What is a white porcelain figure group?

A white porcelain figure group is a modelled ceramic sculpture depicting two or more figures, animals, or allegorical subjects in porcelain, parian, or earthenware. These decorative works were produced across European factories to ornament tables, cabinets, and mantelpieces.

How do I care for these pieces?

Clean unglazed biscuit and parian pieces gently with a soft dry brush to remove dust from recessed areas. Avoid water or liquid cleaners on porous unglazed surfaces. Glazed porcelain figures tolerate light dusting with a damp cloth, provided you handle them with care to protect delicate fingers and protruding limbs.

How can I tell the period?

Dating relies on the paste type, factory marks, style of modelling, and subject matter. Eighteenth-century pieces often feature rococo scrollwork and soft-paste bodies. Victorian and later nineteenth-century pieces frequently utilise parian ware or display Staffordshire earthenware characteristics with titled bases.

Where were these figures displayed?

Wealthy households placed large porcelain figure groups on dining tables as decorative centrepieces during formal meals. Smaller figures populated mantelpieces, sideboards, and enclosed display cabinets. Staffordshire flatbacks and spill vases sat atop cottage mantelpieces where they remained visible to guests.

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A white porcelain figure group brings together modelled human or animal figures in white ceramic, often touched with gilt or soft enamel colours.

Meissen Group, a Courting Couple, with Classical Bust Behind.

19th century

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Meissen Group, a Courting Couple, with Classical Bust Behind.

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£4,800

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Huge Early Derby Porcelain Figure Group Depicting Father Time Clipping Cupids Wings. 35cm Sculpture. Circa 1770

18th century

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Huge Early Derby Porcelain Figure Group Depicting Father Time Clipping Cupids Wings. 35cm Sculpture. Circa 1770

From Dragoncharger Antiques

£3,950

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Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Royal Portrait Figure Group ~ "Napoleon Iii, Empress and Prince"

19th century

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Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Royal Portrait Figure Group ~ "Napoleon Iii, Empress and Prince"

From Applecross Antiques

£295

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Parian Biscuit Figurine by Triebner Ens & Co, Volkstedt, C. 1894-1900.

19th century

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Parian Biscuit Figurine by Triebner Ens & Co, Volkstedt, C. 1894-1900.

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£250

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A Copeland's Parian Group " Rebekah at the Well" C.1868

19th century

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A Copeland's Parian Group " Rebekah at the Well" C.1868

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£700

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19th century

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Late 19th Century Vion Et Baury "Fortune-teller" Porcelain Group.

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£800

3+ MONTHS AGO

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1900 - 1920

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Parian Ware Figure Group

From Shackladys Antiques

£495

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Antique Victorian Quality Continental Porcelain Group

19th century

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Antique Victorian Quality Continental Porcelain Group

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£365

3+ MONTHS AGO

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18th century

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Ludwigsburg Porcelain Group, C. 1770.

From Philip Carrol Antiques

£1,150

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Unusual Collection of Three Antique Porcelain Fairings

19th century

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Unusual Collection of Three Antique Porcelain Fairings

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£300

3+ MONTHS AGO

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The listings span the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, incorporating hard-paste porcelain, parian ware, earthenware, and biscuit porcelain forms.

19th century

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19th Century Meissen Group, "Capture of an Infant Triton"

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£3,500

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19th century

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19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure Group of the Drunken Silenus

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£2,000

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Figure Group ~ "Poodles"

19th century

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Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Figure Group ~ "Poodles"

From Applecross Antiques

£265

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Spill Vase Figure Group ~ "Band of Hope"

19th century

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Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Spill Vase Figure Group ~ "Band of Hope"

From Applecross Antiques

£495

3+ MONTHS AGO

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Antique Copeland Parian Figure of Children

19th century

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Antique Copeland Parian Figure of Children

From Shaun King Antiques

£485

3+ MONTHS AGO

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White Porcelain Figure Group

Meissen Group, a Courting Couple, with Classical Bust Behind.

Huge Early Derby Porcelain Figure Group Depicting Father Time Clipping Cupids Wings. 35cm Sculpture. Circa 1770

Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Royal Portrait Figure Group ~ "Napoleon Iii, Empress and Prince"

Parian Biscuit Figurine by Triebner Ens & Co, Volkstedt, C. 1894-1900.

A Copeland's Parian Group " Rebekah at the Well" C.1868

Late 19th Century Vion Et Baury "Fortune-teller" Porcelain Group.

Parian Ware Figure Group

Antique Victorian Quality Continental Porcelain Group

Ludwigsburg Porcelain Group, C. 1770.

Unusual Collection of Three Antique Porcelain Fairings

19th Century Meissen Group, "Capture of an Infant Triton"

19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure Group of the Drunken Silenus

Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Figure Group ~ "Poodles"

Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Spill Vase Figure Group ~ "Band of Hope"

Antique Copeland Parian Figure of Children

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