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Porcelain For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Italy Richard Ginori Late 18th Century Pair Porcelain Sauce Boats Tulip Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This pair of very beautiful porcelain sauce boats were handmade at the end of the 18th Century in Italy by Richard Ginori. They were hand painted with the most iconic decor of Richard Ginori: the Tulip decor in red. Nowadays the pieces with this kind of drawings are most required by the collectors and have an higher rating.
These elegant pieces can be used to lay an elegant table or can be part of a worth collection.
Every sauce boat is composed by 3 pieces: little plate tray, the sauce boat and the little spoon...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chelsea Porcelain Oval Dish with Red Anchor C-1752-56 with Fruits and Insects
Located in Katonah, NY
This gorgeous Chelsea Porcelain botanical dish was hand painted in England circa 1752-1756.
The polychrome enamels depict fruits: apples, pears, plums, melons, and, in the center, a ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chelsea-Derby Vase and Cover, Zachariah Boreman and Richard Askew, 1783-1784
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and stunning vase with cover made by Chelsea-Derby in 1783-1784. The pear-shaped vase stands on a square foot and has two handles with moulded floral chains, and ...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Georgian Rare Hand Painted Dish
By Derby
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual Georgian Derby Porcelain dish finely hand painted colored enamels dating from around 1790. The oval shaped dish has a raised scalloped rim and is hand painted with...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti, Vintage Plate from the Series of Church Domes Cupole d'Italia
By Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
Decorated porcelain
Plate number 5 from the series Cupole d’Italia: Cupola di San Lorenzo a Torino.
Each plate with a different dome of an Italian church seen from the inside named and numbered on the reverse. These plates were designed and executed for building contractor Andrea Brenta, Milan, as Christmas presents...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
18th Century Meissen cups and saucers
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century Meissen cups and Saucers
This set consists of 9 cups and 9 saucers of Meissen porcelain. A high quality porcelain pro...
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Georgian English New Hall Partial Porcelain Tea Set
By New Hall
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Late 18th century Georgian English New Hall partial fine porcelain tea/china set with rose colored fish-scale border, scrolling garland and florets, circa 1781-1835. Included in this...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Paris Clignancourt Set of 4 Plates, Black, Pink Roses, Butterflies, 1780-1790
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning set of 4 large plates by the Clignancourt factory in Paris, probably made between 1780 and 1790.
We one more of these plates available, please see separate listin...
Category
1780s English Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica openwork lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica openwork lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration.
Model: 20/3554
Dating: 1965
Latin name.
In perfect condition.
First fa...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Meissen Bronze Table Lamps With Motto Children, by MV Acier, 1775-1814
Located in Vienna, AT
With porcelain figures from the original period of origin around 1775:
Two electrified bronze lamps with gilding: a profiled pedestal in a triangular shape with beveled corners as a ...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Large 18th Century French Porcelain Soup Tureen & Stand Decorated in Cornflowers
By Clingancourt Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Large 18th Century French Porcelain Soup Tureen and Stand Decorated with Cornflower Sprigs, Marked for "Monsieur"
This elegant 18th-centu...
Category
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Chestnut Basket, Cover and Stand, Polychrome Flowers, 1770-1775
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare offer of a spectacular moulded and pierced chestnut basket, cover and stand, made by Worcester between 1770 and 1775 in their 1st or "Dr Wall" period. The set con...
Category
1770s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
First Period Worcester Porcelain Holly Berry Pattern Tea Bowl and Saucer
Located in Downingtown, PA
First Period Worcester Porcelain Holly Berry Pattern Teacup and Saucer, Hop Trellis Pattern,
Circa 1775.
The First Period Worcester porcelain teacup and saucer has a reeded French shape and is richly decorated with the Holly Berry pattern- a variation of the Hop Trellis pattern. Panels of purple plants alternate with berried foliage between borders of lilac diaper and gold herringbone and a lower border of white pearls on a bright turquoise ground. There are gilt dentil rims and the inside of the cup has flowers and berried sprigs below a gold band.
Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/8 inches high x 5 1/4 inches wide; Saucer: 5 1/4 inch diameter x 1 inch high; Cup: 1 7/8 inches high x 4 inches wide x 3 3/8 inches deep. (overall 6.033 cm high x 13.34 cm wide)
Mark: Cup with a gold crescent.
Sometimes known as the Holly Berry pattern, this striking design is a member of the Hop Trellis family of Worcester patterns inspired by Sèvres. A similar teacup and saucer was in the Peter Merry...
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Coffee Cup, Monochrome Sepia Landscapes Zachariah Boreman, ca 1785
By Derby, Crown Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and stunning coffee cup and saucer made by Derby in about 1785. The set has a white ground with graceful gilding, and two stunning little landscapes painted by Za...
Category
1780s English Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Regency Period Flight & Barr Worcester Botanical Porcelain Plate
Located in Downingtown, PA
Flight & Barr Worcester Botanical Porcelain plate,
circa 1792-1800
The Flight & Barr porcelain dessert plate has a simple purple flower to the center with a gilt line surround. The wide, shaped rim is finely painted with three different alternating flowers- a yellow rose, a red carnation, and a pink double-headed plant with a gilded rim.
Measure: Diameter: 7 3...
Category
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 18th C. Meissen Porcelain Dulong Variant Molded Plates with Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Meissen Dulong Variant plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays to the center and sides including ros...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th-Century Derby Porcelain Figure Emblematic of Africa
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Large Derby Porcelain Figure of Africa,
From a series known as the "Four Quarters".
Circa 1765
The large figure, emblematic of Africa, is depic...
Category
Mid-18th Century Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Coffee Cup Langenthal Hand-painted
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
20th century coffee cup Langenthal hand-painted and signed by RR 1966.
Category
1960s Swiss Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Paint, Porcelain
A Large Pair of "Kraak" Porcelain Dishes, Circa 17th Century
By AK Dutch Delftware
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
A Pair of Kraak porcelain dishes with blue monochrome decoration, Circa 17th Century. This beautiful pair of Kraak plates are hand painted decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. The q...
Category
17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Dinner Plate with Hand-Painted Fish Motif
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen porcelain dinner plate with hand-painted fish motif and golden border. Flora / Fauna Danica style. Dated 1968.
Diameter: 25.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped....
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Lotus Leaf-Shaped Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Lotus Leaf Shaped Dish,
Circa 1765
The large Chinese Export “famille rose” porcelain saucer dish is made in the form of a lotus leaf with the rim and border...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Porcelain Dish Blue and White Hand Painted, Qing Qianlong
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand-painted Chinese porcelain Dish, dating to the middle of the 18th century, Qing, Qianlong period, circa 1750.
The dish is circular, well potted, with rib...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early New Hall Porcelain Coffee Can & Saucer Duo Chinese Pattern 421, circa 1800
By New Hall
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hard paste porcelain coffee can & saucer duo by New Hall, hand decorated with their Chinese figure pattern number 421, dating to the English George 3rd...
Category
Late 18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dr Wall First Period Worcester Sugar Box England Circa 1775
Located in Katonah, NY
This 18th-century First Period Worcester Porcelain sugar box was hand painted featuring beautiful swags painted with green leaves, purple berries, and two-tone blue and yellow apples.
Each swag is tied with a purple ribbon in an elegant bow. Green leaves and two-tone plums hang from each ribbon.
The cover finial is crafted as a budding rose painted in gorgeous pinkish purple and yellow with two green leaves.
The sugar box's border and cover are both adorned with a band of underglaze blue and a chain of golden ribbons
and are gently lobed, which adds visual excitement as light plays over the curved surfaces.
Made in England circa 1775, this sugar box is a gem!
Dimensions: 5" tall x 4.5" diameter
Condition: Excellent
Marks: On the underside is the Worcester First Period crescent in underglaze blue (see last image).
Early Worcester Porcelain marks are rarely seen—a blue crescent mark (seen here) dates pieces back to the 'First' or 'Dr Wall...
Category
Late 18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 18th Century China East India Company Porcelain Plates
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of 18th century East India Company famille rose porcelain plates with a polychrome and gilded decor of basket, flowers and bamboos.
Minor enamel ...
Category
18th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical Teapot Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export porcelain famille rose botanical teapot stand,
circa 1775
Great for jewely or cuff links!
The attractive Chinese Export porcelain teapot...
Category
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu-Mounted Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Sèvres porcelain ormolu-mounted vases
French, 18th Century
Height 50cm, diameter 21cm
Dating from the 18th century, t...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace, hand-painted coffee pot.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace, hand-painted coffee pot.
Handle with snail.
Model number: 1/519.
Dating: 1962
In perfect condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimensions:...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace, low candlestick.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace, low candlestick in porcelain.
Model number: 1/1138.
Dating: 1961.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: H 10.0 cm x...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Four Vintage Danish Porcelain Birds and Squirrel Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Four vintage Danish porcelain birds and squirrel figure made by Royal Copenhagen and dating from the 1960's. The figures are well modeled and ...
Category
1960s Danish Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Derby Porcelain Armorial Sauce Tureen C.1790
By Derby
Located in Exeter, GB
A fine Derby porcelain sauce tureen and stand c.1795-1800. Of navette shape, finely decorated with a blue band with gilding and the crest of the E...
Category
18th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Plate in Chinese Porcelain for Export, Qing Dynasty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Plate, in Chinese porcelain for export. Polychrome decoration with floral motifs, vase with flowers in the center. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period (1722-1735).
In the center, a vase p...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Milano 'Fiori' Pattern Porcelain Plates, Set of Twelve, circa 1965
By Fornasetti
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An incredibly rare set of 12 large porcelain dinner plates in the 'Fiori' pattern designed by Piero Fornasetti and produced by Fornasetti - Milano, circa 1965. There are two plates o...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
English 18th Century Cream Ware Wedgwood nesting Serving Dishes
By Wedgwood
Located in Delft, NL
English 18th Century Cream Ware Wedgwood nesting Serving Dishes
5 pieces of 18th Century English Cream ware Wedgwood serving dishes
The serving dishes are ...
Category
18th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Custom Commissioned Plates by Piero Fornasetti for Fleming Joffe Ltd
By Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
A rare collection of 12 custom commissioned plates made by Piero Fornasetti for New York small leather goods company, Fleming Joffe Ltd. in the 196...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace, mussel-shaped bowl in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace, mussel-shaped bowl in porcelain.
Model number: 1/557.
Dating: 1969-1974.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Second factory quality.
Dimensions: Wid...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate 'B' Finely Hand Decorated, Qing Kangxi, circa 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period, (1662-1722), circa 1700.
The plate is of large dinner plate size with a 10 inch di...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration.
Model: 20/3572
Dating: 1963
Latin name.
In perfect condition.
First factory qua...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
White Porcelain Decorative Item "Osterfreude" by Carl Werner for Hutschenreuther
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Germany, 1960s.
This item is made in white porcelain and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and r...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six 18th Century Flight Worcester Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of six antique Flight Worcester porcelain cups and saucers.
Each with a ribbed swirl design and cobalt blue and gold floral sprig and garland decoration.
Each base is mar...
Category
Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen porcelain lunch plate with hand-painted fish motif
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen porcelain lunch plate with hand-painted fish motif and golden border. Flora / Fauna Danica style. Dated 1965.
Diameter: 22 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
3rd f...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large 18th Century Leeds/Staffordshire English Creamware Charger or Wall Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, very large, 18th century English creamware pottery charger or wall plate.
With a raised feather edge border.
Simply a great antique English pottery...
Category
18th Century English George II Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Creamware, Pottery
Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child
Located in New York, NY
An important, extremely rare, and rather large 18th century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child, By Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler, Circa: 1744. This is an incredible and extremely rare 18th century Meissen Porcelain piece modeled by the greatest Meissen modeler ever in the Company, Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler.
Thalia can be seen seated on a gorgeous hand-carved and hand-painted flowered and vined porcelain pedestal. Her right arm is raised holding a Phantom of the Opera Black and White Mask, while in her other arm is a young Harlequin dancing and singing holding a hat. Thalia is wearing a gilt-edged dark blue bodice with white floral decorations over a black corset draped in a red-over-yellow robe...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Important Pair of Meissen Porcelain Filigree Vases with Raised Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A Highly Important pair of Museum Quality Louis XV Period 18th century Meissen Porcelain filigree openwork vases with a medially of flowers and vined leaves. This is truly an excepti...
Category
1750s German Louis XV Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Imari Plate Lobed Japan Iron Red Blue Green Bonsai Trellis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Striking Imari lobed plate with simple, bold ornamentation indicating it is an early piece. The centre with three stylised bonsai evoking the quality of reflection surrounded by a tr...
Category
18th Century Japanese Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Covered Famille Rose Two-handled Pots
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Covered Famille Rose Two-handled Pots,
Circa 1775
The unusual pair of Chinese Export porcelain circular two-handled pots and covers are painted in famille r...
Category
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Dinner Plate with Hand-Painted Fish Motif
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen porcelain dinner plate with hand-painted fish motif and golden border. Flora / Fauna Danica style. Dated 1968.
Diameter: 25.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped....
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Purple Indian Serving Bowl
Located in Boston, MA
We are offering you this lovely Meissen purple Indian serving bowl. It has detailed paintings of pink flowers with some purple and gold accents ...
Category
1960s German Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Heinrich Fuchs "Archais" Series for Lorenz Hutschenreuther, 1970
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderfully sculptural bisque porcelain vase "Artichoke" by Heinrich Fuchs for Hutschenreuther, released between 1968 and 1970 with matte exterior and gloss interior, marked
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 18c Meissen Vergissmeinnicht Pattern Porcelain Plates with Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Vergiss Meinnicht (Forget-me-not) pattern plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays to the center incl...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
New Hall Porcelain Tea Service, Japanese Tobacco Pattern, Georgian, circa 1795
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning tea service made by New Hall in circa 1795. The service is made of hybrid hard paste porcelain and decorated in a bold Chinoiserie pattern of large flower sprays. The service consists of a teapot with cover, a milk jug, a slop bowl, and six tea bowls with saucers.
This service has provenance; it came from the collection of David Redstone, the well known porcelain expert who wrote leading books on Bow and Chelsea porcelain.
The New Hall factory started as a cooperative of several Staffordshire potters making use of the porcelain license of Bristol Porcelain...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Part Dessert Service, Red Botanical, John Brewer, 1795-1800
By John Brewer, Crown Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning part-dessert service made by Derby between about 1795 and 1800, painted with named botanical studies by John Brewer. The service consists of a lidded sauce comport on a stand, two kidney shaped dishes, two lozenge shaped dishes, one lozenge shaped low footed comport...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica porcelain fruit bowl, decorated in colors and gold
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica porcelain fruit bowl, decorated in colors and gold with flowers.
Model number 429/3534.
Dating: 1969-1974.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
First factory q...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Purple Indian Bowl in Unusual Square Shape
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this lovely Meissen purple Indian bowl in this unusual square shape. It has detailed paintings of pink flowers with so...
Category
1960s German Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tapio Wirkkala Composition Secunda Grey Set 34 Piece
Located in Geneva, CH
Rare coffee and cake set in Rosenthal (Germany) bone china designed by Tapio Wirkkala, Finland 1963.
6 mocha cups with their saucers
6 coffee cups with their saucers
Coffee pot
Milk jug
Sugar bowl
6 cake plates 20cm...
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Salt Shaker by Kenji Fujita for Freeman Lederman
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A rare salt shaker designed by Kenji Fujita for Freeman Lederman.
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Antique German Meissen Porcelain Bowl
Located in Vienna, AT
An antique German Meissen platter offers porcelain construction with Blue pattern and rim, stamped on base as photographed, circa 1760
Category
18th Century German 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.