Porcelain
47
7,048
872
76
to
960
4,994
2,517
7,996
7,584
7,928
437
366
280
275
255
236
236
211
191
165
108
94
89
28
17
13
9
4
681
2,470
3,897
948
1,045
1,391
860
156
74
232
250
112
203
357
274
278
69
7,762
7,553
447
150
129
6,746
1,677
1,307
1,126
1,044
378
168
160
157
119
Porcelain For Sale
Bing & Grøndahl, five porcelain lunch plates hand-painted with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, five porcelain lunch plates hand-painted with polychrome flowers and gold decoration.
Approx. 1920/30s.
In excellent. condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimen...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend White Porcelain Tray Dish Vide-Poche with Pink and Gold Detail
By Herend
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful white porcelain tray dish vide-poche by luxury marker Herend, circa 20th century, Hungary. This rectangular porcelain tray has a latticework open design, braided edge, an...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Small Knob Vase with the "Ming Dragon" Motif
Located in Delft, NL
Meissen porcelain small knob vase with the "Ming Dragon" motif
Meissen Porcelain Ming Dragon yellow small knob vase. The rims are gilded. A small vase raised on a foot with a belly and a knob in the neck with a tapered end with Meissen's “Ming Dragon” motif. This pattern, which is one of the manufactory’s earliest designs, was created in in 1740. The figure of the dragon with four toes, which is the representation typically used at Meissen, was originally reserved exclusively for imperial princes in ancient China.
The yellow Dragon...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 English Raised Gilt Porcelain Dinner Service Plates
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A regal set of 12 elaborately gild service plates, by Royal Worcester. The set with delicate broad gilt borders with a white porcelain background. The mark on the back from 1950.
Category
1950s American Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, six deep plates in porcelain hand-painted with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, six deep plates in porcelain hand-painted with polychrome flowers and gold decoration.
1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: D...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, six deep plates in porcelain hand-painted with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, six deep plates in porcelain hand-painted with polychrome flowers and gold decoration.
1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: D...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Doulton Burslem Art Deco Silver Mounted Coffee Cup Set
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and exceptional Doulton Burslem Art Deco silver mounted coffee cup set complete with saucer and original spoon and dated 1929. The porcelain tr...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Silver
Bing & Grøndahl, six porcelain lunch plates hand-painted with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, six porcelain lunch plates hand-painted with polychrome flowers and gold decoration.
Approx. 1920/30s.
In excellent. condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimens...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad Christmas Plate 1972 "Caspar"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad porcelain Christmas plate 1972, produced by Rosenthal.
Motif: The Holy Three Kings
Designed by: Bjørn Wiinblad
Diameter: 11" - 29 cm
Comes in original box. The ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Crown Derby Imari Soup Bowls, a Pair
Located in Tampa, FL
A pair of late 19th century Imari Royal Crown Derby soup bowls. Late 19th century, England.
Category
1890s English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, eight deep plates in porcelain hand-painted with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, eight deep plates in porcelain hand-painted with polychrome flowers and gold decoration.
1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimensions:...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Large Allegorical Group 'The Air' by M.V. Acier, Germany Around 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Depiction of a bearded old man with angel wings, covered only with a cloth, sitting in the middle of a mountain of clouds, probably Chronos from Greek mythology, symbolizing the passage of life and reminding us that time flies, holding a long staff (usually with sickle) in his hand, surrounded by winged putti, representing activities on and with air: To the right of the old man a standing putto with waving cloth, embracing a peacock, the bird of paradise and symbol of heaven, and breathing into a tube forming a soap bubble, in the foreground wind is produced with the help of a bellows, to the left of and behind Chronos two putti with garlands of flowers and a little bird in their
hands.
The group is based on an earth pedestal with piled up clouds and gold rim.
Designer:
MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 Versailles - 1799 Dresden)
Trained as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain factory in Meissen in 1762: he created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair French Bleu Celeste Sevres Urns 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique pair of French Sevres style porcelain and ormolu mounted twin handled urns, in the Louis XV manner, Circa 1870 in date.
The bleu celeste...
Category
1870s French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
Haviland & Co Limoges French Tureen in White Porcelain and Gold Decoration
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
We would like to inform you that the object, described below, was part of a complete service that we have divided and we offer the loose sale of the individual pieces. Elegant white Limoges porcelain...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend, Hungary, Chinese Bouquet Raspberry. Small bowl and vase in porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Herend, Hungary, Chinese Bouquet Raspberry.
Small bowl with wickerwork and small vase.
Mid-20th century.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Vase: H 12.0 x D 6.5 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Sugar Bowl
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Royal Copenhagen porcelain sugar bowl with lid. It has a white background and it is hand painted with a blue bouquet of flowers in the center...
Category
20th Century Danish Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Copeland Spode, England, Bluebird. Four Lunch Plates.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Copeland Spode, England, Bluebird.
Four lunch plates.
Mid-20th century.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Measurements: D 21.8 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century British Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Vintage H.Bequet Quaregnon Porcelain Panel/Plate, Belgium, 1960s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage H. Bequet Quaregnon Design Porcelain Panel with Hand Painted Bird and Leaf Design.
Beautiful decorative plate or wall panel hand made and h...
Category
1970s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold Plate
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical Teapot Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export porcelain famille rose botanical teapot stand,
circa 1775
The attractive Chinese Export porcelain teapot stand is of hexagonal form wi...
Category
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Commedia Dell'Arte Group Harlequin Family by J.J. Kaendler Germany c1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Commedia dell'Arte figure group from the 19th century:
Harlequin and Columbine with child dancing in a circle: Harlequin in green jacket with golden buttons and white ruff...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Coalport Porcelain Oval Dishes, Flowers & Birds Patt.759, Regency ca1815
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.
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
KPM 1918 "Echo" Porcelain handpainted plaque
Located in Verviers, BE
A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, "ECHO"
Finely painted after a painting from Edouard Bisson (1856-1939) depicting a beauty listening atte...
Category
1810s German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Large Pair of Allegory Figurines Day & Night by Silvia Kloede, Ca 2007
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of large, excellently crafted allegories - Day & Night in the form of two slender female figures celebrating femininity:
The figure representing the Day dressed in fresh, spr...
Category
Early 2000s German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Victorian Blue Porcelan Bottle Vase or Urn Ships Decanter Hand Painted
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Stylish Single English Hand Painted Porcelain Bottle Vase modelled as a Ships Decanter of generous proportions, late Nineteenth, early Twentieth Century
The bulbous body form wit...
Category
Late 19th Century British Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Pottery, Porcelain
Rosenthal Mythos Collectible Espresso Cup and Saucer Set NR 4 by Yang
By Rosenthal
Located in Vallejo, CA
A vintage collectible porcelain espresso mug and saucer set from the Mythos line by Rosenthal, Germany. Signed by the designer, Yang, and numbered NR 4. ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Porcelain Oval Dish, Beige with Apple by Joseph Birbeck, circa 1847
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning oval dessert dish made by Coalport in about 1847. The dish has a pierced rim, a beige and finely gilded ground and a beautifully hand painted apple painted by the ...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Imari Dish Charger Lobed Japan Iron Red Blue Green
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptional 18th century Imari lobed dish. The centre painted with a vase of flowers and a bonsai tree. Surrounded by a double circle border and three large vignettes of a fenced garden with trees and flowers and stylised floral vignettes interposed. The reverse with four double scroll repeats. Painted in tones of iron red, blue and green. In original condition. In exceptional condition with very little wear.
Measures: diameter 31cm., 12 1/4", height 5cm., 2"
Provenance : Private collection with two plates of similar quality
Imari is the European name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita and exported from the port of Imari, in Western Japan. The dynastic change and the instability of China in the mid-17th century created a gap in the porcelain market, which became increasingly international throughout the century. Arita developed into a prominent centre for porcelain due to its proximity to Izumiyama, an area rich in kaolin. Although the Arita kilns...
Category
18th Century Japanese Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stadt Meissen, Three Deep Plates, Blue Onion Pattern, 1930s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stadt Meissen, three deep plates - Blue Onion pattern.
Hand-painted.
1930s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: D 25.0 x H 4.5 cm.
Category
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Plate, Arms of Stepney with Lloyd in Pretence
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Plate,
Arms of Stepney with Lloyd in Pretence,
Circa 1745-50
Te armorial plate is painte...
Category
1740s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Saucer, Rosenthal, Germany, 1953
By Rosenthal
Located in Chorzów, PL
A small "depositor" plate used to put away e.g. tea or to serve side dishes on the table.
A plate from the excellent German Rosenthal label. Signed with...
Category
1950s German Chippendale Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 5 Christofle Oceana Rouge Soup Plates
By Christofle
Located in Mérida, YU
Set of 5 Porcelain Christofle Oceana Rouge Soup Plates. Excellent condition. Very elegant.
Category
1990s French Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester chestnut basket, James Giles decoration, c. 1770.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine and rare Worcester porcelain chestnut basket, c. 1770. Hand painted in the London workshop of James Giles, with a a spray of flowers, within an elaborate gilt scroll and flowe...
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Coffee Service, Rosenthal Sanssouci, 1946, 42 Pieces
By Rosenthal
Located in Chorzów, PL
Rosenthal porcelain service, model Sanssouci, 1946, 42 pieces.
Very good condition.
the set includes:
- jug height 26 cm width 17 cm depth 11 cm
- sugar bowl, height 13 cm, width...
Category
1940s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad Christmas Plate 1984 "Christmas Carols"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad porcelain Christmas plate 1984, produced by Rosenthal
Motif: Jingle Bells
Designed by: Bjørn Wiinblad
Diameter: 11" - 29 cm
Comes in original box and pamphlet. Bo...
Category
1980s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sugar French Porcelain Sugar Pot White and Red Color 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Flower power, Red color.
French Porcelain, 20th Cdentury.
Category
20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Saxon Flower, Set of Four Salt Jars in Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, Saxon Flower.
A set of four salt jars, hand painted with flowers and gold edge.
1890s.
Model number 4/1708.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory qualit...
Category
1890s Danish Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Casket Jewellery Box, Rosenthal Chippendale, Germany, 1942
By Rosenthal
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain casket - a box for jewelry and trinkets.
Ivory-colored porcelain decorated with gilding and a floral bouquet motif.
A product of the re...
Category
1940s German Chippendale Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjorn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Midcentury the Magic Flute Sugar Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely made and stylish midcentury Rosenthal porcelain lidded sugar bowl decorated with a scene from Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte (the magic flute) designed by renowned Danish bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Crown Derby Part Dessert Service, Turquoise with Flower Garlands, 1916
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful part dessert service made by Royal Crown Derby in 1916. The service consists of one serving dish and ten plates, and is decorated with beautiful scalloped rims in turquoise and gilt, delicate flower garlands and a very find flower spray on each item.
The Derby Porcelain factory has its roots in the late 1740s, when André Planché, a Walloon Huguenot refugee, started making simple porcelain toys shaped like animals. Local entrepreneur William Duysbury took an interest in his skills and worked with him to improve the quality of his wonderfully shaped items. Together they laid the foundations of what would become a very refined tradition of figure making at Derby. In 1769 Duysbury bought up the bankrupted Chelsea factory, incorporating their reputation for high quality figures, vases and tableware; this combination of traditions, porcelain making skills, sophisticated clients and available work people created one of the best porcelain factories of the 18th and 19th Centuries. The factory went through many ups and downs in the 19th Century and was completely re-constituted in the late 19th Century; today it is one of the very few factories still operative.
This plate is a fine example of the Edwardian style with its grace, fine painting and delicate gilt. The pattern has similarities to the famous "Royal Antoinette...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Ceramic Coffee Pot Porcelain Arita by Samson Paris
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
A fascinating Japanese coffee pot and collectors item by Samson Paris.
Material: Ceramic, porcelain
Style: Japanese, Oriental, Antique, Baroque
Ori...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
18th Century Worcester Blind Earl Porcelain Dish
By James Giles, 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Worcester Blind Earl porcelain plate made circa 1770 with beautifully enamelled decoration of butterflies and insects among raised leaf and rose...
Category
1770s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate, Number 9, Maori Tatoos
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variations porcelain plate,
Pattern Number 9,
Atelier Fornasetti,
1990s
The Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the face o...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Four Blue Onion Pattern Plates, Meissen, Germany, Approx. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, four Blue Onion pattern plates.
Hand-painted.
Approx. 1900.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Third factory quality.
Dimension...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 4 Löja Earthenware Plates by Stig Lindberg
Located in Berlin, BE
Swedish designer, ceramist, illustrator and painter Stig Lindberg (1916 - 1982) was one of his country's most famous artists from the late 1930s to the 1970s, the "Golden Age" of Sca...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Earthenware
Antique French Sevres Porcelain Celest Blue Gilt Trembleuse Chocolate Cup Saucer
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French sevres soft paste hand decorated Rich Celeste Blue Porcelain lidded Chocolate Cup of museum quality, complete with its original undertray and dome cover with a leafy ...
Category
19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Set of 4 Löja Earthenware Plates by Stig Lindberg
Located in Berlin, BE
Swedish designer, ceramist, illustrator and painter Stig Lindberg (1916 - 1982) was one of his country's most famous artists from the late 1930s to the 1970s, the "Golden Age" of Sca...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Earthenware
Teapot, "Lilja" "Lilly", Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s, Mid-Century Modern Vintage
By Bo Fajans
Located in Stockholm, SE
A stunning teapot designed at Bo Fajans in Gefle, Sweden and of the model "Lilly" that is super rare to find today. The teapot is 15.5 cm (6.2") high and about 23,5 cm (9.4") long. I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Porcelain Rothschild Pattern Serving Set
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
A Herend porcelain Rothschild pattern serving set
A Herend porcelain Rothschild pattern serving set, consisting of 8 plates of 15 cm diagonal (5....
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad Christmas Plate 1990 "Christmas Carols"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad porcelain Christmas plate 1990, produced by Rosenthal
Motif: Leise rieselt der Schnee
Designed by: Bjørn Wiinblad
Diameter: 11" - 29 cm
Comes in original box and ...
Category
1990s German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Johannes Hedegaard for Royal Copenhagen, Rimmon, large round dish.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Johannes Hedegaard for Royal Copenhagen, Rimmon, large round dish in porcelain.
Model number: 46/14824.
1968.
In perfect condition.
Second factory quality.
Marked.
Dimensions: D 27.5...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ginori Luke Edward Hall's "Il Viaggio di Nettuno" Set of Two Small Bowls, 2023
Located in Cagliari, IT
The "Il Viaggi di Nettuno" pattern is inspired by Luke Edward Hall’s love of Greco-Roman mythology, and particularly Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, and...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal, Germany. "Sanssouci", Four Cream-Colored Teacups with Saucers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rosenthal, Germany. "Sanssouci", four cream-colored teacups with saucers decorated with flowers and gold.
Approx. 1930s.
In perfect condition.
Fi...
Category
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hutschenreuther Cup, Germany, Mid 20th Century
Located in Chorzów, PL
Coffee cup and saucer in ecru bone color with gilding on the edges.
Signed Hutschenreuther Selb. Mark used in 1939-1965.
Very good condition with no damage.
cup: height 5 cm...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad Christmas Plate 1991 "Christmas Carols"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad porcelain Christmas plate 1991, produced by Rosenthal
Motif: Kommet, ihr Hirten
Designed by: Bjørn Wiinblad
Diameter: 11" - 29 cm
Comes in original box. Box has s...
Category
1990s German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad Christmas Plate 1987 "Christmas Carols"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad porcelain Christmas plate 1987, produced by Rosenthal
Motif: O du fröhliche
Designed by: Bjørn Wiinblad
Diameter: 11" - 29 cm
Comes in original box and pamphlet. ...
Category
1980s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ott & Brewer American Belleek, Aesthetic Movement Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ott & Brewer American Belleek, Aesthetic Movement Bowl
USA, Trenton NJ, circa 1880s
A fine and rare example of a short lived period in American porcela...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Oval Serving Dish with Purple Flowers and Gold Rim
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, oval serving dish hand-painted with purple flowers and gold rim.
Approx. 1900.
First factory quality.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: L 31.6 x D 24...
Category
Early 1900s Danish Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental Group in Sevres Porcelain Signed : Boucher
Located in Madrid, ES
Monumental Group In Sevres Porcelain Signed:Boucher
MONUMENTAL GROUP IN SEVRES PORCELAIN SIGNED SPECTACULAR GROUP IN FRENCH PORCELAIN BISCUIT FROM THE...
Category
Early 19th Century 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.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Chinese Floral Hand Painted Plate
Soft Paste Antique Porcelain
Antique Austrian Porcelain Marks
Antique White Glass Dishes
Meissen Form
Peach Porcelain
19th Century Imari Plate
Meissen Group
Semi Porcelain
Silver Dish Scene
Small Imari
Spode Antique China
Spode China Antique
19th Century Dresden Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Vases
Antique Meissen Vases
Chinese Plate Stands
Limoges Flowers