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Porcelain For Sale
Style: Scandinavian Modern
Style: Rococo
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...
Category
1870s French Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
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...
Category
Late 20th Century German Rococo 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
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...
Category
Late 18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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, ...
Category
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 (...
Category
Late 20th Century German Rococo 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 ...
Category
1760s 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...
Category
1770s English Rococo Antique 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
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...
Category
1950s French Rococo Vintage 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...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique 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
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
Birger Kaipiainen Unique Decorative Dish, Arabia
Located in Helsinki, FI
Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988) was the master of decorative ceramics. He was especially known for his ornamental dishes, rich, colourful and with themes from the fantasy world and fai...
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Beads
Marianne Westman for Rörstrand. Large "Mon Amie" breakfast cup and saucer.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Marianne Westman (1928-2017) for Rörstrand.
Large "Mon Amie" breakfast cup and saucer. Rare.
1970s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Cup: Diameter 12.3 cm (without handle) x Height 7...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
Early 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Friedl Holzer-Kjellberg, Arabia. Six coffee cups and saucers in rice porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Friedl Holzer-Kjellberg (1905-1993) for Arabia, Finland.
A set of six coffee cups and saucers in rice porcelain.
Ca. 1970.
In perfect condition.
Coffee cup: Height 6.3 cm x Diameter ...
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Friedl Holzer-Kjellberg, Arabia. Four coffee cups and saucers in rice porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Friedl Holzer-Kjellberg (1905-1993) for Arabia, Finland.
A set of four coffee cups and saucers in rice porcelain.
Ca. 1970.
In perfect condition.
Coffee cup: Height 6.3 cm x Diameter...
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Royal Copenhagen Alsatian German Shepherd, Number 2940
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare Royal Copenhagen Alsatian German shepherd, number 2940.
Perfect condition, 1st factory quality.
Rarely seen figurine.
Measures: 18 cm.
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern 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...
Category
Late 20th Century German Rococo 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...
Category
1860s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Spring Bjorn Wiinblad Four Seasons Plate For Nymølle
Located in Vienna, AT
Bjorn Wiinblad the Spring plate from the one of the four seasons plates.
Manufacturer in the 1970s by Nymølle in Denmark.
Perfect condition. The ...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
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...
Category
18th Century 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 ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Martin Freyer Vase for Rosenthal, No. 2991
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful, organic, matte porcelain vase No. 2991 by Martin Freyer for Rosenthal Studioline, Germany with a wrapped textile pattern look and glazed interior, marked.
Category
1960s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Arabia, Finland, Two sets of "Harlekin" tea cups and saucers in white porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Arabia, Finland, two sets of "Harlekin" tea cups and saucers in white porcelain.
1970/80s.
Marked.
In excellent condition.
Cup: Diameter 11.0 cm without handle x Height 7.0 cm.
Sauce...
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Scandinavian set of four porcelain spice 1970
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A Scandinavian set of four porcelain spice jars with cork stoppers.
Dimensions:
Height: 16,13,11 and 9
Diameter: 12,11,9 and 7
Category
1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Arabia, Finland, a set of four "Pallas" coffee cups with saucers. 1970s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Arabia, Finland, a set of four "Pallas" coffee cups with saucers.
1970s.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Cup: H 5.3 cm x D 8.3 cm including handle.
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer. Hand-painted with floral motifs. Retro style.
The Tahiti series was produced in 1970–1973.
Marked.
First ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 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...
Category
1860s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer. Hand-painted with floral motifs. Retro style.
The Tahiti series was produced in 1970–1973.
Marked.
First ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer. 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer. Hand-painted with floral motifs. Retro style.
The Tahiti series was produced in 1970–1973.
Marked.
First ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg. "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer with floral motif
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer. Hand-painted with floral motifs. Retro style.
The Tahiti series was produced in 1970–1973.
Marked.
First ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg. "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer in porcelain, 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer. Hand-painted with floral motifs. Retro style.
The Tahiti series was produced in 1970–1973.
Marked.
First ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer in porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer. Hand-painted with floral motifs. Retro style.
The Tahiti series was produced in 1970–1973.
Marked.
First ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Autumn Bjorn Wiinblad Four Seasons Plate For Rosenthal Studio-Line
Located in Vienna, AT
Bjorn Wiinblad the Autumn plate from the one of the four seasons plates.
Manufacturer in the 1970s by Nymølle in Denmark.
Perfect condition.
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg, for Gustavsberg. "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer. Hand-painted
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Rare "Tahiti" coffee cup with saucer. Hand-painted with floral motifs. Retro style.
The Tahiti series was produced in 1970–1973.
Marked.
First ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg. "Berså" covered jar and creamer in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden.
"Berså" covered jar and creamer in porcelain.
From the 1960s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Jar: 8.2 cm in height x Diameter 9.2 cm.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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.
Category
Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Heinrich Fuchs "Archais" Series for Lorenz Hutschenreuther, 1969
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural porcelain vase by Heinrich Fuchs for Hutschenreuther, bisque exterior and glazed interior, released between 1968 and 1970, marked.
Category
1960s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
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 ...
Category
1890s German 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.
Category
20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Raija Uosikkinen for Arabia, Finland, a set of six porcelain Christmas plates.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Raija Uosikkinen for Arabia, Finland, a set of six porcelain Christmas plates. Finnish Christmas landscapes.
Vintage 1978-1983.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
D...
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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
Raija Uosikkinen for Arabia, Finland. Set of six porcelain Christmas plates.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Raija Uosikkinen for Arabia, Finland,
Set of six porcelain Christmas plates. Finnish Christmas landscapes.
Vintage 1984-1989.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In perfect condition.
Dim...
Category
1980s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 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...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fantastic German TOILET in Ebonized Wood and Dresden Porcelain 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Fantastic TOILET
German in ebonized wood and German Dresden porcelain.
Polychrome decoration with embossed flowers with puttis and two drawers.
19th Century
Dim.: 155 x 54 x 46 cm
...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Meissen Shephard and Shephardess
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Shephard and Shepherdess collecting fruit next to large ewer First modelled by Meyer in 1760.
Circa 1860
Model number is 1776 and 1774.
Underglaze Blue crossed swords
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Porcelain Noir, 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful cylindrical black matte porcelain vase designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal/Siemens, with sublime relief of beaded pearls running down vertical lines, gives an impressi...
Category
1960s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Group Four Gardener Children Playing Music, J.J. Kaendler 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen piece from the time the model was created:
Four children in festive rural rococo dress on a high, stepped round pedestal, decorated with a leaf wreath and bow festo...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Adam and Eve Group around Tree of Knowlege
Located in Altrincham, GB
Modelled with Adam and Eve standing beneath the Tree of Knowledge and about to partake of the Forbidden Fruit, the serpent coils around the branches above them while different animal...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Genre Love Group With Drum Beater, by F.E. Meyer, Germany Circa 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain group:
On rock pedestal fixed with large rocailles in the foreground sitting musician with tricorn, frock coat over wide sh...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique 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
A 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figurine Depicting a Cat with Captured Mouse
Located in New York, NY
A Marvelous 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine Depicting a Cat with Captured Mouse.
Standing at an impressive 7 inches tall, this adorable handcrafted, hand-painted Meissen Po...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Baroque Meissen Porcelain Group Four Children Playing Music, J.J. Kaendler, 1770
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen piece from the time the model was created:
Four children in festive rural rococo clothing on a high, tiered round base, decorated with a leaf wreath and ribbon fest...
Category
Late 18th 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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