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Porcelain For Sale
Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower. Open lace square bowl. Hand-painted.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower. Open lace square bowl in porcelain.
Hand-painted.
Model 10/1523.
Dating: 1966.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Second factory quality.
Dimensions: D 22.5 cm ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Meissen Braided Porcelain Basket with Handles, Late 19th C
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Meissen braided porcelain basket with handles.
Hand-painted flowers and golden border.
Late 19th century.
Measures: 22.5 x 16.5 x 7.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamp...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C. Pair of French Porcelain Lidded Apothecary Jars
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A beautiful pair of antique 19th-century French porcelain lidded apothecary or pharmacy jars, with elegant hand-painted decoration and lettering, and maker's mark on the base. A depiction of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates is emblazoned on the front of each, together with images of the iconic serpent that is so often associated with apothecaries, in homage to Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Splendour Clock With Gardener Figures On Pedestal by Leuteritz, Ca 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
The clock and the pedestal were designed by Leuteritz using old forms in the Rococo style:
The clock case rises on a rock base with gold heightened rocailles, richly decorated with d...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Bing & Grøndahl chocolate jug in porcelain with a lion, 1870s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Bing & Grøndahl chocolate jug in porcelain modelled with a lion on the handle.
Hand-painted flowers and gold decoration.
1870s.
Measures: 24...
Category
1870s Danish Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Circa 1680 Chinese Export Porcelain Family Rice Bowl
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1680 porcelain family rice bowl, Chinese export to SE Asia. Early Qing Dynasty. Underglaze blue esoteric Buddhist symbol (Vajrayana, Mantroyana, etc.) traditions. Symbols is Sa...
Category
1680s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare 19th Century Tucker and Hemphill American Porcelain Trumpet Vase, 1830s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and rare early 19th century Tucker and Hemphill porcelain vase.
The vase is decorated with a gilt shield device surrounded by leaf and branch and ribbon decoration. (Also, ...
Category
1830s American American Classical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19thc English Mason's Ironstone Japonesque Jardinieres w/ Handles Set of Three
Located in Savannah, GA
This lovely set of three English Mason's Ironstone Regency period jardineres with
handles are decorated in the vivid Japonesque Imari colors and pattern. The two smallest urns meas...
Category
1830s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Earthenware
$1,295 Sale Price / set
43% Off
Exceptional 19th C Neoclassical Sevres Style Porcelain Bronze Vase with Cover
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally painted, gilt and enameled 19th century French porcelain vase in the neoclassical Sevres style raised on bronze base, distinguished by its vivid and finely painted c...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Meissen, Germany. Large Blue Onion pattern sauce boat in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Large Blue Onion pattern sauce boat.
Hand-painted in blue.
Approximately 1900.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Third factory quality.
Dimensions: L 25.0 cm x W 17.0 cm x...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen, Germany. Set of seight "Pink Rose" reticulated plates. Approx. 1930s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany.
A set of eight "Pink Rose" reticulated plates.
Hand-painted with pink roses, gold rim.
Approximately from the 1930s.
Marked.
Third factory quality.
In excellent co...
Category
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fornasetti Plate Capricorn Zodiac Sign Porcelain, 1963, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti plate Capricorn zodiac sign porcelain, 1963, Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Marcolini Period Watteau Covered Potpourri
Located in New York, NY
A Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Marcolini Period Watteau Covered Potpourri. This rare Meissen porcelain potpourri vase, dating ...
Category
1770s German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Blue and White Leaf Shaped Dish, Qianlong, Mid 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and unusual Chinese Export blue and white decorated porcelain leaf-shaped dish or charger, Qianlong Period, mid 18th century, circa 1760, China.
The dish or charger of intriguing leaf-shaped form, with serated edges, and set upon a short foot. The shape seemingly based on a Meissen design.
The porcelain decorated with a courting scene of a couple in a garden setting. They are surrounded by flowering bushes and trees. Butterflies draw nectar from the flowers, while dragonflies flit above. In the foreground are a pair of very plump quail.
Decorated in underglaze blue enamel on a white ground, the blue and white decoration actually is based an Kakiemon pattern of the same period.
So in short, we have a Chinese porcelain piece based on a German Meissen form...
Category
1760s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. "Pink Indian" porcelain coffee pot.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany.
A "Pink Indian" porcelain coffee pot.
Hand-painted with purple floral motifs, gold rim.
Lid with flower bud in relief.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
Third factory quali...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen, "Magnolia" Deep Plate, 10 Pieces in Stock
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen. "Magnolia" deep plate. 10 pieces in stock, late 20th century.
1st factory quality.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Measures: 22 x 3.7 cm.
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A painted porcelain Easter egg depicting a bunch of Violet flowers, Russia 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Painted porcelain Easter egg, depicting a bunch of violet flowers on one side, and the Cyrillic monogram C.R (Risen Christ) on the other side, on a blue background. Russia, circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Qing Qianlong Famille Rose Medallion Porcelain Bowl
Located in Long Island City, NY
This finely decorated Qing-period rose medallion or rose mandarin bowl is beautifully hand-painted with four vignettes depicting courtly scenes.
Category
1770s Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen 3 Plates, circa 1920
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen blue onion. 3 plates, circa 1920.
In perfect condition.
2nd factory quality.
Measures: 18.5 x 2.5 cm.
Stamped.
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
$192 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Meissen, Germany. Sauce boat on foot. Hand-painted porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany.
Sauce boat on foot. Porcelain.
Hand-painted with floral motifs and insects in blue.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
Fifth factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dimension...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 18th Century Wedgwood Creamware Basket Form Double Salt Cellar
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An 18th century Wedgwood creamware double salt cellar.
The form consisting of two basket (or pail-form) bowls joined at the rim and connected by ...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Creamware
GOUDA Pikan dutch multicolor polychrome Art Nouveau porcelain vase circa 1900
By Gouda Vase
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible GOUDA to Pikan dutch multicolor ceramic Art Nouveau vase circa 1900
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Versace for Rosenthal. "Jungle" porcelain salt shaker. Early 2000s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Versace for Rosenthal, "Jungle" porcelain salt shaker.
Early 2000s.
Perfect condition.
Original box.
Marked.
Dimensions: Height 10.0 cm x Diameter 5.5 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Girl With Doll's Pram, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
The girl in a white dress and with a blue bow in her long hair bends over the wicker doll's pram and places the doll into the deep pillow.
Modeling and painting of the finest quality...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Magnificent German Porcelain Handpainted Gold Gilt Fish Serving Set
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A vibrant set of 12 hand painted gold gilt fish plates with matching large platter and gravy or sauce boat. Each plate is beautifully shaped and accented wit...
Category
1940s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,440 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique English Plates for a Wall Composition
By Royal
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Some antique English plates for a pleasant wall composition with its nice decoration.
There are some restorations on some plates, but not clearly...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Other Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,075 / set
Vintage Queen Victoria Hand Painted Serving Plate by Herend
By Herend
Located in Sofia, BG
Vintage Herend Queen Victoria serving plate made in hand painted fine porcelain.
Excellent condition.
Hungary, circa 1970
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$363 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Antique Old Paris Floral & Gilt Hand Painted Porcelain Spill Vases C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of Antique Old Paris Floral & Gilt Hand Painted Porcelain Spill Vases C1880
Measure - 7 1/4"h x 4 1/2"w x 4 1/2"d
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$520 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tapio Wirkkala, Rosenthal Studio-Line ‘Modulation’ sauce cream jug, 1960s
Located in London, GB
Tapio Wirkkala (Finnish, 1915-1985)
‘Modulation’ sauce jug
Designed c. 1960, produced by Rosenthal, Germany, as part of the Studio-Line series
Ceramic
Excellent condition
L 17 cm, D...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Bacchant Group 'Drunken Silenus On Donkey', by F.E. Meyer, 1763-1773
Located in Vienna, AT
Original Rococo Meissen Group from the 18th Century.
Visibly drunk Silenus, crowned with a wreath of vines, sitting on a donkey and supported by a young Bacchante walking alongside h...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Cherry Blossom Vase Lamp on Gilt Wood Base
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white cherry blossom vase lamp on gilt wood base. Late 19th Century hand-painted blue and white Chinese vase in the cherry blossom pattern...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Meissen, Germany. "Pink Rose". Six deep plates in porcelain. 1920s/30s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany.
"Pink Rose". Six deep plates.
Hand-painted with pink rose, gold rim.
Approximately 1920s/30s.
Marked.
Third factory quality.
In perfect condition. Like new.
Dimensi...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ebbe Sadolin for Bing & Grøndahl. Harlequin porcelain figurine.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ebbe Sadolin for Bing & Grøndahl.
Harlequin porcelain figurine. Model number 2354.
1970s.
Measures: 28.5 x 10 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$544 Sale Price
20% Off
Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal. "Berlin Hilton". Two lidded jars and bottle tray
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad (1918-2006) for Rosenthal, Germany.
"Berlin Hilton". Two lidded jars and a bottle tray in porcelain.
Glossy copper-colored decoration with motifs of birds and flower...
Category
1980s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$288 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace, mocha pot in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace, mocha pot.
Model number: 1/517.
Circa 1930.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Third factory quality.
Dimensions: Height 20.0 cm. x Width 15.0 cm. ...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Paris Porcelain Gilt Chinoiserie Cup
Located in New York, NY
Paris porcelain gilt chinoiserie cup. French footed coffee can with richly painted and gilt chinoiserie figures within gilt arcade on brown ground w...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Speckled Bronze & White Porcelain Decorative Dish by Rosenthal
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid-Century Modern decorative dish was realized by the esteemed maker Rosenthal in Germany, circa 1980. It features a square body with rounded sides offering a hig...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand, "Blå eld" Porcelain Teapot, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand. "Blå eld" porcelain teapot. Beautiful deep blue glaze, 1960s.
Measures: 18.8 x 17 cm.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Teapot Made In Kgl. Mussel Painted Fluted By Royal Copenhagen From 1930s
Located in Lejre, DK
Teapot in Kgl. Musselmalet Fluted from Royal Copenhagen, consisting of lid No. (1/257) and pot No. (1/258), manufactured in the 1930s. This classic teapot is a beautiful example of R...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Dish with Flower Basket & Butterfly
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Famille rose porcelain dish with flower basket & butterfly,
circa 1765
The Chinese Export famille rose porcelain dish is painted in enamels with a central wicker flower basket overflowing with fruit and flowers and above is a large butterfly. On the other three sides are grouping of fruit or flowers. The inner well is surrounded by gilt chain band. The outer border has four panels with flowers and fruit within a gilt rococo scroll...
Category
1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pillivuyt, France. Set of twelve porcelain cake plates. “Green Bistro”.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pillivuyt, France. A set of twelve porcelain cake plates.
“Green Bistro”. Dark green glaze with gold decoration.
Circa 1970s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: Diameter 18.5 cm...
Category
1970s French Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$448 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Rust and White Japanese Kutani Vases
Located in Wilson, NC
This pair of vases has a front and rear floral cartouche on each vase. The necks are decorated with a diapered banding. The condition is excellent.
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,120 Sale Price
30% Off
Blue and White Kang-xi Tea Caddy with Silver Stopper
Located in New York, NY
Blue and white Kang-xi tea caddy with silver stopper. Late 18th century Chinese tea caddy with cranes in landscape with floral sprigs. Dutch silver mounted ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Silver
Meissen Blue Onion Condiment Jar
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Meissen blue onion condiment jar. Meissen cross swords and Germany mark on underside.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Meissen Porcelain, Singerie Style Monkey Musician Figurine
Located in New York, NY
An early Meissen Porcelain Singerie style Monkey Musician Figurine. Dressed in full male noble attire and wig the monkey merrily plays the trumpet assu...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges, France. Two perfume bottles, three vases and lidded box in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. Two perfume bottles, three vases and a lidded box in hand-painted porcelain.
Flowers and gold decoration. 1930s / 40s.
Largest vase measures: 15.5 x 8 cm.
Lidded bo...
Category
1930s French Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$448 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Blue and White Porcelain Wash Basin with Floral Motifs and Cobalt Blue
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese porcelain wash basin from the 20th century, with hand-painted blue and white floral décor and cobalt blue flaring exterior. Created in C...
Category
20th Century Chinese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Porcelain Pheasant Bird Figure from Ens Porcelain
By Karl Ens
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Hand-painted pheasant figure in beautiful bright colours. Handmade by Ens Germany. Ens porcelain is one of the most oldest manufactories for porcelain ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Spode Newstone Aesthetic Movement Japanese Garden Soup Bowls Ca. 1840
By Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is an amazing set of 12 rimmed soup bowls marked "Spode's New-Stone" dating to 1840 but in like new condition. The "Japonesque" transfer decoration is embellished with hand pain...
Category
1840s English Japonisme Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ironstone
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. Set of four coffee cups with saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain.
A set of four coffee cups with saucers.
Model number 1/80.
Dating: 1960s/1970s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Perfect condition.
Cup: Diameter 7....
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Dinner Plate- Elephant Ear Soup
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate,
Elephant Ear Soup,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe c...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Country Style Porcelain Bowl with Easter Hare Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter hare figure with brown spots. The bunny is sitting in the middle of the bowl for decorating nuts or s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Country Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chamberlain Worcester English Porcelain Pug Mother Dog & Puppy Figurine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare, early 19th century English hard-paste porcelain pug & puppy figurine.
These early English figurines are all modeled after the Meissen facto...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi Period Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Verte Openwork Dishes, a Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Famille Verte openwork dishes,
A Pair,
Kangxi,
Circa 1700
The circular Chinese Export porcelain dishes with openwork cash border...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Black Vase with Geometric Pattern in Silver by Odyv
By ODYV
Located in Austin, TX
A fine French Art Deco black vase featuring a striking geometric design in silver around the circumference, by the celebrated designers, Ode...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery
Monumental 19th century French Sevres Porcelain Covered Urn - 66" tall (167 cm)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A palace size antique French ormolu-mounted Sevres Porcelain covered Urn. This magnificent vase painted on a white porcelain body centered with a Bouguereau style painting of female beauties encompassed by Cupids in a mythical garden setting with swans and a gazebo on one side, and a flying cupid observing a winged cherub holding a dove on the reverse.
Signed: CH. Fuchs
Marked with blue interlaced L's mark
circa 1890
Dimensions
Height 66" (167 cm)
Width 24" (61 cm)
Depth 18" (45 cm)
The mark Ch Fuchs stands for the renowned painter Charles Fuchs...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
Royal Copenhagen, small Art Nouveau dish with frog. 1969-1974.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, small Art Nouveau dish with frog.
Dating: 1969-1974.
Model number: 2477.
In perfect condition.
Second factory quality.
Dimensions: Diameter 10,7 cm. x Height 2.0...
Category
1960s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Spode, England, Mulberry Coffee Service for Five People in Porcelain, 1960s/70s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Spode, England. Mulberry coffee service for five people in hand-painted porcelain with floral and bird motifs. 1960s / 70s.
Consisting of five coffee cups with saucers, five plates,...
Category
1960s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$576 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Painted and Gilt Royal Vienna Porcelain Plate
Located in London, GB
Antique painted and gilt royal Vienna porcelain plate
Austrian, late 19th century
Dimensions: Height 2.5cm, diameter 24cm
Of circular...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
The Green Fairy with Roses, A French Framed Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque c.1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Berthe Pascault (XIXth-XXth)
Green Fairy with Roses
Berthe Pascault
La Fée Verte aux Roses
Hand-painted polychromed oil on porcelain
Signed lower left
Original gilt wood frame
Circa...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
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.