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Porcelain For Sale
Pair Monumental 19th Century French Louis XV Style Vases with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
Pair of monumental antique (19th century) porcelain vases with covers and gilt bronze mounts. The bodies and covers with paintings in the manner of Watteau, with groups of flowers a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Samson Porcelain Vases and Covers, ”Famille Rose” Decoration, Exceptional Size
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Samson Porcelain vases and covers
Late 19th century
Exceptional size.
”Famille Rose” Decoration.
One with invisible restoration in the body.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Porcelain Plaques of the Ships the Great Republic and the Dashing Wave
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
Wedgwood Porcelain plaques of ships
The Great Republic and The Dashing Wave
1976-1981
The pair of Wedgwood porcelain painted plaques eac...
Category
1970s American Classical Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th-century Meissen Miniature Turquoise-Ground Botanical Teapot and Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Meissen miniature Turquoise-ground teapot and cover,
1735-40
The Meissen porcelain miniature teapot has a turquoise ground with a shaped cartouche ...
Category
1730s German Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Country Style Easter Porcelain Bowl with Hare Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted hare figure with black spots. The Easter bunny is sitting in the middle of the bowl for decorating nuts or s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Country Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century French Fine Porcelain Blue Chocolate Box by Limoge Signed Leroux
Located in Sofia, BG
An elegant round chocolate box made in Fine blue porcelain with figures of a Goddess and two angels hiding by the clouds. Floral decoration from the side in blue and white again. Ver...
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Chinese Porcelain Bowl Famille Rose Made circa 1860
Located in Katonah, NY
This lovely Chinese porcelain bowl was hand-painted in Famille Rose shades of deep purple, orange, and green.
The outside of this beautiful bowl features a top band of purple diamond patterns inset with panels of blooming peonies and small monochrome orange landscapes. Below the purple band...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Punch Bowl Sailor Farwell & Return with Royal Navy Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain European-subject Punch Bowl,
Sailor's Farewell and Return Bowl with Royal Navy Ship,
Circa 1765-75
The Chinese Export porcelain bowl has two images of a sailor and his wife, one known as the sailor's farewell and the other the sailor's return.
The farewell depicts the sailor leaving his wife who hugs him as he is about to depart as he points to the Royal Navy Ship with the Blue Ensign just offshore. The sailor's return depicts the sailor depositing watches and coins into his wife's upraised apron. Between the images are large painted flowering branches and the interior has similar painting.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches x 4 1/2 inches high (26.04 cm diameter x 11,43 cm high)
Provenance: With Elinor Gordon;
Ruth Nutt Collection
Sailor's Farewell and Return Bowl with Royal Navy Ship,
Condition is very good with some fading to the en grisaille sails.
Reference: David S...
Category
1760s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Imari Porcelain Chargers, a Pair
Located in Pearland, TX
A wonderful pair of antique, 19th century Imari chargers with lovely lobed edges, in traditional vibrant oranges and blues. They retain the original antique hangers.
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti, Vintage Plate from the Series of Church Domes Cupole d'Italia
By Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Decorated porcelain
Plate number 5 from the series Cupole d’Italia: Cupola di San Lorenzo a Torino.
Each plate with a different dome of an Italian church seen from the inside named and numbered on the reverse. These plates were designed and executed for building contractor Andrea Brenta, Milan, as Christmas presents...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,495 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair Antiques Irish Belleek Porcelain Aberdeen Pitcher Vase Centerpiece Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning assembled Collection of Pair of wonderful Decorative Porcelain Items comprising of a Pair of Irish Belleek Aberdeen Ewers or Pitchers.
All pieces are Second Period Black Ma...
Category
19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
French Hand Painted Faience Set of Large Wash Bowl and Jug
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a rare set of a hand painted earthenware large wash bowl and jug. Their background are white adorned with gilt rims followed by wide royal blue and fine golden bands. The han...
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Earthenware
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration.
Model: 20/3572
Dating: 1963
Latin name.
In perfect condition.
First factory qua...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ode to the Woods, Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plate with Rabbit and Flowers
Located in MILAN, IT
A white taled rabbit, a typical animal of the woods is gently painted on this dinner plate, with soft black tones and it is surrounded by a delicate and intriguing mix of wild flower...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Style Ludwigsburg Porcelain Reticulated or Openwork Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine German porcelain openwork or reticulated basket.
By the Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory.
With pierced sides of interlocking circular...
Category
20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Royal Worcester Transitional Neoclassical Style Vases, England, 1901
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Royal Worcester Transitional Neoclassical style vases, England, 1901.
Date marked with green backs-tamp with five dots to the left and right.
'Leadless Glaze- English Registry Mark'
Each vase shape #2129, with stylized plume top, fitted with twin gilt handles, hand-painted with delicate alternating vertical floral and laurels. Raised on circular acanthus pedestal...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,196 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique KPM Royal Berlin Porcelain Flower Encrusted Reticulated Fruit Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine, antique KPM porcelain flower encrusted fruit basket.
With traditional twig form handles and feet, an openwork body, flower encrus...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Reticulated Royal Worcester Porcelain Bowl Attr. to George Owen & Samuel Ranford
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Aesthetic Period gilt and reticulated porcelain bowl.
By the Royal Worcester Porcelain Manufactory.
Attributed to Georg...
Category
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fish Decanter Soviet Drinking Set Porcelain Fish Carafe Shots Glass, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Russia
Made of Porcelain
shots glass:Height 8cm
:Depth 5cm
Width 3cm
Re-polished
Good Original condition.
Category
1950s Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
$401 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Country Style Easter Bowl Porcelain with Hare Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted hare figure with black spots. The Easter bunny is sitting in the middle of the bowl for decorating nuts or s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Country Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Country Style Easter Bowl Porcelain with Hare Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted hare figure with black spots. The Easter bunny is sitting in the middle of the bowl for decorating nuts or s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Country Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Qing Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Lidded Jar w/ Shuang-xi or Double Happiness
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome Chinese porcelain lidded-urn or jar with baluster-form, and hand painted cobalt blue decoration of "shuang-xi" or "double happiness" symbol representing happiness in marri...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,743 Sale Price
30% Off
A Pair of Poules Egg Cups by Lalanne
Located in Paris, FR
A Pair of Poules Egg Cups
1990
Porcelain
7,4 x 8 x 8,8 cm
Category
1990s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Vieux Paris Porcelain Hand Painted Flower Motif Dessert Service for 8
Located in New York, NY
A fine antique Vieux Paris porcelain hand painted dessert set comprised of a pair of footed hand painted serving stands and eight hand painted...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Richard Klemm Dresden Porcelain Platter with Deutsche Blumen Decor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and large Dresden porcelain tray or platter by Richard Klemm.
With a ribbed, scalloped border and deep central well.
Richly decorated with ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
SIX Davenport Porcelain Plates Hand Painted and Gilded Pattern, Circa 1870
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good set of six porcelain plates, all hand painted and gilded, attributed to the Davenport Company of Longport, Staffordshire Potteries, England, dating to the 19th century...
Category
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$636 Sale Price / set
48% Off
19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Sultana Riding an Elephant with a Crown
Located in New York, NY
An Elaborate 19th century Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Sultana Riding an Elephant. After the model by P.J. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler, the Sultana sitting on the elephants back and h...
Category
1860s German Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Incredible 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Urn Emblematic of Autumn
Located in New York, NY
An incredible and truly monumental 19th century Meissen Porcelain Covered urn emblematic of autumn. This is one of the most incredible and sp...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A large & rare Spode Porcelain Tray decorated in pattern 1166 c.1820
By Spode
Located in Exeter, GB
A large & rare Spode Porcelain Square Tray from a Cabaret Set decorated in pattern 1166 c.1820. One of the most sumptuous designs produced by Spode. Pattern 1166 was first recorded ...
Category
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ode to the Woods, Contemporary Porcelain Dinner Plate Whit Moose and Flowers
Located in MILAN, IT
A moose, a typical animal of the woods is gently painted on this dinner plate, with soft black tones and it is surrounded by a delicate and intriguing mix of wild flowers and leaves ...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Meissen Bowl
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful goldpleated and hand painted Meissner lidded box. Very special.
Category
20th Century European Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Purple" Cachepot
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Purple" Cachepot
Herend Hungary porcelain cachepot with basket weave pattern in the porcelain and painted with purple and gold pain...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tuscan, England, Bone China. Two Pairs of Large Coffee Cups, a Plate and Bowl
Located in København, Copenhagen
Tuscan, England, Bone China. Two pairs of large coffee cups, a plate and a small bowl decorated with butterflies and cherry blossoms.
Mid-20th Century.
In perfect condition.
Marke...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set for 12 Persons
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" tea set for 12 persons.
A serving tea set with a tea pot, 12 cups and saucers, 12 dessert plates with number #517 and 19 cm diagonal, a milk jug, a sugar bowl with under dish...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges, France. Seven pieces of porcelain miniatures.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Limoges, France. Seven pieces of porcelain miniatures, decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and a beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: From a larg...
Category
1970s French Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Model 26 Classic Blue Fluted Bowl.
Located in Lejre, DK
This bowl is model 26, which features the traditional, hand-painted blue design. The pattern is very characteristic of Royal Copenhagen’s blue-painted porcelain, known as "Blue Flute...
Category
1910s Scandinavian Scandinavian 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
Paris Porcelain and Parcel Gilt Reticulated Compote or Fruit Basket
Located in Pembroke, MA
Nice quality Paris porcelain reticulated compote (corbeille, fruit basket) in tazza form with gilded decoration (late 19th century).
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child
Located in New York, NY
An important, extremely rare, and rather large 18th century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child, By Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler, Circa: 1744. This is an incredible and extremely rare 18th century Meissen Porcelain piece modeled by the greatest Meissen modeler ever in the Company, Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler.
Thalia can be seen seated on a gorgeous hand-carved and hand-painted flowered and vined porcelain pedestal. Her right arm is raised holding a Phantom of the Opera Black and White Mask, while in her other arm is a young Harlequin dancing and singing holding a hat. Thalia is wearing a gilt-edged dark blue bodice with white floral decorations over a black corset draped in a red-over-yellow robe...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Country Style Easter Decor Porcelain Pastry Dish Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
These completely handmade porcelain pastry dish is hands-free painted with a brown and white painted rabbit sitting in the middle of the dish. Rimmed by hand with a green and fine 24...
Category
2010s German Country Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Porcelain Bowl Imari ware Nabeshima Kosen gama Camellia 2000s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a bowl made with porcelaine called Imari ware. This style of porcelain is especially called Nabeshima ware -Kosen gama. This bow was made around 2000s in showa era. And on th...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Showa Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Japanese Meiji 'Black Ship' Imari Porcelain Cups & Saucers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Japanese Imari porcelains demitasse coffee or tea cups & saucers.
In the 'Black Ship' pattern.
Decorated throughout with painted depictions of Western sailors and their ships in reds, blues, and greens with extensive gilt accents throughout.
The centers of the cups and saucers each have a stylized gilt kanji for longevity (寿).
The bases of both cups & saucers have apocryphal Chinese reign marks for the Ming Dynasty of the Chenghua period (太明成化年製).
Black Ships (黒船, kurofune) was a name used for Western sea vessels arriving in Japan from the 16th - 19th Century. The name originated from the very first Portuguese vessels to trade with the Japanese ca. 1543 had hulls painted black. When the expedition of Matthew Commodore Perry in 1853 forcibly ended Japan's self-imposed isolationist sakoku (鎖国, lit. "locked country") period, his steam-powered warships inspired fear in the Japanese populace with their coal fueled black smoke. Subsequently, the Black Ships became symbolic of the end of Japan's isolationist period.
Simply a wonderful set of antique Arita...
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Oriente Italiano Iris Set of 2 Espresso Cups and Saucers
Located in Milan, IT
This stunning set of two espresso cups with lids and saucers is a superb interpretation of a staple in any Italian tableware collection. Crafted...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Cabinet de Curiosités, Six Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Bread Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Cabinet de Curiosités collection takes inspiration from the rooms of the same name which in the sixteenth century collected objects and subjec...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
COPELAND, Antique Gilt Porcelain Ornithological Dessert Service, Circa 1851-95
By Copeland
Located in Chatham, ON
COPELAND - Rare - museum quality - antique porcelain ornithological luncheon or dessert service - each plate and comport hand painted with three different specimens of birds against leafy branches - floral sprays to the center and border of each piece - alternating sections of cobalt blue with the finest quality gilding - each piece with fluted & scalloped edges - incredible attention to detail with the underside of the tall comports completely decorated - total of 18 pieces (12 plates - 2 tall comports - 4 short comports) - impressed letters & numbers - hand painted model number on each piece - 1/2642 - each piece with under glaze blue factory stamp - United Kingdon - circa 1851-95.
Excellent antique condition - restored tall comport - a few minor edge chips - minor gilding loss - otherwise in fine antique form...
Category
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM, Poland. Set of four large deep porcelain plates in cream color.
Located in København, Copenhagen
KPM, Poland. A set of four large deep porcelain plates in cream color.
Gold-rim decoration.
Classic style.
1930s/1940s.
Stamped.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: D 24.0 cm x H 3.8...
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1930s Polish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Wien vase in hand-painted porcelain. Classic motifs and gold decoration.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Wien vase in hand-painted porcelain.
Classic motifs and gold decoration on a dark blue background.
Late 19th century.
Measures: 21 x 10 cm.
In e...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Saucer Dish Plate, Cobalt Blue, Gilt and Birds, Regency ca 1815
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful saucer dish or deep plate made by Coalport around the year 1815. This plate would have belonged to a large tea service. The plate is decorated with a deep cobalt ...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$284 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Limoges porcelain plate hand-painted roses circa 1903-1912
By Limoges
Located in Paris, FR
An elegant Limoges porcelain plate, beautifully executed by the esteemed Paroutaud Frères (B & P), operating in Limoges, France, during the early 20th century. This plate exemplifies...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, eleven small plates with reticulated edges
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, a set of eleven small plates with reticulated edges. Hand-painted.
1930/40s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect cond...
Category
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Le Faune Birds Lourioux Fire Proof French Porcelain Casseroles
Located in Essex, MA
Le Faune Birds Lourioux Fire Proof French Porcelain Casseroles ,French porcelain serving pieces group of four with bird decoration- oval casserole, petit round casserole, and two rectangular baking dishes...
Category
20th Century 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
Gucci Porcelain Flowers Scroll Mug
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gucci white porcelain mug with flowers encircling the cup and a scroll on the lid, from Richard Ginori 1735 collection / Made in Italy
Original stamp on the base / comes in original ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$292 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Porcelain Shell Cachepot
Located in New York, NY
A large circa 1940's Italian porcelain shell shaped cachepot.
Measurements:
Width: 19"
Depth: 13"
Height: 9"
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Johann Haviland Bavaria, Germany, 14 Decorative Plates in Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Johann Haviland Bavaria, Germany. 14 decorative plates in hand painted porcelain. Flowers on a pink background and gold decoration, 1930s.
Measures: ...
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1930s German Victorian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Solitaire Tea Set, Cobalt Blue, Gilt, Landscapes, ca1825
Located in London, GB
A solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover on a stand and a trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, in “half orange” shape with deep cobalt blue and yellow...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,012 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
Important Meissen Porcelain Groups of Caparisoned Elephants and Soldiers
Located in New York, NY
An important pair of Meissen Porcelain Groups depicting "Alexander The Great Concurring India". Modeled with Alexander the great's three warriors/soldiers riding on caparisoned eleph...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large English Porcelain Covered Sugar Bowl, Worcester, Circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
Painted with a roundel of fruits and butterflies within a "Lord Henry Tynne" type border and an elaborately gilt blue band at the rim.
Category
1770s English 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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