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Porcelain For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1840s
Pair of Perfume Burners from the Manufacture de Sèvres, Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Perfume Burners from the Manufacture de Sèvres, Early 20th Century.
A pair of early 20th century gilt bronze and painted and gilt porcelain perfume burners from the Manufact...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
White Porcelain Brush Display, 20th Century, Art Nouveau Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
White Porcelain Brush Display, 20th Century, Art Nouveau period.
Brush display stand for storing brushes after or during the painting of a picture, early 20th century white porcelai...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Early 20th Century Violin Shape Pill/Trinket Box
Located in Cincinnati, OH
French Early 20th Century Violin Shape Pill/Trinket Box
Painted Flowers on outside - front and back
Brass trim, wire for strings.
Neck is brass.
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Brass
Antique pharmacy vessels made of porcelain and wood from 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique pharmacy vessels made of porcelain and wood, from 1900, good original condition
Category
Early 1900s Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Meissen Art Nouveau Group 'The Air' by Paul Helmig, Germany Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900:
Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, sit...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Imari Style Charger
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Imari style hand-painted cabinet plate with with cobalt blue peacocks and pink cherry blossoms. Plate is in near perfect condition and date back to the early 1900's. Cobalt b...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Miniature Japanese Meiji Satsuma Porcelain Vases Set
Located in New York, NY
A set of antique Japanese Satsuma porcelain vases. Late Meiji or Showa era, first half of the 20th century. A total of 6 items ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
6 Dessert Plates - Nymphenburg - Perlservice - Bayerisches Königsservice
Located in Stockholm, SE
6 Dessert plates from the Perl" form. "Bayerisches Königsservice" decoration, after design by Dominikus Auliczek at Nymphenburg. The plates a...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Oval Basket Bowl - Nymphenburg - Perlservice - Bayerisches Königsservice
Located in Stockholm, SE
A large oval basket bowl from the Perl-service. "Bayerisches Königsservice" after design by Dominikus Auliczek at Nymphenburg. The bowl is 25...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Rose Medallion Plates
Located in Wilson, NC
Pair of Chinese rose medallion plates, the rim with stylized flowers in a light turquoise color , interior features alternating panels sep...
Category
1840s Chinese Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Art Deco Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine The Korean Dancer H566
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large porcelain figurine was manufactured by the Rosenthal Porcelain Factory and is entitled 'Korean Dancer' and made in circa 1927 in the period Art Deco style. This figurine was designed by the Austrian sculptor Constantin Holzer-Decanti who worked for the factory until 1927 and was inspired by the well known dancer, Anita Berber...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Charles Catteau for Boch Freres Keramis, Set of Small Bowl and Small Plate
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Extremely rare faience small bowl and small plate are hand-painted on ecru background with Art Deco style orange and yellow flowers and green le...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Lady With Muff, by Konrad Hentschel, ca 1906
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant young lady with a wide-brimmed hat, decorated with green-brown-white checkered ribbons and a blue feather, wearing a floor-length white dress with a green hem and button plac...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Capriccio Model Porcelain Sculpture by Ferdinand Liebermann for Rosenthal
Located in Milan, Italy
Porcelain, with polychrome glazes; figure of a boy riding an ibex on a tiered moulded round base. Underglaze green company signet Rosenthal Selb-Bavaria.
Biography
German sculptor F...
Category
1910s German Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Antique Royal Dux Centerpiece Bowl, Aesop's Fisherman & His Flute by Hampel
By Royal Dux
Located in New Orleans, LA
For your consideration, a stunning Art Nouveau centerpiece bowl by Royal Dux, circa 1900, Austria. The piece is only signed with serial numbers but the design and work is consistent ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester porcelain vases. Swans by Charles Baldwyn, d. 1904.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine pair of Royal Worcester porcelain vases, painted by Charles Baldwyn, dated 1904. Hand painted with swans emerging from reeds, on a turquoise gro...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th c French Porcelain Oyster Plates, Limoges, set of 4
Located in Winter Park, FL
A early 20th c. set of four porcelain oyster plates for Haviland - Limoges having each six oysters shells with a center the sauce well. All in good condition with no chip. Mark on th...
Category
Early 20th Century European French Provincial Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Bing & Grøndahl, rare anniversary plate in porcelain. Dated 1910
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, rare anniversary plate in porcelain.
"Journalistforeningen i København 1880-1910".
Dated 1910.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: Diam...
Category
1910s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Celadon Bowl & Plate
Located in San Antonio, TX
Crafted in the early 20th century, this French Celadon Bowl and Plate duo encapsulates the enduring allure of Art Nouveau aesthetics. The delicate celadon glaze, with its nuanced gre...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Celadon
Meissen, Germany. Three plates in porcelain with flowers and butterflies
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Three plates in porcelain, hand-painted with different polychrome flowers and butterflies, and a gold rim.
Early 1900s.
Marked.
Third factory quality.
In beautiful ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Flora Danica. Antique porcelain obelisk for table decoration.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica.
Porcelain obelisk for table decoration.
Putti surrounded by garlands, budding flowers.
24-karat gold leaf decoration.
Royal monograms 1884-1909 silver...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
wonderful Capodimonte porcelain from the early 1900s
By Capodimonte
Located in Vigevano, PV
wonderful Capodimonte porcelain from the early 1900s… depiction of a mythological scene with details in pure gold in perfect condition…
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica. Pair of obelisks for table decoration. Ca 1910s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica.
A pair of porcelain obelisks for table decoration.
Putti surrounded by garlands, budding flowers.
24-karat gold leaf decoration.
Royal monograms 1884-...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of lustre Trumpet Vases with Butterflies. Wedgwood, circa 1925
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of large trumpet vases, decorated with 'grotesque' butterflies on a mother-of-pearl lustre ground.
Probably the best of Wedgwood's female de...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Figure Group 'Ice-Scaters', by Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Skating couple in elegant winter clothing: The lady in a long, white skirt with a green decorated hem, green jacket and white cap, and long ermine scarf, the gallant in a fine, sporty, brown checkered suit...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
English small oval fruit basket and saucer by Wedgwood, 1907-1924
By Wedgwood
Located in Delft, NL
English small oval fruit basket and saucer by Wedgwood, 1907-1924
An English small oval Wedgwood creamware open fruit basket with basket pattern plate. Dated with the 3 characters, ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark. Set of five porcelain plates hand-painted with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark. A set of five porcelain plates hand-painted with various polychrome flower motifs and gold rim.
From the 1920s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect co...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Two Girls', by A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, ca 1940
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure group:
Two barefoot girls in summer clothes, the older one in a green-brown skirt and white long-sleeved shirt with blue stripes, her hair pinned up in two side bunches, the younger child in a red-purple dress sitting on the ground, holding her by the arm and pulling her up.
The model is part of a series of beach motifs by Alfred König.
Based on a white round base with a relief structure on the side and a gold rim.
Very lifelike and loving representation of the characters and the details
Designer:
ALFRED KÖNIG (1871 - 1940) studied at the art academy in Dresden, since 1897 he worked in the Meissen manufactory as a designer and modeler. The artist specialized in the design of human figures in various variations, such as genre figures, children, athletes, soldiers etc.
Model B 290...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage 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
Antique Royal Crown Derby Aesthetic Period Porcelain Plate with Gold & Platinum
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Aesthetic Period porcelain plate.
By Royal Crown Derby.
Richly decorated with detailed leaves & plants in gold and platinum on a coral colored ground ground and a gilt rim.
...
Category
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Arts & Crafts Wesley Dow School Scenic Porcelain Tankard Circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An Arts and Crafts tankard in the manner of Wesley Dow offers porcelain construction with lakeside village scene, c1900
Measures - 7.25"h x 5.75"w x 4"d
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, set of six Art Nouveau plates with lilies and gold trim.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, a set of six Art Nouveau plates hand-painted with lilies and gold trim. A rare pattern.
Model number: 72/10519.
Approximately from 1910.
In beautiful condition.
Fir...
Category
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, hand-painted sauceboat and bowl decorated with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, a hand-painted sauceboat and bowl decorated with polychrome flowers.
From the early 1900s.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Marked.
Sauceboat: Width 22.0...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, five Art Nouveau plates with lilies and gold trim.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, a set of five Art Nouveau plates hand-painted with lilies and gold trim. A rare pattern.
Model number: 72/10520.
Approximately from 1910.
In excellent condition, wi...
Category
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, set of five Art Nouveau plates with lilies and gold trim.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, a set of five Art Nouveau plates hand-painted with lilies and gold trim. A rare pattern.
Model number: 72/10519.
Approximately from 1910.
In beautiful condition.
Fi...
Category
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1920s French Bulldog Figurine Rosenthal Selb Bavaria Germany, Art Deco Porcelain
By Rosenthal
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco porcelain French Bulldog figurine from the 1920s.
This animal statue - Dog statue was made by Rosenthal Selb Bavaria, Germany.
First ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Plate, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of chinese plate is an original artwork realized by an artist of the early 20th century.
White porcelain hand painted with oriental motifs.
D 28 c...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica, open lace lunch plate in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica, open lace lunch plate.
Latin text. Decorated outside the factory.
Early 20th c.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Second factory quality.
Diameter 21.8 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Tearcup Trio, Maroon, Yellow, Gilt and Fine Landscapes, ca 1845
Located in London, GB
A true trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, “rustic bean” shape, in deep maroon and pale yellow ground, with gilt and finely painted landscape reserves
Pattern 95...
Category
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Painted Porcelain Portrait of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A painted porcelain portrait of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, shown wearing full uniform and orders. English, circa 1910.
Footnote: Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was one of the most successful British military commanders of the 19th century. He served in the Indian rebellion, the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leading British Forces to success in the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross...
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1910s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
7 Antique German Dresden Franziska Hirsch Serving Plates Dishes & Candlestick
Located in Dayton, OH
Lot includes a scalloped salad plate, bread plate, saucer, square nut dish, round nut dish, oval bon bon dish, and taper candlestick / candle holder. One blank produced by Rosenthal and decorated by Hirsch (covered mark).
"Franziska Hirsch...
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Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Children Group Girl With Child A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, c 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure group:
Girl and child in clothing from around 1900, the girl in a blue patterned long-sleeved dress with a white apron kneeling on the ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica, open lace lunch plate. Early 20th C.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica, open lace lunch plate.
Latin text. Decorated outside the factory.
Early 1900s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Second factory quality.
Diameter 21.8 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Porcelain Group 'The Mermaid Catch', by E. Herter, Meissen Ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Large Meissen Art Nouveau Porcelain Group:
Exceptional detailed depiction of an unclothed sturdy fisherman with thick beard, freeing his catch, a beautiful mermaid adorned ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
6 Antique German Dresden Meissen Klemm Carl Thieme Pitcher Tea Cups Plates
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique lot includes creamer, demitasse cup, and two bone dishes by Dresden, one demitasse cup by Meissen, and one candlestick by Klemm.
“The Sächsische Porzellan-Manufaktur Dresden GmbH (Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Dresden Ltd), generally known in English as Dresden Porcelain, is a German company for the production of decorative and luxury porcelain. Founded in1872, it is located in Potschappel, a suburb of the town of Freital in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district about 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Dresden Porcelain introduced its blue "SP Dresden" trademark in 1902.”
"Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger continued von Tschirnhaus's work and brought this type of porcelain to the market, financed by Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. The production of porcelain in the royal factory at Meissen, near Dresden, started in 1710 and attracted artists and artisans to establish, arguably, the most famous porcelain manufacturer known throughout the world. Its signature logo, the crossed swords, was introduced in 1720 to protect its production; the mark of the swords is reportedly one of the oldest trademarks in existence. Meissen remained the dominant European porcelain factory, and the leader of stylistic innovation, until somewhat overtaken by the new styles introduced by the French Sèvres factory in the 1760s, but has remained a leading factory to the present day. Since 1991, the manufactory has been operating as the Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH,[2] whose owner is the Free State of Saxony. The company is one of the world's leading porcelain manufacturers and one of the oldest and most internationally known German luxury brands."
"Karl Richard Klemm founded a porcelain decorating studio in Striesen bei Dresden in 1869. The porcelain was obtained primarily from the Meissen factory itself, much of it being seconds. The decorating style of Richard Klemm closely matched that of the Meissen factories at that time. He often used a heavily applied style that focused on florals. In many instances, the porcelain pieces of Richard Klemm are emblazoned with a gold leaf at the base. This gold leaf was used to hide the marks made by the original manufacturer of the blanks that he used for decorating. Richard Klemm, along with Helena Wolfsohn, Karl Thiem, Ambrosius Lamm and Donath & Co., were among the most sought after porcelain decorating studios at this time. In the early 1880's Richard Klemm registered his mark, the "Klemm Dresden...
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Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plate in porcelain, from 1906
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl Christmas Plate from 1906.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Diameter 18.2 cm.
Category
Early 1900s Danish Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Crown Derby Dessert Service with Cobalt Blue, Gold & Hand-Painted Flowers
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This 15 piece Royal Crown Derby dessert set consists of 11 9" plates, two square bowls and two lozenge shaped footed serving pieces which are...
Category
1920s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Figurine 'King August III In Roman Harness' by J.J. Kaendler, 1924
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and impressive porcelain statuette:
Like all Baroque rulers, Augustus the Strong and his son Augustus III cultivated demonstrations of their power to represent and legitimi...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plate from 1915
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plate from 1915.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Diameter: 17,8 cm.
Category
1910s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Monkey Figurine NINE-Piece Set Musical Band by Sitzendorf Porcelain, Circa 1910
By Sitzendorf
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a beautiful set of NINE porcelain Monkey Figures or Figurines all playing in a Band made by Sitzendorf, Germany, circa 1910.
The figures are finely modelled in very good ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, a Set of Three Blue Onion Dinner Plates, circa. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, a set of three blue onion dinner plates.
Approx. 1900.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: D 25.0 x H 3.5 ...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl. Set of six luncheon plates with flower decorations, 1920s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl. Set of six luncheon plates with flower decorations in purple and gold trim. Hand-painted.
Approximately 1920s.
Marked.
In perfect condition. Appears unused.
First fa...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique German Porcelain Gold & Cobalt Blue Oyster Plate for Nathan Dohrmann Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique German Porcelain Gold & Cobalt Blue Shaped Oyster Plate Made for Fine Goods Retailer, "Nathan Dohrmann Co." of San Francisco, Circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plate from 1918.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plate from 1918.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Diameter: 17,8 cm.
Category
1910s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Quality antique porcelain group by Karl Tutter
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique porcelain group by Karl Tutter having a Hutschenreuther model of two cherubs wrestling a shaped gilded base.
Stamp to base.
D....
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark. A set of twelve small plates with flower decorations
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark.
A set of twelve small plates with flower decorations in purple and gold trim.
Hand-painted.
Approximately 1920s.
Marked.
In perfect condition. Appears unu...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark. Set of six demitasse cups with saucers in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark.
A set of six demitasse cups with saucers decorated with floral motifs in purple and gold trim. Hand-painted.
Approximately from the 1920s.
Marked.
In perfe...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique and Vintage Porcelain Dinner Plates, Platters and Serveware for Sale
Today you’re likely to bring out your antique and vintage porcelain in order to dress up your dining table for a special meal.
Porcelain, a durable and nonporous kind of pottery made from clay and stone, was first made in China and spread across the world owing to the trade routes to the Far East established by Dutch and Portuguese merchants. Given its origin, English speakers called porcelain “fine china,” an expression you still might hear today. "Fine" indeed — for over a thousand years, it has been a highly sought-after material.
Meissen Porcelain, one of the first factories to create real porcelain outside Asia, popularized figurine centerpieces during the 18th century in Germany, while works by Capodimonte, a porcelain factory in Italy, are synonymous with flowers and notoriously hard to come by. Modern porcelain houses such as Maison Fragile of Limoges, France — long a hub of private porcelain manufacturing — keep the city’s long tradition alive while collaborating with venturesome contemporary artists such as illustrator Jean-Michel Tixier.
Porcelain is not totally clumsy-guest-proof, but it is surprisingly durable and easy to clean. Its low permeability and hardness have rendered porcelain wares a staple in kitchens and dining rooms as well as a common material for bathroom sinks and dental veneers. While it is tempting to store your porcelain behind closed glass cabinet doors and reserve it only for display, your porcelain dinner plates and serving platters can safely weather the “dangers” of the dining room and be used during meals.
Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is stronger than ceramic because it is denser.
On 1stDibs, browse an expansive collection of antique and vintage porcelain made in a variety of styles, including Regency, Scandinavian modern and other examples produced during the mid-century era, plus Rococo, which found its inspiration in nature and saw potters crafting animal figurines and integrating organic motifs such as floral patterns in their work.
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