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Porcelain For Sale
English Garniture of 5 Porcelain Vases, White, Hand Painted Fruits, 1820-1825
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful garniture of five vases made by an unknown English maker in about 1820-1825. The garniture consists of one campana vase and four differently sized spill vases. Th...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Three porcelain plates with blue flowers and insects
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Three hand-painted porcelain plates with blue flowers and insects, gold rim.
Early 20th century.
Marked.
Perfect condition. Appears unused.
Two plates in first fact...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Empire Vases "Views of Versailles" Napoleon III 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of empire vases "Views of Versailles"
French, in porcelain from the 19th century. 19th century polychrome and gilded decoration, with the central reserve at the center with t...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of twenty four blue and white floral porcelain dinner plates
Located in London, GB
Set of twenty four blue and white floral porcelain dinner plates
Continental, 19th Century
Height 2.5cm, diameter 23.5cm
These blue and white porcelain dinner plates...
Category
19th Century European Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Coalport Porcelain Lozenge Dishes, Birds & Flowers Patt.759, 1815-1820
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular pair of oval dishes made by Coalport between 1815 and 1820. The dishes bear the famous and very wonderful bird pattern with the number 759. Panels with stunning hand painted birds and flowers are set in a cobalt blue background with rich gilt decoration.
We also have two plates available in this pattern; please see separate listings. This pattern is very desired and doesn't come to the market often, so this is a rare opportunity.
Coalport was one of the leading potters in 19th and 20th Century Staffordshire. They worked alongside other great potters such as Spode, Davenport and Minton, and came out with many innovative designs. When we say "Coalport" we usually think of the one Coalport factory that became famous, but in its beginning years there were two factories, one run by John Rose and the other by his brother Thomas Rose. Thomas Rose went into partnership with Robert Anstice and Robert Horton and they were located directly opposite John Rose, across the canal. The brothers' factories had much in common with each other and they shared many different shapes and patterns. Ultimately, the John Rose factory proved more profitable and John Rose bought Thomas' factory in 1814, making it the one Coalport factory that became so famous. Many of the Coalport items, of either factory, are now collectors' items.
The stunning thing about pattern 759 is that each bird is different, as well as each flower formation. All birds and flowers are painted carefully in their own colours; they are all different species. Each bird is an individual with its own expression; in fact I once had a large dinner service...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Footed Salt Cellar ca. 1735 Hand Painted
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Meissen Porcelain Footed Salt Cellar ca. 1735 Hand Painted
Rare Meissen porcelain salt cellar on three voluted feet accented in gold and polychromed. The tapered, circular b...
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gucci Porcelain Flowers Bee Mug
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gucci white porcelain mug with flowers encircling the cup and a bee on the lid, from Richard Ginori 1735 collection / Made in Italy
Original stamp on the base / comes in original box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th-Century Derby Porcelain Yellow-Ground Botanical Dish, Pattern #216
Located in Downingtown, PA
Derby Porcelain Yellow-ground Botanical Dish,
Pattern #216,
circa 1795
The Derby Porcelain oval dish has a yellow-ground border with a central wel...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque of a Japonism Beauty, Signed Wagner
By KPM Porcelain, Wagner
Located in New York, NY
A Gorgeous 19th Century KPM Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque of a Japonism Beauty, Signed by the Artist Wagner Wien .n C. Kiesel. The beauty is seen in a beautiful orange and white kimono...
Category
19th Century German Japonisme Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Large Plate or Charger Hand Painted and Gilded, circa 1870
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful large plate or charger, with a finely hand painted pattern by the Meissen factory in fine white porcelain and dating to the 19th century, circa 1870.
The plate h...
Category
19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany, large lidded porcelain soup tureen. Ca 1920
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, large lidded porcelain soup tureen.
Hand-painted with polychrome flower motifs, gold rim.
Ca. 1920.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition. Appears unu...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
14-Piece Japanese Gilt and Painted Tea and Dessert Serving Set with Peacock
Located in Norwood, NJ
14-piece Kutani Japanese gilt and painted tea and dessert serving set with Peacock. Hand painted gilt and painted Peacock tea and serving set. Features floral and peacock design.
Lidded tea and coffee pots, lidded creamer, sugar bowl, and five snack sets...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Porcelain
Materials
Gold
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
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain, low bowl/dish in hand-painted porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain, low bowl/dish in hand-painted porcelain.
Model number: 1/11
Early 1900s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: Diamet...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Cauldon Hand-Painted "Flower Arrangement" Dessert Plates, Cobalt Blue
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A decorative and beautifully hand-painted set of 12 Cauldon dessert plates with shaped rims trimmed in gold with central floral decoration. Each plate depicts a unique flower arrange...
Category
Early 1900s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Reticulated Regency White Porcelain and Gold Gilt Basket Compote
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous white & gold Regency style reticulated porcelain basket compote
circa late 20th century
Measures: 7.88"W x 4.25"D x 5.5"H
Excellent original vintage condition.
Category
Late 20th Century American Regency Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Six dinner plates in porcelain. 1920s/30s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany.
Six dinner plates in porcelain.
Hand-painted with polychrome floral motifs, gold rim.
Approximately 1920s/1930s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Perfect condition.
D...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Austrian Royal Vienna Bronze Mounted covered Vase, circa 1890
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine 19th century "Royal Vienna" hand painted gilt bronze mounted porcelain covered urn.
The 360 degree body finely painted in the Bouguereau style with a maiden playing a Lyre, other maidens in the background, and a cherub picking flowers near a river. The swirly neck and base extremely decorative and rare. The top with a pomegranate finial
Austria, Circa 1890
Marked with the under glazed Royal Vienna Beehive...
Category
19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Daisy Makeig-Jones Wedgwood Butterfly Lustre Bowl
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A butterfly lustre bowl designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones for Josiah Wedgwood & Sons circa 1915.
This butterfly lustre bowl is a gorgeous example of Daisy Makeig-Jones’s unique artistr...
Category
1910s British Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine of a Sewing Woman, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a sewing woman in regional costume.
Made in Denmark by the Royal Copenhagen manufactory
Manufactured in 1957.
Model number # 1314
Very good conditio...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chamberlains Worcester Ink Stand Writing Set, Orange, Gilt Neoclassical, ca 1810
Located in London, GB
This is a splendid three-well ink stand or writing desk set made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1810. The ink stand contains a stand with a pen holder or candle holder in the sha...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion pattern. Three antique dinner plates. Late 19th C.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion pattern. Three antique dinner plates.
Late 19th century.
Third factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: D ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Malabar Man on a Rhinoceros
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic 19th century Meissen Porcelain orientalist/Turkish figure of a Malabar Man seated on a rhinoceros. This is a rare and beautiful group made by...
Category
19th Century German Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair of Paris Porcelain Gilded Coffee Cups and Saucers
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite pair of antique white 'Porcelaine de Paris' teacups and saucers, intricately hand- painted with gilt decoration throughout. Dating from the early 19th century, the cups ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Post-Modern "Kunstlertasse #2" Set by Michael Boehm for Rosenthal Studio-Line
Located in San Diego, CA
Post-Modern "Kunstlertasse #2" cup and saucer set by Michael Boehm for Rosenthal Studio-Line, circa 1980s. This wonderful set is in great vintage condit...
Category
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Oval Berlin 'K.P.M.' Porcelain Plaque of a Harem Dancer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Oval Berlin 'K.P.M.' Porcelain Plaque of a Harem Dancer
Germany, circa 1890
This exceptional Berlin (K.P.M.) porcelain plaque showcases an exquisitely detailed painting of a veiled, exotically dressed...
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Giltwood, Porcelain
Bejewelled 19th Century Sevres Style Clock Set
Located in London, GB
A fine quality 19th century French Sevres porcelain style and gilded ormolu clock garniture, impressive pair of four branch candelabra.
Measures: Clock, H: 53cm, D: 24cm, W: 27cm...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Six Meissen Green Ivy Vine plates in hand-painted porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Six Meissen Green Ivy Vine plates in hand-painted porcelain.
1940s.
Measurements: D 15.5 x H 2.5
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First fact...
Category
1940s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Imperial Imari Charger with Large Gilded Eagle and Gilded Flying Crane
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Imperial Imari 14.25" charger with large gilded eagle and gilded flying crane, Japanese, Meiji period, circa 1870.
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Black Vase with Geometric Pattern in Silver by Odyv
By ODYV
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Art Deco black vase featuring a striking geometric design in silver around the circumference, by the celebrated designers, Ode...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tureen with Handles
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" tureen with handles.
Herend Hungary porcelain, numbered with 93/AV (Apponyi Vert)
Marked with the Herend blue...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Cabinet de Curiosités, Six Contemporary Decorated Porcelain Bread Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Cabinet de Curiosités collection takes inspiration from the rooms of the same name which in the sixteenth century collected objects and subjec...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Coffee Cup And Saucer Demitasse Black And Gold 1940
By Rosenthal
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Rosenthal Porcelain Tea Cup or Coffee Cup And Saucer Demitasse Black And Gold Art Nouveau Venetian Style.
Rare antique porcelain go...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Czech Amphora Porcelain Sculpture of a Camel and Mounted Rider
By Amphora
Located in San Francisco, CA
A magnificent Mid-20th century Czech Amphora Porcelain sculpture modeled as a “Camel and Mounted Rider”, of imposing size and in Fine original condition.
The Amphora Porcelain Works existed from 1892 – 1945 in the Teplitz-Turn area of Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but since 1918, in Trnovany in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1892 under the style of RSt&K, by Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel, the son and sons...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
La Menagerie Ottoman Porcelain Dessert Plates - Set of 6
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
One of our best selling collections is now available in a set of 6 for your desserts.
Inspired by the wonderful world of the Ottoman Empire and the exotic animals that were living in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases with Vessels & Garden Elements 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases with Vessels & Garden Elements, Bases Signed, 20thC
Measures - 19 1/4" x 7"diam
Category
20th Century Asian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Chinese Blue and White Chinese Hexagonal Planter
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful Chinese Blue and White Hexagonal Bowl/Planter
Category
20th Century Chinese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
C. LE TALLEC - "Chinese Circus" - 1 Flat serving dish - Tiffany & Co. - ∅ 12 In.
Located in LYON, FR
Rare and superb round and flat serving dish in Limoges porcelain by
Camille Le Tallec in the "Cirque Chinois" pattern
Hand painted and gilded with fine gold
Signed under the ...
Category
1880s French 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
Samson "Oriental" Baluster Vase and Cover, Bronze Mounted
By Edmé Samson
Located in Montreal, QC
This Baluster vase is charmingly painted in polychrome with a procession, children playing, with adults playing musical instruments, riding on a cart and with a dragon. The overall f...
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century German Cobalt and Gilt Decorated Porcelain Compote
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid-century German cobalt and gilt decorated porcelain compote.
Measures 13" in diameter and 4.5" tall. Great condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Porcelain Figurine "Hare", Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain hare figurine model #1019
Produced by the Danish manufacture Royal Copenhagen
Mark used in the 1960s.
Very good condition, no damage
Measu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine.Set of four large coffee cups and saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine.
A set of four large coffee cups and saucers.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Mixed factory qualities.
Cup: Diameter 9.2 cm. without han...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Punch Bowl Sailor Farwell & Return with Royal Navy Ship
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain European-subject Punch Bowl,
Sailor's Farewell and Return Bowl with Royal Navy Ship,
Circa 1765-75
The Chinese Export porcelain bowl has two images of a sailor and his wife, one known as the sailor's farewell and the other the sailor's return.
The farewell depicts the sailor leaving his wife who hugs him as he is about to depart as he points to the Royal Navy Ship with the Blue Ensign just offshore. The sailor's return depicts the sailor depositing watches and coins into his wife's upraised apron. Between the images are large painted flowering branches and the interior has similar painting.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches x 4 1/2 inches high (26.04 cm diameter x 11,43 cm high)
Provenance: With Elinor Gordon;
Ruth Nutt Collection
Sailor's Farewell and Return Bowl with Royal Navy Ship,
Condition is very good with some fading to the en grisaille sails.
Reference: David S...
Category
1760s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Oversized Old Paris Porcelain Bolted Urns with Genre Scenes C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Pair Antique Oversized Old Paris Porcelain Bolted Urns with Genre Scenes C1880.
14 7/8" x 9" x 5"...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower. Open lace square bowl. Hand-painted.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower. Open lace square bowl in porcelain.
Hand-painted.
Model 10/1523.
Dating: 1966.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Second factory quality.
Dimensions: D 22.5 cm ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose 'Wu Shuang Pu' Plate
Located in Bradenton, FL
This rare Chinese porcelain plate is boldly decorated and to the top with heroic characters from the 'Wu Shuang Pu', the Table of Peerless Heroes, each ac...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester, England, Large Evesham Lidded Tureen in Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Worcester, England. Large Evesham lidded tureen in porcelain decorated with fruits and gold rim.
1980s.
Measures: 25 x 13.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1980s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pr. of Old Paris Miniature, Gilt Decorated Footed Urns With Garden Scenes, c1800
By Old Paris
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of Old Paris Miniature, Gilt Decorated Footed Urns with garden scenes, c1800. Miniature urns of this type are rare and the decoration is exceptional. The urns have bolted construction with scrolling handles and molded face mask terminals. The beautiful hand painted panels are of a seated young man and woman in traditional dress in a neoclassical garden with classical urns, landscaping, architecture and a fountain. Fine condition with mild typical wear to the gilt.
Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for...
Category
Early 1800s French Empire Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Signed Antique Vienna Handpainted Porcelain Ewer depicting Psyche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Austrian porcelain ewer.
In the Royal Vienna style.
Depicting the goddess Psyche in the clouds attended by Donatello style p...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate in porcelain. Dated 1947.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate in porcelain, from 1947.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: D 18.5 cm.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Nyon Swiss Porcelain Hand Painted Cabinet Plate with Cobalt Blue Rim
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Nyon Swiss hand painted porcelain cabinet plate with cobalt blue rim.
With a richly gilt cobalt border & decorated to the center w...
Category
Early 19th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Dish with Figures Amidst Clouds 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual antique Japanese Imari shallow porcelain dish hand painted with two scrolling ladies with flowing garments and ribbons floating amidst clouds and finely decorated in brigh...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Porcelain Teapot, Bronze Handle, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain teapot, bronze handle, 20th century.
A 20th century porcelain teapot with a bronze handle.
H: 18cm, W: 14.5cm, D: 10cm
Category
20th Century Asian Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Ottoman Kaftan Porcelain Dinner 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Twelve Anna Weatherley Porcelain Salad Plates
Located in Dallas, TX
Each with factory marks, some with artist signatures; decorated with vegetables.
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1870, Victorian British Orientalist Porcelain Jug
By A.H. Davenport
Located in Catania, Sicilia
It's a large polychrome porcelain orientalist jug, signed B.T.F.C. on the bottom. Made in England in 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Pair of Plates, Newcastle Embossed, Flowers J. Bancroft, 1857 (2)
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning pair of plates made by Minton in 1857. The plates are beautifully moulded in the Newcastle Embossed shape, the moulding picked out and turquoise and gilt, and hand...
Category
1850s English Victorian 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.