beige ground with gilt floral patterns and beaut...
Category
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique KPM Royal Berlin Reticulated Porcelain Basket with Deutsche Blumen Decor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine KPM porcelain basket.
With reticulated or pierced sides, twin handles, and a hand-painted floral spray to the center.
Simply a wonderful porcelain basket!
Date:
Late 19th or Early 20th Century
Overall Condition
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with some very fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Maker:
KPM Porcelain
Marks:
Base bears a blue underglaze factor scepter mark, an iron-red orb mark, hand-painted cyphers and numbers, an impressed cyphers, and a cut slash...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
An English Porcelain Tray c.1830 with a view of Frogmore House
Located in Exeter, GB
An English Porcelain Tray c.1830 very finely painted with a view of Frogmore House, Windsor.
Frogmore House is a 17th-century English country house owned by the Crown Estate. It i...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Berlin Porcelain Plaque 'L'Escarpolette' After Joseph Coomans, circa 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain painting: Representation of Greek-antique architecture with playing nymphs and putti, partly on a swing, watched by a young woman who leans her elbows on a parapet and puts her head in her hands, on the right a tree and banana plants.
Exquisite porcelain painting in a gilded wooden frame, after the painting 'L'escarpolette' by the Belgian painter Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans...
Category
Early 1900s German Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 9 KPM Pots de Creme Each Painted with Different Flowers and Butterflies
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this rare set of nine KPM pot de creme in the Kirkland pattern. Each pot de creme is painted with different flowers and different butterflies. They each hav...
Category
1920s German Romantic Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Porcelain Plate, New Embossed Relief Moulded with Birds, Regency ca1815
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and beautiful plate made by Coalport between 1815 and 1820. The plate is relief moulded in the "New Embossed" shape and has a fabulous pattern in cobalt blue, gil...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque of a Japonism Beauty, Signed Wagner
By KPM Porcelain, Wagner
Located in New York, NY
A Gorgeous 19th Century KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque of a Japonism Beauty, Signed by the Artist Wagner Wien .n C. Kiesel. The beauty is seen in a beautiful orange and white kimono...
Category
19th Century German Japonisme Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Early 19c English Regency Coalport Porcelain Neoclassical Serving Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique neoclassical porcelain serving tray.
By Coalport.
Painted en grisaille with classical medallions reserved against a gilt-vermicule ground. The border having a sa...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Porcelain Plate, Rose du Barry Pink, Fruits by Jabey Aston, circa 1870
By Coalport Porcelain, Jabey Aston
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare plate made by Coalport in about 1870. The plate has a bright "rose du barry" pink rim and beautiful fruits in its centre painted by the famous porcelain artist Ja...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 16 19th Century Coalport Plates Each Hand-Painted with Magnificent Scenes
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this rare exquisite set of sixteen Coalport plates Each plate is painted with beautiful scenery of different castles, churches, palaces, lochs, valleys and bridge...
Category
1870s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century English Coalport Porcelain Plates
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of large Coalport Porcelain plates with gilt rim and accents, floral decoration in blues, reds, and greens. 19th century England. Price i...
Category
19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Olympia 1936 Berlin Porcelain Plates
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare period plates issued by KPM Porcelain in celebration of the infamous Nazi Olympics in 1936. Fully signed on bottom. Gold plate is slightly larger: 26.5cm x 2.5cm. The white plat...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Antique Coalport Porcelain Dinner Plates Depicting English Fish
Located in London, GB
Set of antique coalport porcelain dinner plates depicting English fish.
English, late 19th century
Dimensions: Height 2cm, diameter 22cm
...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Porcelain Serving Dish, White with Flowers, Victorian, 1891-1926
Located in London, GB
This is beautiful serving dish made by Coalport some time between 1891 and 1926. The dish is bright white with very fine printed flowers that have been carefully hand coloured.
...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Berlin Porcelain Picture Plaque Portrait of a Girl with Veil, ca 1830
Located in Vienna, AT
Portrait of a girl in oriental-style clothing with a headdress and veil in a scenic setting.
In original, gilded wood frame with acanthus leaf and oak leaf garland carving.
Manuf...
Category
1830s German Biedermeier Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
KPM Porcelain Large Octagonal Bowl
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a KPM Porcelain large octagonal bowl. It depicts a large bouquet of flowers in the center and four small ones around the border. A delicate gilt...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century KPM Porcelain Plaques
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of 19th Century Austrian, KPM porcelain plaques, each depicting pretty young maidens under a tree, mounted in carved scrolling gilt wood frames, set on a velvet b...
Category
19th Century Austrian Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century German Porcelain Kpm Berlin Hand Painted Double Salt
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This open salt was made in the 19th century in typical Rococo style. The interior of the salt basin and the stand is delicately painted with birds, flowers and insects. In the center...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
Superb Pair of Coalport Porcelain Vases Decorated by William Cook
Located in Exeter, GB
A superb pair of Coalport porcelain vases c.1850. Of urn shape with beaded handles, rims and covers picked out in gold, verily finely decorated to both sides with scrollwork panels containing fruit and flowers by William Cook...
Category
19th Century British Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six KPM Bread and Butter Plates
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a set of six KPM bread and butter plates. They depicts a bouquet of flowers in the center and four different small bouquets around the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rococo 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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