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Empire Porcelain

EMPIRE STYLE

From 1804–15, Napoléon I reigned as the emperor of France, bringing the country into a new era of opulence after the fall of the monarchy and the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. He declared, “We must have very solid things, made to last 100 years.” Empire-style furniture followed suit, with imposing pieces constructed from mahogany and adorned with gilded ornaments. Expanding on the neoclassicism popularized in the previous century — such as in ​​Louis XVI style — Empire style borrowed from the great civilizations of antiquity, from Egypt to Greece and Rome, to connect this nascent empire to the power of the past.

Napoléon I believed the production of fine furniture would reflect the stature of the republic, with his official architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine leading the way with their work on his residences.

Luxurious materials, symmetrical shapes and bold colors characterize antique Empire-style bedroom furniture, armchairs, cabinets and other structures, with frequent motifs including mythological creatures, geometric designs, acanthus leaves, eagles, bees (the imperial emblem) and swans, a favorite of Empress Joséphine.

Flat surfaces, like marble tabletops, were accented with decadent details, such as the bronze furniture mounts made by sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire for the French palaces. Martin-Guillaume Biennais, who worked as the imperial goldsmith, crafted intricate luxury objects that mixed wood, fine metal, mother-of-pearl and ivory. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

The style became popular abroad, influencing the American Empire style. Stately pieces carved with sprigs of olives by cabinetmaker Pierre-Antoine Bellange were acquired by American President James Monroe for the White House in 1817.

Find a collection of antique Empire tables, lighting, seating and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Empire
Pair of "Darte Brothers" Porcelain Plates of Lioness and Cheetah
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Darte Brothers cobalt blue porcelain plates magnificently painted with lioness and cheetah in lush green landscapes, decorated wi...
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1810s French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Porcelaine de Paris - Ajour Centerpiece Coupe
Located in DELFT, NL
Gilt Porcelaine de Paris Openwork Coupe Centerpiece to be placed centrally on the table, for fruit or flowers. Empire Style. French, 19th century center basket, rond form with reticu...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Empire Paris porcelain serving coffee set - early 19th century
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Antique French Paris porcelain (also named "Vieux Paris") coffee set composed of 3 serving pieces : a coffee pot, a sugar pot and a milk jug. Beautiful early 19th century production ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Corner Pieces Sevres France Empire Style 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Corner Pieces Sevres France Empire Style 19th Century in black ebonized wood with bronze applications, 19th H 135 cm Bronzes surmounted by porcelain vases in shades of Sevre...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain, Wood

Schoelcher Manufacture : Empire Paris porcelain sauce boat 19th century - signed
By Marc Schoelcher
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Empire Paris Porcelain sauce boat ; bearutiful 19th century production enhanced with fine gold, decorated with hand-painted polychromatic flowers, antique-style masks on the sides, a...
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1820s French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Porcelaine de Paris - Empire Centerpiece Reticulated Coupe
Located in DELFT, NL
Gilt Porcelaine de Paris Openwork Coupe Centerpiece to be placed centrally on the table, for fruit or flowers. Empire Style. French, 19th century center basket, rond form with reticu...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Paris Porcelain Teacup and Saucer Depicting Empress Josephine
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite teacup and saucer in Sèvres style Old Paris Porcelain, depicting the Empress Josephine in ornate dress and wearing her crown. Dating from the early 19th century First Em...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Paris porcelain coffee can & saucer, c. 1810.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine Paris porcelain coffee can and saucer, possibly Dihl Et Guerhard, c. 1810. The coffee can, hand painted in the style of Gerard van Spaendonck, with ...
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Early 1800s French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Empire Period Porcelain de Paris Water Pitcher with Gilt Decoration
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A superb early 19th century Empire period water pitcher in Porcelain de Paris and finely embellished with gilt in a striking, hand-painted design of flowers, leaves and other decorat...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain, Paint

Beautiful Antique Old Paris Porcelain Coffee Tea service 1860-1880
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful antique hand painted Old Paris porcelain Coffee tea service from 1860-1880 Handpainted with flowers and finessed with gold deco...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Costume Group, Couple Dressed In Empire Style, by H. Goeschl, Ca 1940
By Heinrich Goeschl, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant couple costumed in Empire style: The lady in a dress that softly hugs the body with a high waist that sits just below the bust, a short cape covering the neckline and shoulde...
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Mid-20th Century German Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Old Paris Porcelain Wash Jug and Basin with Gilt Decoration
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A superb early 19th century Empire period wash basin (with saucer) and tall pitcher, beautifully crafted from Old Paris Porcelain and featuring a very striking hand-painted polychrom...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain, Paint

Old Paris Porcelain Wash Jug and Basin with Gilt Decoration
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A stylish vintage pitcher and matching wash basin, crafted from Old Paris Porcelain and featuring intricate gilt decoration of palmettes and leaves on a white background. The jug is ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

19th Century Paris Porcelain Toiletry Bottle with Stopper
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This pretty little 'flacon' bottle, complete with its original stopper, is made from delicate white 'Porcelaine de Paris' and dates from the early 19th century. Both bottle and stop...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Vieux Paris Porcelain Set of 6 Plates, Mauve, Gilt and Sublime Fruits, ca 1865
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning set of 6 plates made in Paris in about 1865. The plate have a soft mauve/purple rim with fine giltwork, and sublimely painted fruits in the centre. There were man...
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1860s English Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

French Empire Period Paris Porcelain Basin and Pitcher with Napoleonic Emblems
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An extremely elegant Paris Porcelain wash basin and pitcher dating from the First Empire Period, around 1815, and featuring as its decoration th...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain, Paint

Set of Six Porcelain Bird Teacup Trios
Located in New York, NY
Set of six porcelain bird teacup trios. Strikingly modern looking antique set of six BFB Worcester trios of six teacups and six coffee cups with six sh...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Darte Freres (?) - Cup and saucer, chinoiserie decoration, early 19th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Marvelous cup and saucer, elaborately decorated with geometrical forms in red, blue and gold. Beautifully worked gilding, little details of Chinese figures and Chinese characters. ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Paris Porcelain Gilt Banded Hunting Service
Located in New York, NY
Paris porcelain gilt banded hunting service. Set of sixteen complementary serving dishes with hunt paintings attributed to Jacques François Joseph Swebach, a painter for Serves porcelain as well as Royal Russian Porcelain manufactory; his work found at The Met, Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon and Marseille. Scenes include red and blue coated hunters riding to the hounds, running stag, wild boars, foxes and groupings of hounds. Each scene bordered in thick gilt band on white ground with filigree border and further gilt banding. Sweet meat dishes...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Rare Antique "Porcelaine de Paris" Old Paris Oval Basket on Foot, Empire Period
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Stunning antique porcelain basket on high stand from the Empire Period (France) 1800-1820. Beautiful oval shape on a high foot. Simple in i...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pr. of Old Paris Miniature, Gilt Decorated Footed Urns With Garden Scenes, c1800
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of Old Paris Miniature, Gilt Decorated Footed Urns with garden scenes, c1800. Miniature urns of this type are rare and the decoration is exceptional. The urns have bolted construction with scrolling handles and molded face mask terminals. The beautiful hand painted panels are of a seated young man and woman in traditional dress in a neoclassical garden with classical urns, landscaping, architecture and a fountain. Fine condition with mild typical wear to the gilt. Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for...
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Early 1800s French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Le Tallec Golden Bees Porcelain Demitasse Cups and Saucers, circa 1957 Set/11-12
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite neoclassical demitasse set comprised of fine porcelain and 24K gold by Camille Le Tallec. The pattern is from the Abeilles Collection featuring Napoleonic golden bees hand ...
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1950s French Vintage Empire Porcelain

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Gold

Meißen Manufactory, Espresso Set with Silhouette Portrait Richard Wagner
Located in Epfach, DE
Richard Wagner lived in 1872 at the Hotel Fantaisie in Bayreuth for half a year until he was able to move into his later domicile with his family. As interior designer, Brigitte Mart...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Porcelain Jewelry Dish
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and well-made hand painted porcelain jewelry dish, in the Empire style, circa mid to late-20th century, Hungary. This octagonal dish vide-poche catchall has a beautiful h...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Beautiful Rare Old Paris Porcelain Set of 2 Perfume Bottles France, ca 1880
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful set of 2 rare antique Old Paris Porcelain perfume bottles In the form of a square cushion. hand painted with a garland of f...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pr of French Old Paris or Vieux Paris Urns Now Converted into Table Lamps, C1810
Located in valatie, NY
Pr of French Old Paris or Vieux Paris urns now converted into table lamps c1810. Old Paris porcelain or Vieux Paris is very broadly defined as porcelain made by artisans in and aroun...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Beautiful Set of Three Old Paris Porcelain Chinoiserie Style Teacaddies, France
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Amazing richly decorated Old Paris Porcelain teacaddies with Chinoiserie paintings Each Lid is handpainted with a chinoiserie person, a lady with fan or a chinaman. There are two tea caddy lid, the other is a tea caddy with a different kind of lid. This is intended to mix the necessary tea leaves. (also called Mixing Jar) All three of the tea caddies are in good condition. One of the lid has a restoration (see last photo) With light paint and gold decoration scuffs here and there (gold wear) The mixing jar has a (crack) line 0f 3,5cm) The two tea caddies 9,5x7,cm - height 12,5cm (the lid 6.5x5cm) The mixing jar and lid 8,5x6,5cm - height 12,5cm (the lid 9x7cm) We ship world wide with Fedex. Please also include your phone number...
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1850s French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Empire Vases Sevres, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of vases French, early 20th century in Sèvres porcelain, cobalt blue and gilt decoration with polychrome reserves "River Landscape" and "Flower Motifs". Marked on base and si...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Empire Style Teapot in Paris Porcelain
Located in BARSAC, FR
Very beautiful teapot in Paris porcelain with gilded decoration in the Empire style. Superb model of good quality from the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century. In ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Empire Style Teapot in Paris Porcelain
Located in BARSAC, FR
Very beautiful teapot in Paris porcelain decorated with fine gold and Bordeaux color in the Empire style. Superb model of good quality from the end of the 19th or beginning of the...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of French 19th C.Empire Period Old Paris Porcelain Swan Handle Vases
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of French 19th century Empire Period Old Paris porcelain swan handle vases. Each is beautifully hand-painted with a green colored ground and further adorned with 24K gold-painted accents around the neck, handles, and bases. The vases are of a slender amphora form with git swan handles and two-tone matte and shiny 24K gold decoration throughout. Each vases body is hand-painted with landscape decoration which depicts a beautiful outdoor gazebo...
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1820s French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Kister Porcelain Joachim Murat Figurine French Revolution Statue
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Kister porcelain figurine of Joachim Murat riding a white horse. “A.W. Fr. Kister Porcelain Manufactory of Scheibe-Alsbach, Thuringia, Germany, used this mark from 1900 to 1972. ("A.W. Fr." stands for "August Wilhelm Fridolin.") The company was in business from 1838 until 1991.” “Joachim Murat (25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a French military commander and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of Marshal of the Empire and Admiral of France, and was also the 1st Prince Murat,[1] Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808,[2] and, as Joachim-Napoleon, King of Naples from 1808 to 1815.[5] He was the brother-in-law of emperor Napoleon I, who characterized him as exceptionally brave in the face of the enemy, a weakling when he was on his own, a braggart dressed in gold and feathers...
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Late 19th Century Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Large Naples White Porcelain Hercules Tureen
Located in New York, NY
Large Naples white porcelain Hercules tureen. Impressive and important neoclassical Ferdinando IV porcelain soup tureen with large Hercules and Theiodamas finial caping a scroll volu...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Empire Porcelain

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Faience, Porcelain

Large Pair of Sevres Style Napoleonic Painted Porcelain Chargers
Located in London, GB
A large pair of Sevres style Napoleonic painted porcelain chargers French, 19th century Measures: 2cm high x 45cm in diameter, frames 51cm diameter Excellently painted and finely crafted, these unusually grand Sevres style painted porcelain chargers are adorned with scenes of French military victories. The first charger, marked 'Bataille de Wagram, 7 Juillet 1809' is after a painting by Horace Vernet of Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram, a decisive yet costly victory for the French allied forced over the Austrian army, and the second, after a painting by Francois Bouchot, depicts the Battle of Zurich (the charger is marked 'Bataille de Zurich 25 Septembre 1799') an earlier battle in which the Republican French army led by André Masséna triumphed over an Austrian and Russian force in Switzerland in 1799. The works are each clasped with a gilt tooled border, and larger pink rose pompadour...
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19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Ormolu

Vieux Paris 'Old Paris' Tea Caddy or Apothocary Jar Painted with Harbor Scene
Located in Mobile, AL
This empire period Old Paris tea caddy, canister or jar from the 1830's is sure to delight. It was likely designed and sold as a tea canister, but a lidd...
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1830s French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Empire style Coffee Set Porcelain Darte Frères
Located in Paris, FR
Very rare coffee set composed of 5 pièces : 4 cups with their saucer, and 1 sugar bowl. Whole set in porcelain with stripes patterns made of gold. Handles are painted in red, with an Egyptian-style gilt figure on it. Inner part half gilt. Work from the early 19th century period, in the style of Empire or made during it. Signed with red letters stamped "DARTE / FRERES / A PARIS" on the saucer. Darte Frères was a Parisian porcelain...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique French Porcelain Pitcher Hand Painted Empire Period, Circa 1815
Located in Katonah, NY
Made in the Napoleonic period, this exquisite French porcelain pitcher was hand-painted in the Empire style. It boasts classical and rococ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Carl Thieme, Dresden Floral Painted & Gilded Porcelain Urn, Germany, 20th C
Located in Chatham, ON
CARL THIEME (Factory / Manufacturer) - Potschappel (Village / Location) - Empire style Dresden floral decorated and gilded porcelain urn with cover - ...
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Mid-20th Century German Empire Porcelain

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Enamel, Gold Leaf

Porcelain Tea Service, 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain tea service, 1900 Porcelain tea service with battle decoration signed and marked, in the Napoleon Bonaparte style, 1900 Measures: H: ...
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Early 1900s European Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meißen Manufactory, Vide Poche with Silhouette Portrait Richard Wagner
Located in Epfach, DE
Richard Wagner lived in 1872 at the Hotel Fantaisie in Bayreuth for half a year until he was able to move into his later domicile with his family. As in...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Two Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain Candlesticks with Lion Heads
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain candlesticks with lion heads. Dated 1969-1974. Model number 1/15. Measures: 23 x 8 cm. In excellent ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Dagoty Manufacture of Empress Joséphine Wife of Napoleon 1st Swan Cup
Located in Paris, FR
This very rare set of 12 delicate cups swan shape with their saucers is signed by Dagoty, one of the favorite manufacturers of Empress Joséphine's first Napoleon wife well known for ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Paris Porcelain Campagna Form Table Lamps with New Shades
Located in Essex, MA
With a classical scene on a campagna form vase with handles.
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1840s European Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

French Empire Paris Porcelain Vase Converted into a Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French Empire period porcelain vase. The vase is totally gilt with matte and burnished highlights. The twin handles each show a modeled classical female head and on the front of the vase is a painted classical scene. The scene depicts a Roman/Greek seated young warrior...
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Early 18th Century Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Bing & Grøndahl Empire Sauce Bowl in Hand-Painted Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl empire sauce bowl in hand-painted porcelain modelled with seahorses. Early 20th century. Measures: 23.5 x 15 x 11 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 2nd facto...
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Early 20th Century Danish Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique " KPM " Empire Porcelain Cup
Located in Kastrup, DK
KPM Porcelain cup decorated with a finely hand painted depiction of two women in nature. Inside with gilding (light wear to the gilding). KPM (Königlich...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair Old Paris 'Vieux Paris' Porcelain Urns, France, 19th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Pair Old Paris porcelain urns, France, 19th Century. Hand-painted classical form urns. A different landscape scene on each urn. Lovely co...
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1830s French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Fabergé Porcelain Tea, Coffee Cups Set of Four in a Velvet Case
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fine porcelain set of four Fabergé original porcelain coffee or tea cups, service for four. Enjoy the start to your day with the classical sophistication only from Faberge. These s...
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Late 20th Century French Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

12 Limoges Raised Gilt Enameled Napoleonic Plates, circa 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
12 Limoges raised gilt enameled Napoleonic plates, circa 1900, each one decorated with gilt laurel surround, filled with golden bees, the center with Napoleonic crest of laurel wreath and monogrammed 'N'. The porcelain is made by Charles Ahrenfeldt Limoges...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Late 18th Century Dagoty French Porcelain Plate Cobalt Blue Children Playing
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this extraordinary Dagoty porcelain plate showing children playing. The happy children are joined by their dog in a scene painted in grisaille. On this plate, the border of deep cobalt blue is lavishly gilded in a dramatic geometric pattern. As we see here, burnished gilt was another hallmark of Dagoty porcelains. The formal border juxtaposes the informal scene of the children at play with the geometric design. This type of contrast is typically French, and only the French made porcelains with this particular type of sophisticated contrast. Romanticism had a strong influence on the Dagoty porcelains of the last decade of the 18th century. Anecdotal scenes, indoor scenes, and scenes showing children's games replaced neoclassical subjects. The new themes were more human and had a much less rigid atmosphere. Condition: Excellent Diameter: 8 inches Price: $420 Background: The Paris retail shop was on the Boulevard Montmartre. The Dagoty factory made hard paste porcelain. The factory was in the Rue de Chevreuse, Paris, leased for nine years in 1800 by brothers Pierre-Louis (1771-1840) and Etienne-Jean-Baptiste Dagoty (1772-1800). Pierre-Louis became sole owner in 1804, and in 1807 the lease was renewed for a further nine years. The factory was under the protection of the Empress Josephine and supplied porcelain for Versailles. In 1816, Dagoty went into partnership with Edouard Honoré...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pr. 19th Century Russian Cobalt Blue & Gold Ground Swan Handle Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic quality pair of Russian Empire cobalt blue and gold ground swan handle porcelain vases. Each piece is of Amphora form with a gorgeous 24K gold matted, burnished, and shiny front and backside decoration. The front panels consist of a young girl and a young boy, where the young girl is seen holding food on her head with a water pale in her hand walking through the town, while the boy is seen holding a basket of fruit up and walking it back home. The reverse of each of the vases is also elaborately decorated with one of the scenes being a comfy home with a beautiful woody landscape with a deer running through the backyard, while the other vase has a gorgeous landscape scene with a man riding a horse in the background. On either side of the vases are two-tone matte and burnished 24K gold swan form handles. Underneath the handles are 24K gold hand-painted decorations over a cobalt blue ground. The body runs down a waisted gold neck onto a rounded base which sits on a square gold plinth...
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1810s Russian Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Worcester Barr Flight Barr Porcelain Saucers with Bat-Printed Shells
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A pair of early transferware English porcelain saucers, made by the Worcester Porcelain Factory during the Barr, Flight & Barr period, 1807-1813. The late 18th and early 19th cent...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

French White and Gold Pierced Porcelain Compote Basket Tazza
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful French oval white and gold pierced Paris Porcelain compote basket tazza bowl in the Empire style, circa late 19th century, France...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of French 19th Century Old Paris Porcelain Swan Handle Vases, Marked
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of French 19th century Empire Period Old Paris Porcelain swan handle vases. Each is beautifully hand-painted with a light blue colored ground and further adorned with 24K...
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1820s French Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

19th Century Meissen Group of Calvary General Mikhail Kutuzov with Aide de Camp
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th century Meissen porcelain Group of Russian Calvary General, believed to be Mikhail Kutuzov, the hero of Borodino, with aide de camp, marked with the Meissen underglaze blue crossed swords, and incised and impressed with numbers. While Russia endured great hardships during Napoleon's invasion, it was the skill of her general's and a terrible Russian winter...
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1880s German Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Sevres Style Swan Cream Cups
Located in Copenhagen, K
A beautiful pair of Sevres Style cream cups, in the form of gilded Swans.
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18th Century and Earlier European Antique Empire Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Richard Ginori Vintage Italian White & Gold Coffee or Tea Cup Saucer, Set of 12
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful vintage set of 12 Italian designer white porcelain with gold coffee or tea cup and saucer set by Richard Ginori, Italy, circa mid-20th century, 1960s. Colors include...
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1960s Italian Vintage Empire Porcelain

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Gold

Antique 19th Century Meissen Egg Floral Gilt Trinket Box, France, 1875, Cobalt
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Egg-shaped box, Meissen (Germany) dated to 1875 based on its mark, with gilding, cobalt blue accents and tremendous floral design.
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Late 19th Century German Antique Empire Porcelain

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Porcelain

Empire porcelain for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Empire 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, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Empire porcelain made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Germany pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original porcelain, popular names associated with this style include Porcelaine de Paris, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Meissen Porcelain, and Richard Ginori. 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 $160 and tops out at $88,000 while the average work can sell for $2,200.

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