Object
Porcelain
The material that redrew the map of taste
For two centuries, porcelain was the thing Europe could not make. When it finally could, the whole vocabulary of decoration changed around it — and every country answered with its own factories, which is why so many collections here are national.
History
Asian porcelain (from the 14th century) sets the vocabulary: blue-and-white, celadon and export ware made for European orders.
European porcelain (from 1710) breaks the monopoly, and every country answers Meissen with a body and a mark of its own.
What to look for
A body that rings when tapped, decoration under the glaze rather than over it, and a mark that matches the period of the shape.
Within this
Each has its own page, with its own searches.
In this group
The searches this object is worth looking at. Each opens the collection for it.
- Meissen porcelain figure
- Sèvres porcelain
- Royal Copenhagen porcelain
- Chinese blue and white porcelain vase
- Porcelain tea set
- Bisque porcelain figure
- Antique porcelain plate
- Hand painted porcelain box
- Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica
- Bing & Grøndahl Seagull
- Royal Copenhagen figure
- Danish porcelain plate
- Bing & Grøndahl figure
- Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate
- Wedgwood jasperware plate
- Royal Doulton figure
- Minton dessert service
- Spode Imari
- Worcester porcelain
- Derby porcelain
- Coalport porcelain
- Shelley teacup
- Meissen porcelain vase
- Hertwig & Co figure
- KPM Berlin porcelain
- Herend tea service
- Royal Vienna plate
- Lomonosov tea cup
- Royal Dux figure
- Limoges porcelain
- Paris porcelain
- Vincennes porcelain
- French antique porcelain
- Haviland Limoges
- Gilt bronze mounted porcelain
- Porcelaine de Paris plate
- Jugendstil KPM Berlin vase
- Dresden porcelain
- Nymphenburg tea cup
- Meissen Onion Pattern
- Rosenthal porcelain
- Hutschenreuther figure
- KPM Berlin plate