Porcelain
Late 19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Other Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century French Modern Porcelain
Ceramic
1990s Mexican Modern Porcelain
Silver
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
1990s German Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Ironstone
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s Chinese Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1880s French Antique Porcelain
Sterling Silver
19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century French Louis XIV Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Porcelain
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Czech Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s North American Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Ormolu
1990s Italian Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1860s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1860s German Other Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 1900s Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1990s French Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Porcelain
Porcelain
1980s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century French Art Nouveau Porcelain
Gold
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1960s Hungarian Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Porcelain
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century French Louis XVI Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1940s Czech Neoclassical Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1880s French Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Polish Porcelain
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Late 20th Century English Regency Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Bone, Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian 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.