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Antique 19th Century German Ceramics
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Table Mirrors
Porcelain, Mirror
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Centerpieces
Porcelain
Antique 1860s English Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1880s German Belle Époque Porcelain
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Antique 1860s German Louis XVI Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1910s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1890s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1880s German Rococo Centerpieces
Porcelain
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1870s German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Figurative Sculptures
Other
Antique 1860s German Rococo Vases
Porcelain
Antique 1870s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
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Antique Late 19th Century German Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Porcelain, Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Porcelain
Antique 1860s German Louis XVI Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Rococo Revival Centerpieces
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1890s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1770s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1850s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s German Rococo Revival Centerpieces
Porcelain
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1850s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1850s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1850s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Porcelain
Antique 1860s German Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Classical Greek More Clocks
Porcelain
Antique 1870s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Porcelain
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Antique 1760s German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s German Empire Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1890s German More Furniture and Collectibles
Antique 19th Century German Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s German Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century German Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Rococo Revival Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Classical Greek Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique Late 19th Century German Porcelain
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Antique 1870s English Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Games
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
Paper, Leather
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Ironstone
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
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Vintage 1970s Mexican Hollywood Regency Decorative Boxes
Brass
Vintage 1910s British Books
Leather
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Platters and Serveware
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20th Century English Early Victorian Sterling Silver
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2010s Books
Paper
Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Decorative Art
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Antique Early 1900s French Romantic Ceramics
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Finding the Right Porcelain for You
Today you’re likely to bring out your antique and vintage porcelain in order to dress up your dining table for a special meal.
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.
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. 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.
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. While it is tempting to store your porcelain behind closed glass cabinet doors and reserve it only for display, your porcelain dinner plates and serving platters can safely weather the “dangers” of the dining room and be used during meals.
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.
On 1stDibs, browse an expansive collection of antique and vintage porcelain made in a variety of styles, including Regency, Scandinavian modern and other examples produced during the mid-century era, plus Rococo, which found its inspiration in nature and saw potters crafting animal figurines and integrating organic motifs such as floral patterns in their work.













