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Porcelain For Sale
Collection of Five 19th C Spongeware Mixing Pottery Bowls
By American Sponge Ware Pottery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collection of Five 19th C Spongeware Mixing Bowls. This fine collection of blue spongeware pottery bowls are in good condition and sold as a group.
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Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Porcelain

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Pottery

Meissen, four dinner plates in porcelain with floral motifs and insects
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany. Four dinner plates in porcelain. Hand-painted with floral motifs and insects in blue. Approximately 1920s/1930s. Marked. First factory quality. In excellent conditi...
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1920s German Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Large Antique Porcelain Schneeballen Ewer by Meissen
Located in London, GB
Large antique porcelain Schneeballen ewer by Meissen German, Late 19th Century Height 62cm, width 37cm, depth 33cm Expertly fashioned by the esteemed Meissen porcelain manufactory, ...
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Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Printemps Pattern" Tureen with Handles
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Printemps pattern" tureen with handles Herend Hungary tureen, hand painted Porcelain with the Printemps pattern with lemon on top of the lid, floral decor ...
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20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Zsolnay Vase in Cream-Colored Porcelain with Hand-Painted Flowers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Zsolnay vase in cream-coloured porcelain with hand-painted flowers and gold decoration. Late 20th century. Measures: 20 x 9 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.
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Late 20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Blue and White Hand Decorated Porcelain Ginger Jar, 20th
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, hand painted all-over stylized foliate decoration with central double happy symbol, 20th century, beautiful object of art for dis...
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20th Century Chinese Porcelain

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Set of Six Porcelain Coffee Cups by Ginori Doccia Pittoria from the 1940s
Located in Milano, MI
Set of 6 hand-painted porcelain coffee cups by Ginori Doccia, Pittoria manufacture, made in the 1940s Saucer: Ø cm 11 Ginori 1735 is an Italian luxury goods company founded in 1735...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Zebras Porcelain Dinner Plate by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Contemporary dinner plate 'Zebras' designed by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans, a magical trip in an Ottoman world made of exotic animals and ch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Qing Dynasty Green Pink Ginger Jar “Gemberpot”, Rose Family
Located in Valladolid, ES
Extraordinary hand-painted Chinese porcelain ginger jar with lid, made during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875), of the Rose Family type. Rose Family is the name given in ...
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1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Mid-19th Century French Perfume Holder Figures Jacob Petit Manufactory
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This pair of perfume holder figures was produced in the mid-19th century by the well-known Parisian ceramist Jacob Petit (Paris 1796-1868). Couple made up of a man and a woman in typ...
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1850s French Rococo Revival Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

H & R Daniel Dessert Service, Floral with Lilac Sprigging, Regency, 1824
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning dessert service made by H&R Daniel in 1824. The set consists of a large centre piece comport, two sauce comports (without covers), four large rectangular dishes, f...
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1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Spode Imperial China Dessert Service, Frog Pattern in Mauve, Regency circa 1828
Located in London, GB
This is a very striking part dessert service made by Spode in about 1828, which is the Regency era. It is made of Spode's Imperial China and has the Frog pattern in mauve/purple. It consists of a high footed comport...
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1820s English Regency Antique Porcelain

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Ironstone

Limoges Porcelain Tableware, 56 Pieces
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Limoges porcelain tableware with floral decoration and gilding comprising 56 pieces: 24 flat plates, 10 small plates, 12 soup plates, one soup tureen or vegetable dish , on...
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Mid-20th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Limoges Porcelain Tableware, 56 Pieces
Limoges Porcelain Tableware, 56 Pieces
$578 Sale Price / set
27% Off
Antique Reticulated Chinese Famille Rose Medallion Porcelain Bowl or Basket
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This antique late Qing handpainted oval shaped reticulated Chinese export porcelain Famille Rose Medallion bowl with underplate is a stunning piece o...
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1850s Qing Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Set Of 7 Fayence Plates "The Work Of The Campaign", France, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
This wonderful set of seven plates are made of opaque porcelain, beautifully painted, each with an individual scene of the work of the campaign at the late 19th century. Stamped at ...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Porcelain

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Meissen, Germany. Five porcelain plates with floral motifs and gold rims
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany. Five porcelain plates. Hand-painted with polychrome floral motifs, gold rim. Approximately 1920s/1930s. Marked. First factory quality. Perfect condition. Dimensions...
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1920s German Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Villeroy & Boch, Design Gérard Laplau, Set of Six Porcelain Plates
Located in København, Copenhagen
Villeroy & Boch, design Gérard Laplau. A set of six porcelain plates with motifs of families, villages and biblical scenes in a naive style. Measuring:...
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20th Century German Folk Art Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Summer Bjorn Wiinblad Four Seasons Plate For Rosenthal Studio-Line
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage wall plate “The Seasons” “Summer” by ROSENTHAL Germany Studio-Line. Limited edtion designed by Bjorn Wiinblad. Brilliant colours, very impressive! Gorgeous plate that will fit into any interior with dignity! It will be very beneficial to attract the eyes of your guests! Bjorn Wiinblad is one of Denmark’s most famous artists. He traveled the world exhibiting his work, creating theatrical scenery and tapestries, and painting its lovely girls with pert noses and almond-shaped eyes on cups, jugs and dishes. Bjorn Wiinblad was an extraordinary personality with an enormous art...
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20th Century German Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Wedgwood Daisy Makeig-Jones Fairyland Lustre Gilt Celestial Dragon Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English lustreware porcelain bowl. By Wedgwood. Designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones. With a mottled blue exterior and mottled celadon interior. Decorated throughout wit...
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Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Bloor Derby Pair of Porcelain Figures, Stag and Doe, circa 1765-1820
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming pair of porcelain figures of a stag and a doe, probably cast by Derby in about 1760 and decorated by Bloor Derby in 1820. The figures are a simple white porce...
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1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester Porcelain Entrée Dish c.1815 - 1820
Located in Exeter, GB
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester Porcelain Entrée Dish c.1815 - 1820. Formed of three oval shaped sections, the domed lid with Strawberry moulded finial hightened in gold, the inner...
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19th Century British Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Set of 6 Herend Hand-Painted Cup and Saucer Sets – Various Patterns
Located in Morristown, NJ
Set of 6 Herend Hand-Painted Cup and Saucer Sets – Various Patterns This exquisite set of six Herend porcelain cup and saucer sets showcases a stunning variety of hand-painted desig...
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1950s Hungarian Baroque Revival Vintage Porcelain

Materials

Gold

Rosenthal Andy Warhol featuring Beethoven Glass Plate
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Rosenthal Glass Plate, featuring Beethoven by Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time. Shortly before his death in 1987, Warhol created a serie of portr...
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1980s German Modern Vintage Porcelain

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Glass, Cut Glass

Chinese Export Kangxi Period Teapot Hand Painted Imari Pattern, Circa 1710
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good early Chinese Teapot and matching cover from the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period ( 1662 to 1722) which we date to Circa 1710. The teapot has a globular form on a sho...
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Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Famille Noir Mille Fleur Assembled Service
Located in Austin, TX
A large assembled set of Chinese porcelain mille fleur wares. The set featuring a full tea service, as well as various plates, cups, and saucers. All piece...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Large Dish or Plate 11+ins dia Porcelain Blue & White, Yongzheng Ca 1730
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand-painted Chinese Export porcelain blue and white, large deep plate or dish which we date to the Qing, early 18th Century, Yongzheng period, Circa 1730. The...
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Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Country Style Porcelain Bowl Easter Bunny Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter bunny figure with grey spots in country style. The bunny is sitting in th...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Country Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica lunch plate in porcelain with flowers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration. Model: 20/3572 Dating: 1960 Latin name. In perfect condition. First factory qua...
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1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Five Antique Meissen Porcelain Plates with Hand Painted Flowers & Gilt C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Five Antique Meissen Porcelain Plates with Hand Painted Garden Flowers & Gilt Highlights, en Verso Maker Mark, C1900 Measures - 1.5"h x 9.75"diam
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Early 20th Century European Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Porcelain Urn Snake Handles Amphora, Germany
Located in New York, NY
An antique Meissen porcelain urn with snake handles amphora, circa early-20th century, Germany. This Meissen urn is hard-paste porcelain, hand painted, fea...
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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...
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Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Nymphenburg Porcelain Pearl King's Service for 12 Königsservice Perl 70 pieces
By Nymphenburg Porcelain, Dominikus Auliczek
Located in Lausanne, CH
Pearl Service also known as Bavarian Royal Service. A dinner service for 12 people, by the Royal Nymphenburg porcelain factory, designed circa 1792 by court sculptor Dominik Aulicze...
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20th Century German Louis XVI Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Hungary Porcelain Apponyi Brown Ram Head Cachepot
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain apponyi brown ram head cachepot. Herend Hungary porcelain cachepot in pattern Apponyi Brown with ram heads as handles M...
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20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Large Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Charger Imari Style Qianlong Era Ca. 1760
Located in Katonah, NY
This large Chinese Imari porcelain charger dates to the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty, circa 1760. It is finely crafted with a beautiful, glossy white glaze and hand-painted in...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

3 Herend of Hungary Porcelain Dishes, Apponyi Pattern in Raspberry & 24ct Gold
Located in London, GB
Presenting for sale a set of three beautiful Herend of Hungary small oval dishes that can be used as Pin Trays, Ring/ Jewellery Dishes, Ash Trays, Bon-Bon Dishes or just as a piece o...
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1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain

Materials

Gold Plate

Rosenthal Group Fritz Heidenreich Porcelain Figurine "PARROT" Marked ARA-1670
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
The extraordinary parrot can be identified as a Mealy parrot, the largest of the Amazonas found on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. They are distinuished from the Red-lored parrots by the absence of the red markings on the forehead and their large white eye ring. This classic Rosenthal porcelain has richly colored feathers in green, blue and red. It was a creation of the artist Fritz Heidenreich (1895-1966). His name appears on the top base of the piece as, Fheidenreich. Underneath the base is the stamp bearing the name, Rosenthal Group...
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Late 20th Century German Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Qing Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Lidded Jar w/ Shuang-xi or Double Happiness
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome Chinese porcelain lidded-urn or jar with baluster-form, and hand painted cobalt blue decoration of "shuang-xi" or "double happiness" symbol representing happiness in marri...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain

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Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti "Mitologia" Cocktail or Glass Coasters, Set of Eight
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Piero Fornasetti "Mitologia" set of 8 bar or drink coasters, circa 1970's. This stylish set of cocktail coasters were produced exclusively for the New York City department store Bonw...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Dervishes Porcelain Dinner Plate by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Contemporary dinner plate 'Dervishes' designed by Vito Nesta for Les-Ottomans, a magical trip in an ottoman world made of exotic animals and characters such as dervishes, dancers, so...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Late Georgian Derby Desert Dish Heart Shaped Porcelain Gilded Ptn, Circa 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful porcelain heart shaped Desert dish, hand painted and gilded in a sprig pattern, made by the Derby factory, in the late Georgian period, circa 1825. This dish has been hand decorated in a French influenced "Chantilly" pattern consisting of scattered sprigs painted in green and gold, with further rich hand gilding around the rim. The dish has the printed Derby Crown mark, in red together with the "D" below. A similar shaped Derby heart shaped dish...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Porcelain Deep Dish with "JA" Cypher
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Deep Dish with "JA" Cypher, American Market, Circa 1785 The Chinese Export porcelain dish is of an unusual shaped oval deep small basin. The rim has a gree...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Porcelain Lidded Tureen with Hand-Painted Flowers and Gold Edge
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen porcelain lidded tureen with hand-painted flowers and gold edge. Lid modelled with flowers and foliage. 1920s. Measures: 22 x 13 x 13 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped...
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1920s German Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Tuscan, England, Coffee Service in Pink Porcelain with Gold Decoration
Located in København, Copenhagen
Tuscan, England, coffee service in pink porcelain with gold decoration consisting of coffee pot, creamer and sugar bowl. Fine English Bone China. Approx. 1930/40s. In perfect cond...
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1930s British Vintage Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Art Nouveau Austrian RH Porcelain Floral & Gilt Hand Painted Melon Vase
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Art Nouveau Austrian RH Porcelain Floral & Gilt Hand Painted Melon Vase with Poppies, c1920 Measures - 5"h x 6"w x 6"d
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Le Mieux 7 Piece 24kt Gold Porcelain Set
By Le Mieux
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning Le Mieux 7 Piece 24kt gold Porcelain set. Marked for “Le Mieux China …. 24karat gold … hand decorated” The Set consists of a...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Porcelain

Materials

Gold Plate

Le Mieux 7 Piece 24kt Gold Porcelain Set
Le Mieux 7 Piece 24kt Gold Porcelain Set
$2,850 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Zsolnay Hungarian Floral Reticulated Porcelain Vase with Cobalt Blue Panels
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and elegant Hungarian porcelain twin handled vase with floral reticulated designs and contrasting blue glazed panelling by renowned maker Zsolnay and dating from around 1...
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1890s Hungarian Art Nouveau Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Italian Richard Ginori Porcelain Bowl Roman Gold from Firenze, Large
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful Italian porcelain oblong bowl with flower and leaf design and authentic Roman yellow gold by Ginori, Firenze (Florence), Italy, circa earl...
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Early 20th Century Italian Porcelain

Materials

Gold

Lebanon, Coffee Set with Six Contemporary Porcelains with Decorative Design
Located in Milano, Lombardia
In Lebanon collection a different landscape depicts the local coasts, ruins, and architecture in black and white, with a sophisticated rim decoration that showcases blueprints of tra...
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2010s Italian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Worcester Porcelain Plate, Flower Sprays by James Giles, ca 1770
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful large plate made by Worcester in about 1770 in their First or the "Dr Wall" period. The plate has a pleasing slightly lobed rim, a white ground and beautifully pa...
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1770s English George III Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Hand Painted and Gilt Porcelain Teapot C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Hand Painted and Gilt Porcelain Teapot C1890 Measures - 5.75"H x 8.75"W x 5.25"D
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Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Hornsea Tapestry coffee set, Coffee pot, cups and saucers, 2 jugs, 15 pc, 1970s
Located in London, GB
Sarah Vardy (British) ‘Tapestry’ coffee set Designed 1973, produced by Hornsea, UK Set comprises coffee pot with lid, six cups and saucers, milk jug, cream jug Ceramic Overall, ver...
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1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Vintage Hand Painted Staffordshire-Style Dog Spaniels
Located in Portsmouth, VA
Meet this charming pair of Staffordshire-style spaniels—your new favorite way to add a touch of timeless character to your home! With their glossy coats, hand-painted details, and ju...
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Mid-20th Century American Porcelain

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Porcelain

6 Rare Breakfast Bowls - Pall - Stig Lindberg - Gustavsberg 1963 - Pink Apples
Located in Stockholm, SE
6 breakfast bowls of model Pall designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsberg in 1963, they are 17 cm (6.8") in diameter. They are all in mint condition except from one that has a black m...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain

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Porcelain

Austrian Royal Vienna Angelica Kauffman Porcelain Hand Painted Cabinet Plate 19c
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality early Edwardian signed Austrian Royal Vienna cabinet shallow dish plate of circular outline. Last quarter of the nineteenth century. Unsigned but firmly...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Porcelain

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Qing Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Lidded Jar w Hand Painted Five-Clawed Dragon
Located in Miami, FL
A very beautiful Chinese porcelain baluster-shaped jar with lid and knob, painted in underglaze blue crackle with hand-painted cobalt blue and white decorations depicting a two-horne...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

Dresden Ambrosius Lamm Footed Cups and Dessert Plates Set for 10 Hand Painted
Located in Austin, TX
Amazing hand painted porcelain set of footed cups /saucers and matching dessert plates made by famous Ambrosius Lamm studio in Dresden. Set includes 10 footed cups, 10 saucers and 10 dessert plates. Beautiful porcelain pedestal cups and plates are 360 degree panoramic painted with romantic scenes and decorated with raised gold technique. Scenes present Rococo era people relaxing in beautiful landscapes, some engaged in courtship, some playing musical instruments. The inside of the scalloped rim plates feature beautiful gilt work including swags, garlands, crosshatch and a highly decorative monogram, all with raised gilt paste embellishment. Cups are truly pieces of art.. Three of ten cups are gilt with raised gold decoration inside, other seven cups have colored luster inside with raised gold on the rim. Matching saucers have beading, raised gold flowers decoration and a monogram in the middle. Marked under the glaze blue with lamb mark for Ambrosius Lamm Studio, Dresden. Condition - generally great condition with imperfections natural to its age and use. Plates: 9 plates are in great/excellent condition, minor gilt wear natural to its age and use. Monograms have darker patina. One plate has a Y shape hairline on the back invisible on the face side, the same plate has a tiny chip on the rim visible with close up inspection (see the photo). Cups: 6 cups are in excellent/great condition, minor gilt wear natural to its age and use. Four cups - green, pink and 2 whites have a tiny imperfections on the rim, one on each cup ( see the last photo, it combines 4 cups rims ). No hairlines, no breaks.. One white cup has dark patina on gold inside the cup. Saucers: 9 saucers are in excellent/ great condition. One pink saucer...
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1910s German Vintage Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Germany Versace Porcelain Black, Red, White, Gold Medusa 2 Part Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely Rosenthal Studio LIne Germany porcelain 2 part round box was designed by the Versace Home Collection and has the fabulous Medusa head and from the Medusa collection. It i...
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2010s German Regency Revival Porcelain

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Porcelain

Kangxi Period Chinese Plate Porcelain Blue & White Chenghua Mark, Circa 1680
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain blue and white Dish or Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period ( 1662-1722), dating to Circa 1680 or slightly earlier This is a well potted dish with 16 lobes or ribs, a wavy barbed rim, a very well cut foot rim and a very white glaze. The plate is very finely hand painted in a free flowing style, characteristic of the period, in varying shades of a clear cobalt blue, from the very dark to the very light blue. The central well is hand decorated with an iconic outdoor...
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Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain

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Porcelain

La Menagerie Ottomane Giraffe Porcelain Dinner Plate, Handmade in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Discover the fascinating world of exotic animals once hidden within the Sultan’s palaces, often gifted by foreign dignitaries and treasured as symbols of wonder and prestige. La Mena...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

18th C Chinese Porcelain Plate Blue & White Hand Painted, Qing Qianlong Ca 1770
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand painted blue and white Chinese porcelain plate, dating to the second half of the 18th century, circa 1770, the Qing Qianlong dynasty. This very good condition of this...
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18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique 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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