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Porcelain For Sale
Antique Pair 19C Japanese Satsuma High Quality Black Vases Landscape Uchida
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A pair of Japanese Satsuma black-ground vases, Uchida marks, Meiji/Taisho period
Of ovoid form with everted rims, painted in gilt with scenes of Mount Fuji against a bl...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$1,803 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Deco Vase by Ilse Claesson, Rörstrand, Green and Black, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely vase designed by Ilse Claesson in the 1930s at Rörstrand, Sweden. It is 22 cm high and in very good condition except from some craquelure in the glaze because of the age.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$641 Sale Price
20% Off
Sugar French Porcelain Sugar Pot by Sue
Mare White Color 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Sue Louis (1875-1968) & Mare André (1885-1932), Covered Earthenware Pot, 20th"
Cream colored.
Ribbed pot decorated with foliage on the lid with a roll-up grip, resting on a scalloped...
Category
20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Le Corbusier Unglazed Porcelain Tray by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tray designed by Cassina in collaboration with Ginori 1735 and the Le Corbusier Foundation in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Cassina takes its inspiration from the genius o...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Craftsmanship Hand Painted Porcelain Tray Blue and Gold Colors
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Italian craftsmanship pocket tray decorated with 4 different horses gold and blue border.
Entirely made in Florence by our master craftsmen.
Artecornici design produces hand colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Meissen Porcelain Box
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful Meissen porcelain box.
Category
20th Century European Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Strawberries Heart Signed by Dali Large Dish Limited Edition Limoges
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) world-famous Spanish painter, graphic artist, and sculptor of surrealism, designed this wonderful dish on front and back and inscribed, number. 317/1000 in ...
Category
20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Four Chinese Export Famille Rose Botanical Plates, Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very attractive group of four 18th century Chinese export porcelain botanical plates apparently made for the French market, circa 1775.
Each plate having a scalloped rim banded wit...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service
German, c. 1900
Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm
Square salad bowl:...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$47,980 / set
A Monumental Max Esser Meissen Porcelain Blanc de Chine Model of a Stag (Deer)
By Max Esser, Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental and Very Rare Blanc de Chine Porcelain Model of a Stag (Deer) by Max Esser, Produced by the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory During the P...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$59,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Tazza, 1838 Hunting Royal Service of King Louis Philippe
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Tazza, 1838 Hunting Royal Service of King Louis Philippe
This exceptional Sèvres porcelain ormolu-mounted tazza, dating to 1838, forms part of the renowned ...
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
Porcelain Coffee Set for 6 Person by Jaeger, Thomas
Co.
By Jaeger
Co.
Located in Greven, DE
Origin: Marktredwitz, Bavaria
Material: Porcelain with floral decal and gilded accents
Date: Circa 1890–1898
Dimensions:
Coffee pot height: 31 cm
Plate diameter: 19 cm
Cup height: 7...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Butterflies, Contemporary Porcelain Vase with Decorative Design by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Display this butterfly porcelain vase on its own or add flowers to give the decor element some life. The design reminds of illustrations from an antique Lepidopterology book and make...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$142 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Pair of Large Canton Style Famille Jaune Porcelain Vases
Located in London, GB
A pair of large Canton style famille jaune porcelain vases
Chinese, Late 19th Century
Height 120cm, diameter 42cm
These large and impressi...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Piero Fornasetti Plates Gilt Porcelain
Located in Epfach, DE
Piero Fornasetti plate, to use as a place plate, dinner plate as well as decoration
the plates are in a nice used condition, small abrasions of the gold are not further disturbing bu...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dagoty Manufacture of Empress Joséphine Wife of Napoleon 1st Swan Cup
By Dagoty
Located in Paris, FR
This very rare set of 12 delicate cups swan shape with their saucers is signed by Dagoty, one of the favorite manufacturers of Empress Joséphine's first Napoleon wife well known for ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18thC.Georgian Washstand and Six Piece "Mason
s Ironstone" Toiletry Set
Located in Incline Village, NV
This hard to find ensemble consists of a uniquely configured 18th century Georgian night cupboard circa 1770, and a six piece Victorian Mason's Ironstone toiletry set for washing and toiletry needs, circa 1835. The washstand conveniently accommodates all of the pieces from the Mason's set in their appropriate compartments as if it was specifically made for the grouping (see images). The Georgian washstand...
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ironstone, Hardwood
Alchimie, Tea Set with Six Contemporary Porcelains with Decorative Design
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Vito Nesta e Alessandro Guerriero hanno unito le loro forze per creare la collezione Alchimie, diversi prodotti, dalle porcellane ai tessuti, che riporta ai giorni nostri gli stilemi...
Category
2010s Italian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$199 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Bouillon Cup with Saucer in Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica bouillon cup with saucer in hand-painted porcelain with branch-shaped handles, flowers and gold decoration.
PROVENANCE: VALDEMARS CASTLE
Model number...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A 20th C. Meissen Blanc de Chine Porcelain Figural Couple, Lady and Man
Located in New York, NY
A 20th Century Meissen Blanc de Chine Porcelain Figural Couple, Lady and Man. A finely dressed couple engages in flirtatious courtship in this ...
Category
1910s German Louis XVI Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chelsea Porcelain Oval Dish with Red Anchor C-1752-56 with Fruits and Insects
Located in Katonah, NY
This gorgeous Chelsea Porcelain botanical dish was hand painted in England circa 1752-1756.
The polychrome enamels depict fruits: apples, pears, plums, melons, and, in the center, a ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Hortense Richard (1858-1940) “Marguerite of Faust” Painting on Porcelain, c.1890
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Universal Exhibition Painting on Plaque after the painter James Bertrand
Hand-painted Polychromed Painting on Porcelain Plaque
Representing The Marguerite of Faust
Signed Lower Left
Titled on the reverse:
“Marguerite Folle d’Après James Bertrand, Exposition Universelle 1889”
After the painting by James Bertrand "The Marguerite of Faust"
In its original frame
Circa 1890
Faust and Marguerite
Faust is tired of his old life and wants to kill himself. In a final burst of bitter anger, he invokes the devil. The devil appears in the guise of Mephistopheles and offers him a pact: he will grant him what he desires most in the world in exchange for his servitude. Faust asks him for youth and his help in seducing Marguerite. When he achieves his goal, bound by his contract with the devil, Faust abandons the latter who is waiting for her child. Filled with remorse, he returns to her, but kills Valentin, Marguerite's brother who tries to stop him, during a duel. He then tries to save the life of Marguerite who is imprisoned for infanticide, but he fails. Like this multifaceted character, the vocal treat-ment chosen by Gounod is differentiated: sometimes very lyrical with touching flights, sometimes very cold and repetitive to evoke her detachment from the world of men.
Marguerite is young and naive. She lets herself be seduced by the charming and mysterious character of Faust and thus causes her own downfall as well as that of her family (her brother and her child will die).
Hortense Richard (1858-1940)
Marie Sophie Hortense Jeanne Schrenk was born in Charonne in 1858, the natural daughter of Louise Christine Frederika Schrenk and an unnamed father. Her mother, a German born in Stuttgart, officially recognized her in August 1879. A few days later, Hortense married his fellow painter Désiré Alfred Magne...
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
$2,137 Sale Price
52% Off
Royal Copenhagen Vintage Danish Porcelain Lobster Dish, circa 1924
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine early vintage Danish Royal Copenhagen porcelain dish molded with a lobster dating from circa 1924. The shallow dish is heavily made and formed as a basket with a moulded baske...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen, Light Saxon Flower, Four Lunch Plates
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen, Light Saxon Flower, four lunch plates.
Decoration number 493/1623.
Approx. 1920s.
Second factory quality.
Measurements: 22.5 cm.
Pe...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Egg Holder Cup Blue and White Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful blue and white porcelain egg holder cup, circa early-20th century. A predominantly white porcelain egg cup with applied blue porcelain detail of small leaves and vines.
...
Category
Early 20th Century European Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 18th C. Dr. Wall Worcester Porcelain Covered Butter Dish
Underplate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain covered butter dish.
By Worcester.
Dating to the First Period or Dr. Wall Period (1753 - 1781).
Comprising a butter dish with handled lid and an u...
Category
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Bucket Vase, Famille Verte
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Beautiful big bucket vase with two steel handles, Famille verte. Excellent decorated with women and young boys in a walled garden and princess on horseback...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Cupid, Glazed Porcelain, Etc. Possibly Meissen, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cupid. Glazed porcelain, etc. Possibly Meissen, 19th century.
With sticker on the base. It presents restorations.
Porcelain figurine that presents an oval and golden base on which Cupid is reclining, characterized as usual by his wings, his bow and his quiver with arrows. In addition, he carries a torch and appears with a garland of leaves. The piece presents strong similarities with figures found in clocks from Meissen, dating from the 19th century. VL Veneziani was a shop headquartered on Rome's Via Frattina (and another store on Via Gregoriana) specializing in selling antique...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Other
Vintage 1960
s Porcelain Coffee Set by Enesco Japan Retro Floral Design
By Enesco
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage ENESCO JAPAN Mid Century Modern porcelain Coffee Set.
Beautiful set of 1 coffee or tea pot, 4 cups, sugar and creamer, in porcelain by Enesco Japan, in great condition no ch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Plate #281
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 on a nude female torso, no.281 / made in Milano Italy circa ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$441 Sale Price
30% Off
Early 19th Century Biscuit Bust of Louise Brongniart After Houdon Made by Sèvres
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Lovely biscuit porcelain bust of a young girl, named Louise Brongniart. The bust is marked on the back with 'Houdon' and the Sevres mark. Biscuit por...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Neu Brandenstein Gravy or Sauce Boat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Meissen gravy or sauce boat.
By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
Having tin handles, two spouts, and an integral undertray.
In the Neu Brandenstein...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Herend Porcelain Roses
By Herend
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Herend porcelain salmon orange roses with green leaves and vine/stem decorative object, 2001, Hungary. Marker's mark on underside as shown in last image. Dimensions: 6" x...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
Studio Job for Makkum Pottery Textural Relief White Matt Porcelain Plate
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing limited edition porcelain textural relief plate is a piece of art and sculpture with coded messages of things, objects and symbols all ...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Style of Nodding Pagoda Figures
Located in New York, NY
A large rare pair of 19th century Meissen Chinoiserie style Nodding Pagoda Figures with Movable Head, Hand and Tongue, known as a "Nodder'. This Unusual...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
10 Bing
Grøndahl Corinth Plates in Porcelain, 1970s
Located in København, Copenhagen
10 Bing & Grøndahl Corinth plates in porcelain.
1970s.
Measures: 16 x 2.3 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
2nd factory quality.
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Lin Utzon for Rosenthal, Germany. Three cover plates in porcelain.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Lin Utzon for Rosenthal, Germany.
Three cover plates.
Hans Christian Andersen 200th Anniversary.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: Diameter 30.7 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
1900s Belgian Porcelain Sauceboat
Located in High Point, NC
A vintage porcelain sauce boat made in Belgium, circa 1900. White china is finished with a luscious glossy glaze, elevating the superior form and subtle vintage patina of this finely...
Category
20th Century Belgian Country Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Bowl with Hand-Painted Flowers and Gold Decoration
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Meissen porcelain bowl with hand-painted flowers and gold decoration.
Early 20th century.
Measures: 28.5 x 5 cm.
In excellent condition.
1st factory quality.
Stamped.
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Sevres Style Paris Porcelain Gilt Tea Cup Saucer Alexander Great Dante
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptional French Paris porcelain tea cup complete with its original undertray, of outstanding quality. First quarter of the nineteenth century.
Exquisitely painted with Class...
Category
19th Century Austrian Regency Antique Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
A Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Marcolini Period Watteau Covered Potpourri
Located in New York, NY
A Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Marcolini Period Watteau Covered Potpourri. This rare Meissen porcelain potpourri vase, dating ...
Category
1770s German Neoclassical Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chelsea Porcelain Damasked or Molded Octagonal Plate with Butterfly
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain plate.
By the Chelsea Porcelain Factory.
Likely made in the 1750s during Chelsea's Red Anchor Period...
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Century Glass Slim Red Vase with a Frill, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A lovely Mid-Century Modern glass vase from the 1960s.
Original vintage good condition. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Glass
Hand Painted and Gilt Porcelain Cabinet Plate
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautifully hand painted and gilt porcelain cabinet plate. This is a reproduction of a depiction of Die Parzen (The Three Fates). Of the Imperial Viennese period. Likely made in Germany per the marking on the back. Acrylic stand not included.
The Three Fates is a Greek mythological story. In the story of Homer and the Fates...
Category
19th Century Antique Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Phenomenal 12 Sevres 19th C, Chateau Des Tuileries 1846 Chateau Scene Cup Saucer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres, 24 Pieces (12 Sets) Circa 1846. Made for the Chateau Des Tuileries service.
Each extraordinary teacup is features a pristine hand painted surface of a Famous Chateau in Fra...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$6,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Turn of the Century Italian Majolica Harlequins
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of turn of the century Italian Majolica porcelain male and female
harlequin figures each wearing a top hat, striped pants and a red shirt.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Porcelain
Materials
Majolica
Bjørn Wiinblad Christmas Plate 1990 "Christmas Carols"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad porcelain Christmas plate 1990, produced by Rosenthal
Motif: Leise rieselt der Schnee
Designed by: Bjørn Wiinblad
Diameter: 11" - 29 cm
Comes in original box and ...
Category
1990s German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$142 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Kraak period Plate or Dish Porcelain Blue and White, Ming Wanli, Ca 1610
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand-painted Chinese Export Kraak porcelain blue and white Side Plate or Dish, which we date to the Ming, Wanli period,( 1573-1620 ), datin...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Three-Tiered Porcelain Dessert Stand with Figural Finial
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This wonderful three-tiered Meissen dessert stand is decorated with hand-painted floral reserves and pierced graduated plates with magenta borders. Per...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paste
Pair of Satsuma Vases Porcelain with Lid
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Pair of Satsuma vases porcelain with lid.
Category
1920s Japanese Other Vintage Porcelain
Materials
Gold Plate
$6,888 / set
Sultan
s Journey Red Parrots Porcelain Plate by Patch NYC for Les-Ottomans
By Patch NYC
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
The Sultan's journey is an inspiring collection created by Patch NYC for Les-Ottomans that recreates, through characters, the magic world of the Sultans and Ottoman Empire.
This red Parrots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Monumental 19th Century French Louis XV Style Vases with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in New York, NY
Pair of monumental antique (19th century) porcelain vases with covers and gilt bronze mounts. The bodies and covers with paintings in the manner of Watteau, with groups of flowers a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Vase Hand Painted
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Chinese porcelain ornamental oriental vase dating from the early 1900s.
The vase is entirely hand painted, depicting flowers and birds.
The vintage Chinese porcelain vase...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$950 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Of Large Blue
White Chinese Export Plates
Located in Kent, Dover
A pair of large Chinese Export blue and white chargers. Each hand painted with bridges, flowers and with garland borders. Some nibbling, otherwise in good condition.
Category
1780s Chinese Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$2,094 / set
Miles Mason Porcelain Coffee Can Blue
White Broseley Gilded Ptn 50, circa 1808
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a porcelain blue and white, gilded Coffee Can made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, in the early 19th century George 111rd period, circa 1805-1810.
The piece is well potted with vertical flutes, a slightly wavy rim and the loop handle with the distinctive thumb rest spur.
The can is decorated in the under-glaze blue printed Pagoda or Broseley, chinoiserie Willow pattern, (sometimes called Boy at the Door pattern). The piece is also richly gilded in Miles Mason pattern 50 as illustrated on Page 78 of the book; Miles Mason Patterns and Shapes, produced by the Mason's Collectors' Club. The coffee can is also hand gilded around the rims and on the outer handle.
The piece is fully marked to the base with an under-glaze blue printed square seal mark (pseudo Chinese) as illustrated on page 92 of the above publication.
Overall a very good Georgian coffee can...
Category
Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Japanese Scalloped Imari Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
A striking 19th century antique Imari plate with a scalloped edge. Featuring vibrant oranges, blues, and green. The border features several phoenixes.
Category
19th Century Japonisme Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles Applique after a Painting by F.J. du Chattel, 1898
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles applique after a painting by F.J. du Chattel, 1898
A shell shaped porcelain applique with in a medallion painted scene af...
Category
1890s Dutch Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Signed Richard Klemm Dresden Porcelain Petit Four Plates
By Klemm
Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 6 small Dresden plates.
By Richard Klemm.
Likely for serving petit fours.
Each with a broad, shaped rim and edge.
Decorated with typical Dresden polychrome painted...
Category
Early 20th Century German Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Gothic Revival Carved Oak and KPM Porcelain Triptych
Located in London, GB
The triptych comprises a trio of porcelain plaques, depicting the patron saints of the German city of Cologne (Köln) by the renowned Berlin manufacturer KPM (Konigliche Porzellan-Man...
Category
19th Century German Gothic Revival Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Oak
Antique Royal Crown Derby Chinoiserie Styled Five Small Cup
Saucer Sets
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
These five small cup and saucer sets, and one additional saucer, were made by the well known Royal Crown Derby maker of England and date to appro...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique and Vintage Porcelain Dinner Plates, Platters and Serveware for Sale
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.
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