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Porcelain For Sale
Large Meissen Pair Of Gardener Figurines, By Kaendler & Schoenheit, Ca 1860
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 pinne...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Unique Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone Vase Porcelain by Bing & Grondahl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unique Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone: Vase porcelain, B& G Bing & Grondahl, modeled in light relief.
Number 1998/28.
Measures: Height 35.5 cm.
1st. fa...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Porcelain
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Ottoman Kaftan Porcelain Dinner Plate with Gold Rim Made in Italy Kaft4
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
The elegance of kaftans is, thanks to Les-Ottomans, translated into a unique dinnerware collection. These porcelain plates are made in Italy and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace Coffee Cups with Saucers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace coffee cups with saucers.
Model number 1/756.
The cup measures: 7.7 x 6.5 cm.
Sau...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Japanese Porcelain Plate From Macau
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Macau porcelain plate. “Mandarin” decoration, polychrome, with flowers, plant motifs and birds. Reserves with representation of flowers and Chinese fig...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Tuscan, England. Three pairs of cups and saucers. The “Noel” series.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Tuscan, England. Three pairs of cups with handles.
All cups and saucers are in different sizes.
From the “Noel” series.
20th century.
Perfect condition.
Marked.
Cups: Height 6...
Category
20th Century British Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate from 1942.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate from 1942.
Diameter: 18 cm.
In excellent condition.
1st factory quality.
Marked.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$448 Sale Price
20% Off
Hornsea Tapestry coffee set, Coffee pot, cups and saucers, 2 jugs, 15 pc, 1970s
Located in London, GB
Sarah Vardy (British)
‘Tapestry’ coffee set
Designed 1973, produced by Hornsea, UK
Set comprises coffee pot with lid, six cups and saucers, milk jug, cream jug
Ceramic
Overall, ver...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Italy Late 18th Century Little White Majolica Turkey with Polychrome
Located in Brescia, IT
Elegant and magnificient soup tureen in white majolica with polychrome shaped as a turkey and produced around 1740 - 1770 by the ancient Pasquale Antonibon Manufacture based in Nove ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Majolica
Impressive 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Garniture Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very impressive late 19th century gilt bronze mounted cobalt blue Sèvres style porcelain three piece garniture.
The impressive...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Contemporary Set of 2 Dessert Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Apollo Bianco Dessert Plate has a brilliant night sky enamel decor intermingled with star-like gold dots.
Set of 2 dessert coupe...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$282 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Meissen, Germany. Rare and Early Meissen Bowl / Basket with Pierced Rim
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany.
Rare and early Meissen bowl with pierced rim, handles in the form of branches, foliage and moulded flowers.
Approx. 1800.
In excell...
Category
19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Cachepot
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Cachepot
Herend Hungary porcelain with Apponyi green and basket weave pattern
Marked with the mark of Herend on the bottom 7...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. Set of three tea cups with saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain.
A set of three tea cups with saucers.
Model 1/76.
Dating: ca. 1930 and 1967
Marked.
Second factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Cup: Diameter 10...
Category
1970s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Lagardo Tackett Porcelain Espresso Plates ... Set of 8 MCM Snack Plates
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of 8 vintage Lagardo Tackett porcelain espresso plates in a beautiful shade of grass green. Each has a recessed circle for a coordinating cup, which I do not have. Great on the...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
a porcelain vase by Virebent, by Yves Mohy - France - 1970
By Yves Mohy, Virebent 1
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A porcelain vase crafted by the renowned artist Yves Mohy in collaboration with Virebent.
In impeccable condition, adorned with a magnificent black and brown enamel finish.
Signed ...
Category
1970s European Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$401 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Hand Painted Floral & Butterfly Vase C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Hand Painted Floral Vase with Butterflies C1930
Measures - 11.25"H x 7"diam
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
B&G, Bing & Grondahl Saxon Flower, Six Deep Plates in Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
B&G, Bing & Grondahl Saxon flower.
Six deep plates decorated with flowers and gold rim.
circa 1920s.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: D 24.0 x H...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$480 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Tuscan, England. Set of six cups and saucers. The “Noel” series.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Tuscan, England. A set of six cups with handles.
From the “Noel” series.
20th century.
Perfect condition.
Marked.
Cup: Height 6,3 cm. x diameter 5.7 cm. without handle
Saucer...
Category
20th Century British Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ancient Meissen Pair of Porcelain Sugar Bowls with Flower Knobs, Circa 1760
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of porcelain sugar bowls
Meissen, circa 1748-1775
Marked with crossed swords and number “92” of the gilder
They measure 5.11 in (13 cm) x 5.11 in ...
Category
1750s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
La Menagerie Ottomane Parrot 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 Menagerie Ottomane...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coral Mokka Set in Style from Dorothy Draper from 1930s
By Carlsbad
Located in Vienna, Austria
Mokka set from the 1930s, produced in the Victoria Carlsbad porcelain manufactory-
This coral coloured set with handprinted black linen co...
Category
1930s Czech Hollywood Regency Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,291 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fairyland Lustre Bowl, Geisha Wedgwood, circa 1925
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An octagonal fairyland lustre bowl, decorated with Geisha pattern, one of the best loved of Daisy Makeig-Jones’ designs.
Probably the best of Wedgwood's female designers, Daisy wa...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
13 Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plates from the 1960s / 70s / 80s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
13 Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates from the 1960s / 70s / 80s.
Measure: Diameter: 18.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
1st factory quality.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. Four coffee cups with saucers in porcelain.
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
Royal Copenhagen Saxon Flower. Six lunch plates in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Saxon Flower. Six lunch plates in porcelain.
Hand-painted with polychrome flowers. Gold rim.
Model: 482/1623.
Early 1900s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Second fact...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Precious Minton peaches 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
Mintons, England, Porcelain Bowl with Handle, Hand-Painted with Fruits
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Mintons, England, porcelain bowl with handle. Hand-painted with fruits and decorated with gold leaf.
1920s/30s.
Marked.
In perfect condi...
Category
1920s British Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$608 Sale Price
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain bowl, Model number 1/311, Dated 1949
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen blue fluted plain bowl. Model number 1/311.
Dated 1949.
Measures: 21.5 x 8.5 cm.
Stamped.
1st factory quality.
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Empire Vase with Hand Painted Floral Motif. Ca. 1920
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen Empire-style vase with hand-painted floral motif. Ca. 1920.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Measures: 25 x 12 cm.
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen, Germany. Two porcelain bowls hand-painted with polychrome flowers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Two porcelain bowls hand-painted with polychrome flowers. Gold rim.
Circa 1930.
Marked.
One is first factory quality, and one is third factory quality.
Perfect cond...
Category
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$288 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Nouveau Bowl with Nymph and Girl, by P. Helmig, Meissen Germany, ca 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Flat oval bowl with an irregular, wavy lined and partially pierced rim, on the narrow sides two naked figures facing each other, a young girl and a young woman with long hair playing in the waist-deep, foaming water, the girl spreading...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 10 Vintage Limoges Porcelain Coffee Cups – Signed Limoges France – White
By Limoges
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Set of 10 Vintage Limoges Porcelain Coffee Cups – Signed Limoges France – White Glazed Elegant Design
Description:
This is a refined set of 10 vintage porcelain coffee cups, signed ...
Category
1970s French Neoclassical Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad, Rosenthal. Set of six "Berlin Hilton" demitasse cups and saucers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad (1918-2006) for Rosenthal, Germany.
A set of six "Berlin Hilton" porcelain demitasse cups with saucers.
Glossy copper-colored decoration.
Model number: 4009.
From th...
Category
1960s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$288 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, sugar bowl and creamer in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine, sugar bowl and creamer with swan-shaped handles. Hand-painted.
Approximately 1930/40s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In pe...
Category
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$240 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 2 Porcelain Op Art "STONE" Vase by Heinrich Selb, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vase set of 2
Producer:
Heinrich Selb Bavaria, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vin...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Capodimonte Porcelain Charger
Located in Wilson, NC
Capodimonte Porcelain Charger, with neoclassical scenes and figures in relief
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,260 Sale Price
30% Off
Gouda Dutch potiche Art Nouveau in porcelain circa 1900
By Gouda Vase
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible potiche by Gouda Dutch porcelain Art Nouveau multicolor circa 1900
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Limoges Porcelain Mug by Jean Pouyat
By Jean Pouyat
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Beautiful Limoges Porcelain mug by Jean Pouyat"
Beautiful Limoges porcelain cup, by Jean Pouyat, Napoleon III period, XIXth Century
Measures: D: 1...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Blue Flower Braided, four coffee cups with saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, Blue Flower Braided, four coffee cups with saucers.
Model number: 10/8261
Dating: 1966
Second factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Cup: Diameter 8.0 cm wi...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Pierced Dinner Plate with Fruit Motif Plum
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica pierced dinner plate with fruit motif plum.
Number 429/3584.
Measures: 25.5 cm. in diameter.
First factory qua...
Category
20th Century Danish Neoclassical Porcelain
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Cupid Centerpieces with Baskets
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century Meissen Porcelain compote centerpieces with cupids running after each other around a tree with filigree baskets on top with raised...
Category
19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica fruit plate in openwork porcelain. Dated 1968
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica fruit plate in openwork porcelain with hand-painted rose hips and gold decoration. Model number 429/3584.
Dated 1968.
Diameter: 22.8 cm.
In excellent c...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Pr. 19c Mintons Porcelain "Louis XVI Sevres Style" Blue Nouveau Ground Vases
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic and beautiful pair of antique 19th century mintons English porcelain Louis XVI style Sevres style blue nouveau ground hand-painted and hand-tooled-gilt, oval-shaped cover...
Category
1850s English Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Set of six "Berså" plates in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden.
A set of six "Berså" plates in porcelain.
1960s.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: D 17.5 cm.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$384 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace Teacup with Saucer, Model Number 1/525
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen blue fluted half lace tea cup with saucer. Model number 1/525. Dated 1942.
The cup measures: 9.7 x 4.8 cm.
Saucer diameter: 15 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stampe...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$192 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Pair of 'Porcelain de Paris' Cups and Saucers
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An extremely elegant pair of 'Porcelaine de Paris' breakfast cups, with matching saucers, dating from the early 19th century.
These sensational cups are decorated with hand-painted...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Pair of English Porcelain Urns with Classical Figures; S.A&Co.
By Smith Ambrose & Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare pair of English porcelain double-handled polychromed porcelain urns with classical figures; marked "S.A. & Co." (Smith Ambrose and Co. Burslem, England); each finely decorated...
Category
19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Fish Plate with Green Edge, Gold Decoration and Fish Motif
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen fish plate with a green edge, gold decoration and fish motif. Model 919/1710.
Measure: Diameter 25 cm.
1st factory quali...
Category
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$512 Sale Price
20% Off
Superb Pair of Coalport Porcelain Vases Decorated by William Cook
Located in Exeter, GB
A superb pair of Coalport porcelain vases c.1850. Of urn shape with beaded handles, rims and covers picked out in gold, verily finely decorated to both sides with scrollwork panels containing fruit and flowers by William Cook...
Category
19th Century British Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$5,206 Sale Price
20% Off
Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. Salt and pepper set in white porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. Salt and pepper set in white porcelain.
Dating: Circa 1960s.
Designed by Axel Salto in 1956.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Salt shaker...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Shell Sweetmeat Stand, Bow Porcelain, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Three-tiered stand for sweetmeats, in the form of shells and coral, and enameled with flowers; it is rare to find these in such good condition. Probably from a large dessert service.
These stands were popular in the Georgian period and were made by most of the porcelain factories. Many were modelled by a man named Tebo, who went from factory to factory creating these stands. He appears to have used real shells...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$4,760 Sale Price
30% Off
Rosenthal, a Set of Six Christmas Plates in Porcelain with Christmas Motifs
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rosenthal, a set of six Christmas plates in porcelain decorated with Christmas motifs. Burgundy with gold decorated border.
circa 1980s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: D ...
Category
1980s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$288 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Round Meissen Dish in Hand-Painted Porcelain, Late 19th C.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large round Meissen dish in hand-painted porcelain.
Butterfly and blue flowers.
Late 19th century.
Measures: 31.5 x 5.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
Fairyland Lustre Plaque 'Picnic' by River, Wedgwood, circa 1925
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Daisy Makeig Jones’ description relates this to Völuspá, a poem from the Poetic Edda, which is a collection of Old Norse poems. In Völuspá, it is said that the dwarves were created by the god Loki and the giantess Angrboda, and that they were condemned to live underground. The Light Elves are also mentioned in the poem as being allowed to live in the realm of Alfheim, which is a place of beauty and light.
In Norse mythology...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
A Famille Rose Armorial Bowl- Pringle of Whytbank- "Spero et Progredior" c.1765
Located in New York, NY
This family descended from Whitsun in Berwickshire and Alexander Pringle of Whytbank. A full service was supposed to have been made for Patrick Pringle who was one of four sons of Al...
Category
18th Century British Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Mid-19thCentury Golden Porcelain Covered Cup Multicolors Flower Drawings
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small Meissen masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to star...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$2,869 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Vintage European Porcelain Parrots
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Pair of vintage European porcelain parrots. Beautifully detailed with colorful glazing. Parrots are perched on tree trunks with appliquéd floral designs.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Louis XV Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$3,200 / set
Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. Mustard pot and small bowl in white porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. Mustard pot and small bowl in white porcelain.
Dating: 1959/1961
Designed by Axel Salto in 1956.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Mustard...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. Four egg cups in white porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. Four egg cups in white porcelain.
Dating: Circa 1960s.
Designed by Axel Salto in 1956.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: Heigh...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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.