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Material: Porcelain
Japanese Yellow and Black Chinoiserie Style Porcelain Charger Plate 1930s
By Arita
Located in Glasgow, GB
A large Japanese export 15" Chinoiserie-style porcelain charger plate, crafted in Japan around the 1930s. Stamped to its underside with a red insignia reading "foreign," a mark gener...
Category
1930s Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$417 Sale Price
20% Off
Lladro Figurine Jockey with Lass #5036 Race Horse Derby Day Lady w/Parasol 1979
By Lladro
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lladro Figurine Jockey with Lass #5036 Race Horse Derby Day Lady w/ Parasol 1979. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 17.5" H x 15" W x 7.5" D.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of English Porcelain Covered Jars
Located in New York, NY
A pair of 1950's porcelain jars with birds and floral motif.
Measurements:
Height: 20"
Diameter: 9.5".
Category
1950s English Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$5,400 / set
Art Deco Porcelain Table Lamp of Leda and the Swan by De Vegh for Lenox
Located in New York, NY
This lovely Art Deco Porcelain Table Lamp of Leda and the Swan by De Vegh for Lenox originates from the United States, Circa 1930. Features a rectangular polished brass base from whi...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Fencai Saucer Dish 5 Flowers Daoguang 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Chinese famille rose fencai decorated porcelain saucer dish, finely painted with 5 groups of flowers and insects, thinly brown glazed mouth rim, with five lively bats in d...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Antique Dutch Delft Faience Lidded Tureen
By Delft
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique Dutch Delft faience lidded soup tureen. Maker's mark on reverse featuring an axe or hatchet, denoting it's factory, De Porceleyne Bijl (The Porcelain Axe), active 16...
Category
18th Century Dutch Louis XV Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century, Desk lamp in golden bronze with porcelain base
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century desk lamp in golden bronze and with porcelain base decorated with sky with clouds and pure gold decorations. The metal parts are finely chiselled. The joint on the bar a...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XVI Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Haviland Limoges Floral Porcelain Dinner Plates Set of 4
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Haviland Limoges Floral Dinner Plates with roses design set of 4.
CH Field - Haviland Limoges China with Pink Flowers and Greenery.
Antique Pi...
Category
20th Century French Louis XIV Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique American UPW Large Clamshell Porcelain Sea Life Oyster Plate, Circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique American "Union Porcelain Works" Porcelain Sea Life Oyster Plate, Circa 1880-1890's. Rare Large Clamshell Format.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges France Demitasse Tea Cup and Saucers Set Porcelain 1930
By Limoges
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Limoges France Tea or coffee Cups and Saucers Set Porcelain circa 1930.
Limoges French set of 4 tea Cups and 3 Saucers Set Porcelain 1930 Fine China...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Green 'Fitzhugh' Hot Water Platter- Tureen *
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Chinese Export Green 'Fitzhugh' Hot Water Platter- Tureen *
China, Circa 1850
* Reference
Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard pattern...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$2,213 Sale Price
24% Off
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Canton Cache Pot & Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Canton Cache Pot & Stand,
1820-1840
The large hexagonal-shaped Chinese Export porcelain cache pot has six panels with different scenes from Chinese ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinoiserie Bird Shaped Teapot Hand-painted Blue White Decor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage ceramic or porcelain small teapot is sculpted in shape of a bird or a phoenix, with large head, long wings, rounded tail, and ornate handle on the back. The teapot features traditional blue on white Chinoiserie decor of abstract graphic motifs; the tail, tips of the wings, beak, plumage, and handle are accentuated with solid blue. The teapot is fitted with small round lid; the open beak serves as a pourer.
The teapot is signed on the bottom by the artist or studio; due to the convenient size it can be used either as a milk or syrup pitcher, or as a teapot for one or two people. It is in very good vintage condition, and can be used either as serving piece in tablescape or as interior decor. The playful, unusual teapot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Assiettes Villeroy et Boch Design 1900 en porcelaine décor Art Déc (lot de 4)
Located in London, England
Service Design 1900 fabriqué dans les années 1980 des lithographies anciennes de l'époque Art Déco ont servi de modèle à ces dessins extraordinaires.
Chaque assiette a un motif diff...
Category
1980s Luxembourgish Art Deco Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Le Corbusier Service Prunier Set of Two Coffe Plates For Cassina
By Le Corbusier
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Service Prunier Set of Two Coffe Plates For Cassina
The tableware collection by Le Corbusier, originally crafted for the Prunier restaurant in London, was revisited by...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Manifattura Artistica Le Porcellane Italian Gold-Plated Table Lamp Hand Painted
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Manifattura Artistica Le Porcellane is an Italian company, which for over 70 years, skilled hands give life to valuable achievement...
Category
1990s Italian Neoclassical Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric
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
$62 Sale Price
30% Off
Wedgwood Porcelain Dinner Service for Twelve People
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Wedgwood porcelain dinnerware with gilt gold design detail service for twelve people with serving pieces. Each piece is in great condition. Maker's ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold
$22,984 / set
Japanese Lucky Cat Manekineko Couple Porcelain 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a vintage manekineko lucky cat. It is made with porcelain and it was made around 1970s in Showa era. It is a couple so it will come as a pair (red cat and bleu cat).
Dimensi...
Category
1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
SLAMP Ceremony Large Pendant Light in White by Bruno Rainaldi
By Slamp, Bruno Rainaldi
Located in Pomezia, Rome
Ceremony is an opulent lamp, an ode to femininity that conjures up the image of the brush of a skirt, a pearl choker, drapery on decoltè. The five light sources are spread over techn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Other
French Porcelain Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A French porcelain jewelry box, styled after Sèvres porcelain, in the Regency design style, circa late-19th century to early-20th century, France. Box is a deep orange hue with gold ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Regency Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Glazed Porcelain Statuette of Mao Zedong Seated on an Armchair
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese porcelain statuette of Mao Zedong from the late 20th century, depicting him seated on a armchair with June style purple and blue glaze. Created in China during the last quarter of the 20th century, this porcelain statuette depicts Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao. Seated on a low back armchair with out-scrolling arms and purple and blue glaze, Mao is crossing his legs, his right hand resting on his knees and his left on the arms. Mao was a Chinese communist...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Delfts Blue and White Chinoiserie Porcelain Ginger Jar
By Ardalt
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful Italian blue and white porcelain covered ginger jar ot temple jar
By Ardalt Blue Delfia
Italy, Mid-20th Century
Measures: 8ʺW × 8ʺD × 14.5ʺH.
Very good vintage condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Chinoiserie 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...
Category
20th Century Spanish High Victorian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Macaw Parrot Porcelain Bird Figure
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Deco tall Italian animal Figurine Ceramic Parrot Macaw on a tree trunk
Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed
Design: Cacciapuoti style...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
Matching Pair of Lidded Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases Artist Signed 1922
Located in Norton, MA
Matching pair of Lidded Famille Rose Chinese Famille rose porcelain vases depicting Birds and Flowers with Poems describing the beautiful springtime, breezy day with birds singing, f...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Other Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ansonia Style Visible Escapement White Floral 24K Porcelain Mantle Clock
Located in Danville, CA
This is one of the most beautiful porcelain clocks. It has beveled glass bezel over the 2 piece porcelain dial. The entire clock case is made of real porcelain, not those cheap clay cases. It's hand painted with colorful flowers. This clock features an 8 day movement with half hour and hour strike. 24K gold plated face cover...
Category
Late 20th Century Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Pair Porcelain "Bulldogs with Puppies" by Fitz and Floyd Co., American
Located in Incline Village, NV
Charming pair of porcelain white seated Bulldogs holding a pair of puppies each from their mouth in a straw basket with a blue bow around their necks; mounted on a blue base. Conditi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mazel Tov decorative Collector Plate Metropolitan Museum of Art Jewish Museum
By Metropolitan
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful decorative Mazel Tov plate reproduction , of 18th century delft Metropolitan MMA TJM ,vintage excellent condition Hebrew Yiddish.
Category
20th Century Japanese International Style Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, Pair of French Large Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Candelabras
Located in IT
19th Century Pair of French Large Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Candelabras
Dimensions: cm H 82 x W 50 x D 34. Base 35 x 34 cm
This pair of large candelabras was made in France in the 19th century from chased and gilded bronze, adorned with heron figures and floral decorations in hand-painted polychrome porcelain.
Executed in the Louis XV style, they feature a pierced gilded bronze base with rocaille motifs, consisting of scrolls and phytomorphic elements. On the base rest the porcelain heron...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair Chinese Porcelain Lidded Ginger Urns - Qianlong Vases, Jars, Qing Pottery
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful pair of Chinese Porcelain Qianlong vases, lidded ginger jars with the Qing Pottery markings. Hand painted designs are intricate and plentiful...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 5 Postmodern Flash One Series Bowl Set by Dorothy Hafner, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern set of bowls from the series flash one by rosenthal after a design by the artist dorothy hafner from 1982.
the bowls are in very good condition without defects. Only one b...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Gucci Urtica Ferox Mug
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gucci Richard Ginori porcelain coffee mug featuring the words "Urtica Ferox" - a reference to the invitation to the Cruise 2018 fashion show, whic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$315 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Belgian 'Banque' Porcelain Ashtray Catchall Jewelry Dish
Located in New York, NY
A Belgian 'Banque' white porcelain ashtray, circa mid-20th century, Belgium. A Belgian 'Banque' porcelain ashtray (or catchall jewelry dish) from bank, 'Union Du Credit De Bruxelles'...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges Porcelain Service Glazed in an Opulent Royal Blue with Gilt Edges
By Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A partial coffee/dessert service in opulent Limoges porcelain, comprising 6 dessert plates, 6 side plates and a two-handled sugar container. Glazed in an opulent royal blue, the body...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
37 Pc Arte Italica Marinoni Tuscan Pewter & Porcelain Dinnerware Place Settings
Located in Dayton, OH
37 Pieces of Arte Italica Tuscan Dinnerware. 5 Full 5 piece place settings plus extras.
Includes;
9 Dinner plates 11"
9 salad plates 8.5"
6 shallow ...
Category
Late 20th Century Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Pewter
$2,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Plates Qianlong Era Circa 1750
Located in Katonah, NY
Dimensions: 9.5" diameter
Condition: Excellent
Price: $1,200
Made circa 1750, this beautiful pair of Chinese export porcelain plates is hand-painted in vibrant famille rose enamels.
...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Asian Imari Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Japanese Imari porcelain square shape vases mounted on giltwood bases. The colors are a rich red and blue, the design is a classic flower and leaf motif. Newly wired with ne...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass
Adorable and Therapeutic Musical Clown Automaton Figure Toy French
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality therapeutic musical automaton clown toy in wonderful vintage working condition.
Features porcelain head, hands and feet.
Made in France circa...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Metal
$550 Sale Price
44% Off
Victorian Blue & White Floral Sink Bowl Basin
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An original Victorian blue and white floral sink bowl basin; a beautiful feature piece for a chic vintage bathroom or traditional ensuite.
Decorated with a charming blue and white t...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Art Deco Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1920s Italian Art Deco vases in a dark brown tone.
Measurements:
Height 18"
Diameter at widest 10.5".
Category
1920s European Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$4,800 / set
Cartier Silver-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles in Original Box
By Cartier
Located in Queens, NY
An Exquisite Suite of Three French Silver-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles with Coral and Sapphire Adornments by Cartier, Presented in Original Fitted Box
This exceptional su...
Category
19th Century French Qing Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Coral, Silver
Mid 20th Century Pair "La Tarantela" Porcelain Limited Edition Table Lamps
By Lladro
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Introducing a rare and captivating pair of limited edition "La Tarantela" Porcelain Table Lamps by the renowned Lladro. These exquisite lamps are not just functional lighting fixture...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Upholstery
Clock Spring Industrial Articulating Desk Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
I always liked this early desk lamp and use one myself. It has a nice clean and elegant profile. It also stands taller than most with a running length of 58 inches. What sets it apar...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Steel
Elevate Your Space with a Large 19.7Ø Antique Chunky Stained Glass Pendant Light
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare inlaid 'chunky glass' light fixture from the early 1900s.
This handcrafted, chunky stained glass light fixture is the perfect blend of artistry and functionality. With early 20...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Wire
Gilded Age Coalport Porcelain Set of Desert Plates, Set of Twelve
Located in Downingtown, PA
Gilded Age Coalport Porcelain Set of Desert Plates,
Set of Twelve,
Circa 1900 (Before 1911)
The set of twelve plates are beautifuly designed with a rich red border with small gilt l...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Blue Parrot Set of 2 Candleholder in Porcelain
Located in Paris, FR
Candleholder blue parrot set of 2 in hand painted
blue porcelain, glazed porcelain. Handcrafted details
in solid bronze. Each piece: L15xD15xH49cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$1,740 / set
Important, Rare French Ormolu Sevres Style Porcelain Jewelry Box on Bronze Table
Located in Queens, NY
A rare and important French ormolu/bronze and Sevres style turquoise porcelain jewelry box casket on matching French ormolu/bronze table with Sevres style porcelain plaques.
Of palatial / monumental size!
"The Marie Antoinette Jewelry...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Porcelain Red "Medusa" Tureen / Serving Bowl with Lid by Versace for Rosenthal
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful porcelain red "Medusa" tureen / serving bowl with lid by Versace for Rosenthal, circa 1990s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measu...
Category
Late 20th Century American Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Duchess of Cambridge Horseback Figurine 9"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain equestrian flatback figurine titled on the base "Duchess," likely depicting Sarah Fairbrother / Mrs. FitzGeorge in a cobalt blue dress wi...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Raspberry" Square Salad Dishes
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Raspberry" Square Salad Dishes
2 salad dishes with the Chinese Bouquet Raspberry pattern
Marked wi...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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
Floral Details German Porcelain Decorative Vase by Rosenthal
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Introduce a touch of timeless elegance to your home with this Mid Century Modern Floral Details German Porcelain Decorative Vase by Rosenthal. This stunning vase boasts a tapered nec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold
Adorable and Therapeutic Musical Clown Automaton Figure Toy
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality therapeutic musical automaton clown toy in wonderful vintage condition.
Features porcelain head, hands and feet.
Made in France during the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Metal
$595 Sale Price
40% Off
Brass and Iron Fireplace Screen, Vintage Italy, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A three panel fireplace screen made of polished brass and iron. Original as found condition (see all the detailed pictures). Some patina t...
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Phenomenal 12 Sevres 19th C, Chateau Des Tuileries 1846 Chateau Scene Cup Saucer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres, 24 Pieces (12 Sets) Circa 1846. Made for the Chateau Des Tuileries service.
Each extraordinary teacup is features a pristine hand painted surface of a Famous Chateau in Fra...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$6,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Porcelain Ashtray Limoges Hand-Painted Dish France 1970s
By Limoges
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Limoges Porcelain Ashtray bridge poker, ace poker card games square cube design with gold top bowl.
Hand-Painted Dish France 1970s.
Limoges porcelain Vintage Ashtray Dish with the ac...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Rouleau Vases with Censers, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Chinese Famille Rose Medallion Porcelain Platter 13.5"
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite antique Chinese Famille Rose Medallion platter, measuring 13.5 inches in diameter, showcases the intricate artistry and vibrant palette synonymous with Qing Dynasty ex...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$1,000 Sale Price
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.
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