Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
1810s German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century American Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Porcelain
1950s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Porcelain
1980s Danish Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Porcelain
Porcelain
1860s Austrian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Thai Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Porcelain
Porcelain, Paint
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Porcelain
Porcelain, Paint
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Porcelain
Porcelain
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Metal
1920s Czech Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1980s Finnish Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1860s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1990s Japanese Showa Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century German International Style Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1850s Qing Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century French Louis XVI Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain
Porcelain
1980s French Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Asian Napoleon III Porcelain
Bronze
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Porcelain
2010s Italian Porcelain
Porcelain
1910s German Vintage Porcelain
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1970s Japanese Showa Vintage 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.





