Baroque Porcelain
BAROQUE STYLE
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Baroque
Meissen Snake Handle Vase With Flower Painting And Gilding, by Leuteritz, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large double snake handle vase in baluster form on a mounted funnel-shaped stand, handles in the form of coiled snake pairs raised on the side, white and cobalt blue base, fine ...
Category
1940s German Vintage Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Mythological Meissen Group 'The Catch Of The Triton', J.J. Kändler, c 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain sculpture:
Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of figures: two young women with artfully pinned-up hair and wrapped in cloths tied around their loi...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Gold and Burgundy Decorative Plates Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Set of Gold and Burgundy Decorative Plates Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Fine bone china with hand engraving, 22K gold plated
Decorative plate, handmade in De Lameire factory, England...
Category
2010s English Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Gold Plate
Meissen Koffee, Tee & Dessert Set For 12 Pers., Indian Flowers, Germany, 20th C.
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee and Tea Service, Consisting of 48 Parts:
1 lidded coffee pot, 1 lidded teapot, 2 milk jugs, 2 sugar bowls, 12 cups, 12 saucers, 12 dessert plates, 1 oblong tray, 1 ser...
Category
20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Plate in Chinese Porcelain for Export
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Large plate, in Chinese porcelain for export. Polychrome decoration with flowers and landscape in the center. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795).
The plate has a classic circu...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Viennese Imperial Porcelain Veduta Plate, 'K.k. Hofburg Á Vienne', 1818
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with a finely painted polychrome veduta:
The plate shows a view of the Vienna Hofburg, the 'Leopoldinischer Trakt', Leopoldine Wing, with the Ceremonial Apart...
Category
1810s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Viennese Imperial Porcelain Plate, 'Lustschloß Schönbrunn', Rich Gilding, 1813
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with a finely painted polychrome veduta: In the centre, a view of the Viennese summer palace of Schönbrunn with its gardens, as seen from the hill opposite, w...
Category
1810s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Snake Handle Vase With Flower Painting And Gilding, by Leuteritz, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large double snake handle vase in baluster form on a mounted funnel-shaped stand, handles in the form of coiled snake pairs raised on the side, white and cobalt blue base, fine ...
Category
1940s German Vintage Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two Rechaud Plates in Chinese Porcelain
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Two rechaud plates, in Chinese porcelain. Canton decoration, blue and white, representing a river landscape, with boat, pagodas, trees and birds.
The plates have square side handles,...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Viennese Imperial Porcelain Plate, 'K.k. Lustschloß Schönbrunn Á Vienne', 1818
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with a finely painted polychrome veduta:
In the mirror view of the Viennese summer palace Schönbrunn with the Gloriette on the hill in the background, seen fr...
Category
1810s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Mythological Figurine, Ganymede On Cloud Base, Kaendler, Circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
The young man, covered only with a cloth, known in Greek mythology as ‘the most beautiful of all boys’, sits on the back of Zeus, who has been transformed into an eagle, and is carri...
Category
1860s German Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Ceramic Small Jardiniere Wall Decoration Green
Located in Valladolid, ES
Very cute small jardiniere to hang in the wall. In Meissen Germany porcelain, circa 1840,
Excellent quality. Model snowball, the little bird and the ...
Category
1840s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, Pair of French Porcelain Sculptures Depicting Cupid and Psyche
Located in IT
19th century, pair of French polychrome porcelain sculptures depicting cupid and psyche
The delicious sculptures, made of hand-painted porcelain in polychrome, in Strasbourg in th...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Imari Dish Charger Lobed Japan Iron Red Blue Green
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Exceptional 18th century Imari lobed dish. The centre painted with a vase of flowers and a bonsai tree. Surrounded by a double circle border and three large vignettes of a fenced garden with trees and flowers and stylised floral vignettes interposed. The reverse with four double scroll repeats. Painted in tones of iron red, blue and green. In original condition. In exceptional condition with very little wear.
Measures: diameter 31cm., 12 1/4", height 5cm., 2"
Provenance : Private collection with two plates of similar quality
Imari is the European name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita and exported from the port of Imari, in Western Japan. The dynastic change and the instability of China in the mid-17th century created a gap in the porcelain market, which became increasingly international throughout the century. Arita developed into a prominent centre for porcelain due to its proximity to Izumiyama, an area rich in kaolin. Although the Arita kilns...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gold and Burgundy Ornamental Decorative Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Gold and Burgundy Ornamental Decorative Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Fine bone china with hand engraving, 22K gold plated
Decorative plate, handmade in De Lameire factory, E...
Category
2010s English Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Gold Plate
Meissen B-Shape Coffee Set For 6 Persons With Purple, Flowers & Gold Decor, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen service, consisting of 15 pieces:
1 coffee pot with lid, 1 milk jug, 1 sugar bowl, 6 cups and 6 saucers.
Shape: B-shape
Decor: Bulbous, curved shape, extensive purple d...
Category
20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Coffee Set For 6 Persons Rich Dragon Green & Gold, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee Set for 6 Persons,
decor number 320310 - Rich Dragon in greens shaded gold, gold rim
22 parts:
1 coffee pot with lid - height = 9.25 in
1 creamer - height = 3.74 in
1 sugar urn with did - height = 3.54 in
1 serving plate - diameter = 11.02 in
6 cups - height = 2.55 in
6 saucers - diameter = 5.51 in
6 dessert plates - diameter = 7.20 in
Manufactory: Meissen, Germany
handcrafted porcelain, hand painted, glossy finish
Underglaze blue Meissen sword...
Category
20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gold and White Decorative Porcelain Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Gold and Gold and White Decorative Porcelain Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Fine bone china with hand engraving, 22K gold plated, Made in England
Decorative plate, handmade in...
Category
2010s English Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Gold Plate
Gold and White Decorative Porcelain Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Gold and Gold and White Decorative Porcelain Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Fine bone china with hand engraving, 22K gold plated, Made in England
Decorative plate, handmade in...
Category
2010s English Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Gold Plate
Antique Royal Vienna Porcelain Figurine of a Footbather
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain figurine.
By the Royal Vienna Porcelain Manufactory.
In the form of a seated girl bathing her feet with a water bowl resting next to her atop a plinth.
Ma...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Bird Figure, European Roller On A Trunk, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of animal figures:
European roller leaning forward, also known as almond crow in German-speaking countries, sitting on a tree trunk with o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Baroque Meissen Figure, Harlequin With Bagpipes, By J.J. Kaendler, Circa 1745
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Rococo harlequin with bagpipes of most lovely appearance.:
The lovely harlequin is sitting on a rocky base which is decorated with some flower blossoms with leaves. The male ...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Viennese Imperial Porcelain Splendour Plate, Playing Cupids As Hunters, 1805
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with fine polychrome painted scenery:
In the mirror five winged cupids dressed as hunters with dog in a summer landscape agains...
Category
Early 1800s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Coffee Set For 6 Persons Rich Dragon Red & Gold, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee Set for 6 Persons,
decor number 320510 - Rich Dragon in reds, shaded gold, gold rim
21 parts:
1 coffee pot with lid - height = 24,0 cm / 9.44 in
1 creamer ...
Category
20th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dresden Porcelaine 'Signed' Candlestick
Located in Miami, FL
Very refined and elegant pair. Delicate shape and original piece of art. Extremly delicate colors, garlands of flowers. From the quality and the design, will fit in any refined inter...
Category
19th Century German Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Italy 18th Century Richard Ginori Porcelain Sugar Bowl with Cover
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine and elegant sugar bowl in neoclassical style is a piece handmade by the well known Italian factory Richard Ginori in Doccia. The set is composed by three pieces: the sugar ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Chinese Porcelain Soup Plate for Export, Qing Dynasty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Soup plate, in Chinese porcelain for export. Qing Dynasty, Daoguang period (1820-1850).
Polychrome decoration with landscape and famille rose flowers. The composition of the dish is...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Italy 18th Century Richard Ginori Porcelain Covered Cup or Sugar Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine and elegant covered cup in Baroque style, is a piece hand made by the well known Italian factory Richard Ginori in Doccia. The set is composed by two pieces: the cup and th...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Elegant Porcelain Coffee Cup by Hutschenreuther Selb Bavaria Gold Plated
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
elegant porcelain coffee cup by Hutschenreuther Selb Bavaria gold plated.
Category
1940s German Vintage Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Italy 18th Century Richard Ginori Porcelain Covered Cup with Floral Drawings
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine and elegant covered cup in Baroque style, is a piece hand made by the well known Italian factory Richard Ginori in Doccia. The set is composed by two pieces: the cup and th...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Italy Richard Ginori Early 18th Century Porcelain Vase
Located in Brescia, IT
This elegant vase was produced by Richard Ginori porcelain manufacturer in Doccia, Italy, in the 1730
Not easy to find this model so fine and elegant with its country flowers in pin...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Polychrome Dutch Delft Plate
By Delft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 18th century Dutch Delft plate.
With painted floral decoration throughout in orange, purple, blue, and yellow.
Simply a wonderfu...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Delft
Italy Late 18th Century Doccia Richard Ginori Porcelain Tea Pot Floral Drawings
Located in Brescia, IT
Doccia, Richard Ginori 1750 porcelain tea pot with multi-color floral drawings,
Italy.
This porcelain tea pot with multicolors floral drawing is an elegant piece, useful to enrich ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Set of 3 English Porcelain Cutleries
Located in Brescia, IT
This set of three cutleries: fork, knive, spoon, are handmade in porcelain with the silver forged and decorated with flower drawings.
An handcrafted work, fine and very delicate, ver...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Silver
Porcelain Plate From China for Export, Blue Decoration
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Porcelain plate from China for export. Blue and white decoration, depicting a river landscape with pagodas and a bridge, with flowers and butterflies on the edges, Qing dynasty, Qian...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Deep plate Imari Chinese Porcelain
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Deep plate, in Chinese porcelain. Imari decoration, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795).
This plate features an elaborate underglaze cobalt blue decoration, complemented by ro...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Italy Richard Ginori Late 18th Century Porcelain Tray Underplate
Located in Brescia, IT
This elegant and glamorous porcelain tray ispainted with one of the most iconic decor of Richard Ginori in red and blue. This kind of decor inspired by Oriental thought is called ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Plate from China for Export, Qianlong Period
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese porcelain plate for export. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Polychrome decoration, with an elegant floral pattern in vibrant shades of pink, orange and green. In t...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate, Qing Dysnaty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese porcelain plate for export. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795).
Polychrome decoration, featuring an elegant floral composition in the center, with an ornate dark vase...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate, Qing Dynasty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chine porcelain plate for export. Polychrome decoration with flower vase in the center, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795).
The meticulously hand-painted decoration features ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Italy 19th Century Richard Ginori Porcelain Coffee Pot with Flowers Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a beautiful piece in Italian porcelain handmade by Richard Ginori. The high quality of this italian production of Doccia, is recognizable at first glance. The flower decorati...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
China Porcelain Bottle for Export, Polychrome Decoration
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
China porcelain bottle for export. Polychrome decoration, with figures in scenes from everyday life, flowers and insects.
Elegant bottle, with a curved body and an elongated, narrow ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Important Porcelain Tableware Service 108 Pieces 19th Century
By Ars Murano
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Porcelain Tableware Service 108 Pieces 19th Century
The tableware is inspired by the life of a mythological story and is completely han...
Category
19th Century European Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Samson Porcelain Figurine, Mid-Late 19th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique French Samson porcelain figurine, mid-late 19th century.
Overglaze.
In perfect condition.
Measures 18 cm. X 7 cm.
Four figures in the same series are on stock.
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Porcelain
Chinese Octogonal Porcelain Plate, Qing Dysnaty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese porcelain octagonal plate for export. Polychrome decoration with flowers and peacocks, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-17...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Viennese Imperial Porcelain, Botanical Splendour Plate, 'Oleander', 1828
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with polychrome painted botanical illustration:
In the centre finely painted oleander blossoms in bright colours with a stem and tuft of leaves against a blac...
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Deep Plate, for Export, Qing Dynasty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese porcelain deep plate, for export. Blue and white decoration, with plant motifs, representing a river landscape in the center, with a boat, bridge, house and pagoda. Qing Dyna...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Viennese Imperial Porcelain, Botanical Splendour Plate, 'Dahlia', 1824
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with polychrome painted botanical illustration:
In the centre, a finely painted white dahlia flower with a stem and leaf panicles against a black background.
...
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1820s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate With Coat of Arms, Qing Dysnaty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese export porcelain armorial plate, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795), possibly made to a custom order. Polychrome decoration with flowers and coat of arms.
The coat of ...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Chinese Porcelain Plate for Export, Qing Dynasty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese porcelain plate, for export, Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing period (1796-1820) with polychrome decoration.
It represents a refined example of export porcelain destined for the Europea...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Plate from China for Export
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Porcelain plate from China, for export. Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Reign (1722-1735). Polychrome decoration with flowers.
The center of the plate features a delicate floral composition ...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White and Blue
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Plate from China, Qing Dynasty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Porcelain plate from China for export. Decorated in blue and white, representing a river landscape with pagodas, trees and a bridge representing a river landscape in the center, with...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Plate, in Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose, Qing Dysnaty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Plate, in Chinese porcelain, famille rose, for export. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Polychrome decoration.
The central part of the plate features a lush floral arrangem...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Plate, for Export, Qing Dynasty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese porcelain plate for export. Blue and white decoration, with a garden landscape with flowers and two figures, one with a boy on her lap. Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing reign (1796-1820...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Deep Plate for Export
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese deep plate porcelain for export. Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing period (1736-1795).
Polychrome decoration with flowers, leaves and dragonflies This plate exemplifies the tradition of...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dresden Porcelain Place Card Holders
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of 12 porcelain Dresden place card holders. With hand-painted flowers and gold trim.
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Chinese Porcelain Saucer, Qing Dynasty for Export
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese porcelain for export. Qing Dynasty, Daoguang period (1820-1850).
This saucer represents a refined example of export porcelain destined for the European market. The decorativ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Baroque porcelain for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque porcelain for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage porcelain created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque porcelain made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original porcelain, popular names associated with this style include Meissen Porcelain, Richard Ginori, Johann Joachim Kändler, and Michel Victor Acier. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for porcelain differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $135 and tops out at $88,500 while the average work can sell for $3,316.