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Porcelain For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1990s
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
Bjørn Wiinblad Christmas Plate 1991 "Christmas Carols"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad porcelain Christmas plate 1991, produced by Rosenthal
Motif: Kommet, ihr Hirten
Designed by: Bjørn Wiinblad
Diameter: 11" - 29 cm
Comes in original box. Box has s...
Category
1990s German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Porcelain Group 'Spring of Love' by R. Aigner Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1916
By Richard Aigner, Rosenthal
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
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
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
Set of 10 Antique English Cobalt Blue & Gold Coalport Porcelain Plates, ca 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 10 antique English cobalt blue and gold coalport porcelain plates, circa 1900. Each plate features unique center design.
Category
Early 20th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Von Schierholz Rococo Meissen-Style Floral Encrusted Porcelain Basket
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
A memorable Valentine's Day gift for someone special.
This rare antique Von Schierholz Rococo Meissen-style floral encrusted porcelain basket with Schierholz Plaue mark indicates a manufacture date of between 1907 – 1927. Established in 1817 in Plaue, Thuringia in Germany, Von Schierholz porcelain became well known for its character steins...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Porcelain
Materials
Paste, Porcelain, Meissen, Paint, Kaolin
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
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
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
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
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
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
Large Clement Massier Art Nouveau degrade Porcelain French Planter 1900
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible planter with column in porcelain Art Nouveau signed CLEMENT MASSIER circa 1900
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique 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
Signed Royal Vienna Porcelain Portrait Cabinet Plate with Platinum & Raised Gold
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, signed Art Nouveau porcelain cabinet plate.
By Royal Vienna.
Signed Wagner to the lower right.
With a hand painted depiction of Ruth to the center surrounded by a blue & green border richly decorated with platinum, raised gold, & rich gilding.
Marked to the reverse with a blue underglaze Royal Vienna beehive...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau 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
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
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
Pair of Porcelain Apothecary Jars with Lids and Gilt Detail, English ca. 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Porcelain Apothecary Jars with Lids and Gilt Detail, English ca. 1900
Category
Early 20th Century English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Meissen Luncheon Plates Each Painted with a Different Flower Bouquet
Located in Boston, MA
This is a fabulous set of twelve Meissen luncheon or dessert plates. Each of these Meissen plates are beautifully painted with a different large central flower bouquet. The artwork o...
Category
Early 1900s German Romantic Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1920s Neoclassical Revival Trenton Potteries Footed Vase
Located in Garnerville, NY
Signed Trenton Potteries Company neoclassical style footed cachepot. A very distinct piece of porcelain. Trenton Potteries was one of many companies in the area of New Jersey's state capital that produced home fixtures or sanitary porcelain like...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Painted Porcelain Tea Set Signed Edouard Marcel Sandoz for Theodore Haviland
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Painted porcelain tea set signed Edouard-Marcel Sandoz for Theodore Haviland Limoges. Art Deco period, France, circa 1920. All pieces are sig...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage 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
Shelley Art Deco Coffee/Espresso Set for 4 Trees with Sun Shining
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a classic early Shelley design with an Art Deco aesthetic. It includes the following pieces all in excellent condition.
4 Cups, 2.5" x 2.5", 4 Saucers, 4.5" x 0.5", 1 Crea...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two Lobster Plates in Clear Glass, Sweden, Mid-20th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Two beautiful Lobster plates made of Glass. A nice addition to your Table. Found at an estate sale in Stockholm, Sweden.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Meissen Art Nouveau Group 'the Air' by Paul Helmig, Germany, Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900:
Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, si...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
12 Antique Minton Hand-Painted Cabinet Plates Signed A. Holland Depicting Fish
By Minton
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of cabinet plates were made by the renowned Minton factory of England in approximately 1900 for the Birks exclusive department store chain and done in a Victorian style. The...
Category
Early 20th Century English High Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Mythological Group 'Thalia With Tree', by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, c 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen group:
Thalia, the muse of theater and comic poetry, covered only with a large cloth, smiling and sitting on a rock under a cherry tree, holding a mask next to her...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Villeroy & Boch Wash Bowl and Pitcher Set
Located in Praha, CZ
Set of three antique pieces of Villeroy&Boch bathroom set. The wash bowl is 12,5 cm high, 40 cm in diameter (44 wide with handles). The pitcher is 31 cm high, 24 cm wide (with handle) and is 16 cm in diametr. The soap container...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hutschenreuther-Selb Porcelain Figurine "COCKATOO" Marked 01 on Base
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Cockatoo's are birds of great distinction with their crown of plumage. Our Cockatoo in this porcelain is absorbed in a daily task of preening while perched on a flowering branch of a...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Blue Flower Braided, two bowls.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, Blue Flower Braided, two bowls.
Model number: 10/8156 + 10/8009
Model 10/8156 dated 1958.
Model 10/8009 dated approx. 1920s/30s
Second and first factory quality.
In...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Four Blue Onion Pattern Plates, Meissen, Germany, Approx. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, four Blue Onion pattern plates.
Hand-painted.
Approx. 1900.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Third factory quality.
Dimension...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Limoges Hand-Painted Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Hand-Painted Plate.
Category
Early 20th Century French 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
Royal Albert Crown Imari Saucer
Located in Clearwater, FL
A Radium Imari saucer by Royal Albert Crown China, circa 1920, England.
Category
1920s English Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Luneville Floral Porcelain Oyster Plate, circa 1900
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique French Majolica floral porcelain oyster plate by Keller & Guérin made in Luneville, France, circa 1900. Maker's mark on the reverse. This fine quality oyster plate is hand painted in the Old Strasbourg...
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Villeroy & Boch Mettlach Phanolith Porcelain Charger in Neoclassical Style
Located in New York, NY
Villeroy & Boch Mettlach charger in Phanolith porcelain (similar to Jasperware) depicting a Greco-Roman goddess and attendants in white porcelain on a...
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical 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
Set of 12 T&v Limoges Gilt Porcelain Oyster Plates with Green Transfer Ferns
By T&V Limoges
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 antique porcelain oyster plates.
By T&V Limoges.
With green transfer decoration of ferns as well as gilt highlights.
Originally retailed by Davis, Collamore, & Co. on Broadway in New York City.
Simply a top-shelf set of oyster plates...
Category
Early 20th Century French Edwardian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Ornate Antique Sterling Silver Pink Porcelain Vanity Powder Jar Trinket Box
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gorgeous trinket box or powder jar featuring an ornate scroll and lattice design sterling silver overlay over a pretty pink porcelain. The mark on the bottom is not legible.
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Sterling Silver
Royal Worcester pot pourri. Roses. F.Harper, c. 1919.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Royal Worcester porcelain pot pourri and cover, F. Harper, dated 1919. The globular pot pourri moulded with scroll work, framing a pierced gallery, and having twin gilt scroll handle...
Category
1910s English Victorian Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1940s Art Deco Porcelain Figure of a Woman on a Flower by Giovanni Ronzan
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A porcelain Figure in the center of a flower of a girl amazed at the sight of a small frog, titled "the flower" . Masterful execution and splendid choice of pastel colours. The Art D...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Baby Child with Picture Book, by Konrad Hentschel
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created:
Baby in a dress with legs outstretched sitting on the floor and looking at a picture book.
Modeling of the finest quality, extremely loving and lifelike details.
Modeller:
JULIUS KONRAD HENTSCHEL (Cologne 1872 - Meissen 1907)
studied at the academies in Munich and Dresden, worked as a modeler and porcelain painter, from 1889 in the Meissen manufactory.
Model U 149 was created 1904.
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1905
Style: Art Nouveau
Material: multicolored porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain
Hallmarked: underglaze blue Meissen Sword...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1920s Royal Dux Art Deco Flapper Nude Porcelain Figurine Elly Strobach mod. 3332
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A charming and well-modelled Royal Dux Art Deco figure of a nude female by Elly Strobach (b.1908), with soft bisque ivory flesh tones, beautifully detailed painting of the hair and hands, her knees bent with a gold material draped across her thighs. The gold detail continues on her shoes and her plinth.
There are impressed and printed marks and numbers to the underside: model 3332, the applied pink triangle...
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Pair of Limoges VP Veuve Perrin, hand painted and french silver vases
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
A lovely, Pair of VP Veuve Perrin limoges vases
Hand painted with detail at the base of the foot and mouth in French silver.
Measures:
22,5 centimeters high
20 centimeters long
12,5...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Sterling Silver
Royal Crown Derby porcelain vase and cover. Desire Leroy, d. 1897.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Royal Crown Derby porcelain vase and cover, painted by Desire Leroy, dated 1897. The Sevres style twin handled vase, hand painted with swags of flowers,...
Category
Early 1900s English Louis XV Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Porcelain Group 'Joy of Life' by J. Limburg Rosenthal Selb Germany Ca 1923
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely Rare Large Art Nouveau Group:
Monumental figure of Flora with chin-length hair in a long dress loosely embracing the beautiful body, her right foot resting on a low pedest...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany, Four Blue Onion Pattern Plates, Approx. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, four Blue Onion pattern plates.
Hand-painted.
Approx. 1900.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Third factory quality.
Dimension...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Tea Service, 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain tea service, 1900
Porcelain tea service with battle decoration signed and marked, in the Napoleon Bonaparte style, 1900
Measures: H: ...
Category
Early 1900s European Empire Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Three Plates, Blue Onion Pattern, Early 20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, three plates - Blue Onion pattern.
Early 20th century.
Marked.
First sorting.
Small plate in third grade.
Dimensions: D 18.0 and D 20.0 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Pink Indian, Set of Four Porcelain Plates. Approx. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Pink Indian, a set of four plates.
Hand painted in high quality.
Approx. 1900.
Marked.
Fifth factory quality.
In excellent condition with no signs of use.
Dimensions: ...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Flora Danica, Openwork Lunch Plate with Dandelion
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, Flora Danica, openwork lunch plate.
hand painted with dandelion.
Model number 20/3554
1920/30s.
First factory quality.
Stamped.
In perfect condition.
Measure...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Limoges Hand-Painted Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Hand-Painted Plate.
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two Sets of Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain Tea Cups and Saucers
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two sets of Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain tea cups and saucers in hand painted porcelain.
Model 1/76
Approx. 1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Second factory quali...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, four dinner plates in porcelain, 1920/30s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, four dinner plates in porcelain hand-painted with polychrome flowers and gold decoration.
Approx. 1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Di...
Category
1920s Danish 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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