Antique Sevres Style Paris Porcelain Gilt Tea Cup Saucer Alexander Great Dante
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
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...
Ceramic, Porcelain
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H 4.53 in W 2.56 in D 6.01 in
Antique Austrian Royal Vienna Sevres Style Chocolate Tea Cup Saucer Cobalt Blue
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptional Vienna Porcelain hand decorated chocolate cup with cover and circular stand of outstanding workmanship, of cylindrical form with bracket handle, circa last quarter of ...
Ormolu
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H 3.55 in W 5.12 in D 5.12 in
Antique Austrian Royal Vienna Sevres Style Chocolate Tea Cup Saucer Cobalt Blue
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptional Vienna porcelain hand decorated miniature chocolate cup with cover and circular stand of exhibition quality, of cylindrical form with bracket handle, circa last quarte...
Ormolu
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H 2.37 in W 5.52 in D 5.52 in
Austrian Royal Vienna Mythological Themed Angelica Kauffman Tea Cup Saucer 19ct
By Angelica Kauffmann
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Set of TEN Austrian Royal Vienna Porcelain comprising of ten tea cups complete with their original saucers, third quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Porcelain
Antique Czech Classical Pictorial and Gilt Royal Vienna Porcelain Tea Set
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Czechoslovakian hand-painted and gilt pictorial porcelain Royal Vienna eight piece tea set features reserves of Classical mythological scenes with heavy gilt decoration and i...
Porcelain
Antique Royal Vienna Style Porcelain Tea Coffee Set on Tray
By Moritz Zdekauer Austria
Located in Austin, TX
A rare porcelain demitasse coffee set on the tray featuring dreamy portraits of Victorian era ladies. The tray has one large center portrait and four smaller portrait vignettes at th...
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H 6.5 in W 9.5 in D 6 in
Worlds Most Beautiful Tea Set Royal Vienna Style with Portraits circa 1900
Located in Redding, CA
This is it the worlds most beautiful tea set in Vienna style with portraits and the most incredible raised paste gilding, and to top it off the root beer color of the iridescent g...
Royal Vienna Covered Can and Saucer with Mythological Subject, 19th Century
Located in Redding, CA
A wonderful example of Royal Vienna porcelain, a covered can and saucer Beautifully painted with a mythological subject matter, several different glaze colors are found as well as ...
Vienna Soft Paste Gilt Porcelain Tea Cup with Saucer, Early 19th Century
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Brussels, BE
Soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer. Provenance: Vienna, Austria. Period: Early 19th century. Medium: Porcelain. Dimensions: Height (cup) 4.5 cm, Ø (cup) - 7 cm, Ø (saucer) 12 cm.
Porcelain
$272Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 2.7 in Dm 5.5 in
Regency Period Derby Cup and Saucer Duo Hand Painted, Circa 1830
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful porcelain duo of a cup and saucer by the Derby factory, made during the late Georgian, Regency period of the first half of the 19th century, circa 1830 The han...
Porcelain
André Leboeuf, Porcelain Cup and Saucer - late 18th century, Paris
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Cup and saucer, attributed to the Parisian Manufacture à la Reine rue Thiroux. ca 1785-1790. Refined and elaborate decoration of flower festoons and gilt ornament. The manufacture w...
Porcelain
$766
H 3.15 in W 3.15 in D 3.15 in L 3.15 in
19th Century, Sèvres Style, Fine French Hand-Painted Porcelain Cup & Saucer
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Elegant 19th century French porcelain cup and saucer, executed in the refined Sèvres style, featuring a hand-painted view of Château de Chambord, one of the most iconic castles of th...
Porcelain
$786
H 2.37 in W 2.17 in D 2.17 in
19th Century, Sèvres Style, Fine French Hand-Painted Porcelain Cup & Saucer
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Elegant French porcelain cup and saucer, created in the late 19th century in the refined style of Sèvres. The set features an exquisite hand-painted romantic scene, executed in soft ...
Porcelain
Vienna porcelain - Cup and Saucer, early 19th century
By Imperial Vienna Porcelain
Located in DELFT, NL
This fine cup and saucer set was produced by the Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur, also known as the Kaiserlich privilegierte Porzellan-Fabrik, established in 1718. Founded by Claudius Inn...
Porcelain
19th Century, Sèvres Style, Fine French Hand-Painted Porcelain Cup & Saucer
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Elegant antique porcelain cup and saucer set, crafted in 19th century French style, inspired by the tradition of Sèvres porcelain. The painting depicts a refined equestrian scene ren...
Porcelain
Porcelaine de Paris - Coffee cup and saucer 'Litron', early 19th century
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in DELFT, NL
Elegant cup and saucer, of the model 'Litron' with elaborate gilt decoration of vine leafs Good condition: only some rubbing to the gold. No defects. Unmarked, but most likely Par...
Porcelain
$3,685 / item
Antique Vienna Porcelain Cup and Saucer
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Newark, England
Decorated with a Classical Scene Measurements Saucer 2.7cm High x 13.4cm Diameter (1.1 x 5.3 Inches) Cup 6.5cm High x 8.5cm Long x 6.5cm Wide (2.56 x 3.35 x 2.56 Inches) From our C...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Sèvres - Louis Philippe - Cup and Saucer 'Capraire', early 19th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Sèvres porcelain cup and saucer from rom the 'Service fond beau blue, frise capraire en or' of the Emperor Louis Philippe at the Tuileries. Decorated with gilt garlandras of leaves...
Porcelain
$295
H 2.63 in Dm 5.5 in
Antique Early 19th Century Spode Porcelain Pattern Number 2408 Tea Cup & Saucer
By Spode
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Spode porcelain cup & saucer. Pattern no. 2408 Decorated throughout with a cobalt floral patttern and extensive gilding. Simply a great cup & saucer from Spod...
Porcelain
$154 / set
H 1.97 in Dm 4.34 in
Elegant Porcelain Coffee Cup by Hutschenreuther Selb Bavaria Gold Plated
By Hutschenreuther
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
elegant porcelain coffee cup by Hutschenreuther Selb Bavaria gold plated.
Porcelain
$263 / set
H 0.6 in Dm 3.75 in
Vintage French Limoges Louis XVI Style Demitasse Cup Saucer Green Gold Porcelain
Located in Greven, DE
Vintage French Limoges Louis XVI Style Demitasse Cup Saucer Green Gold Porcelain France Porcelain 20th Century Dimensions: H x D: Cup : 5.5cm x 6cm, Saucer : 1.5cm x 9.5cm Th...
Porcelain
Vienna Porcelain Cup and Saucer
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Newark, England
Decorated with a Female Portrait Measurements Saucer 2.7cm High x 13.4cm Diameter (1.1 x 5.3 Inches) Cup 6.5cm High x 8.5cm Long x 6.5cm Wide (2.56 x 3.35 x 2.56 Inches) From our C...
Ceramic, Porcelain
Haviland Limoges Ranson Porcelain Cup and Saucer Set, Gold Trim
Located in Coral Gables, FL
A refined set of four Haviland Limoges porcelain cups and saucers in the classic Ranson pattern, made in France and finished in luminous white porcelain with delicate gold trim. The ...
Porcelain
Limoges porcelain "Breakfast" cup and saucer, white and gold – A.R. France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
An elegant Limoges fine porcelain cup and saucer set, known as "déjeuner" (breakfast) service, complete with a matching saucer, bearing the A.R. France mark on the base. This charmi...
Porcelain
19th Century, Old Paris Gilt Porcelain Floral Cup & Saucer Set
Located in Atlanta, GA
This remarkable 19th-century Old Paris gilt porcelain cup and saucer set embodies the timeless elegance and sophistication of French porcelain artistry from the late 18th and early 1...
Porcelain
$3,800 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.5 in
12 Coalport Grey and Polychrome Enamel Floral Shaped Rim Dinner Service Plates
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Coalport dinner plates feature an unusual color combination of a soft gray border decorated with a vibrant palette of brightly painted flowers. There are various combi...
Porcelain
$3,450
H 68 in W 31.75 in D 3 in
Tall Stately Empire Mirror in Cuban Mahogany with Columns, Denmark, c. 1820
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very beautiful tall stately and elegant Empire mirror in fine Cuban mahogany with well-articulated carvings of anthemions as antefix decorating the crown molding. Turned columns wi...
Mahogany
19th Century Watercolor of a Cathedral
Located in Sheffield, MA
Watercolor on paper mounted on masonite board with ornate gilt frame. Dimensions: (Board) H 13.5" x W 10"
Paper
Ladies Balloon Tire Springer Front Bicycle
Located in Ferndale, MI
Ladies Balloon Tire Springer Front Bicycle. Fleet Wing Blue bicycle. 26" Period correct whitewall tires show some age cracks . Light does work . Horn does not work . Patina on chrome...
Chrome, Steel
$38,215 / set
H 25.99 in W 34.06 in D 19.49 in
Unusual Pair of Mid-Victorian Five-Light Cut-Glass Wall-Lights
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An unusual pair of mid-Victorian five-light cut-glass silver mounted wall-lights (original for gas) the silvered glass covered back plates supporting five half hoop candle arms arran...
Continental School 'Late 19th century' Forest Landscape with Figure
Located in Buchanan, MI
Continental school (Late 19th century) Forest landscape with figure Oil on canvas Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches.
Canvas, Giltwood
$43,553 / set
H 29.93 in W 27.96 in D 16.93 in
Important Pair of Victorian Wall Lights of Unusual Size Attributed to Perry & Co
By Perry & Co
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An important pair of English mid-Victorian five light cut-glass and silvered mounted wall lights the silvered ring surmounted by flower rosettes, five thumb cut candle arms with this...
Silver Plate
$1,767
H 4.5 in W 3.3 in D 2.2 in
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd
By Edward Barnard & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver tea caddy made by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This e...
Silver, Sterling Silver
$38,215 / set
H 26.97 in W 31.89 in D 17.92 in
Unusual Victorian Five-Light Cut-Glass Wall-Lights Attributed to F&C Osler, Pair
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An unusual pair of mid-Victorian five-light cut-glass silver mounted wall-lights (original for gas) the silvered glass covered back plates supporting five half hoop thumb cut candle ...
Silver Plate
$14,375
H 32.75 in W 51.25 in D 23.25 in
18th C. Transitional Louis XV to Louis XVI Marquetry Marble Topped Commode
Located in Hudson, NY
This very fine formal transitional commode is of the period circa 1770 is crafted from oak secondary woods with tulipwood, kingwood and satinwood veneers. The break front form is enl...
Marble, Ormolu
$12,250
H 48.75 in W 77.5 in D 26 in
English Regency Pedestal Sideboard in Mahogany with Carved Backboard, circa 1830
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A fine and elegant English Regency pedestal sideboard in mahogany with carved backsplash. Offers three convex silverware drawers spanning the length just below the top, with shelving...
Mahogany, Pine
Antique Baccarat Opaline Vase, Hand-Painted Floral, France, 1860
Located in Montreal, QC
This French opaline vase we feel confident is Baccarat. It has an elegant slender baluster shape with blue decorated and gilt rim and foot. It compares very favorably in quality to o...
Glass
Five Section Silver Metal ''Surtout De Table'' circa 1830
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A five section silver metal ''Surtout de Table'', circa 1830.
Bronze
$61,417 / set
H 40.56 in W 17.33 in D 5.12 in
19th Century Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer by Dasson
Located in London, GB
This fine set comprises a cartel clock and barometer, each of which are crafted entirely in gilt bronze. The clock and barometer cases are identical, and take the form of a lyre. The...
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
Louis XV - Louis XVI Transitional Style Commode
Located in Montreal, QC
Fine transitional Louis XV - Louis XVI style, three drawer commode d'apparat. Extensively inlaid with floral decoration and geometric marquetry, fitted with fine gilt bronze mounts a...
Marble
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Renaissance style Entree Dish
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Renaissance-style round sterling silver entree dish. The bottom of the entree dish is smooth, while a border made with the casting technique with acanthus leaf motifs has been welded...
Sterling Silver
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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