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Porcelain For Sale
Period: Early 1900s
Color:  Blue
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Applique after a Painting by P.J.C. Gabriel, 1907
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles applique after a painting by P.J.C. Gabriel An oval applique with an image after a painting by Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriel (1828-1903). An image of ...
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Applique after a Painting by Louis Apol, 1908
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles applique after a painting by Louis Apol, 1908 An oval applique with an image after a painting by Louis Apol (1850-1936). A ...
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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Royal Copenhagen Anniversary / Commemorative Plate in Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Royal Copenhagen anniversary / commemorative plate in porcelain. Gentofte Town Hall. Dated 1903. Measures: 21 x 15 cm. Stamped. In excel...
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Early 1900s Danish Antique Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

12 Antique Limoges Cobalt Blue Hand-Painted Gilt Trimmed Plates, Buffet/Dessert
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
We love the scalloped shape and nice gadroon edging to these handsomely painted set of 12 plates. There is a delightful center gilt medallion and the design features elaborate cartou...
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Early 1900s French Antique Porcelain

Materials

Gold, Enamel

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Huge Royal Delft De Porceleyne Fles Blue and White Bloomers Charger Plate Plaque
Located in Miami Beach, FL
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Hutschenreuther Porcelain Wall Plate Sign of the Zodiac Aquarius by Ole Winther
By Ole Winther
Located in Barntrup, DE
Gorgeous wall plate by German porcelain manufacturer Hutschenreuther, limited edition by Ole Winther: 294 / 3000, 1979. Series " Sign of the Zodiac", sign Aquarius (20.01. - 18.02.)...
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1970s German Vintage Porcelain

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Contemporary Set of 2 Dessert Plates Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
Located in Roma, RM
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Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Vase with Lid, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
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18th Century Dutch Delft Faience Floral Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
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Materials

Delft, Faience

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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