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Material: Porcelain
Rare Art Deco Glazed Porcelain Sculpture c1930 by August Wilhelm Goebel, Signed
Located in Lisse, NL
Pure, sculptural and timeless. This extraordinary Art Deco sculpture by German artist August Wilhelm Goebel (1883–1971) masterfully balances classical form and modernist restraint. ...
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Single White and Blue Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Chinese porcelain table lamp. Measurements: Height of body: 18.5" Height to shade rest: 30.5" Diameter: 7"
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1960s Chinese Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Chinese Export Porcelain Maiden Lotus Candlesticks, A Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Maiden Lotus Candlesticks, A Pair, Circa 1765 The pair of Chinese maiden candlesticks are each in the form of a Chinese m...
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1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

White Porcelain Vintage Industrial Clear Glass Brass Wall Lamp Sconces
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Porcelain industrial wall lamp. White porcelain, cast iron, brass and clear glass. 2 conductors, no ground. Diameter wall mount 10.5 cm / 4”. 2 holes to secure. For use inside only...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Porcelain Furniture

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Brass, Iron

Pair of Pierced White Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1940's Chinese porcelain table lamps. Measurements: Height of body: 16" Height to shade rest: 26" Diameter: 7"
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1940s Chinese Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Chinoiserie Famille Verte Rose Ceramic Pomegranate Urn Table Lamp
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Chinese Export table lamp features Famille Verte Rose decor on ceramic ginger jar body with double pomegranate relief handles. The lamp is mounted on carved wooden base and f...
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20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Brass

Large Porcelain Ginger Jar, Famille Noire, China c1930s
Located in Glasgow, GB
A 1930s hand-crafted Chinese porcelain ginger jar, also known as a large melon jar for its distinctive, rounded shape. In very good condition for its age and use, this collectible p...
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1930s Chinese Qing Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Enamel

Antique Porcelain & Ormolu Zell Hammersbach Vase 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb porcelain & ormolu mounted Zell Hammersbach vase, with makers mark and dated 1882. This vase comes from the small German town of Zell am Harmersbach, between the Bl...
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1880s German Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Ormolu

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...
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1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Bareuther Bavaria Coffee Service, made in Germany, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Bareuther Bavaria coffee service, made in Germany, 1980s Consisting of 12 cups and saucers, coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl. Never used. The measur...
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1980s German Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Richard Ginori Italy Mantua "Italian Scene" Demitasse Cup and Saucer Set
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Richard Ginori demitasse or espresso cup and saucer set was made of fine semi-translucent porcelain in Italy. It is decorated with early landscape-based Mantua, or "Italian Sce...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Anatomica, Porcelain Hand with Hummingbirds Decoration by Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Le mani in porcellana della collezione Anatomica, creata da Vito Nesta per il suo brand Grand Tour, sono un oggetto di design intramontabile e di grande valore decorativo. La produzione di queste porcellane è affidata a Fratelli Majello che dal 1867 sono maestri delle lavorazioni di Capodimonte. Ogni mano è decorata con estro e fantasia, ben 20 decori sono infatti disponibili, avendo la possibilità di integrarsi alla perfezione in qualsiasi ambiente, che sia una camera da letto, un mobile ingresso...
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2010s Italian Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

White Porcelain Vintage Industrial Opaline Milk Glass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Industrial pendant. White porcelain, opaline glass. 2 conductors, no ground. Weight: 1.06 kg / 2.3 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps have been made suitable by interna...
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Mid-20th Century French Industrial Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Glass, Milk Glass, Opaline Glass

Three 19th Century Continental Naturalist Fruit, Insect, Vegetable Plates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of Three 19th-Century Continental Hand-Painted Porcelain Plates with Naturalist Fruit & Insect Decoration A captivating set of three finely hand-painted porcelain plates, dating...
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19th Century European Baroque Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

19thC Large 16 ins Chinese Export Vase Porcelain Rose Medallion, Qing Ca 1850
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality, highly decorative Chinese export Large porcelain Vase, finely hand decorated in the Imperial Canton, Rose medallion figural design, which we date to the mid 19th century, Qing dynasty, circa 1850. This is a large vase over 16 inches high. ( ~42cm) The vase has a baluster shape with a flared rim and is embellished with gold gilded dragons or salamanders at the shoulder with gold Foo Dog side handles. This is a well potted heavy vase indicative of the earlier Canton pieces, weighing about 3.5 Kg unpacked. It is hand-painted in the Canton or Chinese export, rose medallion decoration with two sets of four panels...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique 12 Pc Meissen B-Form Teacups & Saucers Floral Crossed Sword Tea Set B154
Located in Dayton, OH
Twelve piece set of antique Meissen China. Porcelain, blue swords marks 1st and 2nd choice, form number B-154, B-form purple with scattered flowe...
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Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

"Old Paris” Porcelain Dinner Service, 19th Century, France
Located in Delft, NL
“Old Paris” porcelain dinner service 188 pieces tableware (200 parts) 19th century French porcelain. Beautiful white porcelain ...
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19th Century French Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

69 Pc Pickard Floral Chintz Service for 10 Dinnerware China Set
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 69 piece set of Pickard China dinnerware in the Floral Chintz pattern, featuring a scattered printed multicolor floral design and gilded edge. Service for 10. Set includes: L...
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20th Century Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

1944 Mid Century Rookwood Pottery Floral Porcelain Bud Vase Jens Jensen
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 1944 Rookwood Pottery porcelain vase with a floral design by Jens Jensen featuring white dogwood or magnolia blossoms on a mottled brown ground.  
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1940s American Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Wedgwood Fine Bone China Dinnerware Patrician Pattern England 165pcs
Located in Miami, FL
A very popular design from 1927 - 1986 for Wedgwood of Eutria & Barlaston, the Patrician Pattern of fine bone china dinnerware was produced ...
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Mid-20th Century English Romantic Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Royal Albert England Porcelain Serving Set, Old Country Roses, 1974-1980
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage serving set consists of two-tier sandwich or cookie platter stand, relish or condiment bowl, and salt and pepper shakers. The fine porcelain pieces are decorated in Old Country Roses...
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1970s English Victorian Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Chinoiserie Blue and White Porcelain Garden Stool or Side Table
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Chinoiserie blue and white porcelain garden stool, plant stand, or small side table featuring depictions of a scenic Asian landscape and figures. China, Late 20th Century...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Rare Disney Mickey Mouse Porcelain Figurine, Rosenthal 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Extremely Rare Antique / Vintage Disney Mickey Mouse beautiful porcelain figurine by the famous Rosenthal Germany , circa 1930s This is #551 in the series w/incised number under base along w/"Rosenthal" company mark. Originally All Rosenthal Mickey Mouse figurines...
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1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Antique Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Green Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Oil Lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of medium proportions, (see last image in s...
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19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Ormolu

Fornasetti Jewelry Dish Tray
Located in New York, NY
An Italian porcelain tray or dish with Greco-Roman design by designer by Piero Fornasetti, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, Italy. Use on a desk/vanity or on a cocktail table. etc. Tra...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Greco Roman Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

20th Century Meissen Coffee Cup With Saucer
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Porcelain coffee cup with saucer richly hand painted decorated with gold.
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20th Century European Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Blue White Chien Lung Soup Tureen Centerpiece
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Fine & Rare Example of an Eighteenth-Century Chinese Porcelain Export Circular Lidded twin handle blue and white Deep Dish Tureen or Centerpiece Bowl of generous proportions and of the period Chien Lung 1736-1795. Exquisitely hand decorated depicting typical Chinese scenes of garden landscapes within trellis border on an off-white ground. The octagonal edge dome shaped cover with similar decoration and an attractive central finial. *This is one of a pair currently listed Condition: This piece is offered in exceptional condition for such an early piece, no losses or hairlines anywhere, and no restoration, possibly never used, no staining inside the bowl. This piece is typically unmarked. Width: (including handles) 10.75” (27.5cm). Diameter: (top cover rim) 10” (25.5cm). Height: 7.75” (19.75m). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller. Please take time to scroll down below and click "View All From Seller" or favorite our Shop PATRICK HOWARD...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Small Chinese Porcelain Double Gourd Vase in Red Sang de Boeuf Glaze
Located in Glasgow, GB
A small Chinese double-gourd vase, handcrafted in China, circa 1960s. Finished in a rich oxblood red glaze, known as sang de boeuf, this piece embodies both Chinese tradition and a...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Pair of French Porcelain and Bronze Candle Holders Napoleon III
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of candlesticks in French Sevres style porcelain and hand-painted bronze, made in the second part of the 19th century. Two little cracks are present, as shown in the pictures. ...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Rarest Arts & Crafts Beveled Glass & Brass Pendant Light Lantern w. Unique Chain
Located in Lisse, NL
Handcrafted, beveled glass holding lantern with the original and unique triangle elements chain. If you are looking for the best and the rarest when it comes to European Arts and Cr...
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Early 20th Century European Aesthetic Movement Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Brass, Wire

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Jars with Lids - A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Jars with Foo Dog Finials. Jars feature dragon motifs. Jars are in the traditional baluster shape and lids have a do...
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19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Wedgewood Black "Colonnade" Bone China Dinner Service for 12
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Expertly crafted in England, the Wedgewood Black "Colonnade" Bone China Dinner Service for 12 offers timeless elegance. Made from the finest bon...
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Mid-20th Century European Classical Roman Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Huge 19th Century Japanese Imari Charger
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Huge Japanese Imari Charger, Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) The centre painted flower and Bonsai filled Jardiniere, the cavetto painted with four grand cartouches. The reverse also decor...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Vintage Royal Dux Porcelain Figurine Lady with Doves, Bohemia 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A very beautiful Royal Dux Bohemia porcelain sculpture, mid-20th century, mid-century modern period, Czechoslovakia. A very beautiful and detailed porcelain figurine. With maker's ma...
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1960s Czech Art Deco Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Large Pair of Chinese Export Turquoise Foo Dogs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Large Pair of Chinese Export Turquoise Foo Dogs  China, 20th century  This impressive pair of Chinese export porcelain foo dogs, made in the 20th century, highlights exquisite cra...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

19th Century Gilt Bronze Cathedral Mantel Clock
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This stunning 19th-century French gilt bronze mantel clock is a true testament to craftsmanship and timeless design. Featuring intricate Gothic cathedral-inspired detailing, this clo...
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19th Century French Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Bronze

Antique Pair Of Table Lamps Chinoiserie Porcelain Vases Newly Electrified
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional pair of Chinese table lamp hand painted on porcelain, beautiful colors of form of ceremony with families and there children in the garden , in The back is Chinese scrip...
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20th Century Chinese Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Metal

Italian Delfts Blue and White Chinoiserie Porcelain Ginger Jar by Ardalt
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful Delft Chinoiserie style blue and white porcelain covered ginger jar or temple jar By Ardalt Blue Delfia Italy, Mid-20th Century Measures: 5.25ʺW × 5.25ʺD × 9.5ʺH. Ver...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Set Of 6 Lafarge Limoges For Le Cirque Restaurant Orange Monkey Salad Plates
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A set of six Lafarge Limoges custom porcelain salad plates for Le Cirque Restaurants. The plates are decorated with scenes of monkeys picking fruit along vibrant orange borders, gree...
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20th Century French Hollywood Regency Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Le Corbusier Service Prunier Set of Two Coffe Plates For Cassina
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...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Bulldog by Fritz Diller
By Fritz Diller, Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and detailed German porcelain English bulldog sculpture designed by Fritz Diller in 1914, for porcelain Maison, Rosenthal, circa ...
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Early 20th Century German Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Ginori Majolica Allegorical Serpent Handled Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning Italian Renaissance style Majolica Allegorical Serpent Handled Vase, Blue-crowned Ginori Mark, Model and Decoration No. 13-88 Provenance Celine Dion Jupiter, Florida Estate ...
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

French Blue and Beige Porcelain Sconces a Pair
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1849 Pair French Porcelain sconces
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1980s Vintage Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Set Of 6 Bernardaud Limoges For Le Cirque Restaurant Green Monkey Dinner Plates
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Set of six Bernardaud Limoges for Le Cirque porcelain dinner plates displaying vibrant green border and orange trim with imagery of monkeys picking fruit. Made in France. These plat...
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20th Century French Hollywood Regency Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

19th Century Flo-Blue "Scinde" Pattern Luncheon Plates, 4 Pieces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These flo blue plates are in such nice condition. One small plate has minor edge chip. Selling the collection of four plates. Large plate measures 9.5...
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19th Century American Country Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

White Porcelain Ribbed Clear Glass Vintage Industrial Brass Pendant Lights
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Porcelain industrial hanging lamp. White porcelain, brass and clear striped glass. 2 conductors, no ground. Weight: 1.20 kg / 2.6 lb Priced per individual item. All lamps hav...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Industrial Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Brass

Antique Regency English Crown Derby Pair Urns Vases Pot Pourri Centerpieces 1815
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Wonderful Rare Matched Pair of Early English Regency Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Pot Pourri or Pastile Burners of traditional form. First quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Lavishly hand decorated in Imari palette with colours of Iron Red and Cobalt Blue with gilt on an off-white ground, each rim with four projecting Lion's heads ending on four paw feet on a shaped base. Condition: Superb condition for such early items, light wear to gilding at high points and some staining inside, evidence of gilt overpainting on one cover, see image. Both bases with iron red mark for circa 1815. Diameter: (entire) 5.5" (14cm). Height: 6" (15.25cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable Fixed Price Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller. Please take time to scroll down below and click "View All From Seller" or favorite our Shop PATRICK HOWARD...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Pair of Antique Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Vases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of fine antique Chinese porcelain vases In the Rose Medallion style. With 4 gilt handles around the neck in the form of foo dogs and lizards. The mouth/rim of the vase is f...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Large Antique 19th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Blue & White Dragon Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely large 10" antique 19th Century Chinese plate with a hand painted fire breathing dragon and decorative border in cobalt blue and wh...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Decorative Object Elephant Porcelain Mid-century Modern Italian Design 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
Very nice and large elephant in white enamelled porcelain with golden definitions. Italian production from the 70s. Please watch the video and photos carefully, thank you. Weight: 2...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Rare Rosenthal Figurine Table Lamp by K.Himmelstoss, circa 1916
Located in Wiesbaden, Hessen
Very rare figurine group “Festreigen” table lamp, designed by Karl Himmelstoss, 1913, executed by Rosenthal, 1916. White porcelain, three dancing graces in long robes on stepped, profiled and fluted round base, signed on the base (embossed) “K.Himmelstoss”, green color stamp under glaze “Rosenthal Bavaria...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Porcelain Hexagonal Garden Seats, A Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Hexagonal Garden Seats, A Pair, Circa 1850-60 The Chinese Export porcelain Rose Medallion Garden Seats are of a hexagonal barrel form with gilded studs repr...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Antique French Cassis Quenot Match Holder With Striker
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in France, this colorful and classic red and white matchstick striker or "Pyrogène" dates from the early twentieth century. The ribbed base is used for striking matches that...
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Porcelain Furniture

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Medusa Marinara - Peter Norton Christmas Gift by Vik Muniz
Located in Soquel, CA
Medusa Marinara - Peter Norton Christmas Gift by Vik Muniz Every year since 1988, technology entrepreneur and avid collector Peter Norton commissioned an artist to create an origina...
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1990s French Arts and Crafts Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Anatomica, Porcelain Hand with Submarine decoration by Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This striking sculpture is part of the Anatomica series by Vito Nesta, featuring decorative objects with simple and essential anatomical shapes characterized by bold, contrasting col...
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2010s Italian Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Le Corbusier Service Prunier Set of Two Dinner Plates For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Service Prunier Set of Two Dinner Plates For Cassina The tableware collection by Le Corbusier, originally crafted for the Prunier restaurant in London, was revisited b...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

French 19th Century Napoleon III Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Wall Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century clock is stunning with its diamond shaped rippling clock frame of ebony painted wood. Mother-of-pearl floral and foliate designs are inlaid in differently stained m...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain, Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood, Mahogany

Victorian French Angel Water Font
Located in Riverdale, NY
Lovely and large Victorian French Angel holy water font in bisque with glazed calm shell. Beautifully detailed hand painted decoration throughout. 1900 Fr...
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1890s French Late Victorian Antique Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Vintage Japanese Kutani Porcelain Foo Dog Temple Lion
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Single decorative vintage Japanese Kutani porcelain ShiShi Temple Lion Foo Dog Statue. Expertly crafted and painted. Both stamped and labeled in the underside. The Shishi, or lion-...
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1970s Chinese Vintage Porcelain Furniture

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Porcelain

Midcentury Porcelain White Mini Vase with a Frill, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A lovely Mid-Century Modern white porcelain/ceramic vase from the 1960s. Original vintage good condition. Only one unique piece.
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Mid-20th Century French Porcelain Furniture

Materials

Glass, Ceramic, 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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