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Porcelain For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Royal Vienna Gilt Porcelain Tankard Depicting Minerva
Located in New York, NY
19th century Austrian stein with finely painted neoclassical cartouches celebrating the Roman goddess, Minerva, with extensive enameled and gilt decorations. Excellent condition.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Dinner Plate, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Nantgarw Porcelain Dinner Plate, c1820
Additional information:
Date : c1820
Period : George III/George IV
Marks : Impressed NANT-GARW C.W.
Origin : Nantgarw, South Wales
Colour : o...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Marked Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Marked Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820
Welsh porcelain is amongst the most highly regarded of all early 19th century porcelains. The colour and decoration is always of...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820
Welsh porcelain is amongst the most highly regarded of all early 19th century porcelains. The colour and decoration is always of the hi...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Spode Porcelain Coffee Can Greek Key Pattern 742, circa 1810
By Josiah Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good example of an English George III period, porcelain, coffee can, made by Spode in the early 19th century, circa 1810.
The can is nominally straight sided and ha...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816
Additional information:
Date : 1815-1817
Period : George III
Marks : Faint impressed trident mark
Origin : Swansea, South Wale...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Blue and Gold Soft-Boiled Egg Service, Porcelain Limoges, France, 1928
By Limoges
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pretty soft-boiled egg service including 6 egg cups and a matching Limoges porcelain tray.
Decorated with small pink, orange and purple flowers.
Striking colors of French Blue as well as several gold edgings on the outside and inside of the egg cups. The interior gold edging of the egg cups and tray are finely crafted.
Stamped Limoges Unique...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Nantgarw Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Nantgarw Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer, c1820
Additional information:
Date : c1820
Period : George III - William IV
Marks : none
Origin : Nantgarw, Wale...
Category
19th Century English George III 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
Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
22121707 Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816
Additional information:
Date : 1815-1817
Period : George III
Marks : none
Origin : Swansea, South Wales
Colour : poly...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Viennese Porcelain Charger by Antonin Boullemier (1840-1900)
Located in New York, NY
Antique Royal Vienna porcelain plate painted by Antonin Boullemier (1840-1900), depicting courting lovers and with extensive neoclassical mofits and gilt decorations. Excellent cond...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A London Decorated Swansea Porcelain Plate of Burdett Coutts Type, 1815-17
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A London Decorated Swansea Porcelain Plate of Burdett Coutts Type, 1815-17
Additional information:
Date : 1815-1817
Period : George III
Marks : Impressed mark Swansea
Origin : Swans...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Swansea Porcelain Oval Dish, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Swansea Porcelain Oval Dish, c1820
Additional information:
Date : c1820
Period : George IV
Marks : Unmarked. Label for Leslie Joseph collection
Origin : Wales
Colour : Polychrome
...
Category
19th Century English George IV Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Plate from Meissen, Germany, Late 19th Century
Located in Chorzów, PL
Blue onion plate from Meissen Germany
Signature from late 19th century
Very good condition, small chip shown at the picture.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Fine Swansea London decorated Porcelain Dish, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Fine Swansea London decorated Porcelain Dish, c1820
Additional information:
Date : Circa 1820
Period : George III /George IV
Marks :Stencilled in red upper case 'Swansea' and a fa...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Antique French Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plates, Circa 1890-1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 12 antique French limoges porcelain oyster plates, circa 1890-1900.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
22121706 Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
22121706 Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816
Additional information:
Date : 1815-1817
Period : George III
Marks : none
Origin : Swansea, South Wales
Colour : poly...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Dresden Germany Porcelain Cobalt Blue Urns, circa 1920
Located in Gardena, CA
Pair Dresden Germany Porcelain Urns. A matte cobalt blue ground with hand painted courting scenes to the central area. Marked to underside.
...
Category
1920s Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Gilded and Hand-Painted Porcelain Flasks, Napoleon III Period.
By Jacob Petit
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of gilded and hand-painted porcelain flasks, Napoleon III period.
Pair of 19th century porcelain flasks with their stoppers, hand-painted and gilded decoration, Napoleon III pe...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H & R Daniel Dessert Service, Floral with Lilac Sprigging, Regency, 1824
By H&R Daniel
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning dessert service made by H&R Daniel in 1824. The set consists of a large centre piece comport, two sauce comports (without covers), four large rectangular dishes, f...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Flight Barr and Barr Worcester Coffee Can and Saucer C.1815-182
Located in Exeter, GB
A Flight Barr and Barr Worcester Porcelain coffee can and Saucer c.1815-1820. Finely decorated with a bold Japan pattern.
Condition: ...
Category
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
Antique Derby English Porcelain Figure of Children in a Garden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain figurine.
By the Derby Porcelain Works.
With 3 children in a garden accompanied by a lamb and a cat.
The boy is reclining against a tall flowery plant and holding a pipe or scoop in his hand.
Simply a great antique Derby figurine...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Imari Small Canted Corner Bowl, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Japanese Imari Small Canted Corner Bowl, 19th Century
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mocha Service - Six Cups - Sèvres Porcelain - Period: Art Nouveau
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Charming mocha set in Sevres porcelain.
It consists of six cups and a tray in the shape of a "Horseshoe" in polychrome porcelain decorated with sprays of flowers and golden highligh...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Portland Vase, circa 1860
Located in Arundel, GB
An English Pate-Sur-Pate Porcelain Portland Vase, possibly Grainger, Worcester.
With additional relief detail to base.
Burnt orange exterior glaze, with a white internal finish.
Engl...
Category
1860s English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair KPM Porcelain Plaques After Franz Lefler
Located in New York, NY
Large 19th century KPM plaques hand-painted by Dittrich after the original paintings by the Czech master, Franz Lefler (1831-1898), depicting children singing and playing string inst...
Category
19th Century German Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Porcelain Pseudo-Tobacco Leaf Pattern Tea Cup & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain cup and saucer.
In the Pseudo-Tobacco Leaf pattern, mimicking the Chinese Export pattern of the late 18th Ce...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Bohemian Haas & Czjzek Porcelain Serving Tray, Schlaggenwald, 1920s
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Bohemian Haas & Czjzek Porcelain Serving Tray, Schlaggenwald 1920s
Offered for sale is an antique Bohemian Haas & Czjzek in Schlaggen...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Berlin Lidded Vases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of classical 19th century Berlin ribbed porcelain lidded vases. Each with Eagle finials, classical motif, floral and ribbon decoration, circular wreaths with...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. Blue & White Chinese Export Planter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century blue & white Chinese Export glazed porcelain pot.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Large 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Fisherman with a Net
Located in New York, NY
A Large 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Fisherman with a Net. As one's gaze ascends, attention is drawn to the fisherman's head, crowned by a wonderfully crafted utilitarian s...
Category
1880s German Other 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
Meissen Group Bacchanal With Wine Barrel, by Kaendler & Meyer, Germany Ca 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare, excellent porcelain group of the 19th century:
Youthful Bacchus with nymph and putti grouped around a large wine cask: The Bacchant, covered with a leopard skin, sitting sideways on the barrel, holding up grapes in his left hand and a wine glass with lid...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Miles Mason Coffee Can & Saucer Porcelain Chinamen on Verandah Pattern, Ca 1805
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Miles Mason Duo of two pieces of blue and white hand gilded porcelain comprising a coffee can and a saucer, all in the Chinaman on Verandah pattern, made by Miles Mason (Ma...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Machin Part Dessert Service, Moustache Shape, Cobalt Blue and Flowers, ca 1825
By Machin
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful part dessert service made by Machin around 1825, which is known as the Regency period. The items have the famous "moustache" moulding, a beautiful cobalt blue gro...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Old Paris or Vieux Paris Porcelain Fan Shaped Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French porcelain vase.
With extensive gilding and painted floral decoration to each side.
Simply a great piece of Ol...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Napoleon III Style Pair Of Limoges Porcelain Cups With Plate Hand Painted
By Limoges
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Valuable and particular pair of fine white porcelain collection cups...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Blue Flower Braided, two bowls.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, Blue Flower Braided, two bowls.
Model number: 10/8156 + 10/8009
Model 10/8156 dated 1958.
Model 10/8009 dated approx. 1920s/30s
Second and first factory quality.
In...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine 19th Century Italian Porcelain Parrot
By Capodimonte
Located in Norwood, NJ
Colorful and finely painted porcelain parrot in greens, yellows and blues, perched on realistic branch with leaves and berries. Bottom with crowned ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Crown Derby Imari Soup Bowls, a Pair
Located in Tampa, FL
A pair of late 19th century Imari Royal Crown Derby soup bowls. Late 19th century, England.
Category
1890s English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Antique Porcelain Sculpture by Capodimonte
By Capodimonte
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful pair of statues in refined Capodimonte porcelain. Two young girls dancing. Characterized by elegant eighteenth-century dresses with full lace skirts completely made in porc...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Neoclassical Paris Porcelain Vases in Royal French Blue, Early 1800s
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of Paris porcelain neoclassical style vases from the early 1800s have stunning details and rich coloration.
Old Paris porcelain, or Vieux Paris, is the term given to the elaborate hard-paste porcelain products created in Paris from the mid-1700s through the late 1800s. Vieux Paris is a generic term, as there were more than 30 factories that produced porcelain during this period. Sometimes these factories would sell “blank”, unpainted pieces to outside artisans, so it is quite possible to see identically shaped pieces with different paint styles. Because of this, a fair majority of Vieux Paris is unattributed – meaning there are typically no production marks.
The trumpet necks of these vases are a lustrous gilded porcelain, flanked on two sides by bright white stylized sphinx busts with acanthus leaf headpieces. The slightly obovate bodies are painted in a matte azure color. This color, known as “Bleu de France”, has been a staple of the heraldry of the French monarchy since the 12th century.
The body of each vase is where most of the minute details can be found. Situated on either side and slightly below the base of the sphinxes are gilt cherubs. Each vase has its own unique set of cherubs, depicting different activities. One vase has a cherub with butterfly on a string, while the one on the opposite side is holding a pair of trumpets. The other vase has a cherub flying with a wreath, while the one on the opposite side is holding a pair of torches. Even though the figures are very small in stature, you can still see the details of their faces. Beneath the cherubs are large bisque...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Marble
Meissen, a Set of Three Deep Plates, Hand Painted, Blue Onion. Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, a set of three deep plates, hand painted, Blue Onion.
Late 19th century.
In perfect condition.
Third factory quality.
Marked
Dimensions: D 23.4 x H 5.0 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Berlin KPM Porcelain Campana Form Twin Handle Urns
Located in Gardena, CA
A large pair of campana form vases with twin handles and heavily gilt with hand painted floral vases on each side. Berlin mark to undersides
Additional Information:
Type: Urns
Di...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ridgway Porcelain Teacup and Saucer, Blue Flowers and Gilt, Regency, Ca 1825
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made around 1825 by Ridgway. It is decorated with the very popular pattern no. 2/1000: a cobalt blue ground with rich gilding and monochrome blu...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sevres France Porcelain Large Decorative Urn, Late 19th Century
Located in Gardena, CA
Sevres France porcelain large decorative urn, Late 19th Century. The central band depicting various period era court scenes. Artist signed "C.Velly" to the center edge. A cobalt blue...
Category
19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Majolica Palissy-Type Inkstand
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian majolica Palissy type pottery inkstand in the form of a leaf with fruit, burds and lizard on animal paw feet. Provenance
Category
19th Century Italian Minimalist Antique Porcelain
Materials
Majolica
Antique English Porcelain Pseudo-Tobacco Leaf Pattern Tea Cup & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain cup and saucer.
In the Pseudo-Tobacco Leaf pattern, mimicking the Chinese Export pattern of the late 18th ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, six deep plates in porcelain hand-painted with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, six deep plates in porcelain hand-painted with polychrome flowers and gold decoration.
1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: D...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, four dinner plates in porcelain, 1920/30s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, four dinner plates in porcelain hand-painted with polychrome flowers and gold decoration.
Approx. 1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Di...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Blue Flower Braided, leaf-shaped dish with handle.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, Blue Flower Braided, leaf-shaped dish with handle.
Model number: 10/8002
1920s/30s.
First factory quality.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: W 23.0 cm. x ...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pear Shaped Meissen Vase with Cover and Vines with Flowers and Fruits
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful early 19th century pear shaped Meissen covered vase with raised fruits, vines and flowers. The vase is finely hand painted with pink ...
Category
1810s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM 1918 "Echo" Porcelain handpainted plaque
Located in Verviers, BE
A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, "ECHO"
Finely painted after a painting from Edouard Bisson (1856-1939) depicting a beauty listening atte...
Category
1810s German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, six dinner plates in porcelain with polychrome flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, six dinner plates in porcelain hand-painted with polychrome flowers and gold decoration.
Approx. 1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dim...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Large Plate or Dish Blue & White Fish Pattern, Early 19th C
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful hand painted, blue and white Chinese porcelain large diameter dish or plate, which we date to the early 19th century period of the Qing dynasty.
The plate is w...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique 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
Spode Porcelain Sucrier Hand Painted and Gilded Pattern 967, circa 1810
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine example of an English George III period, porcelain, Sucrier with cover or lidded sugar bowl, made by Spode all hand painted in Pattern 967, during the early 19th Century, circa 1810.
This Sucrier has a beautiful and elegant shape with high loop handles either side of the oval body. The cover has a shaped oval knob...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique 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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