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Porcelain For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Rococo
Meissen Mandarin Duck Max Esser Art Deco
By Meissen Porcelain, Max Esser
Located in Newark, England
Chinese Mandarin Duck
From our Ceramics collection, we are delighted to offer this Meissen Mandarin Duck Modelled by Max Esser. The Meissen Mandarin Duck beautifully sculpted in nat...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dr Wall First Period Worcester Sugar Box England Circa 1775
Located in Katonah, NY
This 18th-century First Period Worcester Porcelain sugar box was hand painted featuring beautiful swags painted with green leaves, purple berries, and two-tone blue and yellow apples...
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Late 18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chelsea-Derby Chocolate Cup Set, Gilt Stripes, Puce Flowers, Rococo 1770-1775
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful chocolate cup set made by Chelsea-Derby between 1770 and 1775, which was the Rococo era. The set consists of a cup, a saucer and a cover, and is decorated in a st...
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1770s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Unmarked Sevres Hand-Painted Porcelain Plaque, Hand Carved Frame
Located in Vero Beach, FL
A circa 1880 masterpiece of a young couple feeding doves. This is a superb example of a 19th century unmarked Sèvres hand painted porcelain plaque. Signed by the artist R. Deniau. Th...
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1870s French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
"Breton Fishing Village, " Art Deco Masterpiece Vase by Leduc for Sevres, 1934
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest pieces of Art Deco porcelain we have ever seen, and probably the greatest work ever executed by Adrien Leduc for Sevres, this large double-gourd vase depicts in gre...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen 'Pair of Thrushes' , Models 1023 & 649
Located in Maidstone, GB
Meissen 'Pair of Thrushes' , Models 1023 & 649, 20th Century versions
Both birds (one a Song Thrush , the other Fieldfare) perched on tree stumps bases with flower decoration. Blue...
Category
Late 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Splendour Clock With Gardener Figures On Pedestal by Leuteritz, Ca 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
The clock and the pedestal were designed by Leuteritz using old forms in the Rococo style:
The clock case rises on a rock base with gold heightened rocailles, richly decorated with d...
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1880s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen 'Spanish Lovers' , Model 230
Located in Maidstone, GB
Meissen figure group of 'Spanish Lovers'
The girl with blue bodice and floral pattern skirt, her companion with red coloured jacket and matching gilt-edged knee breeches, underglaz...
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Late 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Waldstein Porcelain Tete a Tete Service from the 1950s
By Herend
Located in Milano, MI
Coffee service for two with porcelain tray by Herend Waldstein, made in the 1950s
Tray: Ø cm 36 h cm 15,5
Herend porcelain is among the most prestigious and sought after in the wor...
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1950s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
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
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Figure of Female Ranelagh Dancer, Rococo 1759-1769
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a sublimely made porcelain figure of the female "Ranelagh Dancer", made by Derby between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The figure would originally have had a male ...
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1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gio Ponti Cups and Coffee Pot Designed for the Victoria Lloyd Triestino Ship
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of cups and coffee pot belonging to the porcelain service created by Gio Ponti - Richard Ginori for Lloyd Triestino's ship Victoria in the 1930s.
The first ship Victoria was bu...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 1920s Sevres Art Deco Urns
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Art Deco vases of baluster form with covers. A beautiful glaze in various blue, aqua, green and gold tones. The vase is raised on gilt bronze feet and marked C.H Sevres. Thes...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Meissen 'Pantalone and Columbine' , Model 279
Located in Maidstone, GB
Meissen figure group of 'Pantalone and Columbine'
Columbine seated holding a mask under her right arm, wearing a pink-lined green cloak and Pantalone in a salmon pink-lined cloak, ...
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Late 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen 'Pair at Ball' , Model 550
Located in Maidstone, GB
Meissen Figures at a Ball , Model No 550, 20th Century version
Cavalier with the Polish Order of the White Eagle in his hand (here as a golden box), the lady with a cross pendant (...
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Late 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Augarten 'Melon' Art Déco Mocha Set, Designed By Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
In 1929, Josef Hoffmann, founder of the legendary 'Wiener Werkstätte, designed this world-famous mocha service. Hoffmann was one of the greatest designers of the 20th century and a m...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Figure of Shepherdess with Garlanded Lamb, ca 1760
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a charming Derby figure of a shepherdess with a garlanded lamb, made in or shortly after 1760. The figure is one half of a set called the "Garland...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland Limoges Hand Painted Art Deco Porcelain Plates Water Lilies
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Set of 4 unique, antique plates was made by Haviland & Cie in Limoges, France. The plates were hand painted by a professional artist in a decorating studio with Art Deco motif of fi...
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Late 19th Century French Art Deco Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Limoges Coffee Tea Dessert Set
By Limoges
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco embellished china Dessert Set for Coffee or Tea from the company Vielle Abbaye in Limoges France. This set is impeccable and includes a...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen milk jug and cover, circa 1760
Located in Maidstone, GB
Meissen milk jug and cover, of baluster shape with wishbone handle and shell spout, painted with two park scene's beneath osier neck and cover, floral top, c.1760, height 16cm, under...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Le Tallec Set of 4 Demitasse Cups and Matching Tray with Profuse Raised Gilding
Located in Boston, MA
This is an exquisite Le Tallec set that includes four demitasse cups and saucers with a tray with a matching pattern. All the cups and saucers and the tray are embellished in raised profuse gilding with curves and scrolls in a rococo style. The tray is 13.5 inches in diameter. This demitasse set is very rare and would be a wonderful addition to any coffee lover or demitasse collector. Price of Le Tallec set-$1500.00.
Camille Le Tallec was born in Paris in 1906. In 1929, he graduated from the Ecole du Louvre. In 1930, he opened his studio in Belleville, Paris, which became the Atelier Le Tallec. At his studio, his goal was to paint his porcelain pieces beautifully like Vincennes or Sevres porcelains. Most of the Le Tallec boxes...
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1950s French Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Royal Copenhagen Pekingese Puppy, Number 448
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare Royal Copenhagen Pekingese puppy. Number 448. Measures: Height 14.5 cm. 17 cm. long.
Factory first and in excellent condition. Artist Erik Nie...
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1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Porcelain Figure Group 'Smeraldina & Truffaldino', Augarten Vienna, Ca. 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a 'gallant couple' in clothing with harlequin decoration, the lady in an elegantly cut dress with hat, looking to the side and offering her hand to the gallant for a kis...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland Limoges Demitasse Cup and Saucer Set Bone China, Art Deco
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Haviland Limoges demitasse cup and saucer set was made for Wright Tindale & Van Roden, high end store in Philadelphia that specialized...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sauce Boat, Double-Handled, Worcester, circa 1756
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A double-handled sauce boat, moulded with leaves and shells, probably after a silver example. A delightful example of restrained rococo design.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figurine Spanish Dancer With Fan And Castanet, by Paul Scheurich, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen Porcelain Figurine:
Dancer in a skirt puffed out around the hips with a tight, strapless and backless top with golden buttons, posing with a fan and castanet, a s...
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1940s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Rare Shelly Porcelain Novelty Tea Pot, c 1930 Designed by Mable Lucy Attwell
By Shelly Shelly
Located in Central England, GB
A Rare Shelly Porcelain Novelty Tea Pot, Circa 1930 Designed by Mable Lucy Attwell
A rare porcelain Shelly novelty teapot in the form of a house. Stan...
Category
20th Century English Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
White and Blue Porcelain Breakfast Boards, Set of Six, Germany
Located in Barntrup, DE
White and blue porcelain breakfast boards, set of six, Germany, circa the 1930s.
A beautiful set of six porcelain breakfast boards, butterboards, or breadboards. Five boards are deco...
Category
1930s German Rococo Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Cows Chelsea Porcelain, Set/Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and rare pair/set of antique English porcelain hand-painted cows by Chelsea Porcelain company, circa 18th-century, 1756 - 1769, England. Cows/bovine with detailed horns a...
Category
Late 18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Splendour Clock 'The Four Seasons' by E.A. Leuteritz, Around 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
The clock case was designed by Ernst August Leuteritz using old moulds in the Rococo style: The clock case rises on a base with gold-highlighted rocailles, richly decorated with deli...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Charles Catteau for Boch Freres Keramis, Set of Small Bowl and Small Plate
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Extremely rare faience small bowl and small plate are hand-painted on ecru background with Art Deco style orange and yellow flowers and green le...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Art Deco Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine The Korean Dancer H566
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large porcelain figurine was manufactured by the Rosenthal Porcelain Factory and is entitled 'Korean Dancer' and made in circa 1927 in the period Art Deco style. This figurine was designed by the Austrian sculptor Constantin Holzer-Decanti who worked for the factory until 1927 and was inspired by the well known dancer, Anita Berber...
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Jeweled Tree Vase. Wedgwood, circa 1980
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Fabulous baluster-shaped vase decorated with Jewelled Tree pattern. Panels to the sides depicting "Cat and Mouse" and "Copper Trees". From the late 20th century lustre revival.
Prob...
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Late 20th Century English Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori Le Mie Donne Plate 1937
Located in Hanover, MA
Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori Le Mie Donne in gold on scalloped edge white porcelain plate. marked and numbered on bottom.
Le Mie Donne is the first family of decorations designed by Giò Ponti. Ponti made important alterations to the Le Mie Donne series over the years, having the designs applied to piattelle (wall plates) and large and small jar-shaped and oval vases. With the aim of proposing a style that would suit Parisian tastes, on the occasion of the Exposition Nationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925, Ponti tried to blend the revival of classicism with Art Deco. The Le Mie Donne series consists of three compositions: Women on clouds, Women among ropes and Women on flowers. The women on clouds were the first of these to be designed and presented in the form of samples at the exhibition in Monza in 1923. The designs for this series are composed of sketches of buildings...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Early Meissen Rococo Group 'Love and Indulgence' by J.C. Schönheit, Ca 1840
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain genre group:
Young mother seated on a magnificent Louis XVI-style armchair, her left foot set down on a low stool, a boy lying on his stomach on her left thigh, his white shirt slipped up to reveal his bare buttocks, which the mother has probably just struck with the cane in her left hand, to her right a girl in a dress and hat decorated with feathers, clasping her mother's arm so that she can no longer strike the boy.
The group is based on an oval pedestal with gold heightened frieze decoration on the sides.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
This model was based on drawings by Johann Eleazar Zeissig, known as 'Schenau' (1737-1806).
Designed by JOHANN CARL SCHÖNHEIT (1730 - 1805) in 1788
started working as an apprentice in the Meissen factory in 1741 and has been in a responsible position since 1768. For more than 20 years, Schönheit was an employee of both J.J. Kändler as well as from M.V. Acier, who entered the Meissen factory in 1762. After Kändler's death in 1775, Schönheit was head of the model department until 1794.
Design of the model in 1788
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1840
Material: white porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain, finest hand painting
Dimensions:
height: 25,5 cm / 10.03 in
width: 18,0 cm / 7.08 in
depth: 16,0 cm / 6.29 in
Marks:
Blue Meissen crossed sword mark
Model number: I 66 / former's number 35 / painter Da..
Bibliography:
Thomas & Sabine Bergmann, Meissen Artist's - Figures / Erlangen Germany 2014, Model numbers A1 - Z99, page 31...
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Early 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of lustre Trumpet Vases with Butterflies. Wedgwood, circa 1925
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of large trumpet vases, decorated with 'grotesque' butterflies on a mother-of-pearl lustre ground.
Probably the best of Wedgwood's female de...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1920s Danish Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Crab Bowl or Ashtray
Located in Barcelona, ES
A funny Royal Copenhagen porcelain basket bowl, dish or ashtray with a highly decorative crab figurine, Denmark, circa 1923.
This piece is in excellent condition and it is stamped wi...
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20th Century Danish Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland & Suzanne Lalique Coffee Set Limoges Porcelain
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Coffee Set made in Limoges porcelain by Haviland and Suzanne Lalique.
All pieces are signed.
All pieces are in perfect condition.
Service including:
- 6 cups and 6 saucers
- 1 co...
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Early 2000s French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Group 'The Good Father' by J.C. Schönheit, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain genre group:
The father in domestic garb (housecoat over elaborate house clothes, slippers, high cap) sitting on a cushioned bench and busy supervising hi...
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Late 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco French Porcelain Box
Located in Paris, FR
Zoomorphic enameled porcelain polychrome box represents a fennec fox.
Manufactured by Théodore Haviland Porcelain, model was created in 1921 by great Swiss...
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1970s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of 2-Storey Meissen Porcelain Centerpieces With Gardener Children, Ca. 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of delicate porcelain centrepieces on a high, round base with curved boss decoration, the shaft divided by bead-like extensions, above two tiers in the form of two differently s...
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1860s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chelsea Porcelain Oval Dish with Red Anchor C-1752-56 with Fruits and Insects
Located in Katonah, NY
This gorgeous Chelsea Porcelain botanical dish was hand painted in England circa 1752-1756.
The polychrome enamels depict fruits: apples, pears, plums, melons, and, in the center, a ...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
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Porcelain
Pair Antique 18th C. Meissen Porcelain Dulong Variant Molded Plates with Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Meissen Dulong Variant plates.
By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays to the center and sides including ros...
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18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
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Porcelain
French Art Deco Limoges Porcelaine by Raynaud Tea and Coffee Service
By Limoges
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful coffee and tea service from the 1930s in Limoges porcelain by Raynaud (stamp under each piece), consisting of a teapot, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, 12 coffee cups and their s...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
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Porcelain
French Art deco Limoges Porcelaine Coffee Service, 1925s
By Limoges
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful coffee service with their Limoges porcelain saucers dating from 1925 in good condition.
Pretty pink color and blue and yellow flowers.
Just one cup is slightly cracked...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
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Porcelain
Antique Mayer & Sherratt (Trade Name Melba China )
By Thomas Mayer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Mayer & Sherratt (Trade Name Melba
China) set of six cake/salad plates in the Imari pattern.
Mayer & Sherratt manufactured china at the Clifton works in Stafford street, Long...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
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Gold Leaf
19th Century Viennese Porcelain Figural Cherub Jardinière or Centrepiece Bowl
Located in Vigonza, Padua
This item is a big 19th century Viennese porcelain centerpiece bowl or jardinière beautifully enameled in rich colors with floral sprays and gilt highlights. This stunning Rococo pie...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Group, "The noble rococo game of chess", German Manufacturer
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, decorative porcelain group, "The noble game of chess". German porcelain manufacturer.
Undamaged.
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20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Splendour Centerpiece with Dancing Gardener Children Kaendler circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Four gardener children, two girls and two boys, dancing hand in hand in a circle around a palm-like plant, on the crown of which rests a breakthrough bowl, the figures are wearing el...
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1860s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
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Porcelain
Art Déco Figurine, Spanish Lady Dancer 'Carmen', Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1934
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable Rosenthal Figurine by Wolfgang Schwartzkopff:
Spanish dancer in a pose, with her right raised hand supporting her head turned to the left from behind and looking over her l...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dog Bookends in bronce and Marble
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
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Marble, Bronze
Meissen - figurine of a Bacchant by Kaendler, 1740
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Meissen figurine of a bacchant eating from a grapes, as an allegory of autumn.
Model by Joachim Kaendler.
unmarked, ca 1740-60.
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Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Bookends - Lalouvière Enamels - Polychrome Porcelain - Period: 20th
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
A delightful pair of polychrome porcelain bookends, Louvière enamels, decorated with kneeling young women with garçonne hairstyles.
Period : XXth Century - Art Déco
Dimensions: Heig...
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20th Century Belgian Art Deco Porcelain
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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...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
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Porcelain
Rare Meissen Figure Group 'Cupids On Dolphin' by Heinrich Schwabe Circa 1890
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and loving porcelain figure group of the 19th century:
Two cupids with a dolphin on a restless sea, one of the boys dressed only in cloths sitting on the animal's back and ...
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1890s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Limoges Porcelain Serving Dishes, Platters, Bowl and Gravy Boats Set
Located in Miami, FL
Fine antique set of 6 Limoges porcelain serving dishes. This set of serving dishes consists of two large platters, one serving dish, one cake plate, one gravy boat and one sauce bowl...
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20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tube Colour Wave Espresso Cup Wıth Saucer Set Of 2 Black - Black & Rock & Ivory
By Esma Dereboy
Located in Esentepe, TR
Esma Dereboy's meticulously handcrafted espresso cups are designed to add a touch of luxury to your everyday coffee experience. With their unique colors, these espresso cups create a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Meissen Rococo Genre Group 'The Happy Parents', by M V Acier, Circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Young mother in elaborate Rococo house dress: Ruched wide long skirt, bodice, fitted frilled coat with hood, the upswept hair covered by a high voluminous bonnet with ruched hem and bows, sitting on a splendid Louis XVI style bench and placing her right foot on a stool, beside her the happy spouse in frock coat, waistcoat over frilled shirt and knee breeches with white stockings, both embracing each other at the back and looking down at the baby wrapped in cloth and lying half naked on a cushion on both their laps, the father guiding his right hand to the mother's chin in an affectionate gesture. Behind them a little boy in a playsuit and hat, holding a bowl and blowing soap bubbles with a tube.
The group is based on an oval natural base with sculpted flowers and foliage and gold heightened lateral frieze decoration.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
Designed by MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 - 1799) Skilled as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain manufactory in Meissen in 1764, and was there, after Kändler's death in 1775, solely responsible for the artistic interests of the manufactory. He created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo 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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