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Porcelain For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1910s
French 19th Century Pair of Framed Porcelain Plaques
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A French 19th Century hand painted polychromed Pair of Porcelain Plaques
One Representing two Putti in the clouds, among one is hitting the Arrow of Love
After the painting by Adolphe-William Bouguereau...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Pair of Neoclassical Paris Porcelain Two-Handled Oviform Vases
Located in London, GB
A pair of neoclassical Paris porcelain two-handled oviform vases
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 34.5cm, width 14cm, depth 11cm
This excellent pair of porcelain vases were...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Marble
Barr Flight & Barr Teacup Trio, Maroon and Gilt Neoclassical ca 1812
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful true trio made by Barr, Flight & Barr, consisting of a teacup, a coffee can and a saucer. The set has a deep maroon ground and a very gracious gilt neoclassical band around the rims.
In the early 19th Century cups and saucers...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mason's Ironstone Plate, Cabbage Moulded Blue with Flowers, ca 1840
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dessert plate made by Mason around the year 1840. The plate has the wonderful cabbage shape with a bright Royal blue ground and beautiful hand painted flower spra...
Category
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique KPM Royal Berlin Porcelain Neoclassical White Centerpiece Bowl on Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Stunning Antique KPM Royal Berlin porcelain neoclassical white and gilt centerpiece bowl on stand. Perfect for fruit display as a lovely plant...
Category
Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Group 'Lady Feeding a Parrot', by E. Oehler, Meissen Germany, C 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Young lady with her hair pinned up, in a white dress with embroidered borders over a flowered blouse, sitting cross-legged on an armch...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Majolica Porcelain Wicker Style Basket with Pink Glaze
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French majolica porcelain basket from the 19th century, with wicker theme and pink glaze. Created in France during the 19th century, this majolica porcelain basket features a wicke...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Majolica, Porcelain
A Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912).Large Satsuma Square Censer And Cover, Mark
Located in New York, NY
A Marvelous and Rare Antique Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912).Large Satsuma Square Censer And Cover with Seal at Bottom.
This is a magnificent piece with finely painted cartouches depicting various Japanese cultural scenes on each side. The cartouches include a scene of Japanese woman playing instruments...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Figurine Group of Musicians
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A charming 19th century Meissen Porcelain figurine group of three musicians, two seated, playing a Harp and flute, the gentleman holding the music.
Won...
Category
19th Century German Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
John Rose Coalport Plate, Canterbury landscape by Thomas Baxter, Georgian ca1810
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and very rare dessert plate made by John Rose / Coalport in circa 1810, which was the late Georgian period. The plate is decorated with a superbly painted named l...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Vienna Pair of Splendour Plates with Bacchant Scenes, circa 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Two large, splendid porcelain plates with elaborate painting: cobalt blue flag with dense, scattered flower painting in gold, delimited by Fine and wider gold rims, collar in pink wi...
Category
1880s Austrian Classical Greek Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Six Dresden Reticulated Painted Watteau Scenic Cabinet Plates by Carl Thieme
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Six Dresden reticulated painted Watteau scenic cabinet plates by Carl Thieme, each one exquisitely painted and gilt with a different garden scene. ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Grainger and Company Worcester Elaborately Reticulated Vase with Gilded Accents
Located in Boston, MA
Look at the exquisite intricate openwork on this Grainger and Company Worcester vase or ewer. The reticulation on this vase is masterfully executed by an expert. This vase would be a wonderful addition to any English porcelain collection...
Category
1890s English Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Three 19th Century Samson Imari Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
A nineteenth century matched garniture of three Samson Imari porcelain vases, including a baluster vase with cover, together with a pair of square trumpet form vases, all decorated i...
Category
19th Century French Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Meissen Large Pair of Figures Gardener Couple, by Kaendler & Schoenheit, Ca 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Gardener couple consisting of two individual figures.
The female gardener wears rural rococo clothing: a dress with elaborate floral decoration and a pinned up apron, corset and borders made from fine dipped lace, a brimmed hat with floral arrangement, on the left arm a
basket full of flowers, a wreath of flowers in the right hand.The figure is supported by a rock and a tree and is based on a square earth plinth with white rocailles raised in gold.
The male gardener also wears the finest Rococo garb: the frock...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pr. Mintons Pâte-sur-pâte Blue-Ground Vases, 'Too Fast' & 'Too Slow', L. Solon
By Minton
Located in New York, NY
A monumental, rare, and highly important pair of Mintons Pâte-Sur-Pâte Peacock-Blue-Ground Vases, Known as 'Too Fast' And 'Too Slow' Produced in 1893, sign...
Category
1890s British Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
The Collection of Mario Buatta Pair of Regency Period Dishes Cobalt Blue Borders
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: The Private Collection of Mario Buatta a pair of Regency Period dishes with cobalt blue borders decorated with beautiful gilding. Mario loved deep cobalt blue. The border...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vienna Imperial Porcelain Cup Saucer Painted with Flowers Golden Shaded, 1855
Located in Vienna, AT
Handled cup and saucer abundantly painted with flowers / partially golden shaded
Vienna / old imperial Austrian porcelain manufactory
(= Alt Wien / Kaise...
Category
1850s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Yellow English Porcelain Dish with Neoclassical Design Circa 1800
Located in Katonah, NY
The border of this antique English porcelain dish has an exquisite yellow ground with an eye-catching design.
The neoclassical decoration is hand-painted. We see flower buds painted ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
From the Collection of Mario Buatta a Neoclassical Saucer Dish England
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: The Private Collection of Mario Buatta
Made in England circa 1820, this elegant and beautiful saucer dish has fluting which seems to f...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Mandarin Shell-Form Shrimp Dish, circa 1820
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Chinese Export Porcelain rose mandarin shell-form shrimp dish, also known as a Nappie or dessert dish, circa 1820, the shaped bowl with vividly enameled glazes and detailed gilding, ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Rose Mandarin Shrimp Dish with Elaborate Enameled Gilded Handle, c. 1820
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Mandarin Shell-Form Shrimp Dish, also known as a nappie or dessert dish, circa 1820, the shaped bowl with vividly enameled glazes and detailed gilding, ...
Category
1820s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Garden Seat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Chinese Famille rose garden seat. Having pierced decoration to the top and side, classical motifs, flowers, v...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Platter with Fabulous Painting of a Bouquet of Flowers and Insects
Located in Boston, MA
Large Meissen platter in the Neu Brandenstein pattern with a large beautifully painted bouquet of flowers in the center surrounded by smaller flowers ...
Category
1870s German Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Famille Rose Vases with Hand Painted Luohans Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous pair of antique Bangchuiping, 'Rouleau' Chinese Famille Rose vases with hand painted Luohans figures. Each vase is of Rouleau form with gorgeous eighteen Arhats or Luohans...
Category
1860s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Set of Porcelain Dishes Sprig Decorated
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this set of twelve lovely antique porcelain dishes decorated in the "Sprig" pattern. They were made by Coalport in the early 19th century, circa 1810. The dishes have vibrant enameled colors with lush green leaves and sprigs of lavender and purple cornflowers...
Category
Early 19th Century English Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Talking Plates, French Military Signed by Creil Montereau 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Amazing complete set of 12 talking plates showing each one a different and incredible situations in the French military life by the 19th century.
Bea...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Large Antique Meissen Porcelain Topographical Footed Bowls or Tazzas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and wonderful pair of antique Meissen porcelain topographical tazzas or footed bowls.
Each bowl has a central hand-painted scene, a wide band of gilding to the rim, and beadi...
Category
19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Important Meissen Porcelain Groups of Caparisoned Elephants and Soldiers
Located in New York, NY
An important pair of Meissen Porcelain Groups depicting "Alexander The Great Concurring India". Modeled with Alexander the great's three warriors/soldiers riding on caparisoned eleph...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Collection Of Forty Two-Pottery And Porcelain Pug Dogs
Located in Essex, MA
Lifetime collection by many makers from many countries. All with cute expressions.
Category
1890s Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique English Grand Tour Portrait Plaques "Hera & Rhodus"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of antique English grand tour portrait 12" Plaques, "Hera & Rhodus". Both by Hancock A Son, Worcester with remnants of exhibition labels, in l...
Category
Late 19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Porcelain
Materials
Composition
Set Antique Porcelain Dishes in Coalport's Red Chrysanthemum Pattern circa 1810
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this set of 12 antique porcelain dishes painted in Coalport's "Red Chrysanthemum" pattern, England, circa 1810. The dishes are covered with exquisite red chrysanthemums and gilded leaves in a swirling ornamental pattern (see image #2). This early 19th century, English pattern was inspired by similar Chinese patterns of the 18th century. In Chinese lore, chrysanthemums represent a happy life. Having chrysanthemums was also thought to prolong life. Therefore, these dishes have a benevolent motif of happiness and well-being.
The rim of each dish has rich golden English gilding. The body of the Coalport porcelain is whiter than the Chinese porcelain, which creates a striking contrast with the red flowers. This group would be wonderful in a cabinet or arranged on a wall.
The set comprises:;
-3 square dishes, a pair and a single dish: $750 each, L 7.75 in. x W 7.75 in. x H 1.88 in.
-rectangular serving...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Punch Ladle, Antique English Flo Blue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A delightful porcelain ladle that has made it through over a century intact and in wonderful antique condition. A floral flo blue pattern surrounds the ladle ...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blanc de Chine Porcelain & Ormolu-Mounted Potpouri Vases and Cover, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of Louis XVI antique Chinese blanc de chine porcelain and French ormolu-mounted Potpouri vases and covers, with applied...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Antique English Porcelain Dishes with Wide Orange Borders
Located in Katonah, NY
A beautiful set of English antique porcelain dishes the orange borders decorated with delicately painted flower sprigs. The border and the ca...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
12 Antique English Fish Plates Hand-Painted and Artist Signed, circa 1915
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Classic and elegant fish service consisting of 12 artistically painted fish in their full flora and fauna ground. Trimmed in 24-karat gold and perfect for display, lunch, or fish c...
Category
1910s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Pair of Sèvres Bisque Porcelain Winged Lions Bearing Gilt Baskets
By Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard 1
Located in Paris, FR
After a Model by Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard
Rare Pair of Sèvres Bisque Porcelain Winged Lions
Bearing Gilt Baskets
Sèvres Royal Manufactory, Restoration period, circa 1...
Category
1820s French Restauration Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Sèvres
Pair Cobalt Blue Dishes Painted with Pink Roses (Image Shows One)
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this pair of antique English porcelain deep dishes hand-painted in beautiful cobalt blue and decorated with large, bright pink roses, and lavishly gilded oak ...
Category
1820s British Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th c. Paris Porcelain Bowl
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully Painted Porcelain Bowl
Category
19th Century French 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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