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Baroque Porcelain

BAROQUE STYLE

The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.

Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.

Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.

Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.

Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Baroque
Italy Richard Ginori 18th Century Porcelain Sauce Terrin Floral Drawings
Located in Brescia, IT
This elegant sauce terrin was handmade by the well known Italian factory Doccia, in the circa 1750. The Doccia products are pieces to collect. This sauce terrin with floral drawings...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Soup Bowl Red Blue Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a beautiful piece made in Italy by Richard Ginori in the late 18th Century. The elegant and iconic handmade decor in red and blue is called ‘Co...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Coffee Set For 6 Persons Rich Dragon Red Gold, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee Set for 6 Persons, decor number 320510 - Rich Dragon in reds, shaded gold, gold rim 21 parts: 1 coffee pot with lid - height = 24,0 cm / 9.44 in 1 creamer ...
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20th Century German Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair Of Rare Meissen Animal Figures Birds Bitterns , By J.J. Kaendler, 20th C
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent lifelike depiction of two upright bitterns, birds from the heron family, with stylised bundles of plants placed next to them for support on rounded meadow bases. Designer...
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Late 20th Century German Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Meissen Porcelain Footed Salt Cellar ca. 1735 Hand Painted
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Meissen Porcelain Footed Salt Cellar ca. 1735 Hand Painted Rare Meissen porcelain salt cellar on three voluted feet accented in gold and polychromed. The tapered, circular b...
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18th Century German Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Coffee Set For 6 Persons Rich Dragon Black, Red Gold, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee Set for 6 Persons, Decor number 321010 - Rich Dragon in black, shaded red and gold, gold rim 21 parts: 1 coffee pot with lid - height = 24,0 cm / 9.44 in 1 cre...
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20th Century German Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Pink Porcelain Covered Cup with Landscapes
Located in Brescia, IT
Italian Richard Ginori mid-18th century porcelain covered cup or little covered sauce tureen painted with landscapes in fuchsia color This beautiful covered cup it was hand painte...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Large Mythological Meissen Group The Catch Of The Triton , J.J. Kändler, c 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain sculpture: Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of figures: two young women with artfully pinned-up hair and wrapped in cloths tied around their loi...
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1860s German Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Richard Ginori Late 18th Century Porcelain Tea Pot with Hand Painted Landscapes
Located in Brescia, IT
Richard Ginori Late 18th century porcelain tea pot with hand painted landscapes This very elegant tea pot was hand painted with views of Italian contrysides landscapes, in fuchsia c...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Large Mythological Meissen Group The Catch Of The Triton , J.J. Kändler, c 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain sculpture: Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of figures: two young women with artfully pinned-up hair and wrapped in cloths tied around their loi...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Italy 18th Century Richard Ginori Porcelain Sugar Bowl with Cover
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine and elegant sugar bowl in neoclassical style is a piece handmade by the well known Italian factory Richard Ginori in Doccia. The set is composed by three pieces: the sugar ...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

France Mid-18th Century Porcelain Soup Bowl Flowers and Fruits Drawings
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an antique porcelain piece made in Strasburgo, France in the mid-18th century. The beauty of the drawings let understand the high level of the French manufacture. It was lo...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Italy Richard Ginori Late 18th Century Pair Porcelain Sauce Boats Tulip Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This pair of very beautiful porcelain sauce boats were handmade at the end of the 18th Century in Italy by Richard Ginori. They were hand painted with the most iconic decor of Richard Ginori: the Tulip decor in red. Nowadays the pieces with this kind of drawings are most required by the collectors and have an higher rating. These elegant pieces can be used to lay an elegant table or can be part of a worth collection. Every sauce boat is composed by 3 pieces: little plate tray, the sauce boat and the little spoon...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

"Meissen" Bowls in Blue Onion pattern with Gold Edge
Located in Denton, TX
"Meissen" Blue Onion pattern with Gold Edge on the lace style bowl very rare.
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Early 20th Century German Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique 18th Century Polychrome Dutch Delft Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 18th century Dutch Delft plate. With painted floral decoration throughout in orange, purple, blue, and yellow. Simply a wonderfu...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Delft

Three Faux Meissen Plates with Portraits of French Royalties
Located in København, Copenhagen
Three faux Meissen plates with portraits of French royalties. Rare collector´s plates. Size: 24½ cm in diameter.
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20th Century German Baroque Porcelain

Dresden Porcelain Place Card Holders
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of 12 porcelain Dresden place card holders. With hand-painted flowers and gold trim.
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

18th Century Style Ludwigsburg Porcelain Reticulated or Openwork Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine German porcelain openwork or reticulated basket. By the Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory. With pierced sides of interlocking circular...
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20th Century German Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Italy Richard Ginori 1750 Porcelain Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
Richard Ginori 1750 porcelain bowl with floral orange and blue decor handmade This amazing Richard Ginori porcelain bowl is painted with a floral decor in orange and blue. A beautif...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Coffee Pot Landscapes in Purple
Located in Brescia, IT
Italian Richard Ginori mid-18th century porcelain coffee or chocolate pot with landscapes. This very elegant Richard Ginori porcelain coffee or chocolate pot was hand painted with...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Viennese Imperial Porcelain Splendour Plate, Playing Cupids As Hunters, 1805
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with fine polychrome painted scenery: In the mirror five winged cupids dressed as hunters with dog in a summer landscape agains...
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Early 1800s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Dresden Porcelaine Signed Candlestick
Located in Miami, FL
Very refined and elegant pair. Delicate shape and original piece of art. Extremly delicate colors, garlands of flowers. From the quality and the design, will fit in any refined inter...
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19th Century German Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Mid-19thCentury Golden Porcelain Covered Cup Multicolors Flower Drawings
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small Meissen masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to star...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Important Porcelain Tableware Service 108 Pieces 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Porcelain Tableware Service 108 Pieces 19th Century The tableware is inspired by the life of a mythological story and is completely han...
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19th Century European Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Mid-18th Century Cup White Porcelain with Golden Drawings Japonese Style
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed in gold with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to star...
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Mid-18th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Hand Painted Tulip Decor Bowl
Located in Brescia, IT
Richard Ginori mid-18th century porcelain hand painted with Tulip Decor bowl. This is a beautiful antique piece of this Italian production, handmade in 1...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

18th Century Richard Ginori Porcelain Glasses Cooler Centerpiece Tulip Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an unusual tableware piece: it is a glasses cooler. It can adorn a table as a centerpiece or a flower vase. The glasses cooler shows the original Richard Ginori tulip decorat...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Baroque Meissen Figure, Harlequin With Bagpipes, By J.J. Kaendler, Circa 1745
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Rococo harlequin with bagpipes of most lovely appearance.: The lovely harlequin is sitting on a rocky base which is decorated with some flower blossoms with leaves. The male ...
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Italy 19th Century Richard Ginori Porcelain Coffee Pot with Flowers Decor
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a beautiful piece in Italian porcelain handmade by Richard Ginori. The high quality of this italian production of Doccia, is recognizable at first glance. The flower decorati...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Italy 18th Century Italy Richard Ginori Doccia Pair of Porcelain Sauce Bowls
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an elegant pair of porcelain sauce bowls with floral drawings in red and blue. It is beautiful for a table dressing or to collect. The production of this well known Italian...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Mid-18th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White Blue and Gold
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: The fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
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Mid-18th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Early 19th Century Set of 3 English Porcelain Cutleries
Located in Brescia, IT
This set of three cutleries: fork, knive, spoon, are handmade in porcelain with the silver forged and decorated with flower drawings. An handcrafted work, fine and very delicate, ver...
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Late 18th Century British Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Silver

Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White and Blue
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White and Blue
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Levade With Rider, Spanish Riding School Vienna, Horse By Augarten, 20th
By Albin Döbrich
Located in Vienna, AT
The levade (French 'se lever' = to rise) is an exercise in classical horsemanship in which the horse shifts its weight onto its bent hind legs, raises its torso at an angle of less t...
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Late 20th Century Austrian Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Herend Rothschild Oiseaux Mocha Dessert Set For 6 Persons, Hungary, 20th Cent
Located in Vienna, AT
Herend service consisting of 21 parts: 1 lidded mocha pot, 1 milk jug, 1 lidded sugar bowl, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 dessert plates. Shape: Osier basket weave Decor: RO - Rothschild Ois...
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20th Century Hungarian Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Levade With Rider, Spanish Riding School Vienna, Horse By Augarten, 20th
By Albin Döbrich
Located in Vienna, AT
The levade (French 'se lever' = to rise) is an exercise in classical horsemanship in which the horse shifts its weight onto its bent hind legs, raises its torso at an angle of less t...
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Late 20th Century Austrian Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Vide poche Christian Lacroix en porcelaine série "FOLLEMENT" Français Baroque
Located in London, England
Très Elégant Vide Poche Christian Lacroix en porcelaine de la série Follement à décor d'un œillet rose. Le vide poche est encore dans son carton d'origine avec son étiquette et le ru...
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Late 20th Century European Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Group The Wine Press With 7 Winemaker Children, J.J. Kändler, Ca. 1924
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain sculpture: Group of seven gardener children in elaborate Rococo clothing placed around a wine press, sitting on it, manipulating the machine, eating grape...
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Early 20th Century German Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Very Large Mythological Meissen Group Apollo Daphne By J.J. Kaendler, C 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century: Apollo, clothed with a cloak, attempts to seize Daphne from behind as she flees from him and freezes into a lau...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Gold and Navy Ornamental Decorative Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Gold and Navy Ornamental Decorative Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie Fine bone china with hand engraving, 22K gold plated Decorative plate, handmade in De Lameire factory, Engla...
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2010s English Baroque Porcelain

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Gold Plate

Meissen Allegorical Group The Water , by M.V. Acier, Germany, Around 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century: Nymph, covered only with a cloth, seated on a half shell floating on the water, holding the cloth at one end so that it forms ...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Mythological Figurine, Ganymede On Cloud Base, Kaendler, Circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
The young man, covered only with a cloth, known in Greek mythology as ‘the most beautiful of all boys’, sits on the back of Zeus, who has been transformed into an eagle, and is carri...
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1860s German Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Vienna Mid-19th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White Red Blue and Gold
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique porcelain plaque after Murillo
Located in London, GB
Antique porcelain plaque after Murillo Continental, 19th Century Height 28cm, width 19.5cm, depth 1cm This finely painted antique porcelain plaque depic...
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19th Century European Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

19th Century, Pair of French Porcelain Sculptures Depicting Cupid and Psyche
Located in IT
19th century, pair of French polychrome porcelain sculptures depicting cupid and psyche The delicious sculptures, made of hand-painted porcelain in polychrome, in Strasbourg in th...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Gold and White Decorative Porcelain Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Gold and Gold and White Decorative Porcelain Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie Fine bone china with hand engraving, 22K gold plated, Made in England Decorative plate, handmade in...
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2010s English Baroque Porcelain

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Gold Plate

Viennese Imperial Porcelain Veduta Plate, K.k. Hofburg Á Vienne , 1818
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with a finely painted polychrome veduta: The plate shows a view of the Vienna Hofburg, the 'Leopoldinischer Trakt', Leopoldine Wing, with the Ceremonial Apart...
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1810s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Meissen Rare Figurine Group The Deal with Geese by Circle of J.J.Kaendler c.1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Quite Rare Figurine Group by Circle Of Johann Joachim Kaendler (designed circa 1745): The Deal with Geese Designer: Circle of Johann Joachim K...
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1870s German Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Antique Viennese Imperial Porcelain, Botanical Splendour Plate, Bouquet , 1827
Located in Vienna, AT
Porcelain picture plate with polychrome painted botanical illustration: In the centre a finely painted bouquet with roses and forget-me-nots against a black background. The plate rim...
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1820s Austrian Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Gold and Green Ornamental Decorative Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Gold and Green Ornamental Decorative Plate in Barocco Style by De Lamerie Fine bone china with hand engraving, 22K gold plated Decorative plate, handmade in De Lameire factory, Engl...
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2010s English Baroque Porcelain

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Gold Plate

Falcon Hunt Pair Of Large Lampion Vases, By Augarten Vienna, Mid-20th
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of large porcelain vases with a large all-round depiction of a medieval falcon hunt on horseback in a wooded landscape against a mountainous background, noble, decorated figur...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Large Vase of Gien 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large vase from Gien marked with the logo of Gien for the year 1875 Perfect condition. high 55 cm      
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Porcelain

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Porcelain

Baroque porcelain for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Baroque porcelain for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage porcelain created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque porcelain made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original porcelain, popular names associated with this style include Meissen Porcelain, Richard Ginori, Johann Joachim Kändler, and Michel Victor Acier. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for porcelain differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $135 and tops out at $88,500 while the average work can sell for $3,316.