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Porcelain For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Rococo
19th C Meissen Porcelain Allegorical Group of Three Putti with Musical Motifs
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful 19th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical grouping of three putti with musical Motifs. One putti is seen with a trumpet in his hand, the other putti is seen playing a ly...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Girl & Spaniel Dog Figurine
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain figurine featuring a small girl with a yellow bird on her shoulder, seated on an oversized red and white King Charles Spaniel, mounted on...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Figure of Venus with Doves, Rococo, 1756-1764
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful figure of Venus with two doves, made by the bow porcelain factory between 1756 and 1764. We see Venus standing holding her robe with one hand, a flower p...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Louisbourg, Germany, 18th-Century Large Sugar Bowl, with Landscape Scenes
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Louisbourg, Germany.
18th-century large sugar bowl, hand painted with landscape scenes, lid with flowers in relief.
Measuring: Ø 14.0 cm. x H 12.0 cm.
In good condition with insi...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 18c Meissen Vergissmeinnicht Pattern Porcelain Plates with Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Vergiss Meinnicht (Forget-me-not) pattern plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays to the center incl...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of French Victorian Limoges Porcelain Plates
By Limoges
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 French Victorian Limoges porcelain plates with scalloped edge and gilt bird scenes. (PRICED AS SET).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Dresden Potschappel Porcelain Flower Encrusted Bottle Neck Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Dresden porcelain vase.
By Thieme Potschappel.
Decorated throughout with encrusted porcelain flowers and painted scenes. One side of the bottle is painted with flowers, the other with a scene of 3 children in colonial/medieval garb.
With gilt highlights.
Simply a lovely porcelain vase!
Date:
20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs.
Condition Details:
There are typical losses to the flowers & foliage. Otherwise, there are some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Marks:
Marked to the base with a Thieme...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece
Located in London, GB
Large Meissen porcelain Rococo style centrepiece
German, Late 19th Century
Height 42cm, width 40cm, depth 25cm
According to a design by E. A. Leuteritz,...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Figure of Juno with Eagle 'Jupiter', Rococo Ca 1765
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and impressive large figure of Juno with an eagle, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. This figure formed part of a series of the Four Elements, with...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Meissen Porcelain Standing Deer Figurine or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique figurine was made by the renowned Meissen factory of Germany in approximately 1880 in the period realistic style. The figurine or sculpture is composed of porcelain and depicts a standing deer...
Category
Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby King Street Porcelain Teacup, Imari Red, Blue and Gilt, Victorian 1889
By Derby King Street
Located in London, GB
This is a charming teacup and saucer made by the Derby King Street factory in 1889. The set is decorated with a striking Imari pattern, which is characteristic for the Derby factory....
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
Ormolu and Sèvres-style porcelain three-piece garniture suite
French, Late 19th Century
Vases: height 44cm, width 21cm, depth 16cm
Urn: 38cm, width 33cm, depth 29cm
Attributed to Pi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
Large Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and KPM Porcelain Decorative Casket
Located in London, GB
Large Rococo style gilt bronze and porcelain decorative casket.
German, late 19th Century
Measures: height 37cm, width 37cm, depth 27cm
Open: hei...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Pair English Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Vases by Antonin Boullemier 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine examples of a Pair of Crown Derby lidded Vases or Urns of medium proportions and museum quality, complete with original lobed finial covers, exquisitely painted...
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Rococo Style Hand Painted Ceramic Cachepot with Gilt Decoration, E.U., 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Rococo style hand painted and gilded ceramic cachepot - featuring floral panels to the front and back - gold gilt scrolls, flowers an...
Category
20th Century European Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine Vintage Samson Porcelain Bolognese or Bichon Dog Figurine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Samson porcelain model of a Bolognese dog.
Modeled after the figurines that Kaendler designed for Meissen in 18th century.
A classic form that is always in style!
The...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Copeland Porcelain Plaque Depicting the Casket Scene from the Merchant of Venice
By Copeland
Located in London, GB
Copeland porcelain plaque depicting the Casket Scene from The Merchant of Venice
English, Late 19th Century
Frame: height 47.5cm, width 65.5cm, de...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Set of Five Aynsley Porcelain Painted Coffee Cups and Saucers, Signed N.Brunt
Located in London, GB
Set of five porcelain coffee cups and saucers, of Fruit Orchard pattern, decorated by Nancy Brunt (active 1935-1975) for Aynsley, England
Circa 1950's
Elegant small coffee cans a...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Pate Sur Pate Porcelain Basket, Dated 1867
By Minton
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine Minton pate sur pate porcelain basket, dated 1867. The celadon green ground lattice worked basket, supported by two Bacchanalian cherubs, a...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century German Porcelain Kpm Berlin Hand Painted Double Salt
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This open salt was made in the 19th century in typical Rococo style. The interior of the salt basin and the stand is delicately painted with birds, flowers and insects. In the center...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Enamel
Early Meissen Cherub Group Allegory Summer & Autumn, by J.J. Kaendler, C 1750
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Porcelain Group From The Time Of Origin:
Two naked cupids and a ram on a rocaille rock, depicting the seasons of summer and autumn:
Summer bedded on a bundle of ears of cor...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique 18c Meissen Neuer Ausschnitt Porcelain Plates with Deutsche Blumen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Neuer Ausschnitt (New Cut) pattern porcelain plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen...
Category
18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early Meissen Round Group of Gardener Children, by J.J. Kaendler, 1763-1774
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen porcelain group from the time of origin:
Four children in festive, rural rococo clothing on a three-part rocaille base: on the central raised pedestal a girl with a basket o...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th C. English Staffordshire Porcelain Poodle Spaniels Clock Figurine
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain figurine featuring a faux clock flanked by a pair of seated King Charles Spaniels and topped with a standing...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Classical Boy Holding Flowers
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and scarce antique German porcelain classical figure of a boy holding flowers by world renowned porcelain makers Meissen and dating fro...
Category
1850s German Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Minton Porcelain ‘Flower Encrusted’ Garniture, circa 1830
By Minton
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
An exceptionally fine Minton porcelain garniture, circa 1830. Each rococo style vase, painted with exotic birds, within elaborate scroll borders, the...
Category
1830s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Minton Ornithological Porcelain Dessert
By Minton
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A partial dessert service by Minton, hand-painted with ornithological scenes after designs by Joseph Smith. The service comprises two small compotes and four dessert dishes.
This Minton dessert...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Porcelain 'Elements' Ewer Emblematic of Water
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of water. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water,...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Commedia Dell' Arte Group 'Harlequin & Columbina', by Kaendler, ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare 19th century Meissen porcelain group:
Harlequin and Columbine seated side by side on a rock and teasing each other: Harlequin in brown playing card patterned jacket, pink striped trousers, black buckled shoes and mask fully covering his face, his left leg crossed over his right and his right hand with blue hat on Columbine's knee holding a sausage in his left raised hand, Columbine reaching for the mask with her left hand, raising a hand mirror with her right. The young woman is wearing a small feather hat, a fitted jacket with a red and blue diamond pattern, a long white skirt...
Category
1860s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Figure of Musician with Flageolet and Tabor, Rococo, Ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful porcelain figure of a musician with a flageolet and tabor (fluit and drum), made by Derby around 1765, which was the Rococo era. The figure is one half of a pair ...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair German Dresden Meissen Still Life Flowers Cabinet Leaf Form Plates
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally rare set of two German Meissen Floral Themed Porcelain cabinet plates of leaf form outline, mid nineteenth century.
Each central reserve exquisitely hand painted with scattered views of decorative still life of Summer flowers and old roses on an off-white ground.
Both plates with applied naturalistic branch handles with flower encrusted detailing.
Condition: Exceptional condition for such early pieces, with no losses, very light evidence of wear to gilding. Crossed swords marks in underglaze blue, impressed numerals on each verso.
Measures: Width: (entire) 8.5” (21.5cm). Height: 7” (18cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping.
Provenance: From the Collection of Kenneth Neame...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Doulton Figures 1st Ed. Hardcover Book 1979
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Royal Doulton Figures 1st Ed. 1st Printing, Hardcover Book 1978.
Royal Doulton Figures Produced at Berslem c1890 - 1978 Desmond Eyles & Richard Dennis.
Published by Royal Doulton T...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Paper
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain 'Elements' Ewer Emblematic of Air
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen porcelain 'Elements' ewer emblematic of air. Blue crossed swords mark. The present ewer, representing water, i...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain "Day & Night" Figures of Putti
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic and Large Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain "Day & Night" Figures of Putti. Each is beautifully hand-carved and hand-painted by the finest Meissen artists. They are both gorgeous with draped attire and a plethora of various day and night based attributes. Day is seen wearing a pink...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1868 Rare Antique English Victorian Shadowbox Teacup Saucer & Plate Set
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare antique Victorian English / British porcelain teacup / saucer and serving plate, painted turquoise, gold, and ringed with flowers and ribbon designs. Mounted in deep multi bevel...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue and White Arras Porcelain Round Soup Tureen French 18th Century
Located in Katonah, NY
This late 18th-century French soup tureen is decorated with an elegant design of delicate cornflower sprigs.
The color of the porcelain body is creamy white.
The cornflower sprigs, handles, and border edging are decorated with beautiful deep twilight blue enamel.
The makers of Arras porcelain specialized in porcelain painted in this entrancing blue called "Bleu d'Arras."
The combination of the creamy white ground and the blue decoration is splendid!
Natural forms like the tree branch handle and the blue cornflower decorations were the height of French fashion in the last quarter of the 18th century.
This tureen was made at the Arras porcelain factory circa 1780.
Dimensions:10.25" diameter x 9" height
Condition: Excellent, with some small original firing cracks along the outer edge of the cover (see image #3).
Price: $1,900
The underside of the tureen is marked with the letters "AR" and the flying bird symbol of the Arras factory.
On 1stdibs, we also have listed a round tureen made by Arras Porcelain: Item Reference LU866530122692.
Background of Arras Porcelain: The Arras Porcelain Manufactory was started in the 1770s by the family Delemers.
They were a family of four sisters...
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Late 18th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Pair of Candle Stick Figures, Bagpiper and Lady with Lute, Rococo, Ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of Derby porcelain candlestick figures of a bagpiper and a lady with lute, made between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The pair is one of Derby's f...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Irish Antique Porcelain Hexagonal Shaped Lustre Glazed Basket
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and finely made Irish woven porcelain hexagonal shaped basket made by Belleek and dating from the 19th century. The stunning basket stan...
Category
19th Century Irish High Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Pair of Tazzas, White Parian Porcelain Cherubs Hunting, Victorian ca 1880
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular pair of tazzas or comports made by Minton in about 1880, which was the Victorian era. The stems of the tazzas hold three white Par...
Category
1780s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Box and Cover, ‘Malvern’, c. 1840
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Chamberlain Worcester porcelain box and cover, c. 1840. The cover painted with a titled view of ‘Malvern’, of figures before the church, beneath the hills, within a gilt scroll frame...
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1840s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare 19th C. Meissen ‘Schneeballen’ 'Snowball' Covered Bowl & Plate W/ Birds
Located in New York, NY
A Rare 19th Century Meissen Porcelain ‘Schneeballen’ (Snowball) Covered Bowl and Underplate with Encrusted Flowers, Vines, Leaves, and Birds. This piece is very rare and extremely hi...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Hand Painted Porcelain Carriage with Marie Antoinette
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Paris porcelain figural group depicting Marie Antoinette borne in her carriage with small dog following. Carriage has removable top cover. Beautifully-painted detailing, and v...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique KPM Royal Berlin Porcelain Neuosier Pattern Fruit Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain Neuosier pattern fruit bowl.
By KPM (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur).
The bowl has a bouquet of purple & white pan...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo 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
Antique English Staffordshire Porcelain Figurine Scottish Girl Riding Goat
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Staffordshire England porcelain figurine of a Scottish girl dressed in traditional attire with plaid skirt; seated on a large shaggy...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Johann Haviland Bavaria, Germany, Five Large Decorative Plates in Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Johann Haviland Bavaria, Germany. Five large decorative plates in hand painted porcelain. Flowers on a pink background and gold decoration, 1930s.
Me...
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1930s German Victorian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Porcelain Plate, Sea Shells by W. Mussill, Victorian, 1891
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful plate made by Minton in 1891 and painted by the famous porcelain artist Wenceslas (William) Mussill. The plate has an aquatic scene with sea shells in th...
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1890s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rockingham hand painted trio pattern 958
By Rockingham
Located in East Geelong, VIC
A very pretty Rockingham hand painted and gilded trio decorated with pattern 958. The shape is "Basket Weave", with a moulded basket weave pattern to the outside of the cups and to t...
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1830s English Early Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century French Soft Paste Porcelain Mennecy Blush Pot Hand-Painted
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this beautiful Mennecy blush pot 'Pot à Fard' made circa 1750.
It is decorated with sprays of flowers, the finial shaped as a single purple rose with green le...
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Style Gardener Group, 'Apple Harvest', by Kaendler, Germany, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborately crafted porcelain group from the 19th century:
A couple of gardeners and two boys harvesting apples, dressed in rural Rococo robes with fine decorations, a boy standing at the top end of the ladder leaning against the tree and picking apples, below them the gardener couple, the female catching them in her apron held high while the beau reaches an apple to her mouth, a boy sitting behind the tree and taking an apple from the full hat standing next to him on a tree stump.
On a round meadow base with three-dimensional foliage and gold-heightened rocaille decoration.
Designer:
JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER (1706 - 1775) was chief sculptor at the Meissen manufactory from 1742 to 1775. He is the most famous modeller Meissen manufactory ever had and created famous series such as Shepherd Figurines, Comedian's Children, Gardener Children (with Acier), Paris Town Criers (with Reinicke and Meyer) , Gallant Figurines, etc.
Kaendler designed model 1755...
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1850s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Pearlware Bocage Figurine Boy Dog Tree
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian Staffordshire pearlware Bocage porcelain figurine in the shape of a young boy standing in front of a tree or shrub, holding a small dog....
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19th Century Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton Pair of White Biscuit Figures of Gardener and Lady, ca 1835
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming pair of white biscuit figures made by Minton in around 1835. The pair is actually a near-pair: the gentleman is a gardener with a basket of fruit, the lady ha...
Category
1830s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
William Henry Goss Porcelain Model of Robert Burn’s Cottage Pastille Burner 1893
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish antique porcelain pastille burner model of Roberts Burn’s Cottage by renowned English potter William Henry Goss (British, 1833-1906) and dated 1893.
William Henry Goss was probably best known for his prolific production of crested china wears which were developed for the souvenir trade however alongside these produced a number of other items which have become highly collectable today.
This finely made pastille burner is modelled as a long single storey cottage with three windows...
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set for Two, Shamrock Pattern, 1891-1946
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and gorgeous Belleek cabaret tea service, or dejeuner set, in the famous Shamrock design, consisting of a teapot, two teacups and saucers, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, and a salt and pepper, all placed on a large matching tray.
It is extremely rare to come across an entire cabaret set of these antique items, particularly when in such good condition, so this is a rare opportunity!
If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china.
Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine...
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Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester Pair Porcelain Down & Out Chinaman Menu Holder Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and delightful pair Royal Worcester porcelain Chinaman figures made as part of a Down & Out series of figures produced as menu holders in 1874. The figures stand on a shaped...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
EMIL ECKARDT - 'Mino' - Pirkenhammer Porcelain Cabinet Plate - E.U. - Circa 1900
Located in Chatham, ON
CHRISTIAN FREDERIK EMIL ECKARDT (Danish, 1832-1914) - 'Mino' ('Son of the Right Hand' - Ancient Hebrew) - PIRKENHAMMER PORCELAIN FACTORY (Fischer & Meig...
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Late 19th Century Danish Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Eleven Hammersley & Co. Wide Rim Soups with Raised Gilded Flowers on Rim
By Hammersley
Located in Boston, MA
This is a beautiful set of eleven Hammersley and Company English wide rim soup bowls. They were exclusively made for Ovington Brothers in New York, which...
Category
1910s English Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Capo Di Monte Armorial Porcelain Cabinet Plates, Set of 12
Located in Hixson, TN
An exquisite set of 12 Capo di Monte Armorial porcelain cabinet plates from the late 19th century.
Each is painted with a unique familial crest in the center with a gilt border, scr...
Category
1880s Italian 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.
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