Porcelain
Early 19th Century British George III Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary German Black Forest Porcelain
Porcelain
1770s English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Porcelain
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Turkish Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s European Porcelain
Porcelain
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1830s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Earthenware
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
1890s German Victorian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Porcelain
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century European Porcelain
Porcelain
1870s German Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Gold
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Bronze
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Gold, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary German Black Forest Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s German Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century French Georgian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Luxembourgish Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 1800s English George III Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Adirondack Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Czech Porcelain
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1890s Danish Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s German Jugendstil Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
1990s Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
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.