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Porcelain For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1930s
Porcelain Group 'Capriccio' Boy on Ibex Rosenthal Selb Germany Circa 1914
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable Art Nouveau Figure Group by Rosenthal.
Naked faun-like boy sitting on the back of an ibex, straining his upper body backwards and supporting himself with both arms on the h...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau 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
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
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
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
2000s Ceramika Artystyczna “Enchanted Haven” Covered Baker Casserole Dish w/Lid
Located in Naples, FL
Excellent condition! handmade in Poland;“Enchanted Haven” pattern, a multicolored traditional folk design; a useful addition to your kitchen decor or stunning along with any disposal...
Category
Early 20th Century Polish 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
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
Royal Copenhagen Saxon Flower Special Version, Eight Rare Deep Plates
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Saxon flower special version.
Eight rare deep plates with hand-painted flowers and gold decoration. Approx. 1900.
Measures: 25 x 4.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Two Limoges France Oyster Plate French Vintage Porcelain
By Limoges
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of 2 vintage French oyster plates. Each oyster plate features 6 wells for oysters. They are marked at the back. Nice addition to you...
Category
Early 20th Century French 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
Meissen, a Set of Three Blue Onion Dinner Plates, circa. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, a set of three blue onion dinner plates.
Approx. 1900.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Marked.
Dimensions: D 25.0 x H 3.5 ...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
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
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
Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori Maritime Vase, Seascape with Boat, Italy, 1930
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori Italian Vase (circa 1930) decorated with a maritime scene of a ship at sea, signed to base and further marked
overall: 6 x 5 3/4 inches
Provenance: Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gio Ponti for Ginori Shallow Bowls, Il Circo
By Gio Ponti
Located in Riverdale, NY
Set of 5 Il Circo (circus) shallow bowls from the mid 1930's Italy designed by Gio Ponti for Ginori. Each decorated with a charming Modernist figure of a circus performer.
5.5" x 1". 1930's Italy. Matching tea cups...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Minton for Tiffany & Co. Porcelain Dessert Plates with Gold Gilt Rims, Twelve
By Tiffany & Co., Minton
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of twelve Art Deco dessert plates with gold gilt border
By Minton for Tiffany & Co.
England, Circa 1930s
Measures: 9"W x 9"D...
Category
1930s English Art Deco 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
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
Meissen, Germany, Three Porcelain Plates Hand Painted with Floral Motifs
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Three porcelain plates hand-painted with various floral motifs and gold rim.
Approx. 1930s.
In perfect condition.
Second and third factory quality.
Marked.
Dim...
Category
1930s German Vintage 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
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
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 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
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
Art Deco 1930s French “Curacao” Figural Russian Soldier Flask by Robj Paris
By ROBJ
Located in London, GB
An Art Deco 1930s 'Coda Collection' anthropomorphic flask, container or decanter modelled as a Russian figure. This "Curacao" liqueur flask was manufa...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Cork
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
Large German Hutschenreuther Porcelain Empire Style Vase
Located in Vilnius, LT
Large german Hutschenreuther porcelain empire style cobalt blue vase with handles and hand painted in gold decor.
Decorated with mythological sc...
Category
Early 20th Century German 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
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
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
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
KPM Berlin Porcelain Plaque 'L'Escarpolette' After Joseph Coomans, circa 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain painting: Representation of Greek-antique architecture with playing nymphs and putti, partly on a swing, watched by a young woman who leans her elbows on a parapet and puts her head in her hands, on the right a tree and banana plants.
Exquisite porcelain painting in a gilded wooden frame, after the painting 'L'escarpolette' by the Belgian painter Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans...
Category
Early 1900s German Romantic 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 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
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
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
Set of Six Haviland & Co. Limoges Oyster Plate French Vintage Porcelain
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of 6 vintage French oyster plates. Each oyster plate features 6 wells for oysters and one at the center for lemons or a dip. They ar...
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Augarten Vienna Lidded Oil Pot Candy Box Baroque Style Chinese Decor Du Paquier
Located in Vienna, AT
We invite you here to look at a splendid as well as rarest Augarten Vienna Porcelain item.
It is a two-handled as well as lidded oil pot or candy box, made in Baroque style, strongly influenced by Asian (Chinese) art. Its wall made of white porcelain is abundantly decorated with finest patterns made in the technique of the relief, consisting of:
-- flowers' blossoms with leaves
-- abstract ornaments of architectural shape.
This pot was once created circa 1725 in Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, directed by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier...
Category
1930s Austrian Chinoiserie 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
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
Spode Copeland English Fine Porcelain B233 Art Nouveau Vase
Located in Nottingham, GB
Spode Copeland English Fine Porcelain B233 Art Nouveau Vase
Very good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Tile Panel with Florale Decoration with Carafe and 6 Shot Glasses
By Scailmont
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau tile panel with Florale Decoration with Carafe and 6 Shot Glasses
In very nice used condition, circa 1900.
Beautiful Art Nouveau glazed porcelain tableau framed by Meta...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain
Materials
Chrome
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
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
Meissen, Pink Indian, Four Dinner Plates in Porcelain, Approx. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Pink Indian, a set of four dinner plates.
Hand painted in high quality.
Approx. 1900.
Marked.
Third factory quality.
In excellent condition with no signs of use.
Dimen...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century French Fine Porcelain Blue Chocolate Box by Limoge Signed Leroux
Located in Sofia, BG
An elegant round chocolate box made in Fine blue porcelain with figures of a Goddess and two angels hiding by the clouds. Floral decoration from the side in blue and white again. Ver...
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
French Blue and Gold Soft-Boiled Egg Service, Porcelain Limoges, France, 1928
By Limoges
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pretty soft-boiled egg service including 6 egg cups and a matching Limoges porcelain tray.
Decorated with small pink, orange and purple flowers.
Striking colors of French Blue as well as several gold edgings on the outside and inside of the egg cups. The interior gold edging of the egg cups and tray are finely crafted.
Stamped Limoges Unique...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage 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
Art deco porcelain pot hand painted germany around 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
Art deco porcelain pot hand painted germany around 1930s
Original condition
Category
1930s Art Deco 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
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
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
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
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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