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Porcelain For Sale
Antique Meissen Winter Candlestick in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 19th century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Meissen Winter candlestick in hand-painted porcelain, 19th century.
Measures: 29 x 13 cm.
In very good condition. Few minimal chips.
Signed.
...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
French Bisque Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in Essex, MA
Featuring two nude woman with a figure of Pan.
Category
19th Century European Napoleon 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
Augarten Vienna Mocha Tea Set Six Persons Maria Theresia Form Schubert
Located in Vienna, AT
We invite you here to look at a splendid as well as nicest Augarten Vienna Mocha & Tea Set for six persons:
This Augarten tea set is of finest elegance due to its delicate green monochrome paintings depicting various flower's blossoms with leaves as well as due to golden painted edges.
FORM SCHUBERT described by Augarten manufactory: The Classic “SCHUBERT” shape dates back to the Biedermeier era - a period in the 19th century that captured the true spirit of the 'Viennese' style of the time. Floral patterns which had a particularly elegant and delicate look nestled on the round shape were typical of the Biedermeier era. - Especially the decoration “Maria Theresia” - once designed for the hunting lodge of
Empress Maria Theresia - is of superb & elegant appearance. The deep green of glaze / varnish - nowadays a very special feature of manufactory - had been an exciting innovation during Maria Theresia's reign.
This Augarten Mocha & Tea Set for six persons consists of following parts:
- a mocha pot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Heart-Shaped Zsolnay Lidded Box in Cream-Colored Porcelain with Flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Heart-shaped Zsolnay lidded box in cream-colored porcelain with hand-painted flowers, butterflies and gold decoration.
Late 20th century.
Measures: 12 x 6.5 cm.
In excellent cond...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Gilt Divided Shell Serving Dish with Handle by Moabit
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Antique Moabit divided serving bowl with handle and gilded accents. Berlin-based Moabit was founded by M. Schumann and son circa 1835 and was around until, circa 1913. Marked SPM on ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Modernist Cosmopolitan Meissen Vase in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 1970s / 80s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Modernist Cosmopolitan Meissen vase in hand-painted porcelain.
1970s / 80s.
Diameter: 28.5 x 7.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factory ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Meissen Serving Dish in Hand-Painted Porcelain, Early 20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large Meissen serving dish in hand-painted porcelain. Early 20th century.
Measures: 49 x 38 x 6 cm.
In excellent condition. Small hairline crack from production.
Stamped.
3rd fac...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Octagonal Porcelain Tray from China for Export
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Octagonal porcelain tray from China for export. Decorated in blue and white, with buildings and river landscape, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795).
The center of the alley is...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain Candlesticks with Lion Heads
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain candlesticks with lion heads.
Dated 1969-1974. Model number 1/15.
Measures: 23 x 8 cm.
In excellent ...
Category
1960s Danish Empire Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
La Menagerie Ottomane Peacock Porcelain Dinner Plate, Handmade in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Discover the fascinating world of exotic animals once hidden within the Sultan’s palaces, often gifted by foreign dignitaries and treasured as symbols of wonder and prestige. La Mena...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Figurine, The Annual Christmas Tree, 2018
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen porcelain figurine. The Annual Christmas Tree. 2018.
Measures: 15 x 8 cm
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factory quality.
Category
2010s Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Derby English Porcelain Figure of Children in a Garden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain figurine.
By the Derby Porcelain Works.
With 3 children in a garden accompanied by a lamb and a cat.
The boy is reclining against a tall flowery plant and holding a pipe or scoop in his hand.
Simply a great antique Derby figurine...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Yuan Style White and Blue Dragon Motif Porcelain Pot
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese bulbous, white porcelain pot crafted in the Yuan Dynasty style, wrapped in a large scaled blue dragon on the body and decorative symbols ar...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, "Frijsenborg". Twelve plates in hand-painted porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, "Frijsenborg". Twelve porcelain plates.
Decorated with floral motifs, gold rim.
Dating: 1950s
Modelnumber 910/1625
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: 17.5 cm.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$448 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Three Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower Braided Coffee Cups with Saucers, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Three Royal Copenhagen blue flower Braided coffee cups with saucers. 1950s.
Model number 10/8261.
The cup measures: 8 x 6.8 cm.
Saucer diameter: 14.5 cm.
In excellent condition....
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Dali 1977 Porcelain Dinner Service for 12 "Mermaids, Coral and Ant" n°520/1000
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) world-famous Spanish painter, graphic artist, and sculptor of surrealism designed this ceramic edition painted porcelain with 24-karat gold trim, complete dinner service for 12.
Limited edition, plates are signed, on the front and back, and inscribed number 520/1000.
Porcelain Brand Schirnding Porzellan AG in Bavaria Germany
Each piece is decorated with mermaids flanked by red coral, Dali's signatures, and small symbolic depictions of a fisherman, an ant, a snail, a sailboat, a nude maiden, and a bird, with gilded rims, comprising 79 pieces:
12 dinner plates: diameter 24,5 cm
12 dessert plates: diameter 20 cm
12 soup plates: height 4 cm, diameter 23 cm
12 broth cups...
Category
1970s German Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$6,605 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Bing & Grøndahl. Four antique coffee cups with high handles and saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, a set of four antique coffee cups with high handles and saucers. Hand-painted with polychrome flower decoration.
Porcelain of hea...
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price / set
20% Off
An Important Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Celadon-Glazed Urns
Located in Lyndhurst, NJ
An Important Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Celadon-Glazed Urns. Each porcelain Urn having a lovely embossed decoration of butterflies and flora. The whole set with beautiful ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
"Pouter Pigeon", Rare 1924 Art Deco Trivet in Pink w/ Original Rookwood Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and gorgeously glazed, this 1924-vintage porcelain trivet by Rookwood Pottery depicts a pouter pigeon, its chest puffed up and its plumage in lov...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique 18th Century Imperial Vienna Porcelain Sauce or Gravy Boats
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of 18th century Viennese "Wiener" porcelain two handled sauceboats from the Maria Theresa period.
With polychrome 'Streublumen' decoration throughout and an Osier rim ...
Category
18th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Meissen porcelain Figural candelabra Circa 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Great Detail on these very Fine Hand Painted Meissen Porcelain Candelabras.
Two children on each 'Summer' and 'Fall' holding and the harvest and grapes.
Enhanced with floral and fru...
Category
1890s German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Italy Mid-18th Century Richard Ginori Porcelain Dish with Japan Landscape
Located in Brescia, IT
This Richard Ginori (an Italian factory in Doccia) dish is very elegant and it has a drawing not easy to find; for this reason it is an interesting piece to collect. Wonderful sense ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Japonisme Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,817 Sale Price
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace. A set of four coffee cups & saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace.
A set of four coffee cups & saucers.
Model number: 1/719.
Dating: Approximately 1930 and 1964.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
First factory qua...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Staffordshire Ironstone Plate
Located in Clearwater, FL
This exquisite ironstone plate by Francis Morley & Co. of Staffordshire features the intricate Zamara pattern in a rich deep pink, accented with touches of blue, green, and yellow. W...
Category
1840s English Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ironstone
Minton grape gold & silver hand painted Aesthetic Movement Plate 1880
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
This magnificent porcelain plate signed by Minton, dated 1880, embodies the artistic refinement of the Aesthetic Movement. Finely hand-decorated, it features raised motifs of beautif...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Porcelain Covered Soup Tureen on Stand, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
French porcelain covered soup tureen on stand, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early Worcester Flight & Barr Yellow Porcelain Cup
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
An early Worcester Flight & Barr bright yellow beaker with gilding and a finely painted sepia scene of a landscape. The scene, possibly painted by John Pennington, shows two figures ...
Category
Early 1800s English Grand Tour Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Late Georgian Blue Spode Hot Chocolate Cup with Cover and Saucer
By Spode
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century late Georgian blue spode hot chocolate cup with cover and saucer, decorated with gilt highlights, and embossed white floral motif on a ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
3 Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Table Lamps with Blue Conifer Cone by Fog & Mørup
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Three large table lamps with Blue Conifer Cone by Fog & Mørup For Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Company
The lamps are sold and priced individually. Discount available if sold as a grou...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. Six coffee cups with saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain.
Six coffee cups with saucers.
Model number 1/2162.
Dating: 1975-1979.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Perfect condition.
Cup: Diameter 7.7 cm witho...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$352 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Five Sets of Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower Angular, Espresso Cups ‘Mocca Cups’
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Five sets of Royal Copenhagen blue flower angular, espresso cups (mocca cups).
Decoration number 10/8562.
The cup's diameter is 7.3 cm.
Perfect condition. 1st. factory quality.
Category
1950s Danish Neoclassical Vintage Porcelain
$192 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Model 26 Classic Blue Fluted Bowl.
Located in Lejre, DK
This bowl is model 26, which features the traditional, hand-painted blue design. The pattern is very characteristic of Royal Copenhagen’s blue-painted porcelain, known as "Blue Flute...
Category
1910s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chamberlains Worcester Porcelain Dish, Nelson or Fine Old Japan pattern, ca 1805
Located in London, GB
This is a striking square serving dish made by Chamberlains in Worcester around 1805. The dish bears the Fine Old Japan pattern, often called the Nelson pattern.
Robert Chamberlai...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Christian Joachim for Royal Copenhagen, "the Spanish Pattern", Soup Tureen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Christian Joachim for Royal Copenhagen.
"The Spanish pattern". Soup tureen in hand-painted porcelain.
Produced from 1931-1970.
Measures: 27 x 15...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Rococo Group 'The Decisive Choice' by J.C. Schoenheit, around 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborate large porcelain group of the 19th century:
In the centre of the group of three, the chosen one, with a feathered hat and a flower garland around her hips, which also encirc...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, four Saxon Flower dinner plates in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, four Saxon Flower dinner plates.
Hand-painted with different polychrome flower motifs.
Model number 493/1710.
Approximately 1956.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$384 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. A 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 1/2162.
Dating: Circa 1930 (2) and 1975-1979 (2).
Marked.
Second to fourth factory quality.
P...
Category
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Porcelain Ewers, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of porcelain ewers, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A pair of porcelain ewers, certainly Paris, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
H: 36cm, W: 14cm, D: 10cm
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Silesia, Germany. Six small porcelain lunch plates. Ca 1930
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Silesia, Germany.
Six small porcelain lunch plates.
Hand-painted with floral motifs in polychrome colors, gold rim.
Approximately 1930.
Marked "Silesia".
In excellent condition, with...
Category
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$192 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Sèvres Style Jardinières, circa 1860
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY:
No additional costs will be added to this order.
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
Each circular bowl with putti jard...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$2,677 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Pair Qing Dynasty Style Canton Famille Rose Chinese Vases, 20th C
Located in London, GB
A beautiful pair of large hand-painted porcelain vases in the Chinese Qing Dynasty canton famille rose manner, mid-20th century in date.
The vases feature two panels depicting fig...
Category
1950s Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White and Blue
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,434 Sale Price
20% Off
Tapio Wirkkala Composition Secunda Grey Set 34 Piece
Located in Geneva, CH
Rare coffee and cake set in Rosenthal (Germany) bone china designed by Tapio Wirkkala, Finland 1963.
6 mocha cups with their saucers
6 coffee cups with their saucers
Coffee pot
Milk jug
Sugar bowl
6 cake plates 20cm...
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. A set of six coffee cups with saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain.
A set of six coffee cups with saucers.
Model number 1/2162.
Dating: 1954 (2), 1975-1979, 1991-1995, and 1996-2000 (2).
Marked.
Second to fourth fa...
Category
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$352 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Coasters Il Mondo Alla Rovescia Midcentury Set /Eight
Located in North Miami, FL
These theatrical vintage Piero Fornasetti complete set of 8 hand painted very colorful porcelain coasters and or small plates are Mid-Century Modern. They are for an opera and in translation of English for the opera mean Topsy Turvy. Great barware. These are not common. They come in their original round gold box...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
La Menagerie Ottomane Antelope Porcelain Dinner Plate, Handmade in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Discover the fascinating world of exotic animals once hidden within the Sultan’s palaces, often gifted by foreign dignitaries and treasured as symbols of wonder and prestige. La Mena...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Colossal open lace oval bowl in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Colossal open lace oval bowl.
Hand-painted with polychrome flower motifs and gold trim.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dime...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Caughley Salopian English Porcelain Shapes Plates or Dishes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of English porcelain shaped bowls or dishes.
By Caughley.
In a heart-form or shield shape.
Decorated throughout with painted cobalt blue and gilt floral devices....
Category
Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester Aesthetic Movement Bamboo Form Trompe L'oeil Porcelain Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique figural porcelain vase.
By Royal Worcester.
In the form of three large bamboo stalks covered by flora and foliage.
The top of each stalk has a gilt rim.
Retailed by Richard Briggs of Boston.
Simply a wonderful Aesthetic Period vase!
Date:
Late 19th or Early 20th century
Overall condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs.
Condition details:
There is some light rubbing to the gilding here and there, some very fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Maker:
Royal Worcester
Marks:
Marked to the base with 'Manufactured by the Worcester Royal...
Category
Early 20th Century British Aesthetic Movement Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. Five coffee cups with saucers in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain.
Five coffee cups with saucers.
Model number 1/2162.
Dated: Circa 1930.
Marked.
Second factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Cup: Diameter 7.7 cm ...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plate from 1917
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate from 1917.
Measure: Diameter: 18 cm.
In excellent condition.
1st factory quality.
Stamped.
Category
1910s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century English Porcelain Dessert Service Cobalt, 27 Pieces
Located in Atlanta, GA
27 Pc, Fine Set of 19th Century English Porcelain Dessert Service Cobalt.
Unfortunately I have been able to identify the maker or pattern. However, they are of fantastic quality ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,196 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine, Woman Playing the Flute, Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Meissen porcelain figurine. Woman playing the flute. Late 19th century.
Measures: 24.5 x 12 cm.
In very good condition. A...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 14 Antique Japanese Imari Chargers, circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 14 Early 20th century handpainted Japanese Gold Imari chargers.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dagoty Manufacture of Empress Joséphine Wife of Napoleon 1st Swan Cup
By Dagoty
Located in Paris, FR
This very rare set of 12 delicate cups swan shape with their saucers is signed by Dagoty, one of the favorite manufacturers of Empress Joséphine's first Napoleon wife well known for ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl. Set of six antique coffee cups with high handles and saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, a set of six antique coffee cups with high handles and saucers. Hand-painted with polychrome flower decoration.
Porcelain of heav...
Category
Late 19th Century Danish Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$384 Sale Price / set
20% Off
"Breton Fishing Village, " Art Deco Masterpiece Vase by Leduc for Sevres, 1934
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest pieces of Art Deco porcelain we have ever seen, and probably the greatest work ever executed by Adrien Leduc for Sevres, this large doub...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Malabar Man on a Rhinoceros
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic 19th century Meissen Porcelain orientalist/Turkish figure of a Malabar Man seated on a rhinoceros. This is a rare and beautiful group made by...
Category
19th Century German Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figure Cavalier At His Desk Writing A Love Letter, Kaendler, Circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain figure:
Young gentleman in elaborate rococo clothing of the upper classes: noble white frock coat with golden hems, gold and flower embroidered vest and sleeve cuffs, large black bow on the wig hair, sitting at a magnificent desk with curved...
Category
1860s German Baroque 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.