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Porcelain For Sale
Antique French Porcelain Figurine, Eugène Marx Clauss, 1880s, 17 cm
Located in CANNES, FR
A rare and beautifully crafted porcelain figurine by Eugène Marx Clauss, one of the most respected names in 19th-century French porcelain. Produced in the 1880s, this finely detailed...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen serving dish in porcelain with hand-painted flowers.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Large Meissen serving dish in porcelain with hand-painted flowers and gold decoration.
Late 19th century.
Measures: 40.5 x 30 x 5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
3rd factory qu...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ottoman Kaftan Dessert Porcelain plates Made in Italy, Kaft5
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
The elegance of kaftans is, thanks to Les-Ottomans, translated into a unique dinnerware collection. These porcelain plates are made in Italy and the gold rim has been hand-applied by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Glass Light Blue Vase with a Frill, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A lovely Mid-Century Modern blue glass vase from the 1960s.
Original vintage good condition. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
$161 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Porcelain, Love Series: Cupid Mailing a Love Letter with Love Bird C1870
Located in New York, NY
Meissen Porcelain, Love Series: Cupid Mailing a Love Letter with Love Bird C1870, SUPREME
A Meissen porcelain figure from the Love Series: Cupid Mailing...
Category
1860s German Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derek Clarkson Studio Pottery Brown Crystalline Glazed Bottle Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Studio Pottery bottle vase decorated in crystalline glazes by Derek Clarkson (1928-2013) dated 2000. The porcelain bodied vase stands on a na...
Category
Early 2000s English Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of English Staffordshire Glazed Ceramic Dogs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fine pair of English Staffordshire glazed ceramic spaniels featuring white bodies with remnants of gold decoration. Beautiful craquelure finish and fac...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
$700 Sale Price / set
22% Off
Japanese Porcelain Smoking Set by Takito
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Japanese porcelain cigarette holder with four matching ashtrays. Made by the Takito Company (1880-1948) and hand painted with a floral design in red. The Double Diamond TT maker's ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$255 / set
Gucci Porcelain Butterfly Mug
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gucci white porcelain mug with a butterfly on the lid, from Richard Ginori 1735 collection / Made in Italy
Original stamp on the base / comes in original box
Diameter: 3 inches, heig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Daisy Makeig-Jones Wedgwood Brown Lustre Miniature Bowl
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A small Wedgwood brown lustre bowl decorated with gilded butterflies, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones circa 1915.
Delicately gilded butterflies decorat...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion pattern. Four antique dinner plates. Late 19th C.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion pattern. Four antique dinner plates.
Late 19th century.
Third factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: D 2...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique 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
Pair Of 19th German Meissen Painted Porcelain Models Of Female Cockatoos
Located in Dublin, IE
A pair of 19th century Meissen painted porcelain models of Female Cockatoos, sitting on a tree stump with flowers and foliage, with underglazed blue crossed swords mark to base and i...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Plates, in Ceramic with Animals Decor Pattern, France 1960
By Limoges
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This pair of plates, are in porcelain. they has been made in France circa 1960, in the Limoges Manufacture. They represent Birds, in the forest. The main colors are Gold and Red.
Category
1960s French Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Spode Flower Cross Pearlware Plates, Set of 5
By Spode
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of five Spode Flower Cross pearlware plates. Set includes five matching plates.
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Lidded Tureen with Hand-Painted Flowers and Gold Edge
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen porcelain lidded tureen with hand-painted flowers and gold edge.
Lid modelled with flowers and foliage. 1920s.
Measures: 22 x 13 x 13 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Black Gold Measurement Insulator Paperweight Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Piero Fornasetti porcelain insulator paperweight is gold with a black background. Italian through and through. It is titled cleverly ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
$738 Sale Price
25% Off
RICHARD GINORI 1735 Square Plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Richard Ginori 1735 Magnifico square porcelain vide poche tray or plate decorated with papyrus print flaring outward from the center and a glinting Greek key design in platinum aroun...
Category
20th Century Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th century German Meissen painted porcelain model of a Grey Partridge
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine 18th century Meissen painted porcelain model of a Grey Partridge, standing in a leafy copse, with paint blue crossed swords mark to unglazed base and incised model number '57'...
Category
18th Century German Other Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Seven Antique English Copeland Floral Hand Painted & Gilt Porcelain Plates C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Seven Antique English Copeland Floral Hand Painted & Gilt Porcelain Plates C1890
Measures - 1"H x 9.25"W x 9.25"D
Category
19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Meissen Three Girls Playing Hide and Seek by Theodore Eichler Model W 115
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen rarest group of figurines: Three Girls Playing Hide and Seek by Theodore Eichler.
Size:
height 25.0 cm (= 9.84 inches)
width 20.0 cm (= 7.87 inches)
depth 12.5 cm (= 4...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, four dinner plates in porcelain with floral motifs and insects
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany.
Four dinner plates in porcelain.
Hand-painted with floral motifs and insects in blue.
Approximately 1920s/1930s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In excellent conditi...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set Chinese Porcelain Plaques Painted Screens Famille Rose
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous set of four Chinese Famille Rose porcelain plaques in a hardwood frame and circa 1930
Each plaque has a unique hand painted design showing various Chinese figures including ...
Category
1930s Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Wood
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
Piero Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Porcelain Black and White Large Dish Charger
By Fornasetti
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
The Italian artist and illustrator Piero Fornasetti was one of the wittiest, most imaginative design talents of the 20th Century. He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and, most frequently, an enigmatic woman’s face. Fornasetti used...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English S. Fielding Majolica Porcelain Lavender Oyster Plate Circa 1870.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English "S. Fielding" Majolica Porcelain Lavender and Cyan Colored Oyster Plate, Circa 1870's.
Lovely Rare Lavender Coloring
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Ten English Porcelain Dessert Plates, Copeland Spode, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Painted grapes on a vine. Marked on the reverse with Copeland Spode mark along with the retail mark.
Category
1890s Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Decorative Limited Edition Salvador Dali Porcelain Plate
Located in Vilnius, LT
Large limited edition Salvador Dali decorative porcelain plate. Can be placed on the wall.
Marked on the bottom, numbered, includes original box and certificate.
Very good/excellent ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of Antique Vieux Paris Hand Painted Vases
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely pair of antique porcelain Vieux Paris vases. Hand painted with portraits of a boy and a girl and gold colored accents. The vases are in good condition. No chips and no hairl...
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Jacob Petit Style Old Vieux Paris Porcelain Flowers Vases
By Old Paris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique porcelain flower vases.
In the style of Jacob Petit.
Each with a large central vase surrounded by 4 smaller, int...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Large Cache Pots
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green"
Large Cache pots
Herend Hungary porcelain cachepots with handles in the shape of shells
#...
Category
20th Century Hungarian 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
Vintage Italian Midcentury Porcelain Greyhound Dog Sitting on Blue Cushion
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Italian porcelain greyhound dog from the mid-20th century resting on a comfortable-looking blue cushion. Born in Italy during the midcent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Lenox Aesthetic Movement Dinner Service W/ "Prunus" Sterling Silver Gilt Overlay
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This amazing service for 12 was made by Ceramic Art Company/ Lenox ca. 1890 and features sterling silver with a gold wash overlay in an iconic "Japonesque"...
Category
1890s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures, Arlecchino and Columbina, Rococo ca 1758
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful pair of figures of Arlecchino and Columbina, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1758. These figures formed part of a series of the Commedia dell'Arte, a very popular series of theatrical figures that served as decoration at the dinner table in the 18th Century.
The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby.
These figures were used to adorn the dinner table when dessert was served; groups of figures served to express something about the host, the guests, or to direct the conversation. The Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, a comical form of masked theatre, was very popular in those days and Bow copied many figures of the German Meissen series that were brought out in the decades before.
This pair dates from about 1758, which was at the height of Bow's ability to make beautiful figurines often copied from Chelsea or Meissen. The pair is modelled after a Meissen pair by Kaendler. The porcelain is translucent with a beautiful milky glaze - Bow was probably the first pottery using bone in its porcelain recipe. Arlecchino (Harlequin) is playing the bagpipes, dressed in an odd costume of mismatched chintz and playing cards and wearing a funny black trumpet...
Category
1750s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Butterfly Bowl
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A mother of pearl butterfly lustre bowl with a stunning orange interior, made circa 1915 by Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood.
This butterfly lustre bowl is a gorgeous example of Da...
Category
1910s Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Gilt Bronze Mounted Double-Sided Pate Sur Pate Celadon Ground Lamps, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of French Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted double sided Pate Sur Pate Celadon ground lamps. Each lamp is beautifully designed with pate sur pate figures of maidens and putti. On the reverse of each lamp are elaborately designed floral pate sur pate patterns. The celadon ground porcelain lamps are mounted on gilt bronze bases with gilt bronze medusa...
Category
1870s French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$11,840 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Herend Hungary Porcelain Apponyi Orange Ram Head Cachepots
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain apponyi orange ram head cachepots
Herend Hungary porcelain cachepots in pattern Apponyi orange with ram heads as handles
M...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Pair of Low Comports, Grey, Gilt with Landscapes, Flowers, ca 1859
Located in London, GB
This is a rather stunning pair of one-handled low comports with pierced rims, a warm grey ground with elaborate gilt foliage, three very fine flower reserves each, and a large mounta...
Category
1850s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland Fleurs Parisiennes Tureen, 1887-1889
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Up for your consideration is a hand painted and hand decorated small tureen by Haviland in the Fleurs Parisiennes pattern on Cannele blank, measuring 3.1" and 8.5" with 5.4" opening. The back-marks on the bottom are H&C*/Depose underglaze mark, dating back to 1887, and the circular Haviland Limoges decorator/overglaze mark (mark g, according to Haviland's Collectors International Foundation reference sheet) in brown (color indicates premium decor pieces on Haviland porcelain made in that period), dating back to 1879-1889.
Cannele blank ("fluted"), influenced by traditional Japanese bowl shape called "kaki" or "chrysanthemum", was one of the new blanks created in 1880-1890s by Haviland's artists at the peak of Japonisme movement, after European artists and artisans become exposed to Japanese art. Cannele was hugely popular at the time and won the Grand Prix of 1889 Paris's World Fair. The Fleurs Parisiennes is one of the less common Haviland patterns...
Category
1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Huge "Tasca" Porcelain Vase by Lino Sabattini for Rosenthal, Italy, 1980s
Located in Milan, IT
Huge "Tasca" porcelain vase by Lino Sabattini for Rosenthal.
Matte finish and still contemporary shape.
Category
Late 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls
Located in Portland, OR
A very good pair of antique mid 19th century Meissen porcelain compotes or footed bowls, circa 1850.
The bowls are very finely made of open pierced work, with a band of diamond shape...
Category
1850s German Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dresden Ambrosius Lamm Dinner Fish Set Service for 14 Hand Painted, Ca 1930
Located in Austin, TX
One of the kind hand-painted porcelain dinner fish service for 14 made by famous Ambrosius Lamm studio in Dresden in 1930s. This service was made by a special order, only few fish se...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Plate in Hand-Painted Porcelain with Floral Motif
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen plate in hand-painted porcelain with floral motif and edge in light green and gold. Dated 1958.
Diameter: 27 cm.
In excellent condi...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal, Germany. Set of six porcelain plates with various fruit motifs. 1930s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rosenthal, Germany. A set of six porcelain plates with various fruit motifs. Gold rim.
Approximately from the 1930s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: Diameter 17.3 cm.
Category
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Salad Dishes
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" salad dishes
A set of 2 salad dishes
Herend porcelain from Hungary, 1960s-1970s
Numbered with #181/AV (Apponyi Vert)
...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Three Piece Sèvres Style Clock Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Three Piece Cobalt Blue Sèvres Style Clock Set
Comprising: a round clock with a final with two birds; a pair of five-light candleabra with sc...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Royal Copenhagen Knut Khyn Porcelain Figurine "POLAR BEAR" #825
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
"Polar Bear" by Royal Copenhagen is a beautifully rendered polar bear with carefully crafted detail in its fur and particularly its facial expression. It sits with an upward gaze and...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Style Porcelain Plaque Depicting a Maiden as a Young Bacchante, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A circular KPM style porcelain plaque depicting a Maiden as a young Bacchante, set in a finely carved Florentine giltwood frame.
German, circa 1910.
Founded in Berlin in 1750 ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Saxon Flower, a Set of Ten Antique Teacups with Saucers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen, Saxon flower.
A set of ten antique teacups and matching saucers.
Approximately 1880.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Second facto...
Category
1880s Danish Antique 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
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
$1,157 / set
Chinese Famille Rose Teapot, Yongzheng Period (1723–1735)
Located in Lisboa, PT
Chinese Famille Rose Teapot, Yongzheng Period (1723–1735)
Dimensions: Height: 13 cm (5.1 in) Diameter (widest): 9 cm (3.6 in)
Materials & Technique: Hard-paste porcelain, hand-pai...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate Cupola Santa Maria del Fiore
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Original 1960s porcelain by Piero Fornasetti. The plate has a gilt rim, and a lithographed print of the Santa Maria Del Fiore in Firenze. The plate is number 3 in the serie "Cupola d...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18th C Chantilly French Porcelain Bowl in a Clobbered Blue Sprig Pattern
By Chantilly
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chantilly French porcelain low bowl.
Decorated in an underglaze blue sprig pattern with additional cold painted iron-red leaves and ...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek - 'Neptune' - Ceramic Cream Jug - Ireland - circa 1965-1980
Located in Chatham, ON
BELLEEK (Manufacturer) - ' Neptune ' (Pattern) - Vintage porcelain cream jug - large Size - featuring a yellow iridescent glaze to the handle - green maker's mark to the bottom - Ire...
Category
Mid-20th Century Irish Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$416 Sale Price
30% Off
Samuel Alcock Footed Comport, Melted Snow, Periwinkle Lilac, Flowers, ca 1822
Located in London, GB
A footed rectangular central comport or centre piece, periwinkle / lilac ground with melted snow and holly leaf borders and flowers, a large pink wild rose painting...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Christmas Bell, 1993
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Royal Copenhagen Christmas Bell, 1993 – A Timeless Holiday Keepsake
Celebrate the magic of Christmas with the 1993 Christmas bell by Royal Copenhagen, a cherished piece from their i...
Category
1990s Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chelsea Plate, Feather Moulded with Flowers, Red Anchor Mark, ca 1755
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful plate made by Chelsea in circa 1755, which is known as the "Red Anchor" period of the factory.
Chelsea was one of the very early adopters of porcelain in the British china industry. Founded in 1744 the Chelsea pottery was for about 40 years the leading maker of fine chinaware, excelling in their sense of style, perfection and constant innovation and inspiring many following generations of china makers.
The company was started by French silversmith Nicholas Sprimont and you can see the influence of the French style of silverware...
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1750s English George II Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Royal Vienna Cupido & Cephisa Porcelain Double Handled Charger C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Royal Vienna Cupido & Cephisa Porcelain Double Handled Charger C1890.
7/8" x 14" x 12 7/8".
A finely crafted Royal Vienna porcelain charger from circa 1890, featuring ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
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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