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Porcelain For Sale
Creator: Minton
Creator: KPM 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
Eleven English Mintons Fine China Floral Garland Porcelain Wide Rim Bowls
By Minton
Located in Big Flats, NY
A set of 11 English Mintons Fine China wide rim bowls feature rim with floral swag and stylized foliate border, central floral spray, en verso crown ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Minton Porcelain Wall Charger by Herbert Wilson Foster Girl with Cat, 1880
By Minton, Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in Gardena, CA
Large Minton Porcelain Wall Charger by Herbert Wilson Foster Girl with Cat, 1880
A large Minton porcelain hand painted wall charger, 1880. The finely hand painted charger charmingly depicts a young girl holding a cat with a gilt textured background. Signed "Minton" to the base and artist signed "Herbert Wilson Foster". The reverse with the number 57, a reference number in the Minton archive.
Additional Information:
Color: Gold
Brand: Minton
Type: Large Wall Charger...
Category
19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Minton "Florentine" Porcelain Compotes and Plater
By Minton
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful 19th century English Minton Porcelain set of two compotes and a platter.
"Florentine" model.
The base of a compote has been damage.
Chimera, medicis and flowers decor...
Category
1880s English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton 19th C Gilt Dessert Service 15 Pc. W/ Parian Figures Hand Painted Roses
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Beyond belief! This set is museum worthy, exhibiting some of the finest workmanship Minton produced. The centerpiece features an exquisite pierced tall basket lifted up by 3 tall Par...
Category
1890s English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
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...
Category
Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Antique 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
George 111 Minton Porcelain Coffee Can Hand Painted in Pattern 791, Ca 1805
By Minton
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a finely painted porcelain coffee can made by the Minton factory, England, in the reign of George 111 in the early 19th century, circa 1805
Straight sided coffee cans wer...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Minton Porcelain ‘Flower Encrusted’ Garniture, circa 1830
By Minton
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
An exceptionally fine Minton porcelain garniture, circa 1830. Each rococo style vase, painted with exotic birds, within elaborate scroll borders, the...
Category
1830s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Porcelain Plate, Sea Shells by W. Mussill, Victorian, 1891
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful plate made by Minton in 1891 and painted by the famous porcelain artist Wenceslas (William) Mussill. The plate has an aquatic scene with sea shells in th...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Bone China Porcelain Botanical Specimen Plate of a Rose, Pattern #9762
By Minton
Located in Downingtown, PA
Minton Bone China porcelain botanical specimen plate of a rose,
Pattern #9762,
circa 1850
The fine Minton Bone China plate depicts a specimen of...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian 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 Handmade Porcelain Soup Tureen by KPM
Located in Vilnius, LT
Antique KPM oval porcelain soup tureen is handmade with glazed relief ornament surface.
It is hand painted with gold and decorated with molded flowers bouqets on the handles.
Measu...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pr. 19c Mintons Porcelain "Louis XVI Sevres Style" Blue Nouveau Ground Vases
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic and beautiful pair of antique 19th century mintons English porcelain Louis XVI style Sevres style blue nouveau ground hand-painted and hand-tooled-gilt, oval-shaped cover...
Category
1850s English Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Porcelain or State’s Porcelain Manufactory 'KPM' Cherub’s Sculpture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This rare porcelain group sculpture depicts a pair of winged warriors cherub figurines. They are without their helmet, armor, and swords. One is in a victorious posture and the other...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Berlin Porcelain Plaque Flute Playing Girl Genre Scene, Germany, circa 1840
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite porcelain painting in original gilded frame
Manufactory: KPM Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin, Germany
Dating: circa 1840
Material: Porcelain, painted, glossy finish...
Category
1840s German Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Set of Eight Minton Plates Each Beautifully Hand Painted With a Different Scene
By Minton
Located in Boston, MA
Look at the gorgeous hand painted scenes on this set of English Minton luncheon or dessert plates. The miniature paintings of the wonderful landscapes are painted by an extremely tal...
Category
1880s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
White Parian Figures, L'Enfant Lisant et L'Enfant Écrivant, after Lemire 19thC
By Minton
Located in London, GB
On offer is a superb pair of white parian figures, probably English and made in Staffordshire in the late 19th Century. The figures are after a pair of bronze models created by Charl...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of KPM Porcelain Neuzeriat Plate and Two Small Bowls
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a set of KPM Porcelain Neuzeriat plate and two small bowls. The Neuzeriat plate depicts a large bouquet of flowers in the center, then in the border t...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Porcelain Hand Painted Oval Bowl, 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Antique 19th century hand painted porcelain with floral and gilt decoration. The bowl with center floral decoration with detailed hand gilt all around. The 19th century KPM mark...
Category
1880s German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Porcelain Teacup Trio, Bath Embossed White with Sepia Roses, Regency 1830
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful trio consisting of a teacup, coffee cup and saucer, made by Minton in circa 1830.
Minton was one of the pioneers of English china production alongside...
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
German KPM Porcelain Plaque 'Motherhood' by Julius Greiner
Located in London, GB
German KPM porcelain plaque 'Motherhood' by Julius Greiner
German, 1918
Frame: Height 43cm, width 34cm, depth 7cm
Plaque: Height 25cm, width 17cm, de...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
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 KPM Royal Berlin Porcelain Hand-Painted Tureen with Cornucopia & Cherub
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique KPM porcelain tureen with flower encrusted handles, Deutsche Blumen floral sprays, and a figural cherub and cornucopia finial.
...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A KPM Porcelain Plaque After The Painting By Sir Anthony van Dyck, Circa 1890
By KPM Porcelain, Anthony van Dyck
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A KPM Porcelain Plaque Depicting The Three Eldest Children of Charles I, After The Painting By Sir Anthony van Dyck.
German, Circa 1890.
The...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Orientalist KPM Porcelain Plaque of Interior Scene
Located in London, GB
Orientalist KPM Porcelain plaque of interior scene
German, 20th century
Frame: Height 71cm, width 64cm, depth 4cm
Plaque: Height 50cm, width 39cm, depth 0.5cm
Painted in the Or...
Category
20th Century German Moorish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
George 111 Early Minton Porcelain Coffee Can Hand Painted Pattern 76, Ca 1805
By Minton
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a finely painted porcelain coffee can made by the Minton factory, England, in the reign of George 111 in the early 19th century, circa 1805
Straight sided coffee cans were only originally made for about the first 20 years of the 19th century and are very collectable.
The porcelain can is well potted with a ring handle.
It is finely hand decorated in Minton's recorded Pattern Number 76, having three sets of horizontally painted...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Porcelain Centre Piece, Mazarine Blue with Gilt, Sèvres Style, 1862-1870
By Minton
Located in London, GB
On offer is a sublime and very rare centre piece made by Minton between 1862 and 1870, which was the Victorian era. The centre piece is made in the Sèvres style and decorated in a mazarine or cobalt blue ground with rich and very fine gilding. The piece is probably made as a potpourri. This piece would make a fabulous display on your Easter, Thanksgiving or Christmas table!
Minton was one of the pioneers of English china production alongside other great potters such as Spode, Davenport, Ridgway, Coalport and others. They were located in Staffordshire and were known specifically for their wonderfully fine white bone china and bright colours; there is a colour called "Minton Blue" which is a fresh azure blue that was very fashionable during the Victorian era. Throughout the different phases of its existence, the factory made top quality creamware, porcelain, majolica and ultimately the finest parian porcelain. Minton excelled in their decorations and gilt work; these were often executed by artists who came from the Sèvres factory in France and brought their skills with them.
This large centre piece consists of three pieces: the base, the actual comport that can hold a liberal amount of food such as a large piece of game, and the cover. That being so, these pieces are more known for their decorative value and make a stunning display at the centre of a table setting.
This piece is not documented and no pictures are known of it other than one I have heard about in the grapevine but never seen myself: an image in a collection of images of the designs made by Minton for Thomas Goode, the famous retailer in London.
The relationship between Minton and Thomas Goode was a long and fruitful one. Goode, who was a close friend of Herbert Minton, commissioned a series of Victorian ornamental pieces in imitation of the late 18th Century Sèvres pieces that Goode had in his own collection. Minton did not just copy the Sèvres pieces, but created entirely new ones using the old 18th Century designs, hereby moving decidedly away from the English Rococo style, which had become increasingly strange and a little tired over the years. Minton, who had taken on Léon Arnoux, previously a painter at Sèvres, as Art Director. Arnoux was able to revive the design of ornamental wares in English soft paste porcelain...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Renaissance Style Painted Porcelain Plaque
Located in London, GB
Large Renaissance style painted porcelain plaque
German, 20th century
Frame: Height 50cm, width 64cm, depth 6cm
Plaque: Height 34cm, width 49cm, depth 0.5cm
In this beautifully painted porcelain plaque, a young woman in fine aristocratic clothing sits in a dark Renaissance style interior scene. She sits in a gold armchair, covered in ornate floral upholstery, stretching out her arm to pluck a rose from a bouquet of flowers on the table beside her. Behind her is a landscape painting with red velvet...
Category
20th Century German Renaissance Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Pair of German Porcelain Pastille Incense Burners by KPM Berlin, 1820
Located in Milan, IT
An exquisite pair of early 19th century Berlin KPM porcelain pastille, incense burners, two antique oval perfume containers with pierced lids, pine c...
Category
1820s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Superb Rare Pair of Cherub Minton Caldwell Tiffany Blue and White Spill Vases
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A sublime pair of porcelain spill vases having scalloped edges, gold leaf, eye catching Tiffany blue patterned decoration, and seated cherubs. Mar...
Category
1940s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Porcelain Plate, Putti and Rabbit Scene by A. Boullemier, circa 1885
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming plate made by Minton in circa 1885 and painted by the famous porcelain artist Antonin Boullemier. The plate has an image of three putti who are shooting birds...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of English Mintons Coral Ground Floral Motif Moon Flasks with Gilding
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of Louis XVI style 19th century English Mintons Coral ground floral painted moon flasks with 24k hand-painted decoration. Exceptional in q...
Category
19th Century English Louis XVI 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
Minton Bisque Figure Made into Lamp
By Minton
Located in Water Mill, NY
Minton Bisque porcelain figure of a Sea Maiden made into lamp.
Category
19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Beautiful and Large Late 19th Century K.P.M. Oval Plaque Signed Wagner
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and large late 19th century Berlin K.P.M. Porcelain oval plaque signed Wagner
Signed Wagner
The portrait of a lovely woman entitled ‘Agesta’, after the artist Angelo Asti.
Impressed K.P.M and scepter marks, in the original frame.
KPM is an acronym for Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, which translates to “Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin.” The company was founded in 1763 by Frederick II of Prussia, who bought the factory from its previous owner, Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky, in the wake of its bankruptcy. Frederick II greatly admired the factory’s “white gold,” a type of porcelain so fine and translucent that it closely mirrored the high-quality porcelain made in China. He invested large sums of money into the company and granted it the use of the royal scepter...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
Minton Celadon Parian Porcelain Sculpture, Venus and Cupid, Victorian, 1861
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful celadon parian porcelain figure group made by Minton in 1861, which was the Victorian era. The group is of Venus and her son Cupid, seated in a shell.
Minton w...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Oval Berlin 'K.P.M.' Porcelain Plaque of a Harem Dancer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large oval Berlin (K.P.M.) Porcelain plaque of a harem dancer
Exceptional painting of a veiled exotically dressed and jeweled dancer, in landscape.
I...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
Very Fine KPM Porcelain Plaque of a Young Woman, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine KPM porcelain plaque of a young woman in a giltwood frame.
German, circa 1890.
This fine KPM plaque is superbly painted with a portrait bust of a young woman holdi...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
Minton for Tiffany Complete Dinner Service for 12 Caramel, White & Raised Gold
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
As we approach the holiday season, this complete Minton for Tiffany dinner service for 12 will work with many decorating themes to dress up any even...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. Minton Figural Porcelain Centerpiece
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Dramatic and large Minton Centerpiece in the form of a pierced basket upheld by three full sized "Putti"s in celadon green and crisp white. The basket handle is of interlaced ribbons...
Category
19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Celadon, Paste
19th Century Potpourri Vase KPM Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Extremely rare and KPM Berlin Potpourri vase.
Extremely richly painted and rarely executed (highest version).
Measures: Height ca. 35 cm.
O...
Category
19th Century German Empire Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century KPM Porcelain Plaque
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century KPM porcelain plaque, depicting a mother and her children on a winters days.
Mounted in a 19th century carved gilt...
Category
1860s European Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
"Nude with Fish, " Rare, Art Nouveau Porcelain Sculpture for Crown Prince Wilhelm
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and striking, this porcelain sculpture depicting a nude Japanese male figure carrying a fish on his shoulders was sculpted by Adolf (or Adolph) Ambe...
Category
1940s German Belle Époque Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Plaque of a 19th Century German Market by KPM
Located in London, GB
The 1844 summer market in the town of Lengerich, in the western German province of Westphalia, is the subject of this antique KPM porcelain plaque...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Garniture of Three Spill Vases, Painted by Lark Pratt, Minton, circa 1860
By Minton
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Set of three spill vases, or Match Pots, decorated in the Gothic Revival manner, with reserves showing finely detailed landscapes. The painting by Lark Pratt, who was working for Min...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Wonderful Late 19th-Early 20th Berlin K.P.M. Porcelain Rectangular Plaque
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful late 19th-early 20th Berlin K.P.M. porcelain rectangular plaque
Painted landscape scene with two women and their children playing, the background with two men, one playing an instrument.
Impressed K.P.M and scepter marks, in the original frame.
KPM is an acronym for Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, which translates to “Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin.” The company was founded in 1763 by Frederick II of Prussia, who bought the factory from its previous owner, Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky, in the wake of its bankruptcy. Frederick II greatly admired the factory’s “white gold,” a type of porcelain so fine and translucent that it closely mirrored the high-quality porcelain made in China. He invested large sums of money into the company and granted it the use of the royal scepter...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Signed Pair Gilded Mintons Pate-Sur-Pate Caged Putti Footed Moon Flask Vases
By Minton
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This charming pair of gilded olive brown Mintons pâte-sur-pâte footed moon flask vases feature a romantic caged putto motif executed in white slip on a bla...
Category
1890s English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century KPM Berlin Service Téte á Téte
Located in Berlin, DE
Absolutely rare KPM Berlin tête á tête service decor relief decor.
Porcelain, enamel decoration, gilding.
The trellises on the upper edge on salmon colored ground, the rocaille...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique German KPM porcelain panel of Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Located in London, GB
The image of Judith with the Head of Holofernes was a powerful source of inspiration for many of great European artists, and was captured superbly in August Riedel...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Large KPM Porcelain Plaque of 'Romeo and Juliet' 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality large 19th century KPM Porcelain plaque, depicting 'Romeo and Juliet' mounted in a carved giltwood frame.
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
'Oriental Girl' German KPM Porcelain Plaque
Located in London, GB
Orientalist style works became very popular in the 19th Century, and the tradition continued into the early 20th Century, when this fine porcelain plaque was produced. Manufactured by famed German firm KPM, the plaque was retailed in New York by Gilman Collamore & Co., who imported high-end works of porcelain and glass. The plaque still bears the retailer's label to the reverse reading 'Gilman Collamore & Co, Union Sq. NY'.
The plaque is rectangular in shape, and portrays a young girl, swathed in rich, red draped clothing, reaching upward to give food to a white dove perched on a wire. The girl, her hair bound up in the Orientalist fashion, wears an armband as well as hoop earrings. The interior in which the scene is set is hung with luxurious textiles and decorated with gilt detailing.
The plaque is housed in a giltwood frame and is marked to the reverse with the sceptre mark of KPM porcelain, together with the retailer's label. The reverse also bears a written inscription reading 'Orientalisches Mädchen / L. Sturm', the title translating to 'Oriental girl...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Set of 13 Minton Dinner Plates Soft Blue Green Raised Paste Gold Leaf Pattern
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 13 Minton dinner plates feature the iconic "Eau de Nils" enamel border which is a soft blue green, described as the "wat...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gothic Revival Carved Oak and KPM Porcelain Triptych
Located in London, GB
The triptych comprises a trio of porcelain plaques, depicting the patron saints of the German city of Cologne (Köln) by the renowned Berlin manufacturer KPM (Konigliche Porzellan-Man...
Category
19th Century German Gothic Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Oak
Set of Nine Minton 19th Century Hand-Painted Dessert Plates, Antonin Boullemier
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This amazing set of nine Mintons, 19th century cabinet plates depicting young nymphs in fanciful, bucolic settings are beautifully and realistically painted on a soft aqua background...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Plates Depicting Putto at Play by Minton, Dated 1881
By Minton
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very decorative pair of porcelain plates depicting Putto at Play, by Minton.
English, dated 1881.
Impressed Marks for Minton and year Cypher for 1881.
Each plate is fine...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Flagship Corsair Vegetable Bowl
By Minton
Located in Norwell, MA
Personal dinnerware made exclusively for J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) for use aboard his Flagship Corsair, built in 1890. This 6” Flagship Corsair vegetable side plate bowl by Mint...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM White & Gold Round Tureen with Hand Painted Floral Decoration Molded Relief
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Sometimes it's nice to have a classic round soup tureen and this one made by KPM is a perfect example. The molded round body is embellished with detailed hand-painted polychrome flor...
Category
1920s German 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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