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Porcelain For Sale
Meissen, Germany. Set of seven porcelain plates with floral motifs.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany.
A set of seven porcelain plates.
Hand-painted with floral motifs and insects in blue.
1920s/30s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: Di...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower Angular, set of four plates.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower Angular, a set of four plates.
Model: 617.
Dating from 1991-1995.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: Diameter 17.6 cm.
Category
1990s Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Three porcelain luncheon plates. Hand-painted with flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Three porcelain luncheon plates.
Hand-painted with polychrome floral motifs, gold rim.
Approximately from 1900.
Signed.
Perfect condition with minimal signs of use....
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Shell Vase With Nymph, Max Hiller for Rosenthal, Kronach, 1898-1900
By Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Art Nouveau Vase:
Green-blue-grey marbled body in the shape of an upright sea snail with a four-pointed base and surrounding seaweed relief, with a sculptural Art Nouveau b...
Category
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Cups and Saucers from Bavaria
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Three porcelain cups and saucers from Bavaria. Polychrome decoration with sprigs of flowers and rich gold, on white, inside sprigs of flowers.
Set of three elegant porcelain cups and...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti "Nummus" Green Porcelain Plate Mid-Century Modern
By Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Fornasetti plate is numbered three and is from the collection of the Roman coin series. All hallmarked on the back. This is a ver...
Category
1950s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Germany Porcelain and Gold Baroque Dessert Plates, Set / 11
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Set of 11 Meissen handmade porcelain dessert plates from the opulent Golden Baroque series. The plates have a white glaze finish with ornamental relief designs featuring grape leaf ...
Category
1950s German Baroque Revival Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Antique Meissen Lidded Jar in Hand Painted Porcelain with Romantic Scene
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Meissen lidded jar in hand painted porcelain with romantic scene and gold decoration, 19th century.
Measures: 9 x 6.5 cm.
In very good condition. 2nd factory quality.
Stam...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Danish Modern Rare espresso Cup & Saucer Set Revontuli For Arabia of Finland
Located in San Diego, CA
Single espresso cup and saucer very collectible a beautiful example of elegant danish Modern , Mid century modern design , by Arabia of Finland.
Category
20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, teapot with swan-shaped handle.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, teapot with swan-shaped handle.
Hand-painted.
Approximately 1930.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition. App...
Category
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Arzberg, Germany, Chromatics Coffee Set with Mug and Two Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Arzberg, Germany, Chromatics coffee set with a mug and two plates in shades of purple and pink.
Late 20th century.
Mug measures H 7.5 cm. x D 10.5 cm. including handle
Largest pl...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th C Meissen Porcelain Grouping of a Mother & her Daughter at Tea-Time w/ Lace
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Grouping of a Good Mother and her Daughter at Tea-Time. This finely crafted 19th-century Meissen porcelain grouping depicts an intimate scene of a mother and her daughter during tea-time. The composition features a seated woman dressed in an elaborate floral-patterned gown with lace trim, a bonnet with a delicate pink ribbon, and a sheer veil draping over her shoulders. She holds a letter in one hand while gently placing the other on her daughter's head, creating a tender moment between the two figures. The young girl, clad in a striped blue and white dress...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Trompe L' oeil Vegetable Oval Platter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage oval Trompe L'oeil platter with eggplant, squash & green beans on a white background. This very fine piece stands on it's own & would be a great addition to your collection.
Category
20th Century Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hicks and Meigh Hand Painted Botanical Complete Dessert Service
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is one of the most complete and unusually decorated dessert sets with all the serving pieces and shaped serving pieces. The shaded purple background creates a dramatic contrast ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Paste, 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
Fernand Léger After Black Red White French Limoges Porcelain Plates Set Of Four
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely set of block transfer glazed porcelain Limoges France plates are initialed FL after Fernand Léger. They are hallmarked on the back Lim...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Teapot in the White, Prunus Decorated, Bow, circa 1749
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Drum-shape teapot with applied double-prunus decoration, in imitation of the Chinese. Pots of this form and date are rare, and this example is unusual in the quality of its body and glaze and the lavishly applied prunus decoration.
Ceramics bills from the Porcelain Company, [Bow] November 1749, among Lord Bute...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Portuguese Earthenware Deep Plate in Pottery
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Portuguese earthenware, deep plate. Simple yet charming decoration, characteristic of popular productions from the mid-20th century. The beige background enhances the floral decorati...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Pottery
Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower curved bowl and dish.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower curved bowl and dish.
1951, as well as 1980 - 1984.
Model number 10/1518.
Model number 10/1645.
Dish m...
Category
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine of a Lady with a Dog, Alba Iulia, Romania, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a lady with a dog produced by the Romanian Alba Iulia factory in the 1960s.
Defects in the lace of the dress on the side
Very go...
Category
1960s Romanian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion pattern. Four large deep plates.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion pattern. Four large deep plates.
Hand-painted in blue.
Approximately from 1900.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Third factory quality.
Dimensions: Diameter 24...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Hand Painted Porcelain Signed Wall Platter from Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall or a bookcase with this colorful antique wall platter. Crafted in France circa 1890 and round in shape, the large hand painted plate...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Laure Japy, Paris / Limoges, France. Three porcelain plates. 1970s/80s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Laure Japy, Paris / Limoges, France.
Three porcelain plates.
1970s/80s.
Marked.
In good condition with signs of use in the form of scratches.
Dimensions: Diameter 25.5 cm. x Height 3...
Category
1970s French Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
KPM Berlin Porcelain Plaque Flute Playing Girl Genre Scene, Germany, circa 1840
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite porcelain painting in original gilded frame
Manufactory: KPM Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin, Germany
Dating: circa 1840
Material: Porcelain, painted, glossy finish...
Category
1840s German Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Rare Meissen Miniature Figure after Johann Joachim Kändler, Gardener, 1850-1880
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare antique Meissen miniature figure after Johann Joachim Kändler in hand painted porcelain. Gardener. Dated 1850-1880. Model Number 2869.
Measures...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Daisy Makeig-Jones Wedgwood Ruby Lustre Decorative Bowl
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Wedgwood ruby lustre bowl decorated with gilded butterflies, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones circa 1915.
Delicately gilded butterflies decorate this bowl's exterior atop a deep ru...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sugar Bowl & Creamer, "Lilja" "Lilly", Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s, Vintage
By Bo Fajans
Located in Stockholm, SE
A stunning sugar bowl & Creamer designed at Bo Fajans in Gefle, Sweden and of the model "Lilly" that is super rare to find today. They are about 8 cm (3.2") high. They are in excelle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Pierced Bowl and Plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-19th century Chinese Export pierced oval bowl and matching platter. Hand painted. No cracks. No chips. No breaks. Platter dimension is 11" wide by 9.75" deep.
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Five Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Vases 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Five Chinese Porcelain Vases 20thC.
Blue, White - 9 1/4" x 4 1/4" x 4 1/4"
Children - 10" x 6 1/4" x 6 1/4"
Purple, Gold - 10" x 6" x 6"
Orange neck - 9 1/2" x 4 5/8" x 4 5/8"
Flask...
Category
20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
001 Matcha
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan.
Dishwasher s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
003 Zinc
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dishwasher saf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Five Bing & Grøndahl Butterfly Deep Plates in Hand-Painted Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Five Bing & Grøndahl Butterfly deep plates in hand-painted porcelain with gold rim. Model number 22. Mid-20th century.
Measures: 24.5 x 4.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Pair of Late 19th Century French Limoges Porcelain Busts on Sevres
By Limoges
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful pair of late 19th century French Limoges porcelain busts on Sevres style bases.
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Clock in the Louis XV Style by Jacob Petit
By Jacob Petit
Located in London, GB
This antique porcelain mantel clock demonstrates the 19th century nostalgia for the delicately elegant decorative arts under King Louis XV, also known as the Rococo style.
Crafted by celebrated porcelain artist Jacob Petit, this exquisite clock is particularly notable for the way in which the porcelain has been shaped so as to give the clock such a whimsically free-spirited, scrolling shape. The clock is formed as a clock case upon a lower base, which are both decorated as a though a singular piece with green glaze on a white ground, accented with painted floral panels and extensive gilt highlights all over.
The clock case, which is particularly exuberant in design, features a central, circular clock dial. The white enamelled dial is bordered with beaded ormolu, and features black Roman numerals and the inscription 'Scherer'- the name of the 19th century Parisian clock...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Miles Mason Porcelain Chinoiserie Plates with the Boy and Buffalo Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
English porcelain pair of Chinoiserie plates with the boy and buffalo pattern,
Probably Miles Mason, circa 1805
The beautiful rare English porcelain Bone China plates depict a pattern found on Chinese Export porcelain and were most likely made as replacements. The pattern depicts a boy on a buffalo in a Chinese landscape with polychrome colors particularly green. A band of orange ribbon is painted around the rim.
See the attached photos of a Chinese famille rose prototype with the same design from circa 1760.
Diameter: 8 3/4 inches x 1 1/4 inches high
Reference: Silk Roads, China Ships...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Andy Warhol Flower Glass Plate
By Andy Warhol, Rosenthal
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Studio-Line Daisy Glass Plate.
Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time.
The Flowers print portfolio was created by Warhol following his wildly s...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Herend Porcelain Figurine, Cleopatra with Snake, Mid-20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Art Deco Herend porcelain figurine. Cleopatra with snake.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 25 x 13 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factory quality.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Paris Porcelain Botanical Set of Plates, Flamen-Fleury
By Old Paris
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique Paris Porcelain set of Botanical plates,
Flamen-Fleury Factory,
circa 1830-1835
The set of four Paris porcelain circular plates from Fl...
Category
1830s French Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Porcelain Portrait Plaque of Madonna & Child in Carved Shadowbox C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Porcelain Portrait Plaque of Madonna & Child in Carved Hardwood Shadow Box Frame C1900.
Measures - 13.75"H x 6.75"W x 6.75"D.
This exquisite antique porcelain portrait...
Category
20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Serving Dish, Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg, Sweden, Berså / Bersa Green Leafs
Located in Stockholm, SE
A serving dish in porcelain in the very famous pattern Berså designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsberg. It is 22.5 x 19 cm in diameter and 3.5 cm high. It is in mint condition.
Sti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen School Figural Cherub & Flower Porcelain Furstenberg Vase C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Meissen School Figural Cherub & Flower Porcelain Furstenberg Vase, Marked K.P.M., C1910
Measures - 11" x 8 1/8" x 5 1/2"
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles tile Delft, Mill "De Roos", after L. Senf, 1906
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles tile delft , Mill "De Roos" , after L. Senf, 1906
A delft Porceleyne Fles tile of 15 cm high, 21 cm wide in a wooden frame.
Image represents the Mill "De Roos" and was painted by the delft porcelain painter J,W. Lispet, worked from 1887-1938, after Leon Senf and the tile dated 1906
Marked with the stamp of delft Porceleyne Fles and also with impressed stamp of Vennootschap onder Firma Joost Thooft & Labouchère delft 1903 - 1919, after 1919 it became N.V. Koninklijke Delftsch Aardewerkfabriek De Porceleyne Fles v/h Joost Thooft en Labouchere
The measurements framed are 23 cm high, 29 cm wide and the depth is 3 cm
The weight is 834 gram
Leon Senf (1860-1940)
Leon Senf took drawing lessons at the Polytechnic School in delft , where Jan Toorop was a fellow student. He also attended drawing evenings in Pulchri Studio where he met G.H. Breitner and Suze Robertson...
Category
20th Century Dutch Porcelain
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
A Pair of Antique Vieux Paris Hand Painted Vases
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely pair of antique porcelain Vieux Paris vases. Hand painted with portraits of a boy and a girl and gold colored accents. The vases are in good condition. No chips and no hairl...
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
France Mid-18th Century Porcelain Soup Bowl Flowers and Fruits Drawings
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an antique porcelain piece made in Strasburgo, France in the mid-18th century.
The beauty of the drawings let understand the high level of the French manufacture.
It was lo...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Sauce boat on a stand with a motif of a pink rose.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Sauce boat on a stand with a motif of a pink rose. Gold rim.
Approximately 1920/30s.
In perfect condition. Like new.
Marked.
Fifth factory quality.
Dimensions: L 24...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Timo Sarpaneva for Rosenthal. "Kaari" porcelain creamer and sugar bowl.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Timo Sarpaneva for Rosenthal. "Kaari" porcelain creamer and sugar bowl.
Brown glaze with gold decoration.
1980s.
Marked.
In perfect conditi...
Category
1980s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Dessert Service, Crested Alma Border with Birds, 1855
Located in London, GB
A spectacular large complete dessert service consisting of a high footed centre piece, two square dishes, two diamond shape dishes, one oval dish, and twelve plates. With Persian ins...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Autumn Figural Candlestick in Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Meissen autumn figural candlestick in hand painted porcelain. Model number 1190.
19th century.
Measures: 28.5 x 13 cm.
In excellent condition...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Porcelain Black and White Large Dish Charger
By Fornasetti
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
The Italian artist and illustrator Piero Fornasetti was one of the wittiest, most imaginative design talents of the 20th Century. He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and, most frequently, an enigmatic woman’s face. Fornasetti used...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical Teapot Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export porcelain famille rose botanical teapot stand,
circa 1775
Great for jewely or cuff links!
The attractive Chinese Export porcelain teapot...
Category
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Round Meissen Pink Rose Bowl in Hand-Painted Porcelain with Gold Edge
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Round Meissen Pink Rose bowl in hand-painted porcelain with gold edge.
Early 20th century.
Measures: 20 x 5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped....
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #15
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti porcelain themes & variation plate #15,
The Hand,
Barnaba Fornasetti, Fornasetti Studio.
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation patt...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Quality KPM Porcelain Plaque of a Young Woman
Located in New York, NY
KPM Porcelain Plaque
German, 19th century
Beauty with headband
Signed Greiner
Painted plaque
Measures: 13 1/4 in. x 11 1/4 in.
Category
19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Orphaned Coffee Cup, Famille Rose Peony, circa 1755
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming orphaned coffee cup made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1755. The cup is decorated in a Chinese "famille rose" peony pattern. This cup would have been part of a large tea service, and the tiny size shows how expensive coffee was in the 18th Century.
The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby.
The cup is unmarked, which is normal for Bow items of this era.
Condition report the cup is in excellent condition without any damage or repairs. There are various glazing imperfections, which are quite normal for porcelain of this era.
Antique British porcelain...
Category
1750s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Saxon Flower Special Version, Eight Rare Deep Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Saxon flower special version.
Eight rare deep plates with hand-painted flowers and gold decoration. Approx. 1900.
Measures: 25 x 4.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Mythological Meissen Group 'The Catch Of The Triton', J.J. Kändler, c 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain sculpture:
Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of figures: two young women with artfully pinned-up hair and wrapped in cloths tied around their loi...
Category
Late 19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Very fine and large KPM porcelain plaque of The Three Fates
Located in London, GB
Very fine and large KPM porcelain plaque of The Three Fates
German, c.1908
Frame: height 90cm, width 77cm, depth 9cm
Plaques: height 53cm, width 43cm, ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Classical Greek Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Set of Three Le Corbusier Unglazed Porcelain Tray by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tray designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Cassina takes its...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern 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.