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Material: Porcelain
Persian Market Porcelain Platter Portrait Nasr al din Shah Qajar 20th C
By Gardner Porcelain Factory
Located in Melbourne, AU
A large platter, bearing commemorative portraits of Naser al din Shah Qajar, painted in cobalt and parcel gilt.
This beautiful portrait platter was purc...
Category
1950s Japanese Late Victorian Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage French Ceramic Green and Gold Table Lamps Marble Metallic, Set of 3
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Vintage French ceramic table lamps - tall classic vase lamps with faux marble
Set of 3 table lamps
Material: Porcelain - Ceramic
Design : French Louis Drimmer (signed)
Producer: Loui...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Gilded Peacock Sculpture in Porcelain and Crystal
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture gilded peacock handmade in precious porcelain
one by one, feather by feather. Each feather is unique. Made
with shiny porcelain, hand-painted ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Lladró Oriental Horse Sculpture by Salvador Furió. Limited Edition.
By Lladro, Salvador Furió
Located in New York City, NY
Limited edition sculpture of an oriental battle horse in matte white porcelain with brown, ochre and blue tones. This majestic and elegant animal is inspired by traditional art of the Chinese Tang dynasty. The horse proudly wears its tack, typical of the upper classes, making this High Porcelain limited edition a symbol which conveys the significance this animal represented in Chinese society from ancient times: beauty, power and wealth. In this gloss finish version, the oriental horse...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
White Enamel Vintage Industrial Brass Porcelain Clear Glass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Porcelain industrial hanging lamp.
White porcelain, brass and clear glass.
Enamel shade
2 conductors, no ground.
Weight: 1.40 kg / 3.1 lb
Priced per individual item. All lamps have...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Capodimonte Lidded Jar Four Seasons Cherubs Decor
By Capodimonte
Located in Bochum, NRW
Capodimonte Lidded Jar Four Seasons Cherubs Decor. Vintage Italian biscotti jar from the 1950s, handmade and hand-painted. It is a lovely piece that can a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$173 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Tiffany Gilt Encrusted Cup & Saucers, Eleven Sets 22 Pieces Circa 1910
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Custom Ordered and Retailed through the fine Gilded Age firm of Tiffany & Co New York. This set of 11 cup and saucers features a striking shape and handle along with gilt encrusted b...
Category
1910s British Belle Époque Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Ginori 1735 Luke Edward Hall's "Il Viaggio Di Nettuno" Set Of 4 Bread Plates
Located in Cagliari, IT
Set of four hand-decorated pure porcelain bread plates (6,2 in / 16 cm). In four different colors.
The "Il Viaggio di Nettuno" pattern is inspired by Luke Edward Hall’s love of Greco...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Century Hertel Jacob German Porcelain Ginger Jar, Signed Fuchs-Nadler
Located in Soquel, CA
A lovely mid-century Bavarian porcelain ginger jar with gold trim and gilt details by Hertel-Jacob Porzellan (German, 1906-1979). This large ginger jar is ornately decorated with a highly detailed romantic figurative landscape scene, in which three men depicted in gold enjoy an opulent picnic of wine, meat, and fruit under a tree, in front of a large medieval castle complete with a canon and canon balls. A gold leaf motif decorates the backside of the piece. The signature "Fuchs-Nadler" can be found within the picnic scene, underneath the tray of food and wine.
Stamped on bottom with mark "Hertel-Jacob Porzelan / Bavaria Germany", and the serial number 1266.
Measures 14"H x 7"D.
**Please note: The top of the lid has been re-attached and a hairline crack in the gold is visible (see photos).
Hertel-Jacob Porzelan History:
Porzellfabrik Jacob, Schödl & Co. (1906 until 1912)
The factory was founded in 1906 by the industrial Jacob together with his financial partner Schödl and its product range during the first years included giftware items, vases, storage canisters...
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Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate
Set of 6 Green, Le Cirque N.Y. Custom Bernardaud Limoges Salad Plate
By Bernardaud
Located in Bridgeport, CT
From pasta primavera to world-renowned decadent desserts, Le Cirque's ubiquitous reputation for presenting its fine dining fare with whimsy and fun, landed it on the map of must-dine...
Category
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Cobalt Blue Royal Limoges France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant vintage round Limoges 22-karat gold trinket jewelry box.
French vintage Limoges trinket box in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor.
Marked...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Hand Painted and Gilt Porcelain Teapot C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Hand Painted and Gilt Porcelain Teapot C1890
Measures - 5.75"H x 8.75"W x 5.25"D
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Stunning White Gold Antique Royal Copenhagen Palace Henriette Porcelain Taza
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Distinguished Royal Copenhagen white porcelain antique taza with gilded decoration
A striking centrepiece from Royal Copenhagen
circa 1890
Stamped and numbered 8530
Measures: hei...
Category
1890s Danish Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Christian DIOR Porcelain Fruit Bowl Centerpiece, 1980s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French porcelain fruit Bowl centerpiece by Christian DIOR, 1980s, "Hearts" design, Gold & silver glaze. A sophisticated French porcelain fruit b...
Category
1980s French Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Asian Yellow Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of Asia yellow colored porcelain baluster form shaped vases mounted on gilt turned wood lamp bases. Newly wired with new brass 3 way socket and rayon cords. Vase portion is 16" ...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass
Blue and White Porcelain Vase, Chinese Kangxi Prunus, Matching Pair c.1980s
Located in Glasgow, GB
A matching pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain vases, hand-made in China circa 1980s.
Perfectly hand-painted in a rich cobalt blue enamel set against a white underglaze porcel...
Category
1980s Chinese Qing Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Figural Porcelain Dice Desk Ashtray Japan Black and White
Located in Toronto, CA
This mid-century porcelain dice ashtray is a playful yet sophisticated addition to any collection of vintage decor. Made in Japan during the 1930s, this piece showcases the iconic cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Turquoise Blue Glazed Foo Fu Dog Candlesticks
Located in Toronto, ON
A striking pair of French antique Foo Dog candlesticks or lamp bases, richly glazed in an eye-catching bright turquoise porcelain. These sculptural pieces blend Eastern symbolism wit...
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Brass
Japanese Service Pitcher for Serving Sake Style Mokubei Aoki Kutani ware 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a pitcher for serving sake.
It was made in showa era around 1960s. It is made with porcelain.
This is Kutani ware. And it is the style called Mokubei AOKI.
Dimensions:
11....
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set 12 Antique Gilt Neoclassical Cabinet Plates by Imperial
Located in New York, NY
Set of twelve (12) antique porcelain cabinet plates with exceptional gilt borders and lovely transfer scenes of Roman nymphs and muses frolicking with putti after Angelica Kaufmann, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Neoclassical Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl with Chinese Domestic Furniture
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Famille Rose porcelain bowl with Chinese "Antiques" & Scholar's items on Furniture,
Qianlong Period,
circa 1735-1740.
The Chinese Export porcelain bowl is finely painted inside and out with famille rose enamels. On the front is a depiction of an unusual grouping of Chinese domestic...
Category
1730s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges Porcelain Plate by Jean Cocteau
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Washington, DC
Collectible Limoges Porcelain Plate by Jean Cocteau. France, Mid-20th Century. Porcelain, signed and stamped on the back side “Limoges, France”.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ornate Antique Sterling Silver Pink Porcelain Vanity Powder Jar Trinket Box
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gorgeous trinket box or powder jar featuring an ornate scroll and lattice design sterling silver overlay over a pretty pink porcelain. The mark on the bottom is not legible.
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italy Late 18th Century Porcelain Richard Ginori Doccia Soup Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
This very fine soup bowl is a piece of the production of the Italian factory Richard Ginori Doccia.
It is a timeless piece rich of beauty and elegance, ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Museum Piece, SEVRES 1924 Paris Olympic Games Gold Medal Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Octave Guillonnet
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
1924 Paris Olympic Games gold medal vase by Octave Guillonnet and Emile Louis Bracquemond at Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, 1924. Height : 13.2"(33.5cm), Diameter : 6.3"(16cm). Sta...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Beige and Orange Foo Dog Patterned Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain urn-form vases with a pattern featuring swirling orange foo dogs against a gray-beige background. (PRICED AS PAIR)
C...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Wonderful Service 12 Minton Ovington's Raised Gold Hand Painted Dinner Plates
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Service Of 12 Minton Raised Gold Hand Painted Dinner Plates Retailed By Ovington's New York, Seem To Have Never Been Used Some Retaining Original Sticker.
Category
20th Century English Belle Époque Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Tema e Variazioni Porcelain Plate 114 Profile Themes Variation
Located in Miami, FL
The face of the opera singer Lina Cavalieri, Piero Fornasetti's muse, embellishes this decorative porcelain wall plate. This is variation number 294 of the iconic series. This striki...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid 20th Century Blue and White Porcelain Vase Lamp With Floral Motif
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Blue and white porcelain lamp in the style of traditional Chinese export ware, converted from a vase form. The body features hand-painted floral an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Bohemian Porcelain Royal Dux Cobalt Blue, White and Gold Vases
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Authentic Bohemian Porcelain Royal Dux Cobalt Blue, White and Gold Double Handled Vases Hand-painted Made in Czech Republic, Amphora Vases. ...
Category
20th Century Czech Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Light 31 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
Located in Geneve, CH
Light 31 Porcelain Sculpture by Laura Pasquino
One of a kind
Dimensions: D 32 x H 32 cm
Material: White porcelain.
Laura Pasquino
Incorporating references from ancient Korean ceram...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$4,024 / item
Vintage Set of 2 Japanese Bowls Arita Sometsuke Blue White Flowers Decor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage set of 2 square bowls features a traditional Arita style blue and white decor with Mino Yaki motifs of lush, exotic flowers and leaves in Sometsuke decoration technique. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large Antique Royal Vienna Hand Painted Cabinet Plate or Charger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Royal Vienna porcelain charger.
Hand painted with a mythological scene including a spinner or weaver, a man with a bear skin clo...
Category
19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
120 Piece Vintage Franciscan Apple Pattern Dinnerware Hand Painted USA England
Located in Dayton, OH
This vintage china set in the apple pattern by Franciscan has doubles of many pieces suitable for large gatherings. Includes 120 hand painted pieces...
Category
Late 20th Century American Country Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$720 Sale Price / set
20% Off
SIGMA Double Handle Lidded Porcelain Sugar Bowl Victoria Blue 7050
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Double Handle Lidded Sugar Bowl Victoria Blue 7050 by SIGMA. Item is marked "No. 7050 Victoria Blue" to underside. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 4" H x 6" W x 3.5" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blanc de Chine Porcelain Quan Yin
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Chinese tall Blanc de chine standing Quan Yin dressed in a flowing robe, the base is decorated with lotus flowers and pads. Marked China in the bottom.
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Lladro Retired Serious Clown with Guitar by Salvador Furio
By Lladro
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning and rare Lladro retired serious clown with guitar by Salvador Furio.
This is titled "Serious Clown with Guitar' and was sculpted by Salvador F...
Category
20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vito Nesta Corteo Porcelain Dessert Plates - Set of 12, Made in Italy
By Vito Nesta
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Experience the grandeur of a Sultan’s triumphant entrance into a conquered city with the Corteo collection, designed by Vito Nesta in collaboration with Les Ottomans. This set of 12 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Capodimonte Mirror Italian
By Capodimonte
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Capodimonte Mirror Italian
Rococo frame decorated with cherubs.
Excellent condition, not chips or damage.
Signed on back R. Capodimonte and R. San M...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Mirror
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Old Sevres Type Gilt Porcelain Vase with Hand Painted Flower Baskets & Ribbons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine old or antique Sevres type porcelain vase.
With rich gilding and handpainted flower baskets & ribbons throughout.
Marked to the based with a blue Sevres type interlaced...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Small Lobed Dish, Apple Green, Spotted Fruit James Giles, ca 1770
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful small deep plate made by Worcester in about 1770 in their First or the "Dr Wall" period. It is a small, lobed dish with a deep green ground, elegant tooled gildin...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,140 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Contemporary Blue Black Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary meuseum quality signed Japanese contemporary porcelain vase, referred to by the artist as the “lady with a golden shawl,” a masterpiece by a celebrated award-winning th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold
$2,925 Sale Price
50% Off
A Japanese Fluted and Covered Imari Baluster Vase, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Japanese Fluted and Covered Imari Baluster Vase, 19th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Description:
The domed co...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ca 1500 Antique raised moulded Goldfish dishes Chinese Porcelain China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated small dish, dating to ca 1500, Hongzhi or Zhengde period.
The small saucer dish is decorated with a raised moulded goldfish coloured in orange-red enamel and...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century white porcelain and decorated porcelain liquid soap dispenser
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century white decorated porcelain dispenser. This dispenser is simple and elegance in the same time. It's avaible to combine this dispenser with its glass, soap holder and tray....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Bronze
La Menagerie Ottomane Monkey Porcelain Dinner Plate, Handmade in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Discover the fascinating world of exotic animals once hidden within the Sultan’s palaces, often gifted by foreign dignitaries and treasured as symbols of wonder and prestige. La Mena...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 2 Royal Copenhagen Crackle Glazed Candlesticks. Thorkild Olsen, 1957.
Located in Malmö, SE
Elegant Royal Copenhagen crackle glazed candlesticks with gilded banding on the rim and base.
Designed by THORKILD OLSEN (1890-1973) for ROYAL COPENHAGEN. Made in Denmark, 1957.
Gre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Morbelli “Brocchiere” Porcelain Wall Plate Pure Gold 1960 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Morbelli “Brocchiere “ porcelain wall plate pure gold 1960 Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Porcelain Wall Mirror, White
Located in Miami, FL
Large White Wall Mirror, Porcelain.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
German Porcelain Duck with Hat & Bow Box Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
German porcelain duckling with bow box, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Two Mid-Century Modern Iridescent Glazed PAN Wall Lamps by Goebel Germany
Located in Munich, DE
Set of two beautiful Mid-Century Modern iridescent glazed wall lamps. Manufactured by Goebel Porzellanfabrik, 1970s, Germany.
The lamps are executed in porcelain. Surface iridescent...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Lenox "Castle Garden" Bread/Dessert Plates Set/12
Located in Malibu, CA
Classic Lenox china pattern “castle garden” from the 1970's in shades of pink, yellow, green on ivory background.
This stunning pattern has since been discontinued by Lenox.
Gold ba...
Category
1970s American Vintage Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Seletti "Love in Bloom" Porcelain Heart Vase
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$128 / item
Vintage Italian Table Lamps Ceramic floral Tall Porcelain Vase Lamps - a pair
By Robert Kostka, Italian school XX ct., Midcentury Italian school, Capodimonte, English Country Antiques
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Vintage tall Italian Ceramic Porcelain Vase Table lamps
Material: Ceramic, Porcelain, fabric
Style: Vintage, Modernist, Oriental, Italian, Modern, Mid Century,
Design: In the manner ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Monumental and Masterful Pair of French Paris Porcelain Hand-Painted Vases
Located in Queens, NY
A monumental and masterful pair of French Paris porcelain hand-painted vases, circa 1860.
These museum quality vases are extremely fine quality....
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$29,250 Sale Price
35% Off
English Porcelain Part Dessert Japan Pattern Service, Hammersley Factory
By Hammersley
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Japan Pattern Part Dessert Service,
Pattern No. "9771",
Hammersley & Co.,
19th Century
The porcelain dessert service is exquisitely painted with a distinctive Imari desig...
Category
Late 19th Century Regency Antique Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Ginori Burnt Orange Contessa Extensive Dinnerware Service Of 141 Pieces
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Richard Ginori extensive dinnerware service Contessa rust red pattern dinnerware service . Pattern having a burnt orange and double gilt gold and black trim decorated design on white...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Gold
Meissen, Germany. Set of six "Pink Indian" porcelain lunch plates.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Germany.
A set of six "Pink Indian" porcelain lunch plates.
Hand-painted with purple floral motifs, gold rim.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
Third and fourth factory quality.
Per...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Matar Mbaye II Plate by Kehinde Wiley
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Kehinde Wiley's collection of six porcelain coupe plates is one of our best-selling editions. Made in direct collaboration with the artist, the collection features details from paint...
Category
2010s North American Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$125 / item
Butterflies, Contemporary Porcelain Vase with Decorative Design by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The classic design of this porcelain vase comes back to life with retro decorations with a contemporary flavor. A pattern of butterflies extrapolated from ancient zoological books co...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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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