Belleek China
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set, Cream Cob Lustre, Erne, Victorian, 1890s
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
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Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set for Two, Cream Grass Pattern, Victorian 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
rare opportunity!
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Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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Superb Belleek Romantic White Porcelain Basket, Victorian 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
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Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Late Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Demitasse Cup, Soft Pink Tridacna, Victorian 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
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Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set, Pink Neptune, Victorian, circa 1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
made, circa 1891.
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Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set, Green Neptune, Victorian, 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
finer than any other china.
Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set, Green Neptune, Victorian, 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
finer than any other china.
Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set for Two, Shamrock Pattern, 1891-1946
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
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Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cup and Saucer, Grass Pattern, Victorian 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
this pattern available, see separate listing.
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Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set, White, Japonism Dragon, Victorian, 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
traditional or modern.
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Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Late Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set for Two, Grass Design, Victorian 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
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Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Late Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Parian Porcelain Teapot, Belleek Green Hexagon Shape, 2nd BM 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
in blush green.
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Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Teacup Quartet, Cream Lustre Echinus, Victorian, 1869
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
designs of Belleek.
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Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Late Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Teacup Trio, Cream Lustre Echinus, Victorian 1867-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
Belleek.
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Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Late Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Demitasse Cup and Saucer, Shamrock Pattern, 1926-1946
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
and finer than any other china.
Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh
Category
Early 20th Century Northern Irish Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set Serving Four, Green Neptune, 1863-1946
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
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Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Large Belleek Tea Service, Harp Shape, 3rd BM 1926-1946
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
is in pristine condition.
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Category
Vintage 1930s Northern Irish Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Teapot Set, Green Neptune, Victorian, 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
, which was used between 1891 and 1926.
If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Honey Pot with Cover, Shamrocks, Bees, 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
and finer than any other china.
Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set Solitaire, Pink Echinus Shells, 1869-1878
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
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Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set, Pink Tridacna Shell, Victorian 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
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Category
Antique 1890s Northern Irish Late Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belleek Small Porcelain Mug, Cream and Green Shamrock Pattern, 1926-1946
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
finer than any other china.
Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had
Category
Early 20th Century Northern Irish Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 2.6 in W 3.75 in D 2.75 in
Belleek Comport, White Parian Porcelain on Dolphin Foot, Victorian, 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Exquisite Toy Size Cup and Saucer Set in the Charm Pattern
By Shelley Pottery
Located in St. Petersburg, FL
thin enough to be translucent, similar to Irish Belleek china. Shelley's bone china achieved these
Category
20th Century British Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Games
Materials
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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.