Hand-Painted Porcelain

An exceptional antique Chinese Qianlong porcelain plate decorated in underglaze blue and overpainted in red and green glazes with light gilding with...

An Elaborate 19th century Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Sultana Riding an Elephant. After the model by P.J. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler, the Sultana sitting on the elephants back and h...

Admirable Art Nouveau Figure Group by Rosenthal. Naked faun-like boy sitting on the back of an ibex, straining his upper body backwards and supporting himself with both arms on the h...

An important, extremely rare, and rather large 18th century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child, By Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler, Circa: 1744. This is an incredible and extremely rare 18th century Meissen Porcelain piece modeled by the greatest Meissen modeler ever in the Company, Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler. Thalia can be seen seated on a gorgeous hand-carved and hand-painted flowered and vined porcelain pedestal. Her right arm is raised holding a Phantom of the Opera Black and White Mask, while in her other arm is a young Harlequin dancing and singing holding a hat. Thalia is wearing a gilt-edged dark blue bodice with white floral decorations over a black corset draped in a red-over-yellow robe...

This incredible early 19th century porcelain tea and coffee service with six matching cups and saucers is still in the original fitted wood...

Blue and white cherry blossom vase lamp on gilt wood base. Late 19th Century hand-painted blue and white Chinese vase in the cherry blossom pattern...

A very fine antique 18th century porcelain bowl. By Frankenthal during the Carl Theodor period. With a group of polychrome enamel decorated fruit to the bowl, floral sprays to ...

A very finely made antique Royal Worcester porcelain candle snuffer modeled as a monk reading a bible and dated 1905. The candle snuffer is po...

A pair of famille verte porcelain plates, the left made in China during the Kangxi period (r. 1662–1722) and the right a copy by Meissen made circa 1740. Chinese porcelain has alw...

A fine and scarce early English porcelain tea bowl and saucer painted with dry blue floral patterning by acclaimed makers Worcester and dating to the Dr Wall period 1770 – 75. The te...

Exquisite contemporary Japanese Ko-Imari (old Imari) porcelain long stem cup, in bright red, blue and green colors and generous gold application that are char...

Meissen coffee service, consisting of 24 parts: 1 coffee pot with lid, 1 cream jug, 1 lidded sugar bowl, 7 cups, 7 saucers, 7 dessert plates. Shape: New cutout Decor: Number 111120 -...

14 Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates from the 1960s / 70s / 80s. Diameter: 18.5 cm. In excellent condition. Marked. 1st factory quality.

An extraordinary and fantastic quality antique French Louis XVI style and sevres style pink ground three piece pot-pourri and four arm candelabra garniture set. This unusual and quit...

Eight Royal Copenhagen Golden Basket deep plates in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration. 1960s. Model number 595/9587. Measures: 25 x 4 cm. In excellent condi...

This is a beautiful hand painted, blue and white Chinese porcelain large diameter dish or plate, which we date to the early 19th century period of the Qing dynasty. The plate is wel...

Pair of Empire gilt chinoiserie vases. Pair hand-painted and gilt French vases of the Empire period with mask handles and gilt surrounds centering on ...

A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus. Comprised of sixteen interlocking parts. Apollo standing holding a lyre and with Pegasus besides a tree, atop a rocky outcrop detailed with foliage and waterfalls above nine goddesses: Calliope, seated and shown writing, representing eloquence and epic poetry. Clio, seated with an open book and blowing a trumpet, representing history. Erato, seated and holding a kithara, representing science and the arts Euterpe, seated and holding a flute, representing music. Melpomene, seated holding a knife and with one hand to her head, representing tragedy. Thalia, seated and holding aloft mask, representing comedy and idyllic poetry. Urania, seated with telescope and globe, representing astronomy and astrology, Polyhymnia, standing with one hand raised and holding a book, representing sacred poetry. Terpsichore, standing, representing dance. Each piece exceptionally finely detailed and painted. The base portions with rocaille edges. On a later black polished wooden base. Multiple blue crossed swords marks. Each piece titled to underside. German, Circa 1880. Mount Parnassus, is a spur of the Pindus Mountains in central Greece and was sacred to the ancient Greeks and in mythology to Apollo, the god of music and poetry and of the Sun and light. Mount Parnassus the mythical centre of poetry, music, and learning in ancient Greece was a popular theme in Barqoue and Rococo art, often substitutable with Athena’s arrival at Mount Helicon from the fifth book of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, where she asks the Muses to show her the new spring which gushed forth from the spot where Pegasus “with his hoof of horn opened the earth” (V, 250-260). Here, the mountain, formed from rugged rock cliffs, culminates in a plateau on which the youthful Apollo stands and plays the lyre. The Castalian spring flows from beneath Pegasus’ hoof, representing the source of inspiration and attracting the nine muses, who embody the arts and inspire creation through song, music, and dance. Mount Parnassus was created at the Meissen porcelain manufactory as a table centrepiece and an earlier version, apparently with only five muses, is listed in the inventory of the pastry shop of the Meissen manufactory manager and cabinet minister Heinrich Graf Brühl in 1753. The storage in the pastry shop of approximately 3,000 objects and dishes, including many individual parts for centrepieces, is related to their function as table decorations, replacing decorations previously made by the confectioner from perishable materials such as sugar or wax. The purpose of this table decoration was as a feast for the eyes to accompany the feast of the banquet. The sculptural figurines often depicted a particular theme, with characters drawn from theatre and opera, from classical mythology or pastoral idylls. Allegories and mythological themes, such as the glorification of fine arts, were also popular. Stylistically, Mount Parnassus fits Kändler’s style of the 1740s, and was sold by Brühl in 1762 to Frederick the Great of Prussia who used mythology as a means of self-expression and had already ordered individual figures of Apollo and the Muses as table decorations in 1744. Today it is in the Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt (inv. no. M.L. 41). There is another version of Mount Parnassus, from the collection of Prince Alexander Dolgorukoff, in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. The present version dates to the second half of the nineteenth century when there was a great revival of Kändler rococo figurines which were reissued and a “Second Rococo”. Another nineteenth century example is in the collection of the Museo Francesco Borgogna, Italy (inv. 1906, XIII, 19-20). These nineteenth century versions were made by the Meissen factory using Kändler's period models. It is recorded that a new version of Mount Parnassus, dating to the 1880s, was part of the Royal Porcelain collection in Dresden: 'In the porcelain collection there is a new version from the 1880s based on the old models, the largest group of this genre, the Parnassus, which shows the named muses all around on the lower part of the rock, each practising their own art, while on the top there is Apollo with the lyre and next to it the Castalian spring rises from the hoofbeat of Pegasus. Each figure is executed individually with its rocky background, and all the pieces are then fitted together, as we have already seen in his earlier, larger compositions. The rock pieces are finished off like a pedestal at the bottom with Rococo ornaments.' (Jean Louis Sponsel, Kabinettstücke der Meissner Porzellan-manufaktur von Johann Joachim Kändler, Leipzig, 1900, pp. 203-204). Kunst und kunsthandwerk; monatsschrift herausgegeben vom Österreichischen museum fuer kunst und industrie, Vienna, 1894, v.7 pt.1, p.133. Kari Berling, Das Meißner Porzellan und seine Geschichte. Leipzig 1900, S. 99, 187-200. Helmuth Gröger, Johann Joachim Kaendler. Dresden, 1956. Peter W Meister, Franz Adrian Dreier, Figürliche Keramik aus zwei Jahrtausenden. Kat Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt. Frankfurt 1964, Nr. 90. Rainer Rückert, Meißener Porzellan, 1710-1810. Kat. Ausst. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München. München 1966. Stefan Bursche, Tafelzier des Barock. München 1974, Abb. 300. "Tafelaufsatz, Der Parnass", Auswahlkatalog, Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1987, pp. 86-87. Alfred Ziffer, ‘Meissener Porzellanplastik für fürstliches Interieur und Zeremoniell’, Keramos, Issue 241/242, pp. 29–52. MEISSEN The production of Meissen porcelain began in 1710 at the manufactory at Meissen...

Herend Hungary porcelain "Rothschild" cachepots Herend Hungary porcelain cachepots with handles in the shape of shells Each cachepot has 2 diffe...

A wonderful antique large antique A.K. French floral porcelain decorated tankard offers a curve-shaped rim absolutely 100% hand-painted grapes in white flower, brown-red, purple, and...

Small Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles applique after a painting by F.J. du Chattel, 1898 A shell shaped porcelain applique with in a medallion painted scene af...

This gorgeous 19th century French dessert set features botanical central decoration, each uniquely hand-painted with a different bouquet of mixed flowers. The composition is detailed...

Herend pink Chinese Bouquet, two small bowls with wickerwork in hand-painted porcelain. Largest measuring D 11.5 cm. x H 5.0 cm. Mid-20th century. In ex...

This hard to find ensemble consists of a uniquely configured 18th century Georgian night cupboard circa 1770, and a six piece Victorian Mason's Ironstone toiletry set for washing and toiletry needs, circa 1835. The washstand conveniently accommodates all of the pieces from the Mason's set in their appropriate compartments as if it was specifically made for the grouping (see images). The Georgian washstand...

A very large and unusual 19th century French Louis XVI style dore bronze mounted Sevres cobalt blue ground box signed Sarat. This box is truly a masterpiece. Sevres boxes...

A Pair Of Meissen Porcelain Mythological Figural groups, of 'Neptune and Thetis' and 'The Triumphal Procession of Amphitrite'. 'Neptune and Thetis' modelled with the god of the sea ...

A Monumental Japanese Kutani porcelain vase, Meiji/Taisho Period, Signed Akiyama sei. The main body is all hand-painted with wonderful ...

Antique porcelain tray with rounded handle features a hand painted decor of small bird, sitting on a branch with leaves and purple berries. The ...

Rosenthal, Germany. "Sanssouci", cream coloured coffee pot decorated with flowers and gold. Approx. 1930s. In perfect condition. First factory quality. Marked. Dimensions: H 24....

Rosenthal Studio-Line XL cup with saucer, suitable for a latte, soup, tea or your cereals. Andy Warhol, quite possibly the greatest pop art artist of our time. The Flowers print port...

A pair of 19th century Samson of Paris painted porcelain models of green parrots, standing on tree stumps with trailing floral sprays, gold anchor mark to base. Circa 1870 French ...

There is something about blue and white which goes with breakfast. This small assembled service will lighten your morning. It comprises: Eight tea cups and saucers (2 sizes) Four ...

Just in this pair of very tall, 30" high Samson Lidded Vases adorned with Foo dogs at the top of the lids. They have a very elegant baluster form with hand painted multi color flor...

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Willi Münch-Khe (1885-1960) for Meissen. Art Deco figure in hand-painted porcelain. Three fish. 1930s. Measures: 12 x 6.3 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 2nd factory quality.

An important pair of Meissen Porcelain Groups depicting "Alexander The Great Concurring India". Modeled with Alexander the great's three warriors/soldiers riding on caparisoned eleph...

Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers. Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase. Bing & Grøndahl Blue Fluted. A set of four anti...

Vintage Herend Queen Victoria serving plate made in hand painted fine porcelain. Excellent condition. Hungary, circa 1970

A very good quality French Sevres porcelain comport, having wonderful gilded ormolu scrolling foliate mounts, with cherubs seated , the cobalt blue ground porcelain with inset hand p...

Set of 4 cups and saucers in the beloved strawflower or Strohblumenmuster. Reliefdecor "Gebrochener Stab" hemispherical cup with standring, handle and fine cobalt blue underglaze pa...

This set of twelve hand-decorated porcelain plates, as a whole, forms the figure of Eva. You can use the ensemble for ornamental purposes or...

Pair of exceptional 19th century Paris porcelain vases in the neoclassical design, with extensive and fine gilt decorations and cartouches depicting Greco-Roman soldiers and winged g...

This is Two PAIRS of Chinese export Cups and Saucers made from eggshell porcelain and hand painted in the very decorative Rose Medallion ...

Antique Limoges handmade in France collectible decorative plate. Porcelain Limoges plate or dish handmade in France, this collectible plate features a design of gold and brown Autumn...

This outstanding hand painted 19th century French ceramic charger was made by Hautin Boulenger & Cie at Creil & Montereau. The highly detailed Aesthetic Movement charger features polychrome decoration depicting a Japanese quail perched in a flowering cherry tree bearing vivid green foliage. The bird's gaze is fixed on a colorful butterfly with intricately patterned wings which is located off to one side. The image is set on a gilt ground which bears a series of repeating raised gilt motifs. The charger's shoulder is finished in cobalt blue with stylized gilt hearts separated by light blue floral and foliate elements. The 4lb 11oz charger bears an impressed mark used by Creil et Montereau between 1876-1884. The foot rim is not pierced. This beautifully executed hand painted French charger...

Large Meissen serving dish in porcelain with hand-painted flowers and gold decoration. Late 19th century. Measures: 40.5 x 30 x 5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 3rd factory qu...

A Pair of 19th-Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Potpourri, with Pictorial Landscape Scenes, Lion's Paw Feet, and Figural Maiden Handles. Each urn-shaped vessel rests on three grace...

Monumental KPM Berlin Vase/Centerpiece, Weichmalerei, World's Fair. Very elaborate and magnificent painting with magnificent floral bouquets in Weichm...

Excellent and extremely rare museum-quality Meissen figurine group from the 19th century: Group of six fully sculpted porcelain figures, young pretty women barefoot in antique-style,...

An incredible and truly monumental 19th century Meissen Porcelain Covered urn emblematic of autumn. This is one of the most incredible and sp...

Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers. Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase. Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain. Two porcelai...

Vintage collectible large blue and white porcelain bowl. This beautiful Japanese bowl is hand painted in blue and white with a beautiful scene of a peacock on a tree. "Blue Peacock Collection". It features blue and white floral design with a peacock in the center, and brown-trimmed scalloped edge. If you are a lover of blue and white porcelain, this bowl is the perfect addition to your collection. Perfect for display or using as a centerpiece. Signed in the back. Measures: 2.5 inches tall, and is 10 inches in diameter. Condition, one small chip, see pictures. Toyo. Andrea by Sadek...

Presenting a gorgeous Nippon Art Nouveau style butterfly vase. Fully marked on base for having been made and hand decorated in Japanese Macau. This h...

Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar, hand painted all-over stylized foliate decoration with central double happy symbol, 20th century, beautiful object of art for dis...

A pair of French Louis XVI period Paris porcelain cachepots from the late 18th century, with hand-painted floral décor and gilt accents. Created in France during the short reign of K...

Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica. Lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration. Painted outside the factory. Dating: 1949 Latin and Danish names. In excellen...

This is a very good antique Side / Desert Plate or Dish, made by the Derby factory, hand painted and gilded in the beautiful Partridge Pattern, during the reign of George 111 in the ...

This is a stunning part-dessert service made by Derby between about 1795 and 1800, painted with named botanical studies by John Brewer. The service consists of a lidded sauce comport on a stand, two kidney shaped dishes, two lozenge shaped dishes, one lozenge shaped low footed comport...

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KPM, Berlin, Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Twelve vintage plates in curved porcelain with hand-painted fruits, berries, nuts, mushrooms and flowers. The edges have ornamental gold...