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Material: Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Rose Medallion Decorated Jardiniere
Located in Germantown, MD
A mid Century Chinese Porcelain Rose Medallion Decorated Jardiniere.
Measures 14.5" in diameter and 16" in tall.
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Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Zodiac Figure 'Snake'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Zodiac Figure 'Snake'
China, 19th Century
A rare 19th Century Chinese famille rose zodiac figure of the 'Snake,' representing a significant symbol in Chinese astrology...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Blue And White Porcelain Vase As Lamp
Located in Norwood, NJ
Chinese 19th century porcelain vase converted as a lamp. Hand painted with a bird amongst a fruit tree with fruit, branches and leaves. A celadon ground and decorated with applied fo...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meji Period Imari Japanese Porcelain Dish Arita, Japan, 19th/20th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing this lovely Japanese Imari dish from the Meiji period. With beautiful floral design.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Doccia Porcelain Italian Neoclassical Topographical Teapot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique topographical porcelain teapot.
By Doccia Porcelain Manufactory circa 1820.
With painted enamel topographical scenes: each...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Amber French Limoges Porcelain Gilt Bronze Victorian Library Oil Lamp Chandelier
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous antique circa 1920 French Victorian Limoges porcelain five-light bulbs chandelier/bronze and opaline amber glass shades
Porcelain/opaline amber cased glass/chiseled gilt bro...
Category
Early 20th Century French Early Victorian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Unique Vintage Floral Landscape Famille Rose Porcelain Floor Vase
Located in Manassas Park, VA
This large vintage floor vase is a traditional porcelain vessel from Jingdezhen, a town long distinguished by imperial patronage. The lively ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Limoges Castel France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Round Box in Cobalt Blue
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Royal Limoges France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Round Box in Cobalt Blue.
Elegant large French vintage round Limoges trinket jewelry porcelain box i...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th Century Floral 102 Piece Dinner Service
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A wonderful collection of 102 pieces of transferware dinner service from Paris, France. Stamped on the bottom of each piece is 'Chapelle Paris Medaille 1844, 19 Boult des Italians.
...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Biedermeier Bathing Doll, Porcelain, c. 1820, Germany
Located in Hamburg, DE
This exquisite Biedermeier porcelain bathing doll, dating back to around 1820, is a fascinating piece of early toy history. During the 19th century, these dolls were used as floating...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
French Sèvres 19th Century Porcelain Egg with Putto and Garland of Pink Roses
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Sèvres Manufacture porcelain egg from the 19th century, with putto and floral hand painted décor. Born in France during the 19th century, this exquisite decorative egg featu...
Category
19th Century French Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Lomonosov Porcelain Set of Cup, Saucer, and Plate, Cobalt Blue & Gold 1986-1992
By Lomonosov
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare set of cup, saucer, and dessert plate features highly detailed gold borders and small abstract flower motifs on deep cobalt blue background. The rims of all 3 pieces and inner ...
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Arts and Crafts Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold
Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #78
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, no.78 / made in Milano Italy circa 1960.
Original mark on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Collectible Blue and White Royal Tudor Ware England Plate
Located in Miami, FL
Dinner plate with deep blue-white decor from England.
Manufacturer: Royal Tudor
This plate is from the manufacturer's 1960s series. Originals were produced from the 17th century England all having a deep blue iridescent decor. The edge was richly decorated with flowers and tendrils on a blue background. The central motif depicts every day life in the 17th century in England.
The plate has a fine patina and no damage.
Marked on the back:
Stamp - Royal Tudor Ware...
Category
1960s English Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Ironstone
Important Beau Brummell Regency Period Flame Mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and spectacular George III period (1760-1820) Beau Brummell gentleman's dressing table.
There is no mistaking this remarkably distinctive table's complex design and superb quality, which is certain to attract attention, add interest, and become a conversational talking point wherever you place it. Metamorphic like, the multipurpose piece transforming from a library table or console - vanity - work table - writing desk)
Refined elegant sophistication at its finest, born in late 18th / early 19th century at the height of the George III Regency period, also known as the golden age of classical English furniture design.
Exquisitely hand-crafted of the finest mahogany, having a rectangular top with warm, rich, highly figured swirl - flame mahogany, contrasting satinwood string banding and intricate cross-banded inlays, covered with an optional later glass top, above a trio of drawers affixed with beautiful gilt brass lion pull hardware, the center drawer opening to reveal a divided interior fitted with numerous compartments, richly grained mahogany veneered lids, and a lovely Worcester porcelain desk set.
Above the drawer a pull-out panel with inset green felt functions as both a writing - work surface extension and brushing slide.
Flanking the main drawer, a pair of drawers slide-outward and open to reveal brass hinged large panel mirrors that can also be used to double the work surface, when lifted the mirrors can rotate and additional lidded storage compartments are revealed, including a pin cushion for sewing, horse hair bristle brush, and divided slots coin compartment.
Having elegant clean lines, simple apron, highest-quality reinforced drawers to support the additional weight and allow them to fully extend, all rising on tapered square legs, terminating in patinated brass capped feet with casters.
Dimensions: (approx)
29.5" High, 44.5" Wide, 25.75" Deep (table form)
Provenance:
From the Collection of Gloria Monnet Nicholson, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Acquisition:
Acquired from highly reputable auction house Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. June 2022 Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts Signature Auction #8085 catalog.
Who was Beau Brummell:
George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (1778–1840) was an important figure in Regency England and, for many years, the arbiter...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass
Modern White Porcelain Piggy Bank "Drumbo" by Luigi Colani for Hochst
By Luigi Colani
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish modern white porcelain piggy bank "Drumbo" by Luigi Colani for Hochst, circa 1970s.
This piece is in overall excellent condition with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern 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
Bisque Porcelain Can & Paper Bag Vases by Rosenthal Studio-Line "Do Not Litter"
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool pair of bisque porcelain "pop art" can & paper bag vases by Tapio Wirkkala for the Rosenthal Studio-Line "Do Not Litter" series, circa 1980s. The vases are in very good vi...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Celadon Blue And White Vase
Located in Norwood, NJ
A large antique 19th century Chinese floor vase having a celadon ground and blue and white underglaze decoration to the body. The underglaze decoration is of a Fenghuang (Phoenix) bi...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Small Colorful Box In Polsky Porcelain
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
A pretty and delicate little box of purple and white color in fine Polsky porcelain; the shape is unusual and pleasant; it has a multi-purpose functionality. Produced in Art Deco style between 1930 and 1934 by the company Tillowitz - Reinhold Schlegelmilch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Art Deco Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Vase by Björn Wiinblad Rosenthal Studio Line Germany, 1970
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vase
Producer:
Rosenthal, Germany
Designer:
Björn Wiinblad
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage Op Art vase was produ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of porcelain circa 1950's English table lamps with chinoiserie decoration.
Measurements:
Height of body: 16"
Depth: 5
Width: 8"
Category
1960s English Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair of Chinese Yellow Ground Porcelain Miniature Vases
Located in New York, NY
Lovely pair of miniature Chinese yellow ground porcelain vases with applied plum blossom trees and butterflies. Each Stand on circular rosewood b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Tall Wrap Around Vessel, porcelain sculptural handmade vessel by Olivia Walker
Located in London, GB
'Tall Wrap Around Vessel' is a unique porcelain sculpture by the British artist, Olivia Walker.
Walker works in porcelain to create pieces that explore ideas of growth and decay thr...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Late 19th Century English Blue Willow Deep Platter
By Allertons
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous deep and large blue willow platter from England. Late 19th century in excellent condition with no damage, chips or cracks. Excellent color retention. The best serving platte...
Category
1890s English Campaign Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Ironstone
Japanese Antique White Porcelain Sake Bottle / Vase Object / Wabi-sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is Japan's old white porcelain Tokkuri.
It is thought to be the "Koimari" from the 1800s, Edo period.
On the side, a landscape soaked in water called a rain leak is created, c...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Italian Porcelain Buddha Table Lamp by Zanotto, 1970s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Beautiful porcelain lamp produced in Italy in the 1970s by Zanotto. The lamp is in ivory enamel and decorations in pure gold, signed Zanotto D.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique doll Roma 16, Plass & Roesner, Austria 1913
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
An antique Austrian doll Plass & Roesner, Roma 1913, is an infrequent visitor to the doll market.
As you can see in the photos, her fingertips are partially missing. She needs a good...
Category
1910s Austrian Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Famille Verte Vases, Kangxi Period, 1662-1722
Located in Delft, NL
Famille Verte vases, Kangxi period, 1662-1722
Famille Verte, Kangxi 1662-1722 Chinese porcelain vases with beautiful colors, especially the blue ...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Late Staffordshire Recumbent Figures of Dalmatians
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of late Staffordshire Recumbent figures Dalmatians
USA, 20th 1950s
A good pair of a later Staffordshire hand painted and enameled porcelain figures of reclining Dalmatians....
Category
Mid-20th Century English High Victorian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Seletti 'Love in Bloom' Gold Edition Heart Vase by Marcantonio
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
Love in bloom is a heart-shaped vase that looks like it comes out of a human anatomy essay. A modern love translated into a romantic but unpredictable gi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Potpourri Urn in the Rocco Style, ca. 19th century
By Sitzendorf
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful German hand painted porcelain potpourri urn vase with flowers and putti, in the Rocco style, by Sitzendorf, circa 19th century or earlier, Germany. Piece has details flor...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Six Pink and Purple Floral Gilt Plates
By Cauldon
Located in New York, NY
Set of six pink and purple floral gilt plates. Six white plates decorated with purple and magenta floral sprays bordered in reticulated gold rims. Marks for Cauldon. England, early ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese ginger jar lamp in polychrome enamels, c. 1890-1910
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese Qianjiang cai porcelain ginger jar decorated in polychrome enamels and electrified for use as a lamp. The decoration is rendered in rose and shades of green which are the col...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
French Modernist St. Clement Ceramic Sapho Candelabra's
Located in New York, NY
French Modernist St. Clement Ceramic Sapho Creation Candelabra's. A pair of French Modernist Ceramic Candelabras Sapho Creation St. Clement France. Organic form having three arms e...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Porcelain, Stoneware, Ceramic
Mitterteich Eternal Dinner Plates ; Set of 12
Located in Malibu, CA
Mid-century Bavarian dinner plates by Mitterteich in bright white with gold rim.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vestale Table Lamp in Iron, Embroidered Satin, Handmolded Decorated Porcelain
Located in Roma, IT
Designed by the Amsterdam-based Italian duo CContinua+Mamt, the Vestale lamp evokes a world suspended between dream and reality, blending Eastern influences with Mediterranean memori...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century Limoges Porcelain Cache Pot in a Sèvres Style
By Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A beautiful and vividly coloured 19th century cache pot, or jardinière, lovingly crafted from Limoges porcelain in the 18th century Sèvres styl...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th C. Chinese Dish or Plate Porcelain Blue & White Hand Painted Hunting Scene
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain blue and white Dish or Deep Plate from the 18th Century Qing Dynasty, possibly back to the Kangxi period ( 1662-1722).
This is a well potted dish with a very neatly cut foot rim and a white glaze having a blue tinge.
The plate is well hand painted, front and back, in a free flowing style, characteristic of the period, in varying shades of a clear cobalt blue, from the very dark to the very light blue.
The central well is hand decorated with an iconic outdoor...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
T&V Limoges Hand Painted Roses Squat Vase
By Limoges
Located in Palm Springs, CA
French hand painted floral porcelain Tressemann & Vogt Limoges squat vase. Expertly decorated with red and white roses surrounded by soft shades of green foliage. Beautiful piece dat...
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Cubist French Horn Musician Figurine by Peter Strang
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Meissen porcelain figurine.
By Peter Strang. Strang was born in Dresden in 1935 and received a degree in Sculpture from the Academy of F...
Category
20th Century German Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Huge Italian Tole Porcelain Flowers Polychrome Chandelier, circa 1870 Rare 1of2
Located in Firenze, Toscana
I have another, roughly the same size with 4 lights. This one Houses 7 lights, 6 encircling and one in center. Will be newly rewired with certified UL US sockets for the United Stat...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Tôle
Totem Elephant Mug with Lid by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
This mug with lid (cc 400) is an elegant way to enrich an everyday ritual with exquisite allure and a unique design. Part of the Totem Collection, this superb piece of functional dec...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Gianni Versace for Rosenthal, Porcelain Miniature Jug. "Russian Dream"
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Gianni Versace for Rosenthal, porcelain miniature jug.
"Russian Dream".
In perfect condition.
2000s.
Marked.
Original gift box included.
Dimensions...
Category
Early 2000s German Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Mid-18th Century Cup White Porcelain with Golden Drawings Japonese Style
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed in gold with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to star...
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Exquisite Antique French Sevres Cobalt Porcelain and Ormolu Centerpiece Compote
Located in Tustin, CA
Opulent, 19th century handmade and painted square porcelain and ormolu gilt metal centerpiece features elaborately scrolling floral split handles, and a grapevine wreathed frame with egg and dart edges on cabriole legs. An idyllic pastoral scene is exquisitely painted in minute detail in the center and dramatically framed with a magnificent cobalt blue painted border with rich 24-karat gold trim and panels of hand painted, multicolored flowers.
Measures approximately 15.5” wide x 12” deep x 7.25” high.
Hallmarked in blue with the letter A...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate, #286
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Fornasetti Porcelain Themes & Variation Plate #286,
The Binoculars,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Surreal Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts the f...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Chinese Export Large Charger, Late Kangxi Period, circa 1700
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exquisite Chinese late Kangxi period (1661 - 1722) blue and white porcelain charger of large size made for export to Europe, of circular form with raised convex central roundel pa...
Category
1690s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th C Neoclassical Bisque Roman/Greek Figurine
Located in Malibu, CA
Early 20th C Neoclassical Parian porcelain bisque cast Roman/Greek Figurine Neoclassical figurine of a draped Roman or Greek male.
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, four dinner plates in porcelain with floral motifs and insects
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany.
Four dinner plates in porcelain.
Hand-painted with floral motifs and insects in blue.
Approximately 1920s/1930s.
Marked.
First factory quality.
In excellent conditi...
Category
1920s German Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Turquoise Glazed Chinese Dog Of Foo
Located in London, GB
A large ceramic turquoise glazed Chinese dog of foo, handsomely carved.
Category
1930s Chinese Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ko-Imari Edo Period 17C Japanese Porcelain Box Arita PEACOCK
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice blue and white vase. Unusual painting.
Early Edo period.
Dating to 1660-1680
Similar objects in the book Porcelain fro Palaces and Fine and Curious
Condition
Both lid...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Charming Miniature Sink from the Early 20th Century, Johnson Brothers Hanley Ltd
Located in Knivsta, SE
Charming Miniature Sink from the Early 1900s – Johnson Brothers Hanley Limited, England
Rare and charming miniature ceramic sink from Johnson Brothers Hanley Limited, England. An replica of a full-sized traditional sink, featuring beautiful details and solid craftsmanship.
This miniature sink was likely a promotional product...
Category
Early 20th Century English Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica. Large open lace dish in hand-painted porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica.
Large open lace dish in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration.
Model: 20/3529
Date: 1963
Latin name.
In excellent condition.
First ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Exquisite & Extra Large Antique White & Black Alabaster & Bronze Chandelier 1910
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and extraordinary, 32.8 inches in diameter, 12-light antique chandelier.
If you are looking for a one of a kind and truly classy chandelier for a dining room, a hotel lobby...
Category
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Revival Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Alabaster, Metal, Bronze, Brass
12 Antique English Raised Gilt Encrusted Salad or Dessert Plates Circa 1910
By Cauldon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic and elegant set of 12 plates made by the storied Gilded Age firm of Cauldon England. This versatile size features raised and hand tooled gilding on their elaborate collars ...
Category
1910s British Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold
Large Chinese White Porcelain Reticulated Lamp, 1940
Located in Norton, MA
Beautiful reticulated white porcelain lamp with foliate scroll background and flowers in low relief on the body of the lamp.
The finale is a carved jade. The vase is in excellent con...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silver, Lidded Porcelain Trinket or Snuff Box
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming little sterling silver-lidded porcelain box, possibly used for snoring snuff, or for general trinkets. The silver top is decorated in Louis XVI style, and bears the Minerv...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Silver
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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