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Material: Porcelain
Rococó Porcelain Figural Cherub Jardinière or Centerpiece Bowl by Meissen
Located in Miami, FL
19th century Austrian porcelain centerpiece bowl or jardinière beautifully enameled in rich colors with floral sprays and gilt highlig...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$2,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Elegant quality 19th century French gilt metal and porcelain clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Elegant quality French 19th century gilt metal and porcelain mantle clock, having a quality antique Victorian mantle clock with a beautiful blue and white porcelain dial decorated wi...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Metal
Porcelain Jewelry Dish with Equestrian Horse Scene
By Ralph Lauren, Gucci
Located in New York, NY
A porcelain jewelry dish with equestrian horse scene, circa mid-20th century, Europe. An octagonal jewelry dish/small vide-poche with gold and emeral...
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Mid-20th Century European Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Blue and Green Serving Bowl 1920s Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is a serving bowl which was made in Japan.
It was made in Taisho era, around 1920s. The color is green and blue and white.
You can use as a serving bowl and also as a decoration...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Figurine by Porcelanas Miguel Requena of to the Market
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a lovely, retired piece, of Spanish porcelain of a Lady carrying a basket of flowers and called "To the Market".
Makers mark to the base, Porcelanas Miguel, Spanish.
Hard paste porcelain in the Lladro style.
The sculptor was Miguel Requena...
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20th Century Spanish High Victorian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Sherle Wagner Chinoiserie Ming Blossom Blue Wash Basin & Faucet Spout Italy
Located in St. Louis, MO
1970s Sherle Wagner Hollywood Regency hand painted porcelain Chinoiserie Ming Blossom Blue powder room / bathroom wash basin sink, nickel plated br...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Vintage Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb Demitasse Coffee Set
Located in East Quogue, NY
Decorative white porcelain 'Apart' coffee demitasse set from Hutschenreuther Selb, with 6 cups, 6 saucers, coffee pot, creamer/milk jug, and sugar bowl (15-piece set). German porcela...
Category
1950s German Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A 20th century Meissen porcelain set, Germany
Located in Delft, NL
A 20th century Meissen porcelain set, Germany
A porcelain set, manufactured by Meissen in Germany. The set painted with bright colors, red, blue, yellow and green in floral pattern....
Category
20th Century German Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th century Chinese porcelain Famille Verte vases on bronze base, Kangxi period
Located in Bilzen, BE
Chinese Pair of polychrome famille verte porcelain vases decorated with Foh dogs, Chilong-shaped handles, Louis XV style bronze bases, 18th century from the Kangxi period
Heigth each...
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18th Century Chinese Louis XV Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Richard Schultz 1966 Collection Outdoor Coffee Table.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sleek and sophisticated addition to any outdoor space, this 1966 Collection Coffee Table by Richard Schultz embodies timeless modernist design. Originally created for Florence Knol...
Category
Late 20th Century American Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
French Limoges Hand Painted Gold Trim Trinket Jewelry Box or Candy Dish
By Limoges
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Limoges handcrafted and hand painted gold trimmed trinket, jewelry box or candy dish, circa 1930.
Signed, Jammet Seignolles Limoges (history of this maker below).
Glazed.
Measures: 4 3/8" Diameter x 2 1/4" high.
Very good antique condition, no cracks or chips.
In 1825, François BAIGNOL moved to LA FABRIQUE, on the edge of the Brigueuil forest and founded...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$360 Sale Price
48% Off
A great bowl dating to most probably the second last quarter of the 17th century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice & Beautiful Arita Japanese Porcelain Kendi. Floral and figural scene.
This 17th Century Japanese Export Porcelain Jug or Ewer, Arita Kilns c.1670-1690 is painted in lovely blue...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Bowl by Scholten & Baijings
001 Matcha
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan.
Dishwasher s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Teacup, Palm Tree patt. 484, Georgian ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by New Hall around the year 1810. The set is decorated in the very desired but rare palm tree pattern with the number 484.
We also have a ...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Tapio Wirkaala "Porcelaine Noire" Dish Plate for Rosenthal Studio Linie, 1970s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Vintage dish plate in black porcelain designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Studio Linie “Porcelaine Noire” serie with shiny and matte tone-on-tone dec...
Category
1970s German Post-Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$408 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge Italian Tole Porcelain Flowers Polychrome Chandelier, circa 1870 Rare
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing 4 lights, 3 encircling and one in center. Will be newly rewired with certified UL US sockets for the United States and appropriate sockets for all other countries and ready t...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Tôle
Antique Pink Border Hand Painted Paris Porcelain Rabbit Hunt and Dog Scene Plate
By Darte Frères
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful antique 19th century Paris porcelain plate.
With a hand painted scene of a rabbit hunt in a bucolic landscape. Three greyhounds or whippets ...
Category
19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Important Set of 12 Ambrosius Lamm Dresden Opera Plates Cabinet Dinner
Located in Austin, TX
Important set of 12 dinner / cabinet plates known as Opera Plates features the finest hand-painted porcelain made in Dresden by studio of Ambrosius Lamm. ...
Category
20th Century German Romantic Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Empire Amphora Vases in Gilded Porcelain with Handles of Swans
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We present this fantastic pair of porcelain amphora vases, Empire period, first half of the 19th century. The two vases are characterized by a rich decoration. The attention is certa...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Paris Porcelain Lantern Night Light, End 19th Century
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Old Paris porcelain lantern night-light, ca.1890. Paris porcelain lantern representing cupid with a garland of flowers. Measures: Height: 18"(46cm), diameter : 5.9"(15cm). Height of ...
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass
Late 19th century Pair of Glazed Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Savannah, GA
Extraordinary pair of fine glazed porcelain Foo dogs came to us out of an estate here in Savannah, Georgia, belonging to an old general that long ago brought them from Thailand. Used...
Category
1890s Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$27,500 / set
Chinese Kangxi Mark & period Plate or Dish Porcelain Blue & White, Ca 1700
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand-painted Chinese porcelain blue and white large plate or Dish, from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722.
The plate / dish is finely potted with a caref...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Kangxi period Porcelain Plate Kakiemon-Imari decoration, Qing Ca 1690
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722.
The plate is finely potted with a carefully cut base rim and a lovely rich...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
Category
19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Antique German "Carl Tielsch" Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique German Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate Signed "Carl Tielsch & Company", Circa 1890.
Hand-Painted Sky Blue, Ivory & Gold.
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Gio Ponti Ceramic Box for Richard Ginori San Cristoforo, Italy, 1927
Located in Malmö, SE
A glazed and hand painted porcelain box and cover with figural serpent finial. Model no. 5709, 'The passions of man'.
Designed by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori, Milan, Italy, circa 1...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Samson French Porcelain Chinese Style Triangular Lidded Teacaddy
By Samson & Cie
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine French Chinese Qianlong (18th century) style porcelain teacaddy and cover attributed to Samson of Paris and dating from the 19th century. The tea caddy is beautifully mad...
Category
19th Century French Qing Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Blue Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1960s French blue porcelain lamps with silver bases.
Measurements:
Height of body: 17"
Height to shade rest: 28"
Diameter: 9".
...
Category
1960s Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Wonderful Louis VX Bronze Crystal Porcelain Flower Basket Form Bird Chandelier
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Louis VX Style Bronze With Crystal Drops & Porcelain Flower Basket Form Rewired 5 Candelabra Light Chandelier Having A Porcelain Bi...
Category
20th Century French Belle Époque Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Meissen Porcelain Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's porcelain six-light chandelier with floral details and with putti on body. Gilt details. Porcelain manufactory brand marked Rudolf Kämmer,...
Category
1960s German Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Weightless
Located in היוגב, IL
Weightless
This vessel exists between air and thought—light as a whisper, untethered by gravity, yet deeply grounded in spirit. Its delicate form suggests release, the soft unravelin...
Category
2010s Israeli Hellenistic Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$550
Mid-Century German White Porcelain Vase by Bjørn Wiinblad for Rosenthal, 1960s
By Rosenthal
Located in Hamburg, DE
Elegant, white porcelain vase according to a design by Bjørn Wiinblad from the 1960s. The decor is embedded shows a fine relief with a matt finish. This piece has an attribution mark...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Majestic Line Rosenthal Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
This striking Majestic Line Rosenthal Porcelain Dinner Wear Service for 12 originates from Germany, Circa 1980. Each piece features remarkable gilt textural detailing circumscribing ...
Category
1980s German Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century French Porcelain Plate by Dagoty with Children at Play
By Dagoty
Located in Katonah, NY
Made circa 1785, this plate features a deep cobalt blue border that is beautifully gilded with a dramatic geometric pattern. The burnished gilt is a hallmark of Dagoty porcelains.
I...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinoiserie Porcelain Ceramic Chinese Red Blue Garden Stool Seat, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Porcelain Ceramic Chinese Red Blue Garden Stool Seat, a Pair. Item features a beautiful bird and flower design, great style and form, approx. 30lbs each. Circa La...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair of Large Chinese Vases
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A superb pair of large and elegant Chinese 'Nanjing' porcelain baluster vases, each intricately decorated with an encircling battle scene of warriors on foot and on horseback on its ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
$2,250 / set
Large Japanese Arita Porcelain Hibachi Planter
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Very large and heavy hand painted blue and white porcelain Japanese Arita porcelain Hibachi used as a planter. Decorated with various symbols...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Lenox Athenian Collection Vase
Located in Germantown, MD
This is a very nice Lenox China vase in the Athenian pattern. Also made in U.S.A. so it is Vintage Lenox. This vase measures 9 1/2 inches high, 3 3/4 at ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Circa 1870 Napoleon III French Tea Caddy
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870 Napoleon III French Tea Caddy. Fine quality with Old Paris Porcelain fittings - 2 tea caddies & a sugar caddy. The box is inlaid with engraved brass. Each porcelain caddy ...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Large Palace Style Vintage Blue and White Chinese Urns
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
A very important vintage pair of oriental porcelain vases, each of urn form and decorated with floral and architectural designs in hues of blue on a white ground. The neck with oppo...
Category
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Set 12 Baroque Porcelain Dining Dishes with Floral Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This baroque dining colorfully dishes set is eclectical and drawn with vibrant colors.
The board is in a contemporary fuchsia color.
Precious, fine, elegant and timeless dining set dishes.
The Meissen manufacturer is an antique brand...
Category
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Meissen
Rare Wedgwood Jewelry Box, Round Light Blue Jasperware Lidded Box
By Wedgwood
Located in Bochum, NRW
Light Blue Wedgwood Jasperware Trinket Box - Round Shape with Grape Leaves
Dimensions: Measure 10 cm in height and 12 cm in diameter.
In excellent condition.
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19thc Royal Crown Derby Demitasse Service for Eight Chinoiserie Imari Pattern
Located in Savannah, GA
19th century Royal Crown Derby demitasse service, Imari pattern #198, in classical Japanese chinoiserie taste having a beautiful painted Imari palett...
Category
1880s English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Aries Zodiac Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Plate, Number 9, Aries
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Zodiac Plate, Number 9
Aries,
Astrali Pattern,
Made for Corisia
Dated 1972
The plate for the sign ARIES is dated 1972 and is numbered #9. The pla...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
German Rosenthal Bavaria 1920s Oval Porcelain Lidded Box with Floral Décor
By Rosenthal
Located in Atlanta, GA
A German Rosenthal porcelain lidded box from the early 20th century with pastel flowers. Created in Germany during the first quarter of the 20th century, this oval porcelain box, top...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Jun Ware Porcelain Tripod Censer Light Blue Crackle Glaze Ming
Located in Richmond, CA
This antique Chinese censer is a remarkable example of Tang-style Jun ware, a highly esteemed ceramic art form. The piece features a compressed circular body, elegantly transitioning into a ribbed neck that culminates in a dished rim. The form is both classic and functional, designed to serve as a censer for incense burning.
What sets this censer apart is its extraordinary glaze work. The base layer is a crackled light...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Royal Worcester Porcelain Fairy Candlestick Lamp Standard
Located in Forney, TX
An exquisite English Royal Worcester porcelain Samuel Clarke Commissioned
"Cricklite" candle "fairy lamp" standard - base, the rare figural statue in the form of a Grecian water carrier, modeled by James Hadley (English, 1837-1903), the exceptionally executed, richly detailed Neoclassical figure holding a vessel in her left hand and carrying an urn upon her head, wearing flowing robes, the body in blush ivory, the robes of green/gold hue, with gilt highlights. Circa 1898
Signed, underfoot having green printed mark, "Worcester Shot Enamel England 2 125" and imprinted markings by its side.
Dimensions: (approx)
9.5" High, 3" Diameter
Provenance:
From the estate of Ali A. Abssi (1934-2020) and Florence Hall Abssi (1919-2014), founders of the Ishtar Gate...
Category
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Pair Porcelain Vases / Urns
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century pair of French figural glazed porcelain vases / urns with exterior gilt painted design scene details. Each vase / urn is in good condition. No chips, cracks, or restoration observed. Minor wear consistent with age / use. Each one stands about 19.5 inches tall x 8 inches wide X 4.5 deep pair of French figural porcelain...
Category
1820s French Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold
$4,400 / set
Large Antique German Seated Pug Dog Attributed to Dresden
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large 19th-Century German Porcelain Pug Dog, Attributed to Dresden
Description:
A finely modeled and richly expressive 19th-century German porcelain figure of a pug dog, attributed...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Lladró Protective Dragon Sculpture, Gold, Special Edition, Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Limited edition High Porcelain sculpture of a dragon, the symbol of power and good fortune in Asian cultures, in a special version to commemorate Lladró’s 70th anniversary. A represe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
German Art Deco Vase in Porcelain by Mitterteich Bavaria
Located in San Diego, CA
Petite beautiful Art Deco round vase made in Bavaria Germany in porcelain finish with hand painted designs, by Mitterteich Germany, circa 1940s.
Category
20th Century German Art Deco Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Asparagus Tureen, Probably Thuringian
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Porcelain Trompe-L'oeil Asparagus Spears Tureen,
Probably German porcelain probably Thuringian
Circa 1770-1800
The porcelain ...
Category
1770s Georgian Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Rosenthal Raymond Loewy Form 2000 Coffee Set Secunda Grau
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Supremely elegant Form 2000 porcelain coffee set designed in 1954 by Raymond Loewy and Richard Latham and manufactured in Germany by Rosenthal. This beautiful set includes a coffee p...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Imari Porcelain Style Lamps, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of lamps in Japanese Imari porcelain style decorated with traditional figurative art, flowers and pagodas in pink and green tones on a white background within decorated borders,
Made by the Honi Chilo...
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
$1,700 Sale Price / set
39% Off
8 Antique Japanese Imari Meiji Scalloped Porcelain Salad Dinner Plates 9"
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of 8 early 20th century Japanese imari porcelain salad / dinner plates with scalloped edges, hand painted with fan-like panels of landscapes and flowers, surrounded with designs ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$640 Sale Price / set
20% Off
12 Royal Doulton Hand Painted Artist Signed Custom Made Cabinet Plates
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a spectacular set of 12 Royal Doulton cabinet plates that are museum worthy. Each one is hand painted, artist signed by two of Royal Doulton's most famous artists! The center...
Category
1910s English Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Japanese Imari Ware Porcelain Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large scale and very good quality late 19th century Japanese Imari vase with exotic birds, trees and flowers. Wonderful coloring in vibrant hues of blue, red and rust.
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
JLMENAU by Graf von Henneberg Porzellan Gold Floral Trinket Box East Germany
Located in London, GB
JLMENAU by Graf von Henneberg Porzellan beautiful trinket box with a gold floral design and hand painted gold detail. There has been a repair underneath the lid. Made in East Germany...
Category
1950s Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Ginori Porcelain Collectible Dishes ALITALIA Airlines Hot Air Balloon
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Richard Ginori Italy Porcelain Dishes for Alitalia.
Set of 2 ALITALIA Airlines Richard Ginori Hot Air Balloon Porcelain Trinket Dishes.
Italian Colle...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12, Sevres 19th C., Chateau Des Tuileries 1846 Louis Phillippe Plates
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres, Set of 12 Circa 1846. Made for the Chateau Des Tuileries service of Louis Phillippe.
This exquisite 19th-century porcelain plate set, crafted by the renowned Sèvres manufac...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$4,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique and Vintage Porcelain Decorative Objects, Tableware, Dinner Plates and Other Furniture for Sale
While it is tempting to store your antique and vintage porcelain decorative objects and other items behind closed glass cabinet doors and reserve them only for display, your porcelain dinner plates and serving platters can safely weather the “dangers” of the dining room and be used during meals. So go ahead and dress up your dining table for a special meal with a range of porcelain tableware, platters and tea service from 1stDibs.
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.
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.
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. Elsewhere, Denmark’s Royal Copenhagen first made dinnerware and vases with blue-and-white motifs inspired by Chinese porcelain. Hungarian brand Herend favors large, bold designs for its porcelain, with its serving pieces, dishes and other works incorporating historical scenes, animals or vegetation.
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.
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.
Find antique and vintage porcelain made in a variety of styles on 1stDibs.