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Porcelain For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Rococo
Art Déco Porcelain Figurine 'Merry March', C. Holzer-Defanti, Rosenthal Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Porcelaine Figurine after the dancer Lena Amsel:
Dancer in an exotic Pierrot costume with a zigzag pattern, with large flounced cuffs and ma...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Thekla Harth-Altmann Rosenthal Porcelain Enrico Caruso Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb and stylish German Rosenthal Art Deco porcelain figure of Enrico Caruso by renowned designer Thekla Harth-Altmann (1887-1998) and designed in 19...
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1910s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Painted Porcelain Wine Decanter Signed Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, circa 1920
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of painted porcelain wine decanter signed Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Silvita Gallienne for Puirforcat St. Petersbourg Porcelain Dish Set
By Puiforcat
Located in Vienna, AT
In this listing you will find a beautiful set of dishes by French Manufacturer and silver smith Puiforcat. It consists of a flat cup, saucer and a dessert plate made from the finest ...
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Late 20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Mythological Group 'Thalia With Tree', by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, c 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen group:
Thalia, the muse of theater and comic poetry, covered only with a large cloth, smiling and sitting on a rock under a cherry tree, holding a mask next to her...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Marcolini Duck Tureen
Located in Dresden, DE
This figurative butter or pate terrine in duck form, Meissen, c. 1780/90, impresses with its naturalistic painting and finely worked plumage structure. Such figurative service compon...
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Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Complete Set of Porcelain Figures "The Four Elements", Rococo, circa 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive complete set of large figures called The Four Elements, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. It consists of Ceres representing Earth, V...
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1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group Six Figurines Allegory of Earth by Acier Model D 83
Located in Norwood, NJ
Large Meissen group of figurines which are Allegory of Earth assembled around a Lion's Figurine.
Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword M...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Group 'Europe on the Bull', by J.F. Eberlein, circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large meissen figurine group around 1860:
Beautiful, youthful Europe, the primordial mother of the continent, with her hair tied back and adorned with flowers, sits sideways on the strong, white bull, which is actually the transformed father of the god Zeus, who kidnaps the young woman. She is covered only with a large floor-length cloth with golden stars. With her right hand she holds on to one of the animal's horns,
with her left hand she grasps its neck, a flower garland adorns the animal's head, two nymphs wrapped in shawls kneel at Europe's feet and offer flowers from a basket.
The group is based on an oval base with rocaille decoration heightened in gold.
Design:
Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1695 - 1749) From 1735 sculptor and modeller at the Meissen porcelain factory. Eberlein worked with Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1706 - 1775) - a modeller at the Meissen manufactory since 1731: Together with J. J. KÄNDLER and Johann Gottlieb Ehder, he created the swan service with more than 2,200 individual items between 1737 and 1742. Eberlein's own creations show classical deities on opulent baroque...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique H & G Heinrich German White Porcelain, Gold Banded Coffee Service
Located in New Orleans, LA
Presented here is a very elegant and at the same time
extremely classic breakfast set from the Bavarian
manufacturer H & C Selb Bavaria, Germany Heinrich 1800.
The set was made o...
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Art Deco Tea, Coffee, Dessert Set, Porcelain, Victoria, Czechoslovakia, 1930s
By Victoria Czechoslovakia
Located in Bochum, NRW
Delightfully angular pure Art Deco porcelain tea / coffee and dessert serving set for 5 by Victoria, Czechoslovakia.
Comprising: jug, sugar bowl, milk jug, serving plate, 5 cups wi...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Orphaned Coffee Cup, Famille Rose Peony, circa 1755
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming orphaned coffee cup made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1755. The cup is decorated in a Chinese "famille rose" peony pattern. This cup would have been part of a large tea service, and the tiny size shows how expensive coffee was 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.
The cup is unmarked, which is normal for Bow items of this era.
Condition report the cup is in excellent condition without any damage or repairs. There are various glazing imperfections, which are quite normal for porcelain of this era.
Antique British porcelain...
Category
1750s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie "Gold Dragon" Flower-Encrusted Garniture
Located in New York, NY
A Meissen porcelain ‘Gold Dragon’ pattern three-piece garniture.
A Meissen porcelain reticulated three-piece basket Garniture and stands.
...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Henri Delcourt French Art Deco Porcelain Figural Bonbonnerie
By Henri Delcourt Boulogne
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and finely made French art deco porcelain lidded bonbonnerie formed as a flapper girl dating from around 1930. The bonbonnerie is of...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Art Deco Porcelain Figurine, Ballerina, 1930s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rosenthal Art Deco porcelain figurine. Ballerina. 1930s.
Measures: 23.5 x 11.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Aesop's Fables Animals on Antique French Porcelain Plate Hand Painted circa 1825
Located in Katonah, NY
Four beautiful scenes from Aesop's fables adorn this marvelous plate.
It was made in France circa 1825.
Each scene captures the essence of the fable it depicts, transporting the viewer into the world of these timeless stories.
1) The Fox & the Grapes (see more...
Category
Early 19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Rococo Style Meissen Porcelain Parrot and Flower Lidded Vases
Located in New York, NY
An incredible pair of 19th century Rococo Style Meissen Porcelain parrot and flower encrusted lidded vases. Each is absolutely stunning with a variety of hand-painted and encrusted f...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1920s Royal Dux Art Deco Flapper Nude Porcelain Figurine Elly Strobach mod. 3332
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A charming and well-modelled Royal Dux Art Deco figure of a nude female by Elly Strobach (b.1908), with soft bisque ivory flesh tones, beautifully detailed painting of the hair and hands, her knees bent with a gold material draped across her thighs. The gold detail continues on her shoes and her plinth.
There are impressed and printed marks and numbers to the underside: model 3332, the applied pink triangle...
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Royal Dux. Rococo Couple in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand-painted porcelain.
1940s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
The woman measures: 21.0 x 13.0 cm.
The man measures: 22.0 x 9.0 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Sèvres-style Porcelain and Gilt-Metal Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Sèvres-style porcelain and gilt-metal vases.
French, 20th century
Measures: height 97cm, width 42cm, depth 30cm
With covers, el...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Five Cups and Saucers by Company Epiag, circa 1920's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Porcelain
Cups: 5,5 x 7 x 5,5 cm
Saucers: 11,5 x 1,5 cm
Rare pieces.
Good original condition.
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Figure of Neptune and Dolphin on a Shell, ca 1785
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning porcelain figure of Neptune with a dolphin standing on a sea shell, made by Derby around the year 1785. The figure is in beautiful original condition.
We have one other Neptune figure from 1765, please see separate listing.
The Derby Porcelain factory has its roots in the late 1740s, when Andrew Planché, a Walloon Huguenot refugee, started making simple porcelain toys shaped like animals in his back yard. In 1756 Staffordshire enameller...
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1780s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fairyland Lustre Bowl, Geisha Wedgwood, circa 1925
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An octagonal fairyland lustre bowl, decorated with Geisha pattern, one of the best loved of Daisy Makeig-Jones’ designs.
Probably the best of Wedgwood's female designers, Daisy wa...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stag Motif Kaiser Porcelain Stein
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1949-1990 Kaiser porcelain stein. W. Germany mark. Stag motif pewter top after the work of Johann Ridinger, a bisque bas relief of charging stag in rococo shield. Pewter flip top rep...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fred Cooke for Minton Art Deco Pierrette Porcelain Figurine
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare Minton Art Deco porcelain figurine titled Pierette designed by Fred Cooke and dating from around 1930. This delightful standing figurine stands moun...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures of Liberty & Matrimony, Rococo 1760-1764
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous pair of figures of Liberty and Matrimony made by the Bow Porcelain factory between 1760 and 1764. These figures were a popular pair portraying marriage.
The bow...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gio Ponti for Ginori Shallow Bowls, Il Circo
By Gio Ponti
Located in Riverdale, NY
Set of 5 Il Circo (circus) shallow bowls from the mid 1930's Italy designed by Gio Ponti for Ginori. Each decorated with a charming Modernist figure of a circus performer.
5.5" x 1". 1930's Italy. Matching tea cups...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ovington Fish Plates for Display
Located in Riverdale, NY
Attractive set of fish plates retailed by Ovington from the 1930's, for use only as display as several have chipped edges. 4 out of 6 have chipping but not severe, great for display ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Noritake Art Deco 4 Piece Set
By Noritake
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely early 20th century, Art Deco period Noritake lustreware 4 piece high tea set in Classic deco style.
From circa 1930 these pieces are ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Cherub Motto Figurine "Je decouvre tout" Model F13
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain Cupid figurine.
By Meissen.
Model no. F13 from the Cupid Motto Series.
Entitled "Je decouvre tout".
Originally de...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Jo Hahn Locher for Bing & Grøndahl, Unique Art Deco Vase, 1930s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jo Hahn Locher (1876-1960) for Bing & Grøndahl. Unique Art Deco vase decorated with branches and flowers.
1930s.
Measurements: H 24.5 cm. x D 13.0 cm....
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges, France, Hand-Painted Porcelain Vase in Turquoise. Ca 1930s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France, hand-painted porcelain vase in turquoise.
Organic slim shape in Art Deco style.
Decorated by Le Chambrelain.
Approx. 1930s.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: D ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Flame Fairyland Lustre Vase: Tree Serpent
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A tall, well-proportioned vase in Flame Fairyland Lustre, decorated with Tree Serpent pattern and Imps on a Bridge (pattern Z5360).
Exhibited: Wedgwood, Master Potter to the Univers...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
"Music under the Sea, " Spectacular Art Deco Punchbowl/Centerpiece w/ Mermaids
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A spectacular example of Scandinavian Art Deco design, this punchbowl with geometric handles and figures of mermaids applied in gold over a jade-green ground is a very early example ...
Category
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Plates, Warren Hastings Shape, Chelsea, circa 1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of plates in ‘Warren Hastings’ shape, with fine rococo moulding, decorated with geese and other birds to the reserves; typical sprays and sprigs...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Antique Meissen Porcelain 'Old Ozier' Pattern Cabinet or Dinner Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 antique, 18th century German porcelain plates.
By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
In the Old Ozier pattern.
Each ...
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1760s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fairyland Lustre Plaque 'Picnic' by River, Wedgwood, circa 1925
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Currently on loan to The David Roche Foundation for their exhibition "Josiah Wedgwood - Master Potter to the Universe".
Daisy Makeig Jones’ description relates this to Völuspá, a poem from the Poetic Edda, which is a collection of Old Norse poems. In Völuspá, it is said that the dwarves were created by the god Loki and the giantess Angrboda, and that they were condemned to live underground. The Light Elves are also mentioned in the poem as being allowed to live in the realm of Alfheim, which is a place of beauty and light.
In Norse mythology...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Nymphenburg Porcelain Figurine of the Disturbed Slumberer/Der Gestörte Schlummer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Nymphenburg porcelain figurine.
Entitled "Der Gestörte Schlummer", which translates to English as "The Disturbed Slumber".
After the 18th Century Frankenthal Porcelain model modeled by Johann Friedrich Lück.
Depicting a sleeping gallant attended to (and being awakened by) two maidens. The gallant is sleeping on patches of grass that are supported by a stylized Rococo rocaille base.
Simply a wonderful antique Nymphenburg figurine...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo 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...
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18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine "Child with a Dog", Rosenthal, Germany, 1940s
By Rosenthal
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a child with a dog produced by Rosenthal in Germany in the 1940s.
Perfect condition, no damage
Measures: height 16cm, width 14cm, depth 7cm.
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Falcon, Porcelain Figure, Dahl Jensen for Bing & Grondahl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Dahl Jensen for Bing & Grondahl.
Large porcelain figure of a falcon, model no. 1531.
1920/30s.
H 37.0 cm. x D 16.0 cm.
In excellent condition.
Second factory quality for no obv...
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1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Jo Hahn Locher for Bing & Grøndahl, Unique Art Deco Vase
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jo Hahn Locher (1876-1960) for Bing & Grøndahl.
Unique Art Deco vase decorated with branches and flowers.
1930s.
Measurements: H 24.5 cm. x D 13.0 c...
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Figure of Venus with Doves, Rococo, 1756-1764
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful figure of Venus with two doves, made by the bow porcelain factory between 1756 and 1764. We see Venus standing holding her robe with one hand, a flower p...
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1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Period Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl or Platter
Located in Miami, FL
An exquisite Art Deco period Chinese Famille Rose porcelain bowl or small platter hand-painted and featuring over-glaze enamels. The strong color palette and rich decoration are hallmarks of Chinese export...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Blue Orchid, Art Deco Soup Tureen in Hand-Painted Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen blue orchid. Art Deco soup tureen in hand-painted porcelain.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 26 x 22 cm.
In excellent condition
Stamped.
...
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Dresden Potschappel Porcelain Flower Encrusted Bottle Neck Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Dresden porcelain vase.
By Thieme Potschappel.
Decorated throughout with encrusted porcelain flowers and painted scenes. One side of the bottle is painted with flowers, the other with a scene of 3 children in colonial/medieval garb.
With gilt highlights.
Simply a lovely porcelain vase!
Date:
20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs.
Condition Details:
There are typical losses to the flowers & foliage. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Marks:
Marked to the base with a Thieme...
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20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Figurine of 'Mata Hari' by Capodimonte / Naples Porcelain Company
By Capodimonte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco Figurine of 'Mata Hari' by Capodimonte / Naples Porcelain Company
Italy, circa 1925
An exceptional work, displaying grace and movement, subtly hand- painted. The seductive turban and gold earring wearing dancer draped in a White and Iron-Red Moon and Star motif garment, on a tasseled pillow.
Hence our Mata Hari, attribution/suggestion. The name Mata Hari, is a Malay expression for the sun. Literally meaning “eye of the day"/ dawn of the day'
This exquisite figure, depicts the The dancer (Mata Hari ?) as the sun-wearing the moon and stars.
Marked with the variation Blue underglaze Crown & N.
In remarkable well cared for condition, some minor wear to the gilt.
The figurine stands...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Louisbourg, Germany, 18th-Century Large Sugar Bowl, with Landscape Scenes
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Louisbourg, Germany.
18th-century large sugar bowl, hand painted with landscape scenes, lid with flowers in relief.
Measuring: Ø 14.0 cm. x H 12.0 cm.
In good condition with insi...
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18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rococo Style Hand Painted Ceramic Cachepot with Gilt Decoration, E.U., 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Rococo style hand painted and gilded ceramic cachepot - featuring floral panels to the front and back - gold gilt scrolls, flowers an...
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20th Century European Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Gold Leaf
St. Erik, Upsala, Large Art Deco Bowl / Dish in Glazed Ceramics, 1930s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
St. Erik, Upsala. Large Art Deco bowl / dish in glazed ceramics.
Beautiful glaze in shades of green. 1930s.
Measures: 37 x 8 cm.
In excellent c...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Worcester Art Deco Joan Figurine by Freda G Doughty
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful and scarce Royal Worcester porcelain figurine entitled Joan modelled by Freda G Doughty and dated 1935. The very young child figure stands raised on a half-moon shaped b...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece
Located in London, GB
Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece
German, Late 19th Century
Height 42cm, width 40cm, depth 25cm
According to a design by E. A. Leuteritz,...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 18C Meissen Porcelain Neuozier Marcolini Period Plates with Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Neuozier pattern plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays to the center and sides including roses...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th C Meissen Porcelain Allegorical Group of Three Putti with Musical Motifs
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful 19th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical grouping of three putti with musical Motifs. One putti is seen with a trumpet in his hand, the other putti is seen playing a ly...
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1870s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Style of Nodding Pagoda Figures
Located in New York, NY
A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable Head, Hand and Tongue, known as a "Nodder'. This Unusual...
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1850s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
French, Late 19th Century
Vases: height 44cm, width 21cm, depth 16cm
Urn: 38cm, width 33cm, depth 29cm
Attributed to Pi...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Antique 18c Meissen Neuer Ausschnitt Porcelain Plates with Deutsche Blumen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Neuer Ausschnitt (New Cut) pattern porcelain plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen...
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18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Porcelain Large Octagonal Bowl
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a KPM Porcelain large octagonal bowl. It depicts a large bouquet of flowers in the center and four small ones around the border. A delicate gilt...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique and Vintage Porcelain Dinner Plates, Platters and Serveware for Sale
Today you’re likely to bring out your antique and vintage porcelain in order to dress up your dining table for a special meal.
Porcelain, a durable and nonporous kind of pottery made from clay and stone, was first made in China and spread across the world owing to the trade routes to the Far East established by Dutch and Portuguese merchants. Given its origin, English speakers called porcelain “fine china,” an expression you still might hear today. "Fine" indeed — for over a thousand years, it has been a highly sought-after material.
Meissen Porcelain, one of the first factories to create real porcelain outside Asia, popularized figurine centerpieces during the 18th century in Germany, while works by Capodimonte, a porcelain factory in Italy, are synonymous with flowers and notoriously hard to come by. Modern porcelain houses such as Maison Fragile of Limoges, France — long a hub of private porcelain manufacturing — keep the city’s long tradition alive while collaborating with venturesome contemporary artists such as illustrator Jean-Michel Tixier.
Porcelain is not totally clumsy-guest-proof, but it is surprisingly durable and easy to clean. Its low permeability and hardness have rendered porcelain wares a staple in kitchens and dining rooms as well as a common material for bathroom sinks and dental veneers. While it is tempting to store your porcelain behind closed glass cabinet doors and reserve it only for display, your porcelain dinner plates and serving platters can safely weather the “dangers” of the dining room and be used during meals.
Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is stronger than ceramic because it is denser.
On 1stDibs, browse an expansive collection of antique and vintage porcelain made in a variety of styles, including Regency, Scandinavian modern and other examples produced during the mid-century era, plus Rococo, which found its inspiration in nature and saw potters crafting animal figurines and integrating organic motifs such as floral patterns in their work.
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