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Porcelain For Sale
Style: Neoclassical
Style: Louis XVI
Fabulous Pair of Meissen Porcelain Glass Coolers/Cachepots
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of Meissen Porcelain glass coolers/cachepots. This exceptional pair of exquisitely hand-painted Meissen Porcelain glass coolers are each painted with panels of figure...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Meissen
Signed Pair Gilded Mintons Pate-Sur-Pate Caged Putti Footed Moon Flask Vases
By Minton
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This charming pair of gilded olive brown Mintons pâte-sur-pâte footed moon flask vases feature a romantic caged putto motif executed in white slip on a bla...
Category
1890s English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
12 Royal Crown Derby Neoclassical Dinner Plates with Profuse Raised Paste Gold
Located in Great Barrington, MA
There is great and then there is magnificent and these plates made by Royal Crown Derby qualify as magnificent! This set of 12 dinner plates exhibit all of the characteristics of the...
Category
Early 1900s English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Pair 18 C. Sevres Porcelain Faux Porphyry Vases w/ Blue Script Sevres R.F. Mark
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Very Rare Pair of 18th Century Sevres Porcelain Faux Porphyry Vases with Blue Script Sevres R.F. Marks. Each features a classic form with flared necks and bulbous ...
Category
1790s French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Neoclassical Paris Porcelain Campana Form Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of exceptional 19th century Paris porcelain vases in the neoclassical design, with extensive and fine gilt decorations and cartouches depicting Greco-Roman soldiers and winged g...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Important Porcelain Figures Representing Two Women With Birds
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and decorative pair of important figures representing two women with birds is made of porcelain. There is a little damage on one of the birds. This is a French work. C...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, Old Paris Gilt Porcelain Floral Cup & Saucer Set
Located in Atlanta, GA
This remarkable 19th-century Old Paris gilt porcelain cup and saucer set embodies the timeless elegance and sophistication of French porcelain artistry from the late 18th and early 1...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Fine and Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Parrots
Located in New York, NY
A Fine and Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Parrots. Each parrot is depicted perched on a detailed tree stump base, with bark and foliage carefully painted to mimic natur...
Category
1870s German Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Pate Sur Pate Vase of a Neoclassical Maiden Seated on Centaur
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Royal Cobalt Blue Meissen Pate Sur Pate vase of a Maiden seated on a Centaur. Beautifully decorated in cobalt blue, salmon pink, 2...
Category
1860s German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Mojalica Monumental Urn
Located in Nashville, TN
Monumental Italian Majolica porcelain figural floor urn. Decorated throughout with hand painted Classical Greek scenery. Two figural fawns on the opposing handles. Fine wear and crac...
Category
1880s Italian Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Porcelain Covered Round Vegetable Dish No. 3568
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Flora Danica porcelain round covered vegetable dish.
By Royal Copenhagen.
Pattern no. 3568.
From the Flora Danica Collection, Royal Copenhagen's renowned collection based ...
Category
20th Century Danish Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Early 19th Century Spode Porcelain Pattern Number 2408 Tea Cup & Saucer
By Spode
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Spode porcelain cup & saucer.
Pattern no. 2408
Decorated throughout with a cobalt floral patttern and extensive gilding.
Simply a great cup & saucer from Spod...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Doccia Porcelain Italian Neoclassical Topographical Chocolate/Coffee Pot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique topographical porcelain coffee or chocolate pot.
By the Doccia porcelain manufactory circa 1820.
With painted enamel topograph...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical 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
Pelle à tarte Porcelaine du Lys Royal décor Kakiemon Château de Chantilly France
Located in London, England
Cette pelle à tarte, provenant de la manufacture du Lys Royal, est une reproduction du célèbre décor "Kakiemon" qui orne les pièces du Château de Chantilly, daté du XVIIIe siècle en ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Sevres Style Porcelain Gilt Bronze Mounted Covered Vases
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of superb Antique French Louis XVi Style gilt bronze mounted blue Sevres Style porcelain covered vases of fine quality embellished with hand painted enamel and gilt decoration...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Wedgwood Light Blue Jasperware Beaker or Tumbler
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Jasperware beaker or cup.
In Wedgwood blue with white relief decoration depicting men, women, children, and trees in a Classical s...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Paris porcelain - 2 cups and saucers, cornflowers decor 'Barbeaux', 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Set of 2 cups and saucers with decoration of corn flower sprays and flower buds.
The cornflower (barbeau in French) was eligibly Marie Antoinettes favorite flower, as it was the co...
Category
Late 18th Century Austrian Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Gilt-Bronze Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases and Covers
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of gilt-bronze mounted cobalt blue Sèvres style porcelain vases and covers.
Each vase is of amphora form with domed covers, scrolled handles and square section re-entrant gilt-bronze plinth bases. The body of each vase is of cobalt blue ground enriched with fine gilt tooling and centred to the front with a finely painted cartouche of a pastoral scene in the 18th century manner of Watteau and to the reverse with a landscape. The inside of each cover inscribed in underglaze red...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue and White Porcelain Soup Tureen French 18th Century
Located in Katonah, NY
Decorated with an elegant design of delicate blue cornflower sprigs, this soup tureen was made by Arras Porcelain in Arras, France, in the late 18th century.
The cornflower sprigs, handles, and border edging are decorated with beautiful deep twilight blue enamel.
The makers of Arras Porcelain specialized in porcelain painted in this entrancing blue called "Bleu d'Arras."
The color of the porcelain body is creamy white.
The combination of the creamy white ground and the blue decoration is splendid.
Natural forms like the tree branch handle and the blue cornflower decorations were the height of French fashion in the last quarter of the 18th century.
Made at the Arras porcelain factory of the Delemers family circa 1780, the tureen and its stand are marked in underglaze blue.
Dimensions:16" wide x 13" deep x 9.5" tall
Condition: Excellent, with some hard-to-see rubbing to the clear glaze on the stand
Price: $1,520
The underside of the tureen is marked with the letters "AR" for the Delemers family Arras factory.
The underside of the stand is marked "Dele AR" for the Delemers family Arras factory.
On 1stdibs, we also have a matching round tureen Item Reference LU866530033982
Background of Arras Porcelain:
The Arras Porcelain factory was started in the 1770s by the family Delemers.
They were a family of four sisters...
Category
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare 19th Century Tucker and Hemphill American Porcelain Trumpet Vase, 1830s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and rare early 19th century Tucker and Hemphill porcelain vase.
The vase is decorated with a gilt shield device surrounded by leaf and branch and ribbon decoration. (Also, ...
Category
1830s American American Classical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pr. 19c Mintons Porcelain "Louis XVI Sevres Style" Blue Nouveau Ground Vases
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic and beautiful pair of antique 19th century mintons English porcelain Louis XVI style Sevres style blue nouveau ground hand-painted and hand-tooled-gilt, oval-shaped cover...
Category
1850s English Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early Wedgwood Neoclassical Creamware Dessert Dishes Made circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A set of four early Wedgwood creamware Neoclassical dessert dishes made circa 1780.
Sir William Hamilton’s Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman an...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Creamware
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
Villeroy & Boch Mettlach Phanolith Porcelain Charger in Neoclassical Style
Located in New York, NY
Villeroy & Boch Mettlach charger in Phanolith porcelain (similar to Jasperware) depicting a Greco-Roman goddess and attendants in white porcelain on a...
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Doccia Porcelain Italian Neoclassical Topographical Waste Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique topographical porcelain waste bowl.
By Doccia porcelain manufactory circa 1820.
With painted enamel topographical scenes, ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges Porcelain 1930s Vintage French Pair of Cobalt Blue One Flower Vases
By Limoges
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century, French pair of small vases in Limoges porcelain, decorated each with a different front cameo hand painted with polychrome aqua ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Porcelain
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Antique Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted butter dish. Ca 1820
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted butter dish.
Rare butter dish from around 1820.
Marked with three blue waves. Model number 7.
In very good condition with a minor insignificant c...
Category
1820s Danish Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dozen Chain Link Border Porcelain Soup Dishes Minton England, Circa 1860
By Minton
Located in Katonah, NY
Made by Minton circa 1860, this set of a dozen large porcelain soup dishes has a timeless elegance. The lavish gilding along the edge beautifully complemen...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Louis XVI Paris Porcelain Urns with Landscapes, circa 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of Paris porcelain vases on pedestal bases, featuring landscape scenes within acid-etched gilt borders. The body of each vase with a green ground, above and below with gi...
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Paint, Porcelain
White Porcelain Neoclassical Style Amphora Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
White porcelain neoclassical style amphora oil lamp. Sleek white Berlin porcelain amphora with entwined serpent handle raised on four lion monop...
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Old Paris Topographical Coffee Pot, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Old Paris topographical coffee pot, now as a lamp
One side depicting a view of the of the Palais Royal the other side shows a view of the L’Arc Porte Saint- Denis, rais...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
12 Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Border Imari Pattern 8450 Bread & Butter Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 Royal Crown Derby porcelain bread & butter plates.
In the Border Imari pattern (No. 8450).
Consisting of 12 plates all with scalloped rims, gilt highlights, and im...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair Of Sevres Porcelain Cobalt-Blue Ground Vases Adélaïde, 2eme Grandeur
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Rare Pair Of Sevres Porcelain Cobalt-Blue Ground Vases Adélaïde, 2eme Grandeur; 1843-1849, green printed S.49 lozenge for 1849 to the underside of each socle,...
Category
1840s French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Vase Signed Sèvres, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Porcelain and gilt bronze vase signed Sèvres, France, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Doccia Topographical Porcelain Neoclassical Cup and Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine antique Italian Doccia Topographical porcelain neoclassical cup & saucer.
By Doccia Porcelain Manufactory circa 1820.
With pa...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Porcelaine Figures of Lovers Singing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful large pair of 19th century porcelain figures of lovers. Each figure is beautifuly decorated and hand painted. The gentelman is wearing a nice suite with vibrant colors th...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair of Paris Porcelain Gilded Coffee Cups and Saucers
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite pair of antique white 'Porcelaine de Paris' teacups and saucers, intricately hand- painted with gilt decoration throughout. Dating from the early 19th century, the cups ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Plaque Depicting Four Royals Hunting in the Woods with a Dog and Rifles
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally fine and quite larege Meissen hand-painted porcelain plaque depicting four royals hunting in the woods with a hunting dog and rifles. This is the finest quality of a...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
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
Antique Early 19c English Regency Coalport Porcelain Neoclassical Serving Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique neoclassical porcelain serving tray.
By Coalport.
Painted en grisaille with classical medallions reserved against a gilt-vermicule ground. The border having a sa...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Pierced Dinner Plate with Fruit Motif Plum
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica pierced dinner plate with fruit motif plum.
Number 429/3584.
Measures: 25.5 cm. in diameter.
First factory qua...
Category
20th Century Danish Neoclassical Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica sauce boat on a pedestal with a leaf-shaped handle
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica sauce boat on a pedestal with a leaf-shaped handle.
24-karat gold decoration.
Dating: 1967.
Model 20/3556.
Perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Mar...
Category
1960s Danish Neoclassical Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large White Bisque Sevres Porcelain Figural Centerpiece of Woman and Children
Located in New York, NY
Large white bisque sevres porcelain figural centerpiece of woman and children. The women and children use the garlands of flower to pull the giant seashell...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Sèvres
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
Set of Three Early 19th Century Wedgwood Creamware Pattern No. 892 Serving Bowls
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare group of wedgwood creamware bowls.
In the neoclassical pattern no. 892 with a cobalt blue and gold border.
Diameters: just under 9 in., just over 8 3/4 in., and just ove...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Creamware
Pair of Caughley Salopian English Porcelain Shapes Plates or Dishes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of English porcelain shaped bowls or dishes.
By Caughley.
In a heart-form or shield shape.
Decorated throughout with painted cobalt blue and gilt floral devices....
Category
Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Spode Porcelain Shell Dish, Orange and Gilt Neoclassical Design, ca 1810
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous dessert serving dish, or "shell dish", made by Spode in about 1810, which was the Regency era. The dish has a beautiful Neoclassical pattern of gilt details on an ...
Category
1810s English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Vista Alegre "Fontainebleu" Hand-Painted Porcelain Sauce Tureen
By Vista Alegre
Located in Cagliari, IT
Circa 1980.
Magnificent collectible sauce tureen and saucer in portuguese porcelain Vista Alegre, with hand painted flowers, leaves, festoons and stars in cobalt blue and twenty-two...
Category
1980s Portuguese Louis XVI Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Old Paris Porcelain Vase Painted with Seascape and a Woman and Man on a Row Boat
By Old Paris
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this fabulous Old Paris porcelain vase. This vase is hand painted on both of its sides with different beautiful paintings. One side has a detailed painting of a seascape with people on the shoreline and buildings and boats in the background. The other side is painted with a woman and a man from this town on row boats with a lightning storm...
Category
1880s French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Green Dip Tricolor Snake Handled Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tricolor jasperware was one of Wedgwood’s most celebrated innovations, and this exquisitely rare vase is an extraordinary example of this wondrous ...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Nyon Swiss Porcelain Hand Painted Cabinet Plate with Cobalt Blue Rim
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Nyon Swiss hand painted porcelain cabinet plate with cobalt blue rim.
With a richly gilt cobalt border & decorated to the center w...
Category
Early 19th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 18th C. Meissen Porcelain Covered Tureens w/ 19th C. French Ormolu Mounts
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Marcolini Period Covered Tureens with 19th Century French Ormolu Mounts. These tureens show the combination of iconic French and German porc...
Category
19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
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
Early 19th Century Baluster Vase in Porcelain Paris Painted and Gilded by Hand
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Elegant baluster Paris porcelain vase painted and gilded by hand. The two sides represent a different decoration, on one side a scene of a gentleman conversing with a woman leaning o...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Marcolini Period Watteau Covered Potpourri
Located in New York, NY
A Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Marcolini Period Watteau Covered Potpourri. This rare Meissen porcelain potpourri vase, dating ...
Category
1770s German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional 19th C Neoclassical Sevres Style Porcelain Bronze Vase with Cover
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally painted, gilt and enameled 19th century French porcelain vase in the neoclassical Sevres style raised on bronze base, distinguished by its vivid and finely painted c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Late 18th Century Paris Porcelain Cachepots with Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of French Louis XVI period Paris porcelain cachepots from the late 18th century, with hand-painted floral décor and gilt accents. Created in France during the short reign of K...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI 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.