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Porcelain For Sale
Creator: Piero Fornasetti
Creator: Lenox's Ceramic Art Company
Piero Fornasetti Series 8 Coasters Commissioned by Banca Unione Milan
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Complete set of eight porcelain coasters produced in 1970 by Piero Fornasetti; they were expressly commissioned by the Banca Unione of Milan; the graphics with the decoration "Le Monete" represents eight variations on the theme of coins made in black and pure gold with the third firing; the term "third firing" means, in ceramics, the third firing that is applied to an object to add decorations, especially those in pure gold, a technique that requires great skill and precision; the saucers represent in numerical order 1)Boat, 2)Home, 3)idea, 4)Everything, 5)Holidays, 6)Christmas, 7)Student, 8)Car; they are contained in a golden cardboard case. These are Fine collectibles in excellent condition; the saucers were created in 1970 to be given as gifts by Banca Unione of Milan to its customers; they were made by Piero Fornasetti (1931-1988) a versatile and eclectic founder of the design and decorative arts atelier that bears his name. The Banca Unione was established in 1919 by Carlo Feltrinelli, father of Giangiacomo, a publisher very close to the left; among the minority shareholders were Bastogi (the largest Italian financial); since 1968 the bank became the property of the financier and fixer Michele Sindona (1920-1986) who secured the absolute majority along with the Vatican; the Bank dedicated itself to the Italian market by launching an unprecedented commercial policy, in an attempt to reconcile the interests of the institution with socially advanced actions. According to Sindona, in Italy, banks were only interested in the wealthy, snubbing the categories of workers with modest incomes. Sindona overturned this logic and, ahead of his time, sent Banca Unione promoters into the factories. Sindona was a member of the P2 lodge (card no. 0501) and had clear associations with Cosa Nostra and the Gambino family in the United States. Involved in the Calvi affair, he was behind the murder of Giorgio Ambrosoli. He died poisoned...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Hand-Painted and Gilt Encrusted Cup and Saucers, 24 Pieces Total
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rare and beautiful set of 12 hand-painted porcelain cup and saucers from Lenox. Masterfully painted by their re known artist: William Morley. A thick acid etched 24-karat gold band...
Category
1920s American Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Enamel, Gold
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Set of 8 Gilted Astrolabe Plates
Located in Paris, FR
Piero Fornasetti 1913-1988 lived and worked in Milano and he was very fond of science. This series normally is composed of 12 designs about astrolabe or "Astrolabos" in Greece which ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Italian Racehorse Champions Plates
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Italian Racehorse Champions Plates,
Great Italian Equestrian Champions,
"Grandi Campioni Italian Del Galoppo,
Circa 1950's.
The plates, numbered consecutively from ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Piero Fornasetti Plates Gilt Porcelain
Located in Epfach, DE
Piero Fornasetti plate, to use as a place plate, dinner plate as well as decoration
the plates are in a nice used condition, small abrasions of the gold are not further disturbing bu...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful dish with Butterfly in porcelain by Piero Fornasetti. Mid-20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
A Beautiful dish with a Butterfly in porcelain designed by Piero Fornasetti during the Mid-20th Century. Typical Fornasetti design and with a butterfly with beauful colors
Wear cons...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plate, No 4 for Tiffany
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plate,
No 4 in Series,
Made for Tiffany,
1960s
The tromp l"oeil porcelain plate depicts a section o...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Mural Plates by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Four 70s porcelain plates designed by Piero Fornasetti especially for Fiat, depicting Torino monuments and cooking recipes. The black, white and gold colors are a mark of Fornasetti ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 5 Piero Fornasetti Mitologia Gilt Porcelain Plates, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 5, Italian, mid century, small plates or coasters by Piero Fornasetti, made exclusively for retailer Bonwitt Teller. The plates feature the "Mitologia" (Mythological) pattern,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Piero Fornasetti Plates Gilt Porcelain
Located in Epfach, DE
Piero Fornasetti plate, to use as a place plate, dinner plate as well as decoration
the plates are in a nice used condition, small abrasions of the gold are not further disturbing bu...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Hallmarked Porcelain Rectangle Serving Bowls Pair Of
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of fabulous and hard to find vintage 1960's hallmarked Piero Fornasetti porcelain rectangular serving bowls, appetizer dishes have hand painted vegetables or fruits surroun...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate 12 Mesi 12 Soli Settembre September
Located in München, BY
Fornasetti porcelain plate for Rosenthal - 12 Mesi 12 Soli.
Plate No. 9, Settembre September.
No damage. Very good condition.
Dimensions:
Diameter 10,2"/26cm
Depth 1,2"/3cm
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Plate #334, Atelier Fornasetti, The Quiet
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation plate, #334,
The Quiet,
Atelier Fornasetti
With Original Box.
The Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts t...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Piero Fornasetti Bowl With Letter S
Located in Epfach, DE
Piero Fornasetti bowl with letter S
The beautiful decorative bowl with gilding is also a wonderful gift. The condition is very good, the gilding is not scuffed. You can put it and ha...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Vintage Gilded Key and Malachite Swirl Porcelain Small Tray
Located in North Miami, FL
This unusual vintage Piero Fornasetti small porcelain tray or dish has the motif and subject matter of a gilded key amongst swirls of faux teal gr...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Fornasetti Milano Set of 4 Porcelain Plates Archimboldesca Series Vegetable Head
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A vintage set of four plates by Piero Fornasetti from the "Arcimboldesca" series is a remarkable and artistic collection that embodies the whimsical and imaginative design sensibilit...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Set of Plates with Mollusks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain Conchiglie seashell plates with snails and mollusks,
Set of Six,
circa 1960s-1970s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchiglie pattern which d...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coasters Il Mondo Alla Rovescia Midcentury Set of 8
Located in North Miami, FL
These theatrical vintage Piero Fornasetti complete set of 8 hand painted very colorful porcelain coasters and or small plates are Mid-Century Modern. They are for an opera and in translation of English for the opera mean Topsy Turvy. Great barware. These are not common. They come in their original round gold box...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Plates, Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of rare Piero Fornasetti Fish Plates,
Pesci pattern or Passage of Fish,
Numbered # 2 & 3,
circa 1960s
The porcelain plates depict two diff...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Set of Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni Pattern Plates-Rosettes
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Set of Six Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni pattern plates depicting Rosettes
1980s,
The dramatic plates depict six different large black and white flower-shaped rosettes on a gilt ground.
Dimensions: 10 inches diameter x 1 1/4 inches high.
The plates are numbered 1-6, each a different design.
Mark: a printed black and white flower with the name ROSONI above the Fornasetti hand...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes and Variations Plate, Motiv 28
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate,
Motiv Number 28,
1980s
The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the fa...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Lenox Aesthetic Movement Dinner Service W/ "Prunus" Sterling Silver Gilt Overlay
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This amazing service for 12 was made by Ceramic Art Company/ Lenox ca. 1890 and features sterling silver with a gold wash overlay in an iconic "Japonesque"...
Category
1890s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve Porcelain Plate #5, Signed, Unused
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve porcelain plate number 5. Signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #286
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #286,
The Binoculars,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the f...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Recipe Plate, Beautiful Soup, Made for Fleming Joffe
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain recipe plate,
Beautiful Soup,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe company in New York City. It depicts an improbable and amusing recipe with an image of a toad.
Diameter: 10 1/4 inches x 1 inch high.
The Fleming Joffe company was a small leather goods...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Astrolabe Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe plate,
Numbered #7 in Series
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts an astrolabe in a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate with Mollusks, #9
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Plate With Snails and Mollusks,
#9,
Circa 1960s-70s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchigl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
MCM Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #1, Astrolabio Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti astrolabe porcelain plate,
#1 in Astrolabio pattern,
1960s-mid 1970s.
The Piero Fornasetti plate depicts an astrol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Desert Plate, No 12 for Tiffany
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Sezioni Di Frutta Dessert Plate,
No 12 for Tiffany,
Circa 1970
The tromp l"oeil porcelain plate depicts a section of fruit, a pear, on a white backgr...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate, # 27
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 27,
With Original Box,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation design is made on Rosenthal porcelain....
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #319
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Surrealist Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #319,
Gorgonzola Cheese,
Atelier Fornasetti
20th Century
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Vari...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Astrolabio Plate 1955 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Piero Fornasetti plate.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #14
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #14,
The Keyhole,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts a keyhole...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Lenox Art Nouveau Silver Overlay Cup & Saucers
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 6 rare shaped hexagonal cups and saucers are made by the Ceramic Art Company, ca. 1887-1900 which later became Lenox. They are profusely decorated with elegant Art Nouveau sterling silver overlay with geometrically placed flowers which provides a lovely contrast to the rich cobalt blue ground. The rare shape adds to the beauty and uniqueness of design. The saucers measure 4.75" x 4.75".
This set of 6 Ceramic Art Company/Lenox cobalt...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Porcelain Surrealist Themes & Variation Plate, #83
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Porcelain Surrealist Themes & Variation Plate #83,
The Light Bulb,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Modern Vintage Duo Set of Espresso Cups Piero Fornasetti for Rosenthal 1980s
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern vintage duo set of Espresso cups from porcelain designed by
Piero Fornasetti for Rosenthal 1980s.
Stunning duo set of espresso cups ...
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 8 Cups or Coasters “Cocktails” by Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti Milano
Located in Brussels, BE
About this set of 8 cups or coasters "Cocktails" by Piero Fornasetti
Porcelain with polychrome decoration.
Each coaster illustrating a cocktail and its recipe.
Each coaster marked...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Six Mid-Century Modern Handpainted Plates by Piero Fornasetti, "Floralia", 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare Six Mid-Century Modern Handpainted Plates by Piero Fornasetti, "Floralia", 1950s.
Plate from the Floralia series by Pierro Fornasetti for his...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Stoneware
Set of Piero Fornasetti Medaglioni Crescent Catchall Trays, 1960s
Located in Miami, FL
A set of six (6) vintage catch all crescent shaped decorative dishes designed and manufactured by the Italian master of playful and surreal self-expr...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain and Gilded Appetizer Bowls Midcentury Barware Set / 6
Located in North Miami, FL
These fabulous small Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti vintage appetizer small serving bowls are porcelain with gilded gold edges, bottom and ins...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Piero Fornasetti Astronomici Plate, #4 in Series
Located in Downingtown, PA
Astronomici means Astronomics. This is a rare pattern in black and white with gold highlights.
Mark: A moon and sun within a circle with smiling faces with scattered stars and th...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Plate, Themes & Variations, Motiv 19
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Rosenthal Fornasetti Temi E Variazioni porcelain plate,
Themes & Variations,
Motiv 19,
1980s.
The striking gold-rimmed black and white printed plate depicts a nude fema...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Plates from the Musical Instruments Series by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Porcelain plates from the Musical Instruments series by Piero Fornasetti, 1950s
with screen-printed and hand-painted decoration.
Produced and designed in the 1950s by Piero Fornasetti.
Present the brand of the manufacture.
This plate are very rare and in very good conditions, probably never used as plate but just to decorations for a living wall or in a kitchen furniture...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #15
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti porcelain themes & variation plate #15,
The Hand,
Barnaba Fornasetti, Fornasetti Studio.
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation patt...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Art Nouveau American Belleek CAC Lenox Silver Overlay Porcelain Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique American Belleek silver overlay porcelain vase.
By CAC (which becomes Lenox in 1906).
Decorated with silver overlay throughout. T...
Category
20th Century North American Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Silver
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Black Gold Measurement Insulator Paperweight Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Piero Fornasetti porcelain insulator paperweight is gold with a black background. Italian through and through. It is titled cleverly on the top" THERE IS MEASURE IN ALL ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Ceramic Art Company C.A.C. (Ott & Brewer) Belleek Mocha Pot
Located in Sharon, CT
Important C.A.C. Belleek mermaid mocha/coffee pot.
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Newspaper Plate, Daily Express
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain newspaper plate,
Daily Express,
Giornali (Newspapers)
Late 1950s.
(NY8534B)
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts the front page of the Daily Express from Saturday, February 11, 1956, with the main headline reading "Now, Shiver and Shake", regarding cold temperatures in Europe. Another amusing headline is "Marilyn charming says Vivien", referring to Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Oliver's wife on meeting Marilyn Monroe.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter x 1/2 inch height. (26.04 cm)
Mark: Marked with a black rectangle, the classic Fornasetti hand...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Calandar Plate for 1969
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Calendar Plate for the Year 1969,
The design of the 1969 Fornasetti porcelain calendar plate depicts a bunch of gr...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve Porcelain Plate # 3, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Piero Fornasetti Eva / Eve porcelain dinner plate number 3. Signed. Never used as a dinner plate.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
MCM Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Plate,
Motiv 22,
With original box,
The 1980s
From a select group of porcelain plates made by Rosenthal from ...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Spice Company Dish of a Bill of Sale from the Weikel & Smith
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti ceramic bill of sale tray,
Weikel & Smith Spice Company, Philadelphia
The 1950s-1960s
The large ceramic tray or ashtray depicts a bill of sale from the Weikel &...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti Plate Capricorn Zodiac Sign Porcelain, 1963, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti plate Capricorn zodiac sign porcelain, 1963, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate, #11 in Astrolabio Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain astrolabe plate,
#11 in Astrolabio Pattern.
1960's-mid 1970's.
The plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number 11 ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
CAC/ Ceramic Art Company Lenox Hand-Painted Vase with Raised Paste Gold Tulips
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This jewel of a vase is a masterful example of Ceramic Art Company-Lenox, in the Art Nouveau style. Completely hand decorated with two colors of raised pas...
Category
19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Postmodern Style Candleholders Designed by Kate Spade for Lenox
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of porcelain postmodern style candle holders, beautiful colors with silver edge accent by Kate Spade for Lenox.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coaster Reclining "Adam” 7 of 8, 1965, Mid-century
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Plate number 7 from the quite rare and sought after of Fornasetti 1960’s design series, Adamo & Eva (1965). Compared to his much more severe standing “Adam" of a decade earlier, this...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern 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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