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Porcelain For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Style: Georgian
A Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820 Welsh porcelain is amongst the most highly regarded of all early 19th century porcelains. The colour and decoration is always of the hi...
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19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Porcelain Dual Figurative Candlesticks for Nymolle
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and hard to find pair of porcelain figurative dual candlesticks by Nymolle of Denamark, circa 1960s. #3186 The pair are in very good vintage condition with no chips, cr...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Fine Swansea London decorated Porcelain Dish, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Fine Swansea London decorated Porcelain Dish, c1820 Additional information: Date : Circa 1820 Period : George III /George IV Marks :Stencilled in red upper case 'Swansea' and a fa...
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19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Nantgarw Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Nantgarw Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer, c1820 Additional information: Date : c1820 Period : George III - William IV Marks : none Origin : Nantgarw, Wale...
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19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Octagonal Worcester Porcelain Plate Fan Panel Landscape Pattern, 1768-70
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Octagonal Worcester Porcelain Plate Fan Panel Landscape Pattern, 1768-70 Additional information: Date : c1768-70 Period : George III Marks :...
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18th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Spode Porcelain Tea Cup in Hand Painted & Gilded Pattern 967, circa 1810
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine example of an English George III period, porcelain Tea Cup, made by Spode and hand painted in Pattern 967, during the early 19th century, circa 1815. The cup has th...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Swansea Porcelain Fluted Breakfast Cup and Saucer, c1816
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Swansea Porcelain Fluted Breakfast Cup and Saucer, c1816 Additional information: Date : c1816 Period : George III Marks : None Origin : Swansea, Wales C...
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19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

A London Decorated Swansea Porcelain Plate of Burdett Coutts Type, 1815-17
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A London Decorated Swansea Porcelain Plate of Burdett Coutts Type, 1815-17 Additional information: Date : 1815-1817 Period : George III Marks : Impressed mark Swansea Origin : Swans...
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19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Two Lobster Plates in Clear Glass, Sweden, Mid-20th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Two beautiful Lobster plates made of Glass. A nice addition to your Table. Found at an estate sale in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Ceramic, Majolica

20th Century Piero Fornasetti Bowl With Letter S
Located in Epfach, DE
Piero Fornasetti bowl with letter S The beautiful decorative bowl with gilding is also a wonderful gift. The condition is very good, the gilding is not scuffed. You can put it and ha...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Derby porcelain grazing sheep, c. 1760.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A rare Derby porcelain figure of a sheep, c. 1760. The finely modelled sheep, grazing amongst a flower strewn base, and painted with liver coloured spots. Unusually, the base is hand...
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1760s English Georgian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

First Period Worcester Fable Dessert Plate Ex Lever Collection, c1775
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
First Period Worcester Fable Dessert Plate Ex Lever Collection, c1775 Additional information: Date : c1760-80 Period : George III Marks : Unmarked Origin : England Colour : Polychro...
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18th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

22121706 Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
22121706 Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816 Additional information: Date : 1815-1817 Period : George III Marks : none Origin : Swansea, South Wales Colour : poly...
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19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Worcester Porcelain Blue Scale Leaf Dish, c1775
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Worcester Porcelain Blue Scale Leaf Dish, c1775 Additional information: Date : c1775 Period : George III Marks : Blue under glaze Worcester p...
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18th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Very Fine Worcester Porcelain Guglet - Pine Cone Group and Ripe, c1780
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Very Fine Worcester Porcelain Water Bottle with Pine Cone Group and Ripe Pomegranate Patterns, c1780 Additional information: Date : 1770-1785 Period : George III Marks : Worcester...
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18th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Thorkild Olsen for Royal Copenhagen Craquele Glazed Bowl with Fruiting Nuts
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and impressive Danish porcelain bowl hand decorated with fruiting nuts by renowned painter Thorkild Olsen (Danish, 1890-1973) and dated 1950. The heavily made bowl stands on a narrow round unglazed foot and is of wide shallow form with a raised rim and a fold back upper rim. The body of the bowl is decorated in grey Fine craquele glazes...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

England Silvered Metal Coffee Pot Silver Color 20th Century Signed
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a coffee Pot in Siver Metal. The color is Silver. It ha sbeen madde in England made during the 20th Century.   
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20th Century English George IV Porcelain

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Metal

A Coalport Botanical Porcelain Dessert Tureen Cover and Stand, 1805-10
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Coalport Botanical Porcelain Dessert Tureen Cover and Stand, 1805-10 Additional information: Date : 1805-1810 Period : George III Marks : None Origin : Coalport, Shropshire Colour...
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19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Coalport Coffee Can Porcelain Hand Painted Cornflowers Pattern, circa 1805
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality coffee can that we attribute to the Coalport porcelain works, Shropshire, England, made during the John Rose period of the George 111rd years, circa 1805. The coffee can is nominally parallel, tapering slightly to the base, with a simple loop handle, with a slight lower kink and pointed attachments. It has a shallow foot recess with obtuse corner and is unmarked to the base. The pattern is beautifully hand painted in the French Chantilly style with cornflower sprigs in gold gilt and blue with red & green leaf detail to the lower half with an upper border continuous cornflower pattern, all between gold gilt rings with further gilt decoration to the outer handle and gilding around the lower rim. We date this piece to the late George third...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes and Variations Plate, Motiv 28
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes And Variations Plate, Motiv Number 28, 1980s The striking Rosenthal Fornasetti gold-rimmed black and white printed plate with the fa...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Marked Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Marked Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820 Welsh porcelain is amongst the most highly regarded of all early 19th century porcelains. The colour and decoration is always of...
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19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Rare Worcester Porcelain Sauce Boat with Early Flowering Plants Pattern, c1762
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Rare Worcester Porcelain Sauce Boat with Early Flowering Plants Pattern, c1762 Additional information: Date : 1758-1765 Period : George II - George III Marks : bold hatched crescent...
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18th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
22121707 Swansea Porcelain Dessert Plate By Henry Morris, c1816 Additional information: Date : 1815-1817 Period : George III Marks : none Origin : Swansea, South Wales Colour : poly...
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19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

England Silvered Metal 5 Pieces of Coffee Tea Service Silver Color 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
These are 5 pieces of a coffee service. The colors are Silver. 1 Sugar pot 2 Bowls I TeaPot and 1coffeepot The are from England made during the 20th Century.   
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20th Century English George IV Porcelain

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Metal

KPM Royal Berlin Design by Griemert Porcelain Coffee Set, Decor by von Unruh
Located in Epfach, DE
20th Century KPM Royal Berlin coffee or mocca set porcelain 41 pieces form Krokus design by Griemert , decor by Siegrid von Unruh made 1953 mid century KPM ROYAL Berlin Crocus patte...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Worcester Porcelain Hancock L'Amour Print Coffee Cup and Saucer, c1760
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Worcester Porcelain Hancock L'Amour Print Coffee Cup and Saucer, c1760 Additional information: Date : c1760 Period : George II - George III Marks :None Origin :Worcester England ...
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18th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Mangani Italian Porcelain Hand Decorated Twin Handled Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and stylish Italian porcelain twin handled pedestal vase hand painted with landscape scenes by Mangani and dating from the 20th century. This tall and elegant vase stands rai...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

New Rina Menardi Medium Conchglia Bowl in Poppy
Located in Troy, MI
New and imported from Italy, this art pottery bowl by Rina Menardi is a thin-walled bowl with an irregular rim and subtle ombre-style poppy red glaze. Underside of base has maker’s m...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Rare Small Size Yellow Ground First Period Worcester Porcelain Basket, c1760
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Rare Small Size Yellow Ground First Period Worcester Porcelain Basket, c1760 Circular baskets with the sides made from interlocking circles were first made by Worcester in 1758. The...
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18th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Berlin Porcelain Mid-Century Tortoise Pin Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful German mid-century porcelain pin dish modelled as a tortoise by renowned makers Berlin and believed to date between 1945 and 1962. The dish is mo...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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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...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Set of Plates with Mollusks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain Conchiglie seashell plates with snails and mollusks, Set of Six, circa 1960s-1970s The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchiglie pattern which d...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Bohemian Tea Set in Porcelain & Gold, Czechoslovakia 1950s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful tea and coffee set in white porcelain with gold marks as a decoration. Produced in Czechoslovakia in Nova role, original mark still visible. Original catalogue mark aproved...
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Gold

Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal ‘Form 2000' Coffee Pot, Designed 1954, White Ceramic
Located in London, GB
Raymond Loewy and Richard Latham for Rosenthal, 1954 ‘Form 2000’ Coffee Pot A lovely example of this design classic White ceramic with gold edging Exce...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Ceramic

Awesome Electrical Porcelain Room Fountain, 1960s Italy
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Electric ceramic indoor fountain. Full function, great sound of water splashing down each floor. Perfect for a Zen garden. Probably made in italy. For usage in US you would onl...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Ceramic

Spanish Lladro Porcelain Floral Large Centerpiece Vase
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Lladró Porcelain Floral Centerpiece vase A beautiful porcelain floral centerpiece designed by Julio Fernández and manufactured by L...
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20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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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...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Porcelain Cobalt Vase, Hutschenreuther Hohenberg, Germany, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
A large porcelain vase decorated with the Echt Cobalt technique Produced by Hutschenreuther in Germany in the 1960s / 1970s. Very good condition, no dama...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Set of Four Porcelain Bridge Ashtrays / Plates by Bjorn Wiinblad for Nymolle
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and rare set of four Bridge (cards) porcelain ashtrays/ small plates by Danish designer Bjorn Wiinblad for Nymolle, circa 1960s. #2787 The set is quite rare and very ha...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Spode Porcelain Sucrier Hand Painted and Gilded Pattern 967, circa 1810
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine example of an English George III period, porcelain, Sucrier with cover or lidded sugar bowl, made by Spode all hand painted in Pattern 967, during the early 19th Century, circa 1810. This Sucrier has a beautiful and elegant shape with high loop handles either side of the oval body. The cover has a shaped oval knob...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #78
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, no.78 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960. Original mark on t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Worcester Porcelain Hancock L'Amour and Whitton Anglers Print Mug, c1765
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Large Worcester Porcelain Hancock Whitton Anglers and L'Amour Print Bell Shaped Mug, c1765 Additional information: Date : c1760-70 Period : George II / George III Marks : None Or...
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18th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Large 18th Century Leeds/Staffordshire English Creamware Charger or Wall Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, very large, 18th century English creamware pottery charger or wall plate. With a raised feather edge border. Simply a great antique English pottery...
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18th Century English George II Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain, Creamware, Pottery

Alexander Girard La Fonda Del Sol for Mayer China Bowls, Set of Four
Located in Garnerville, NY
A set of four Alexander Girard designed white glazed porcelain bowls for Mayer China. A La Fonda Del Sol design. Fully signed on the bottom, A La Fonda Del Sol Design, Mayer China-Mi...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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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...
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1770s English Georgian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Mid-18th Century Chelsea Porcelain Tromp L'oeil Leaf Dish with Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chelsea Porcelain Tromp L'oeil Leaf Dish, Red Anchor Period, circa 1755-1760 The large Red Anchor period Chelsea Porcelain tromp l'oeil leaf dish is naturally colored and modell...
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1750s English Georgian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Vintage Alfoldi Porcelain Hungary Hand Painted Pitcher Vase
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Alfoldi porcelain Hungary hand-painted tankard pitcher vase. Vintage retro Alfoldi porcelain large mug cup vase, with hand painted stylized traditional Hungarian motifs, tulip flowers, 1960s, Hungary. Vintage retro Alfoldi porcelain decorative tankard made in Hungary...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Jacques Buchholtz Large White Porcelain Ceramic Cup or Decorative Dish, 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacques Buchholtz Large porcelain ceramic cup or decorative bowl White ceramic glaze color Signed under the base Original perfect condition Height 5 cm Large 18 cm
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Set of Six Haviland & Co. Limoges Oyster Plate French Vintage Porcelain
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of 6 vintage French oyster plates. Each oyster plate features 6 wells for oysters and one at the center for lemons or a dip. They ar...
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Vintage Spanish Porcelain Vase and Matching Bowl with Hand-Painted Cubist Faces
Located in Torquay, GB
Vintage Spanish studio pottery vase and matching lidded bowl. Decorated with hand-painted brutalist Picasso-esque cubist faces. Both the vase and the l...
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Late 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Herons by Jaroslaw Jezek, Royal Dux, 1958
Located in Meda, MB
This elegant and fine Royal Dux porcelain figurine sculpture was produced in the Czech Republic in 1958. It features a modern design by Ja...
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Die Zauberflötte the Magic Flute Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal Espresso Set
Located in Miami, FL
Reduced From $2,500...Rosenthal Studio Linie by Bjørn Wiinblad Die  Zauberflöte Expresso Coffee Set. With the design for the Rosenthal Studio Linie The Magic Flute, the Danish artist...
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Boy & Girl Porcelain Figures with Flowers
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine matched pair vintage German porcelain figures holding flowers made by world renowned makers Meissen and believed to date from the early 20th century. This finely made pair of ...
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Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Blanc de Chine Porcelain Jester and Monkey Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine vintage Meissen porcelain blanc de chine figure of a Jester with a monkey and owl dating from the 20th century. The figure stands on a narr...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

19th Century Late Georgian Blue Spode Hot Chocolate Cup with Cover and Saucer
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century late Georgian blue spode hot chocolate cup with cover and saucer, decorated with gilt highlights, and embossed white floral motif on a ...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique 19th C. Derby English Porcelain Shaped Dish in Blue Cornflower Pattern
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 19th century English porcelain shaped dish. Decorated throughout with a colorfully painted blue cornflower and gilt accents. The rim features intertwining painted f...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

1970s Iittala Set of 3 Senator Goblet Glasses Finland
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Iittala Set of 3 Stem Wine Beer Goblet Glasses Finland 3 diameter x 4.88 h IIttala Senaattori Senator by Timo Sarpaneva Wine/beer glass water goblet....
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1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Art Glass

Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #74
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #74 The Clock, Atelier Fornasetti The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the face...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

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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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