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Porcelain For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1970s
Antique French Haviland Co. Limoges Porcelain Red & Gold Oyster Plate Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate Signed "Haviland Co." Circa 1900.
Hand-Painted Red & Gold on a White Background.
Per the last image we have 2 of these plates available....
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Thistles Oval Serving Platter
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and exceptionally fine vintage Danish porcelain serving platter from the Flora Danica range by renowned makers Royal Copenhagen and dating between 1969 and 1973.
The Flora...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Jar with Children Playing, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, Saxon Flower, large oval serving platter. Hand-painted.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, Saxon Flower, large oval serving platter. Hand-painted.
Approx. 1920/30s.
Model number 15.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: L 41.0 cm...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Blue Onion Pattern, Set of Three Hand Painted Dinner Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Blue Onion pattern, a set of three hand painted dinner plates.
Early 20th century.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Fifth factor...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, Saxon Flower, set of twelve lunch plates. Approx. 1920/30s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, Saxon Flower, a set of twelve lunch plates.
Approx. 1920/30s.
Model number 26.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: D 21.2 cm.
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
Bing & Grøndahl, Saxon Flower, a set of five lunch plates. Approx. 1920/30s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, Saxon Flower, a set of five lunch plates.
Approx. 1920/30s.
Model number 26.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: D 21.2 cm.
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Blue Vase with bird - Ilse Claesson - Rörstrand
Located in Stockholm, SE
Art Deco at its best! A lovely green and black vase designed by Ilse Claesson in the 1930s at Rörstrand, Sweden. It is 11 cm high and in very good condition except from some craquelu...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Germany Art Nouveau Figurine Girl With Shawl, by Theodor Eichler, c 1913
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a young unclothed Art Nouveau girl with artfully pinned up hair with incorporated hood, a large striped cloth wrapped around her right fo...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Royal Worcester Hand Painted, Gilt Egyptian Revival Porcelain Ewer c1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Royal Worcester Egyptian Revival lidded and footed ewer offers porcelain construction with exaggerated neck, hand painted garden flowers & butterflies, and heavily...
Category
Early 20th Century English Egyptian Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Old Paris Porcelain Lantern Night Light, 1900
By Paris Studio
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Old Paris porcelain lantern night-light, ca.1900. Paris porcelain lantern representing cupid with a garland of flowers. Measures: Height: 18"(46cm), diameter : 5.9"(15cm). Height of ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Porcelain
Materials
Brass
Pair of antique continental porcelain figures
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of antique continental porcelain figures holding a basket of flowers and a hat in wonderful green, red, blue, yellow and white colours
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group Allegory 'the Love', by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and exceptional porcelain figure group:
Standing young beauty with her hair tied back at the nape of her neck and crowned with a tiara, wearing a long dress softly embraci...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Worcester dish painted by Ernest Phillips
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This attractive Royal Worcester dish features a central spray of flowers painted by Ernest Phillips. The central spray is surrounded by an apple green ground with extensive gilding t...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Dresden Germany Porcelain Cobalt Blue Urns, circa 1920
Located in Gardena, CA
Pair Dresden Germany Porcelain Urns. A matte cobalt blue ground with hand painted courting scenes to the central area. Marked to underside.
...
Category
1920s Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Eschenbach, Germany, a five-person retro coffee set in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Eschenbach, Germany, a five-person retro coffee set in porcelain.
Designed with brown dots.
From the 1970s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Cake plate: ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Porcelain Serving Tray, Merklín Porcelain, 1914's.
Located in Praha, CZ
Porcelánka in Merklín in Karlovy Vary was founded in 1868
The tray is gilded on the edges and decorated with flowers from the Austro-Hungarian period
Original Condition
Category
1910s Czech Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Bing & Grøndahl, large round serving platter in porcelain with flowers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, large round serving platter in porcelain decorated with polychrome flowers and gold rim.
1920/30s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions:...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, large round serving platter in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, large round serving platter in porcelain decorated with polychrome flowers and gold rim.
1920/30s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions:...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Lidded Trinket Box in Porcelain with Hand-Painted Purple Flowers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Herend lidded trinket box in porcelain with hand-painted purple flowers and gold decoration. Lid modelled with a rose bud.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 14...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Antique English Staffordshire Transferware Serving Creamer Jug Pitcher
Located in Dayton, OH
"Antique 20th century Staffordshire transferware porcelain jug or pitcher featuring an English landscape in black, originally designed by James Cutts for W. Adams & Sons, and a yellow border around the upper edge. “James Cutts was born in 1808 in Pinxton, Derbyshire, he was the 9th of 10 children and the youngest of five boys. His father, John Cutts, was a moderately gifted china painter, trained at the Derby porcelain works, who moved to become manager of the Pinxton porcelain...
Category
Early 20th Century Late Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Eschenbach, Germany, a six-person retro coffee set in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Eschenbach, Germany, a six-person retro coffee set in porcelain.
Designed with brown dots.
From the 1970s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Cake plate: D...
Category
1970s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Pair Boy & Girl With Hoops, A. Koenig, c 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurines:
Two children with colorful hoops:
Standing boy in sailor dress, holding the hoop with both hands behind him standing on the ground,...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Bohemian Haas & Czjzek Porcelain Serving Tray, Schlaggenwald, 1920s
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Bohemian Haas & Czjzek Porcelain Serving Tray, Schlaggenwald 1920s
Offered for sale is an antique Bohemian Haas & Czjzek in Schlaggen...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Arje Griegst Royal Copenhagen Konkylie Triton Dinner plate
By Arje Griegst
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Original Vintage Royal Copenhagen Conch large dinner plate in the beautiful white glaze. The frame was designed by the renowned Danish jeweler and goldsmith Arje Griegst in 1978 and ...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1977 Salvador Dali Rare Coffee Service "Mermaids, Coral and Ant" Limited Edition
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) world-famous Spanish painter, graphic artist, and sculptor of surrealism, designed this porcelain limited edition painted 19 pieces of coffee service porcel...
Category
1970s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Blue Onion Pattern, Set of Three Hand Painted Dinner Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Blue Onion pattern, a set of three hand-painted dinner plates.
Early 20th century.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Fifth factory quality.
Dimensions: D approx. 24.5 x H...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland Limoges 6 French White Porcelain Flat Plates and Gold Decorations
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
We ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Josef Fischer for Rosenthal, Art Nouveau Business Card Holder / Bowl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Josef Fischer for Rosenthal.
Art Nouveau business card holder / bowl in hand-painted porcelain with marabou,
Circa 1910.
Measures: 27.5 x 13.5 cm.
In very good condition.
Stamped.
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hand-painted porcelain coffee set in a retro style with violet colors.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hand-painted porcelain coffee set in a retro style with violet colors.
Comprising of three pairs of coffee cups with saucers, coffee pot, and ten plates.
From the 1970s.
In perfect ...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Huge Meissen Platter, Kauffahrtei / Seeprospekt
Located in Dresden, DE
Extraordinary large and beautifully painted platter. The painting in rust red camaieu style, extremely detailed and well done. Depicting some harbour scene with lots of figures.
M...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal Porcelain Theodor Karner "PHEASANT"#434
By Rosenthal
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
"Pheasant" by Theodor Karner #434 produced during the 1920s for Rosenthal Porcelain in Germany is beautifully rendered and posed in the midst of walking...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Meissen Art Nouveau Figure Of A Snake Dancer By Max Bochmann Circa 1914
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and extremely decorative full-sculptural depiction of a young dancer in oriental-looking costume, bare-breasted, with long, softly falling skirt slit high at the front and ...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland & Co Limoges French Tureen in White Porcelain and Gold Decoration
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
We would like to inform you that the object, described below, was part of a complete service that we have divided and we offer the loose sale of the individual pieces. Elegant white Limoges porcelain...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Arts &Crafts Mission Porcelain Stylized ECLA Bowl & Pitcher Set, c1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts Mission style washbowl set by ECLA offers porcelain construction with stylized stained glass design; set includes water pitcher, wash bowl and toothbrush c...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Déco Porcelain Figure Korean Dance by C. Holzer-Defanti Rosenthal Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Dancer in an oriental costume with traditional Korean looking headdress, with raised, bent legs and arms performing a dance pose, a Chinese pagoda leaning against her leg. The figure...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Grouping of Trenton Potteries Gilt Decorated by Wheeling
Located in Hanover, MA
Grouping of nine art deco pieces (including three sets of pairs) by TAC Trenton Potteries and gilt decorated by Wheeling Decorating Co., including large or...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Doulton Burslem Art Deco Silver Mounted Coffee Cup Set
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and exceptional Doulton Burslem Art Deco silver mounted coffee cup set complete with saucer and original spoon and dated 1929. The porcelain tr...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Silver
Six Limoges Transfer-Printed Porcelain Cabinet Plates Designed by Salvador Dali
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of Six Limoges Transfer-Printed Porcelain Cabinet Plates Designed by Salvador Dali,
''Le Conquete du Cosmos''
Limited Edition Number 1639/4000,
Dated 1974
The six plates, ...
Category
1970s Mission Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
"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
Royal Copenhagen Knut Khyn Porcelain Figurine "POLAR BEAR" #825
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
"Polar Bear" by Royal Copenhagen is a beautifully rendered polar bear with carefully crafted detail in its fur and particularly its facial expression. It sits with an upward gaze and...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage 1970s Neiman Marcus Malachite Porcelain Plates 'Set of 10'
Located in San Diego, CA
Iconic set of porcelain china in malachite. This set of 10 includes 2 dinner plates, 4 salad plates and 4 dessert plates. 1970s glamour at your table. This china set is not only beautiful but chic and fashionable. The design in opulent green swirls maintains restraint in style with the 24-karat band around the perimeter of each plate. Each piece is signed under. Glamorous and unique and so Neiman Marcus.
2 Dinner Plates 12...
Category
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Porcelain Group 'Spring of Love' by R. Aigner Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1916
By Rosenthal, Richard Aigner
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Large Art Nouveau Group:
Monumental depiction of a pair of lovers in intimate embrace: Unclothed young lady sitting on a pedestal and kissing the naked young man standing ...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Antique Hand-Painted Majolica Porcelain Plaques, Circa 1910-1920
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of large antique hand-painted Majolica porcelain plaques, circa 1910-1920.
Category
Early 20th Century Portuguese Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany, Three Blue Onion Pattern Plates, Approx. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, three Blue Onion pattern plates.
Hand-painted.
Approx. 1900.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Dimensio...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hutschenreuther-Selb Porcelain Figurine "COCKATOO" Marked #3 on Base
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Cockatoo's with their glorious crown of plumage think they own the world and this one certainly does. It sits with royal dignity upon its lusciously painted Veridian and Gold glazed column. An exquisite Hutschenreuther-Selb porcelain that is over 100 years old. The stamps on the bottom show the names of Lorenz Hutschentreuther and the Hutschenreuther A.G., Selb company. It is marked on the bottom Department of Art per the description - Abteilung fur Kunst. A #3 is located on the inside lip of the underside base.
Hutschenreuther is the name of a German family that established the production of porcelain in northern Bavaria, starting in 1814. The Hutschenreuther porcelain business was founded in 1814 by Carol’s Magnus Hutschenreuther (1794-1845) in Hohenberg an Der Eger, Bavaria, Germany. He had previously worked at the Wallendorf porcelain manufactory in Lichte (Wallendorf.)
After his death in 1845, the factory was headed by his widow, Johanna Hutschenreuther, and her two sons. A large part of the factory was destroyed by a firedestroyed by a fire in 1848, but it was rebuilt. From 1860, they produced hand-painted and gilded porcelain products.
In 1857, Lorenz Hutschenreuther, the elder son of Carolus Magnus...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Royal Bayreuth Porcelain Figurine Registered "MOUSE PITCHER"
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Royal Bayreuth Mouse Pitcher is glazed in soft grays with sparkling red eyes. This piece is extremely rare. The size being 8.5 inches high when normally this mouse is 6 inches. The bottom is marked: "Registered." The Royal Bayreuth factory has been the world's unparalleled leader in the production of porcelain for over 200 years, As the oldest Bavarian china firm under private ownership, the factory still stands like a fortress on a hill in the little village of Tettau. It was founded in 1794 in the Thuringian Hills, adjacent to what at one time was known as the East German border. Though delicate to the touch, it's durability makes it last for hundreds of years.
The porcelain factory has survived a number of troublesome events, including the Napoleonic-Franco Prussian turmoil, two World Wars, numerous changes in management and ownership, and the great fire of 1897 which destroyed a number of important records and molds.
The factory had its roots planted in 1792, when the famous, naturalist and botanist, Alexander von Humboldt, also an expert German geologist, was appointed by the king to research a possible factory site. The king desired a porcelain factory in the Thuringia province, and commanded von Humboldt to find the ideal location and personnel.
After a lengthy study, von Humboldt reported to the king that Tettau should be the site of the factory and recommended that Johann Schmidt and Wilhelm Grenier be awarded the permit. By 1794, the factor was open for business. Anytime you see the Royal Bayreuth logo, you will see 1794 as the official date of commencement operations.
Dinnerware, dining accessories, coffee and tea sets have been the company's main product line through the years. Just as fascinating are the wide number of collector items that the factory has produced. Included among these are many interesting pieces such as: figurals, rose tapestry...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Set of 10 Porcelain Cakeplates Art Nouveau by Haviland Limoges
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful set of 10 porcelain cake plates from the French brand Haviland Limoges. The plates have curved edges and are richly decorated with various images of flowers, butterflies an...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Hand Painted Porcelain Figurine Of A Greek Mythology’s Muse
Located in Guaynabo, PR
A Meissen Porcelain Greek Mythology’s Muse figurine playing the Lute. She can be Erato, the muse of lyric poetry, particularly erotic poetry and mimic imitation. It depicts a lady dr...
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
12 KPM Berlin German Hand Painted Porcelain Bouillon Bowls & Underplates c. 190
Located in Gardena, CA
12 KPM Berlin German hand painted porcelain bouillon bowls & underside, circa 1900. A white ground, various colorful hand painted flowers and insects. Gilt to the scalloped rims. Und...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Wedgwood Light Blue Jasperware Beaker or Tumbler
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Jasperware beaker or cup.
In Wedgwood blue with white relief decoration depicting men, women, children, and trees in a Classical s...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Big KPM Berlin Louis Tuaillon Sculpture Figure Amazoness on Horse
By Louis Tuaillon
Located in Berlin, DE
Beautiful figure of the famous Royal Porcelain Manufacture Berlin (KPM). Very naturalistic presented from high quality porcelain. Very decorative and noble. A timeless piece of jewel...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 10 Antique Rose Medallion Dinner Plates
Located in Free Union, VA
An assembled set of ten Rose Medallion dinner plates, good quality and well matched with some variations of color and design among them. T...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Porcelain Figurine 'Cabaret', by R. Marcuse, Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1920
By Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau beauty with chin-length dark brown hair, in a strapless dress with a deep neckline decorated with elaborate floral embroidery at the front and back and a softly falling, wave-like billowing skirt hem, posing bent to the side and playing a lute.
Based on a round, white, fluted plinth, artist's signature 'RUDOLF MARCUSE...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Blue Onion Oval Dish, circa 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, blue onion oval dish.
circa 1900.
Fourth factory quality.
Perfect condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: L 30,0 x D 22,0 x H 3,5 cm.
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful 1 Liter Antique Germany Lidded Porcelain Veterans Beer Stein, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous beer stein, made in Germany. This beer stein has been made in Germany, circa 1900s. Absolutely gorgeous piece still in great condition, without damage. Lid works properly. It is a 1 Liter...
Category
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Porcelain
Materials
Pewter
Hutschenreuther Hans Achtziger Porcelain Figurine "TIGER" Marked #5 on Base
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Rich orangish gold and black stripe the Hutschenreuther Tiger that appears to be on the prowl. To see this tiger is to be reminded of the great poem by William Blake: "Tyger Tyger, b...
Category
1970s German Vintage 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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