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Porcelain For Sale
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Applique after a Painting by F.J. du Chattel, 1898
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles applique after a painting by F.J. du Chattel, 1898
A shell shaped porcelain applique with in a medallion painted scene af...
Category
1890s Dutch Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dragon Pool, Contemporary Porcelain Vase with Decorative Design by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Classic design of this porcelain vase comes back to life with retro decorations with a contemporary flavor. Black Dragon Pool is inspired by the h...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Satsuma Japanese Hand Painted Porcelain Tea or Coffee Set 15 Pieces
By Satsuma
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful hand painted and gold porcelain tea or coffee set Satsuma Japanese 15 pieces, 1880s. The service is complete to serve six people at the table includes: 1 teapot, 1 sugar bo...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Exceptional Pair of Porcelain Figures of the Garland Shepherds, ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of Derby figures called the "Garland Shepherds", made in about 1765. The pair is one of Derby's most famous figure pairs and it bears the catalogue number E2...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
La Seynie, Hand Painted & Gilded Limoges Cabinet Tray, France, circa 1910
By Limoges
Located in Chatham, ON
LA SEYNIE - Fine antique Limoges ceramic cabinet tray - hand painted in the Art Nouveau style - featuring a display of raspberries with flowers and lea...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical Soup Tureen & Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain European Flower Botanical Soup Tureen & Cover,
Circa 1780
The Chinese Export porcelain tureen and cover are well painted with large European bouquets of ...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Set of Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni Pattern Plates-Rosettes
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Set of Six Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Rosoni pattern plates depicting Rosettes
1980s,
The dramatic plates depict six different large black and white flower-shaped rosettes on a gilt ground.
Dimensions: 10 inches diameter x 1 1/4 inches high.
The plates are numbered 1-6, each a different design.
Mark: a printed black and white flower with the name ROSONI above the Fornasetti hand...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Italian Porcelain Esotica Collection, Toucan by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This Italian porcelain sculpture is part of Grand Tour by Vito Nesta. Made in Capodimonte porcelain with a glossy and iridescent finish. this double candle holder...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variation Porcelain Plate, Number 200
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variation Porcelain Plate with Original White Box,
Number 200,
The Statue,
1990s
The Fornasetti porcelain plate is number 200 in the Themes & Variation series. ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Old or Antique Chinese Export Famille Rose Plate with Basket of Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine old or antique Chinese export porcelain plate
In the Famille Rose style.
Decorated throughout with enamel floral decoration in primarily pink against a white ground.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pompei, Contemporary Porcelain Vase with Decorative Design by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The new Pompei porcelain collection by Grand Tour by Vito Nesta brings the Grottesche wall decoration back to life in a contemporary key. Ancient designs are taken and declined on th...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Amalfi, Contemporary Porcelain Vase with Decorative Design by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Classic design of this porcelain vase comes back to life with retro decorations with a contemporary flavor. The Italian coast of Amalfi inspires t...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Style Schneeballen Teacup & Saucer & Lid
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meissen Style Schneeballen Teacup & Saucer & Lid
German or French, 20th Century
A stunning Meissen Style Schneeballen Teacup, Saucer, and Lid set, made in the 20th century of fine ...
Category
20th Century European Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage 1960s Wedgwood Jasperware Cream on Blue Ceramic Collection
By Wedgwood
Located in Bochum, NRW
Midcentury small collection of four pieces Wedgwood Jasperware diamond cream on blue.
Comprising 2 lidded boxes, a cachepot, an ashtray and a pair of candleholders.
Vintage, 1960s. A...
Category
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$809 Sale Price / set
30% Off
A Spode porcelain Coffee Cup and Saucer very finely decorated c.1830
By Spode
Located in Exeter, GB
A fine Spode porcelain coffee cup and saucer c.1830. Although the cup has twelve sides, it is still called 'Octagon' shape, which was introduced by Spode 1829.
Very finely decorated...
Category
19th Century European Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$708 Sale Price
20% Off
Samuel Alcock Plate, Pink and Gilt, Landscape Reserves, ca 1855
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful plate in the 8-lobed shape, with a deep pink ground and rich pale yellow and gilt acanthus and shell decoration, three scrolled reserves with exceptionally finely...
Category
1850s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Miles Mason Porcelain Sucrier Blue and White Broseley Willow Pattern, circa 1810
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a porcelain blue and white, hand gilded Sucrier (Sugar Bowl) in the Broseley printed pattern made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, in the early 19th century, circa 1810.
This piece is well potted with a lovely shape and twin side handles, but no lid.
The sucrier is decorated in the under-glaze blue printed Pagoda or Broseley, chinoiserie Willow pattern, (sometimes called Boy at the Door pattern). There is hand gilded detail around the mid body, upper rim and on the handles.
This piece is marked with the under-glaze printed mock Chinese seal...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Asparagus Tureen, Probably Thuringian
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Porcelain Trompe-L'oeil Asparagus Spears Tureen,
Probably German porcelain probably Thuringian
Circa 1770-1800
The porcelain ...
Category
1770s Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland Limoges Vieux Paris Green Set of Cup and Saucer
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage set of cup and saucer features Vieux Paris decor in green colorway on thin, semi-translucent porcelain. The pattern consists of cornflowers in blue, purple and gold colors, ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Romantic Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate Motiv 24
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Rosenthal Fornasetti "Temi e Variazioni" porcelain plate motiv 24, with gold rim and black and white printed center depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalie...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Set of six "Pink Indian" porcelain lunch plates.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany.
A set of six "Pink Indian" porcelain lunch plates.
Hand-painted with purple floral motifs, gold rim.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
Third and fourth factory quality.
Per...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Porcelain Jug & Bowl
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique English Porcelain Jug And Bowl, good quality and condition.
Jug 28cm Height 24cm Width 16cm Depth
Bowl 13cm Height 39cm Width 39cm Depth
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$647 / set
Spode New Stone China Dinner Service Eighty Four Pieces, Pattern #3504
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode New Stone China Dinner Service- Eighty Four Pieces,
Pattern #3504,
Circa 1820
The service is decorated in an Imari pattern in iron red light and...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ironstone, Ceramic
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. Set of six porcelain luncheon plates.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain.
A set of six...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Dome Plate, Cupola Galleria Di Milano Number 7 in Series
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Dome Plate,
Cupola Galleria di Milano
Number 7 in Series,
Dated 2018
Each plate in the series has a different dome of a named and numbered building on the reverse, seen from the inside and below.
Dimensions: 9 1/4 inches x 1 inch high. (23.50cm diameter x 2.54cm)
The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping gallery and a major landmark of Milan in Italy. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. .
These plates were originally designed and executed for building contractor Andrea Brenta, Milan, as Christmas presents...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tapio Wirkaala "Porcelaine Noire" Dish Plate for Rosenthal Studio Linie, 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Vintage dish plate in black porcelain designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Studio Linie “Porcelaine Noire” serie with shiny and matte tone-on-tone dec...
Category
1970s German Post-Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$409 Sale Price
20% Off
Franklin Mint the House of Erte Porcelain Plate "Flame of Love". Circa 1990s
By Erté
Located in Miami, FL
Franklin Mint the House of Erte Collectors Porcelain Plate "Flame of Love". Circa 1990s
Features an image of the homonym artwork by Ertè created in 1984...
Category
1990s German Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester George Owen Reticulated Beadwork Cup and Saucer
By George Owen
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and rare antique Royal Worcester reticulated cup and saucer decorated with beadwork and painted designs by renowned and sought after potter George Owen (British, 1845-1912...
Category
1880s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Dresden Floral Encrusted & Pierced Porcelain Compote
Located in Atlanta, GA
This early 20th-century Dresden floral encrusted and pierced porcelain compote retains the timeless elegance and sophisticated craftsmanship associated with the legendary Dresden por...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Sevres Hand Painted Matched Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique French matched hand painted porcelain cabinet cup and saucer painted with various scenes by Sevres and dating from the latter 19th century. ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$577 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Signed Royal Vienna Porcelain Portrait Cabinet Plate with Platinum & Raised Gold
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, signed Art Nouveau porcelain cabinet plate.
By Royal Vienna.
Signed Wagner to the lower right.
With a hand painted depiction of Ruth to the center surrounded by a blue & green border richly decorated with platinum, raised gold, & rich gilding.
Marked to the reverse with a blue underglaze Royal Vienna beehive...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Cubist French Horn Musician Figurine by Peter Strang
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Meissen porcelain figurine.
By Peter Strang. Strang was born in Dresden in 1935 and received a degree in Sculpture from the Academy of F...
Category
20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figurine by Porcelanas Miguel Requena of to the Market
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a lovely, retired piece, of Spanish porcelain of a Lady carrying a basket of flowers and called "To the Market".
Makers mark to the base, Porcelanas Miguel, Spanish.
Hard paste porcelain in the Lladro style.
The sculptor was Miguel Requena...
Category
20th Century Spanish High Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
8 Antique Japanese Imari Meiji Scalloped Porcelain Salad Dinner Plates 9"
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of 8 early 20th century Japanese imari porcelain salad / dinner plates with scalloped edges, hand painted with fan-like panels of landscapes and flowers, surrounded with designs ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$640 Sale Price / set
20% Off
An Imperial KPM Cobalt Blue-Ground Topographical Vase, Frederick the Great Scene
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Imperial KPM Cobalt Blue-Ground Topographical Vase, Frederick the Great Scene. This monumental cobalt blue-ground porcelain vase was produced by the Königliche Porzel...
Category
1860s German Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Cobalt Blue Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning large antique French Sevres cobalt blue hand painted porcelain and ormolu-mounted vase circa 1880 in date, later converted into a lamp.
The vase shaped porcelai...
Category
1880s French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
Yates Tea Service, Cobalt Blue, Gilt and Flowers patt. 1038, ca 1825
Located in London, GB
This is beautiful tea service consisting of a teapot with cover, a plate, a slop bowl, four teacups on saucers and four coffee cups on saucers. The service was made by the Yates fact...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$2,740 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ottoman Kaftan Porcelain Dessert Plate with Gold Rim Made in Italy Kaft4
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
18th Century Meissen Set 12 Baroque Porcelain Dining Dishes with Floral Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This baroque dining colorfully dishes set is eclectical and drawn with vibrant colors.
The board is in a contemporary fuchsia color.
Precious, fine, elegant and timeless dining set dishes.
The Meissen manufacturer is an antique brand...
Category
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Meissen
Worcester Small Lobed Dish, Apple Green, Spotted Fruit James Giles, ca 1770
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful small deep plate made by Worcester in about 1770 in their First or the "Dr Wall" period. It is a small, lobed dish with a deep green ground, elegant tooled gildin...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #281
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri on a nude female torso, no.281 / made in Milano Italy circa ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Modern German Blue & White Porcelain Coffee or Tea Set by Rosenthal
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful German porcelain coffee or tea cup set, with creamer and sugar, in white with touches of gold and blue. Set includes six cups, one creamer and one sugar bowl with lid, al...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$780 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Lladro Retired Serious Clown with Guitar by Salvador Furio
By Lladro
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning and rare Lladro retired serious clown with guitar by Salvador Furio.
This is titled "Serious Clown with Guitar' and was sculpted by Salvador F...
Category
20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Border Imari Pattern No. 8450 Cranberry Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Royal Crown Derby porcelain bowl.
In the Border Imari pattern (No. 8450)
The bowl with a scalloped rim, faceted walls, gilt highlights, and imari designs to the border.
Mar...
Category
20th Century British Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Die Zauberflötte the Magic Flute Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Espresso Set
Located in Miami, FL
Reduced From $2,500...Rosenthal Studio Linie by Bjørn Wiinblad Die Zauberflöte Expresso Coffee Set. With the design for the Rosenthal Studio Linie The Magic Flute, the Danish artist...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Viennese Porcelain Figural Cherub Jardinière or Centrepiece Bowl
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This item is a big 19th century Viennese porcelain centerpiece bowl or jardinière beautifully enameled in rich colors with floral sprays and gilt highlights. This stunning Rococo pie...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Goebel Produced This Dramatic Porcelain Figurine Depicting Cat, circa 1960
Located in Verviers, BE
Goebel produced this dramatic porcelain figurine depicting a Cat, circa 1960.
The piece is in excellent condition and a real beauty.
Measures: height: 10.63 in (27 cm)?
diameter...
Category
1950s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samson French Porcelain Chinese Style Triangular Lidded Teacaddy
By Samson & Cie
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine French Chinese Qianlong (18th century) style porcelain teacaddy and cover attributed to Samson of Paris and dating from the 19th century. The tea caddy is beautifully mad...
Category
19th Century French Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing Early 19C Davenport Longport Imari China Dinner Service
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an AMAZING, EXTREMELY RARE and EXTENSIVE Early 19C Davenport Longport Imari China Dinner Service from circa 1805-1820.
HIGH REGENCY PERI...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Italian Racehorse Champions Plates
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Italian Racehorse Champions Plates,
Great Italian Equestrian Champions,
"Grandi Campioni Italian Del Galoppo,
Circa 1950's.
The plates, numbered consecutively from ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$3,750 / item
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica openwork lunch plate in porcelain, ca 1930
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica openwork lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration.
Model: 20/3554
Dating: Approx. 1930
Latin name.
In perfect condition.
...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Spode Three Georgian Imari Pattern 967 Decorated Porcelain Plates
By Spode
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine set of three Georgian Imari pattern decorated porcelain cabinet plates by Spode and dating from around 1810. The small side plates are of...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Gien Lafayette Set of 6 Red Plates by Pierre Deux
By Pierre Deux, Gien
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of 6 Transferware Lafayette Plates from Gien for Pierre Deux, France
These charming plates from Gien feature red leaves on a white background. Could be used as salad, bread or d...
Category
Late 20th Century French French Provincial Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Finest Quality Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Indian Basket Porcelain Vase
By Herend
Located in Tustin, CA
This very unique, large hand-made and hand-painted in Hungary, Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Porcelain Vase was derived from the intricate ...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Sake cup Porcelain Gold Kutani Ware 1970s Showa
Located in Paris, FR
This is a small cup for drinking sake. It is called Ochoko in Japanese.
It was made in showa era around 1970s. It is made with porcelain and all hand painted.
This is Kutani ware.
...
Category
1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 24 Pieces German Meissen Porcelain Dinner Service with Floral Decor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 24-piece set of German Meissen porcelain service from the 19th century, with floral decor. Born in Eastern Germany during the 19th century, each of this 24 pieces service features a lovely floral décor made of purple, pink, orange or yellow flowers with their green foliage, standing out beautifully on the white porcelain ground. Presenting large plates (9.75" D), small plates (8.5" D), bowls (9" D x 1.75" H) and a crescent dish...
Category
19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1940s Set of Small Five Pastel Colored Soliflor Porcelain Vases
Located in Milan, IT
A splendid set of small 1940s Five Pastel Colored Soliflor Porcelain Vases,
For great table settings.
These are New, Old Stock in their original packaging.
Ten multi-colored sets a...
Category
1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$237 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Pink Border Hand Painted Paris Porcelain Rabbit Hunt and Dog Scene Plate
By Darte Frères
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful antique 19th century Paris porcelain plate.
With a hand painted scene of a rabbit hunt in a bucolic landscape. Three greyhounds or whippets ...
Category
19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Georgian Derby Shell Dish or Plate Hand Painted & Gilded Pattern 129, Ca 1810
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful porcelain shell dish or plate hand painted and gilded in pattern 129, made by the Derby factory, in the reign of George 111 in the early 19th century, circa 1810.
Shell dishes, named as such for taking the shape of a shell were used in Dessert services.
This dish has been exquisitely hand decorated in a French influenced "Chantilly" pattern ( No. 129) consisting of scattered sprigs of cornflowers in pink, blue and green with gilt leaves and with further rich hand gilding around the rim and handle section.
The dish has the early Derby...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 14 Antique French Porcelain Dishes
By Edmé Samson
Located in Katonah, NY
A set of 14 antique French porcelain dishes made in the last quarter of the 19th century circa 1870-1880. Attributed to the factory of ...
Category
1870s French Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,430 / set
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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