Porcelain
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Maiolica
Late 18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1960s German Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 1900s Japanese Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Paint, Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain
Porcelain
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1860s German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1980s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1890s English Campaign Antique Porcelain
Porcelain, Ironstone
1990s Italian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Porcelain
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Ormolu
19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain
Meissen
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century French Empire Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Porcelain
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery
19th Century British Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
1840s English Regency Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s Czech Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Porcelain
Gold Plate
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century German Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1950s American Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Chinoiserie Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Porcelain
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.





