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What is a porcelain socket?

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What is a porcelain socket?
A porcelain socket is a socket made of porcelain. It can endure higher temperatures when compared to other materials. If the light is outside or hangs with a bulb facing down, a porcelain socket is the best recommended. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage porcelain socket lamps.
1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
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Important Meissen Porcelain Figural Clock Group on Original Marked Plinth
Located in Lisse, NL
Crossed Swords with Star • Late 18th Century Porcelain • Museum Quality. An exceptional and highly important Meissen porcelain figural clock group, representing one of the manufacto...
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Antique 18th Century German Rococo Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Enamel, Brass

Antique Haviland Limoges French Chocolate Pot w/ Pink Rose Motif Ribbon Handle
Located in Savannah, GA
This lovely late 19th century large Haviland Co Limoges porcelain chocolate pot features a tall scalloped base and upper edge, whimsical ribbon shaped handle, and hand painted sprigs of pink garden roses with gilded details throughout. The green underglaze mark "Haviland France" indicates the plate was manufactured by Haviland Co. in Limoges, France. The red overglaze mark "Haviland Co. Limoges FOR HOWELL-DOHRMANN CO OAKLAND CAL." indicates that the item was made specifically for the Howell-Dohrmann Co. retailer in Oakland, California, a prominent retailer in Oakland, California, which commissioned items like Haviland Limoges China...
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Antique 1890s French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Piero Fornasetti Conchiglie Pattern Plate with Sea Anemones and Shells
Located in Downingtown, PA
Marine Whimsy: Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Conchiglie" (Shells) Plate #11 Circa 1960–1970 A vibrant and whimsical vintage porcelain plate designed by Piero Fornasetti, featuring the ...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

German Hausmalerei for Meissen Porcelain Pedestal Dish Cover 18th C.
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very rare and stunning German Hausmalerei (home painted) porcelain dish and cover hand-painted with insects and flowers dating from the 18th century. Hausmalerei refers to blank ...
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Antique 18th Century German Rococo Revival Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Themes Variation Plate, Number 107
Located in Downingtown, PA
"Adorned in Self": Fornasetti "Themes & Variations" Plate #107 (Necklace of Faces) 1960s-Early 70s. A surreal and visually layered porcelain wall plate from the celebrated "Themes &...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Porcelain Constantinople 5 Plate
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by the lavished elegance of the Ottoman empire, this porcelain plate is part of a limited series of 100 pieces and six different designs, each paying homage to an aspect of ...
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2010s Italian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

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