18th Century European Porcelain Figures
June 2026
These objects are decorative figural ceramics produced across Europe (Germany, England, France) during the 18th century, predominantly featuring musicians and social scenes rendered in porcelain and faience.
76 objects · 4 institutions
Allegorical Figure Group: The Arts
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Allegorical Figure Representing Africa
Art Institute of Chicago
1746
Allegorical Figure Representing America
Art Institute of Chicago
1746
Allegorical Figure Representing Asia
Art Institute of Chicago
1746
Allegorical Figure Representing Europe
Art Institute of Chicago
1746
Allegorical Figure of Africa
Art Institute of Chicago
1770/80
Allegorical group
Rijksmuseum
c. 1782 - c. 1784
Atlas of the World
Art Institute of Chicago
18th–19th century
Atlas of the World
Art Institute of Chicago
18th–19th century
Autumn
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1755
Boy with Dog
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1760
Boy with Two Birds
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1775
Candelabrum Depicting an Allegorical Figure of Liberty
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1775
Candelabrum Depicting an Allegorical Figure of Matrimony
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1775
Dancer
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1760–1765
Dancer
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1760–1765
Dancers
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1760–1765
Doctor
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1752
Dwarf (one of three)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1760–70
Farm Group of Three Figures
Art Institute of Chicago
1760/70
Farmer
Cleveland Museum of Art
1760–1765
Figural Group: Musicians
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1737
Figure Group of Love Carried by the Three Graces
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1768–78
Figure of Africa
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1766
Figure of Asia and Africa from the Four Continents
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1760
Figure of Bravery (Herzhaftigkeit)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1775/80
Figure of Britannia
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1756
Figure of Europe and America from the Four Continents
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1760
Figure of Pantalone
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1755
Figure of a Gardener
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1765–70
Figure of a Girl
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1790
Figure of a Girl with Cat
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1770
Figure of a Man and Dog
Art Institute of Chicago
Late 18th century
Figure of a Woman Reading
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1765
Figure of the Nurse
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1600s
Figure of the Pietà
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1761
Fisherwoman
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1765
French Horn Player
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1760/70
Girl Musician
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1770
Girl Musician
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1770
Girl Musicians
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1770
Girl with Bird Nest
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1775
Girl with Putto
Cleveland Museum of Art
1760s
Hunting Couple
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1765
Italian Comedy Figure: Isabella
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1753
Italian Comedy Figure: Mezetin
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1753
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Art Institute of Chicago
1610/70
Lawyer from the Italian Comedy
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1755–60
Lovers in an Arbour
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1759
Madonna and Child
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1755
Mezzetino
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1765
Mezzetino
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1754
Nightwatchman
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1760
Norwegian Peasant (Woman from Tromsø)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1780
Oceanus
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1765
Pair of Candelabra Depicting Allegorical Figures of Liberty and Matrimony
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1775
Pairs of Figures from the Four Continents
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1760
Pantaloon
Art Institute of Chicago
1740/45
Peasant Woman
Cleveland Museum of Art
1740–1750
Queen Victoria
Art Institute of Chicago
1840–1853
Seated Musician
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1765
Seated Musician
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1740
Seated Musician
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1765
Seated Musicians
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1765
Seated musician (one of a pair)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1765
Singer
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1775/85
Spaniel
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1942
Spring; Summer; Autumn; Winter
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1760
The Girl Offers Her Coin in Payment
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1757
The Itinerant Musician
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1756
The Lovers
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1740
Trumpet Player
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1760/70
Turkish Girl
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1770
Winter
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1755
Woman and Man
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1750
Wounded Leopard
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1745