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Porcelain For Sale
Oblong Herend Rothschild Bird Serving Dish / Tray in Hand-Painted Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Oblong Herend Rothschild Bird serving dish / tray in hand-painted porcelain. Mid-20th century.
Measures: 49 x 17.5 cm.
In excellent condition. Micro crack in the handle from the pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Huge Minton Majolica Vase
By Minton
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1870, by Minton, England. A gorgeous example of English porcelain, this monumental vase is a Victorian Aesthetic movement tour de force. Majolica by Minton is known for its del...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$12,500
Vintage Pillivuyt France Asia Pacific Porcelain Ashtray Collectible Dish
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Pillivuyt France Asia Pacific Porcelain Ashtray Collectible Dish.
Vintage collector porcelain ashtray by Laufen Pillivuyt, France.
Fre...
Category
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique English Porcelain Saucers Blue and Gold Derby England Circa 1820
By Derby
Located in Katonah, NY
These Deby saucers were made in England around 1820 and feature deep blue borders with vibrant gilding. The gilt was applied by hand using a stencil, resulting in exquisite floral fo...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Georgian Derby Porcelain Plate or Dish Partridge Pattern hand painted, Ca 1815
By Derby
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good antique Side / Desert Plate or Dish, made by the Derby factory, hand painted and gilded in the beautiful Partridge Pattern, during the reign of George 111 in the ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$355 Sale Price
25% Off
A superb & rare Flight & Barr, Worcester Porcelain Inkstand c.1800
Located in Exeter, GB
A superb & rare Flight & Barr, Worcester Porcelain Inkstand c.1800 - 05. Two flared pockets flanking the dolphin-form handle accommodating a removable candle sconce, a pair of quill-...
Category
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Flora Danica Porcelain Dinner Service by Royal Copenhagen, 124 Pieces
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted by the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory, this 124-piece dinner service features one of the most prestigious porcelain patterns ever produced—the coveted Flora Danica pa...
Category
20th Century Danish Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Meissen Figural Porcelain Centerpiece Baskets
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique (late 19th century) reticulated porcelain baskets supported by putti around a tree stump, and encrusted with raised flowers. Each 16 inches tall. Each with the Meiss...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Figure of a Lady Warrior Holding a Spear and a Shield with a Face with Wings
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this amazing KPM porcelain figurine of a lady warrior with her shield and spear. I believe she is Athena. As you can s...
Category
1890s German Classical Greek Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Thomas Wolfe Factory Z Lion Pattern English Teacup and Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce antique English Staffordshire bone china teacup and saucer hand decorated with a red lion by Thomas Wolfe (Factory Z) and dating from...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Morbelli Porcelain Wall Plates Worked with Pure Gold 1960 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Morbelli Porcelain wall plates worked with pure gold 1960 Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set Bowls and Leaf Dish
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" set bowls and leaf dish
The set of six pieces with two leaf shaped dishes, two small bowls and two large bowls with green ...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A rare Chamberlain Worcester porcelain Sultan's Plate c.1835
Located in Exeter, GB
A rare and unique Chamberlain Worcester porcelain plate decorated in the ''Sultan's'' pattern c.1835. Made for the Ottoman Court of Sultan Mahmud II who reigned from 1808-1839. The p...
Category
19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,831 Sale Price
20% Off
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
La Menagerie Ottomane Tiger Porcelain Dinner Plate, Handmade in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Discover the fascinating world of exotic animals once hidden within the Sultan’s palaces, often gifted by foreign dignitaries and treasured as symbols of wonder and prestige. La Mena...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Reticulated Chinese Famille Rose Medallion Porcelain Bowl or Basket
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This antique late Qing handpainted oval shaped reticulated Chinese export porcelain Famille Rose Medallion bowl with underplate is a stunning piece o...
Category
1850s Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,235 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Of Meissen Bronze Table Lamps With Motto Children, by MV Acier, 1775-1814
Located in Vienna, AT
With porcelain figures from the original period of origin around 1775:
Two electrified bronze lamps with gilding: a profiled pedestal in a triangular shape with beveled corners as a ...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Daisy Makeig-Jones Wedgwood Butterfly Lustre Bowl
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A butterfly lustre bowl designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones for Josiah Wedgwood & Sons circa 1915.
This butterfly lustre bowl is a gorgeous example of Daisy Makeig-Jones’s unique artistr...
Category
1910s British Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Dux, Rococo Couple in Hand Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand painted porcelain, 1940s.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
The woman measures: 21 x 13 cm.
The man measures: 22 x 9 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand, "Blå eld" Porcelain Teapot, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand. "Blå eld" porcelain teapot. Beautiful deep blue glaze, 1960s.
Measures: 18.8 x 17 cm.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mix & Match, Six Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plates with Flowers and Animals
Located in MILAN, IT
If you are looking for an unique tableware in order to make your dinner special and chic every day, this "Mix and Match" dinner porcelain set is the perfect solution. It is an explos...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique La Seynie P & P Limoges 5 Piece Vanity Tray Set
By Limoges
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
Antique La Seynie P & P Limoges 5 Piece Vanity Tray Set. The large tray is signed G. Dodge on the upper right side. The smaller tray bears the manufac...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,024 Sale Price
73% Off
Rosenthal Sanssouci Coffee Pot, Sugar Bowl and Cream Jug, 1950s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rosenthal Sanssouci coffee pot, sugar bowl and cream jug. Hand-painted flowers, foliage in relief and gold edge.
1950s.
The coffee pot measures:...
Category
1950s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges Porcelaine. Three porcelain plates with motifs of child musicians
Located in København, Copenhagen
Limoges Porcelaine, France. Three porcelain plates with motifs of child musicians.
1930s/1940s.
In excellent condition with minimal signs of use.
Marked.
Large: D 21.5 cm.
Small: D 1...
Category
1930s French Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
English Porcelain Dessert Service, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
Each piece finely decorated with a different landscapre, the yellow ground border with floral arrangments in compartments, Comprising 1 compote, pair of covered sauce tureens, 16 pla...
Category
1820s English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Paris Porcelain Wash Jug and Bowls
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An elegant, three-piece set of old Paris porcelain in the style of Lebon-Halley with a pitcher, bowl, and deep plate in creamy porcelain accented by luxurious gold trim. The undersid...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Herend Hungary porcelain salt cellars, Rotschild
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain salt cellars, Rotschild
Two porcelain salt cellars by Herend Hungary in the pattern Rotschild. Marked on the bottom, ca 1960-1980 with number 236/RO (RO for...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,166 / set
8 Bucciarelli Milano porcelain coasters, Fornasetti design, Italy, 1960
By Bucciarelli
Located in Brussels, BE
8 Bucciarelli Milano porcelain coasters, Fornasetti design, Italy, 1960
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Dresden Style Porcelain Centre Piece 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and ornate Vintage Dresden Revival porcelain centrepiece, late 20th century in date.
The centrepiece features a winged cherub on each side holding an oval pierc...
Category
1990s German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Italian School Crucifixion Oil on Canvas After the Old Masters
Located in Nottingham, GB
Large Crucifixion Oil on Canvas After the Old Masters
From a private Italian collection
Free international shipping
Category
20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Canvas
Contemporary Oval Platter Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this white seabed rim oval platter has corals lying on a bright bottom surrounded by mysterious multicolored gems floating amid brushe...
Category
2010s European Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$278 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Set of 11 French Larchevêque UML Limoges Porcelain Dessert Plates and Platter
By Limoges
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of 11 French Marc Larchevêque UML Limoges porcelain dessert plates and platter from the 19th century, with floral garlands and gilt trim. Created in France during the 19th cent...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service
German, c. 1900
Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm
Square salad bowl:...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$48,565 / set
19th English Porcelain Tray for Serving Meat in Blue tones.
Located in Marbella, ES
19th English Porcelain Tray for Serving Meat in Blue Tones.
Category
1890s Spanish Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hermès Porcelain Plate "Cocarde de soie"
By Hermès
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Hermès porcelain plate "Cocarde de soie".
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Assembled Copeland and Garrett Part Dinner Service, Early 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
UPDATE: SOLD 12 dinner plates, 10 soup plates, one well-and-tree platter. Each piece transfer-printed in blue with panels of classical figures and vases, comprising: a soup tureen and cover, a {21" well-and-tree meat platter}, a 21" platter printed with a coat of arms, a 14.75" platter, a 14.5" platter and strainer, two 12.5" platter, three 11.75" platters, two sauce tureens, covers and stands, an open vegetable dish, a lozenge-shaped dish, two shaped square dishes, a lozenge-shaped tazza, {twelve dinner plates, ten soup plates}, five dessert plates and five side plates, some pieces with either printed and impressed Copeland and Garrett...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Imari Porcelain Plate or Bowl Qing Kangxi Mark and period, Ca 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain plate or bowl from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722, fully marked to the base with the Kangxi period Artemisia Leaf mark within a double blue ring.
The plate is of dinner plate size, finely potted with a carefully cut base rim and a lovely rich glassy, white glaze with a light blue tinge.
The plate is carefully hand painted in a free flowing style, characteristic of the period, in varying shades of a clear cobalt blue, iron red and gold. The central well is decorated in the Imari style with flowering peonies, asters and other flowers and grasses, with a small insect flying above the flowers, all within two sets of concentric blue circles. The outer rim is richly decorated with flower sprigs and leaves, all within an outer blue circle.
The base of the plate has a recognized and documented hand painted Kangxi symbol of an Artemisia Leaf, within a double blue ring. See Page 168 of "How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain" by Willoughby Hodgson and published by Forgotten Books. A Kangxi plate...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$827 Sale Price
33% Off
Gucci Limited Edition Porcelain Sailor Mug
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gucci maritime-inspired lidded porcelain mug in light blue and pink colors, with Hollywood's sailor print on one side and an anchor detail with the world "Loved" on the other side / ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$360 Sale Price
25% Off
Large and Assembled Wedgwood 'Wreathed Shell' Part Dessert Service, circa 1815
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
"Conchological, each shaped based on that of a real shell and enriched in shades of pink, yellow and iron red. Literature: Robin Reilly, Wedgwood Vol. II, Page 25 Fig 13 and 14. 1 Argonauta Argo Compote and tellin Radiata Stand, 4 Angornia Covered Bowls with Serpoula Finials and Four Stands (1 stand Restored), 6 tellina radiata dishes (one as is), 3 pitolas (?) aestatus dishes (one as is), 1 large tellina radiata stand, 23 pecten japonicum plates, pair of tellina radiata dishes (both restored), pair covered creambowls (both restored). Wedgwood's 1878 Illustrated Catalogue of Ornamental Shapes [fig. 1] illustrated under the heading of 'Comports' the various shells that comprised the forms of its 'Wreathed Shell...
Category
1810s English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Pearlware
19th Century Naples/Capo di Monte Boxed Tea or Coffee Service
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This incredible early 19th century porcelain tea and coffee service with six matching cups and saucers is still in the original fitted wood...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Paste, Porcelain
Japanese Earthenware Vases with Birds and Butterflies, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of Japanese earthenware 'bisque' colored vases with a raised floral, butterfly and 'phoenix' bird relief, circa mid-20th century, Japan. Both vases signed on side as...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
$1,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Meissen Four Elements Porcelain Ewers
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extremely rare and important set of four Meissen ewers represents the Four Elements: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Impressive in both size and artistry, they are among the most fa...
Category
19th Century German Other Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$298,500 / set
Contemporary Italian Porcelain Esotica Collection, Iguana by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This Italian porcelain sculpture is part of Grand Tour by Vito Nesta. Made in Capodimonte porcelain with a glossy and iridescent finish. This ...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 1900s Pottery Buffalo Pottery Deldare "Dr Syntax" Plate
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The title of this plate is "Dr. Syntax Making a Discovery," and it includes a short verse: "Thus passing on his chance to see, beneath an overshadowing tree, Patrick engaged in amoro...
Category
Early 20th Century American Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
$266 Sale Price
50% Off
Pair 9th Century Meissen Russian Subject Siberian Woodsmen Groupings
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th-century Meissen Russian Siberian Woodsmen Groupings
Germany, mid-19th century
A rare find, Russian subjects are not common in Meissen po...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$2,360 Sale Price / set
60% Off
Art Nouveau Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of Storming Bacchantes by A. Cassmann
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Art Nouveau figurine by Rosenthal.
Entitled "Stürmende Bacchantes" which translates to "Storming Bacchantes".
Depicting three half clothed figures stepping towards (or from)...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hutschenreuther-Selb Porcelain Figurine "COCKATOO" Marked #3 on Base
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Cockatoo's with their glorious crown of plumage think they own the world and this one certainly does. It sits with royal dignity upon its lusciously painted Veridian and Gold glazed column. An exquisite Hutschenreuther-Selb porcelain that is over 100 years old. The stamps on the bottom show the names of Lorenz Hutschentreuther and the Hutschenreuther A.G., Selb company. It is marked on the bottom Department of Art per the description - Abteilung fur Kunst. A #3 is located on the inside lip of the underside base.
Hutschenreuther is the name of a German family that established the production of porcelain in northern Bavaria, starting in 1814. The Hutschenreuther porcelain business was founded in 1814 by Carol’s Magnus Hutschenreuther (1794-1845) in Hohenberg an Der Eger, Bavaria, Germany. He had previously worked at the Wallendorf porcelain manufactory in Lichte (Wallendorf.)
After his death in 1845, the factory was headed by his widow, Johanna Hutschenreuther, and her two sons. A large part of the factory was destroyed by a firedestroyed by a fire in 1848, but it was rebuilt. From 1860, they produced hand-painted and gilded porcelain products.
In 1857, Lorenz Hutschenreuther, the elder son of Carolus Magnus...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Pair of French Old Paris Decorative Vases. Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French Old Paris vases with painted, gilt, and figural floral decorative scenes.
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Contemporary Italian Porcelain Esotica Collection, Snake by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This Italian porcelain sculpture is part of Grand Tour by Vito Nesta. Made in Capodimonte porcelain with a glossy and iridescent finish. This double candle holder...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Late 19th Century German Meissen Porcelain Soup Tureen / Centerpiece
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Late 19th Century German Meissen Porcelain Soup Tureen / Centerpiece
The finely painted porcelain lidded bowl topped with a cherub kneeling while draped in a flowing garment, hold...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Ginori Bone China Plate Porcelain, 1990, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Richard Ginori bone China plate porcelain, 1990, Italy.
Category
1990s Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelaine de Paris, "Aurore Tropicale", Six Deep Porcelain Plates
Located in København, Copenhagen
Porcelaine de Paris. "Aurore Tropicale". Six deep porcelain plates decorated with flowers and bamboo. 1980s.
Measures: 17 x 3 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1980s French Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Studio-line. Set of five demitasse cups and saucers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) for Rosenthal Studio-linie.
A set of five demitasse cups with saucers. Modernist retro design.
1980’s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Cup: Height 7.0 cm x Dia...
Category
1980s German Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Pair of Antique Staffordshire Greyhounds
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine pair of antique Staffordshire greyhounds which are a striking pair, peachy, white and gold in color both having rabbits standin...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Timo Sarpaneva for Rosenthal, Six Rare Suomi Porcelain Dinner Plates
Located in København, Copenhagen
Timo Sarpaneva for Rosenthal.
Six rare Suomi porcelain dinner plates decorated with water lilies. 1970s / 80s.
Diameter: 24.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s German Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three Spode Cup & Saucer Sets – Shima, Élysée, and Fleur de Lys Blue
By Spode
Located in Morristown, NJ
Set of Three Spode Cup and Saucer Sets – Y8172-G "Shima," Y8380-G "Élysée," and Y8356-G "Fleur de Lys Blue"
This exquisite set of three Spode fin...
Category
1980s English Anglo-Japanese Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Goebel, West Germany, Advent Candleholder with Angels in Porcelain, Dated 1971
Located in Bochum, NRW
Goebel, West Germany. Advent candleholder with angels in porcelain. Dated 1971. An Advent candle holder bridge shaped with four angels.
It is in excellent, undamaged condition. The u...
Category
1970s Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$473 Sale Price
20% Off
Magnificent Set of 12 Orchid Presentation Plates, Ornate and Elaborately Gilded
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
One of the prettiest sets of Antique English plates custom, from Royal Doulton. These feature their Classic shaped edge, raised gilding on the sh...
Category
1920s English Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
24k Gold
$9,950 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Meissen Porcelain Floral Encrusted Tea Cup & Saucer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen, Germany, late 19th to early 20th century
Hard-paste porcelain, hand-painted with polychrome enamels and gilt accents, applied porcelain flowers, five small knop feet.
...
Category
19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres-style Porcelain Vases with Pedestals
Located in London, GB
Pair of large gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres-style porcelain vases with pedestals
French, Early 20th century
Measures: Vases: height 141cm, width 60cm, depth 44cm
Stands: height 66cm,...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
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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