Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Cups and saucers
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Cups and saucers A Herend Hungary porcelain set with six
20th Century Hungarian Porcelain
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Cups and saucers
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Cups and saucers A Herend Hungary porcelain set with six
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Plates and cup and saucer
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Plates and cup and saucer A Herend Hungary porcelain set
Porcelain
$930 / set
H 0.99 in Dm 4.93 in
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Raspberry" 10 Cups and Saucers
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Raspberry" 10 cups and saucers 10 cups and saucers, with
Porcelain
$907 / set
H 2.64 in Dm 5.52 in
Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" 10 Mocha Cups and Saucers
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" 10 mocha cups and saucers 10 mocha cups and
Porcelain
Two Herend Coffee Cups with Saucers in Hand Painted Porcelain, 1950s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Two Herend coffee cups with saucers in hand painted porcelain. Purple flowers and gold decoration
Porcelain
Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" 11 Mocca Cups and Saucers
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" 11 Mocca coffee cups and saucers Herend Hungary porcelain
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Raspberry" 10 Cups and Saucers
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Raspberry" 10 cups and saucers Herend Hungary
Porcelain
Herend "Clownfish" Hand-Painted Hungarian Porcelain Coffee Cup and Saucer
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
Gorgeous hand-painted Herend with a decoration of Anemonefish or Clownfish. Since 1826, Herend
Porcelain
Herend "Clownfish" Hand Painted Hungarian Porcelain Coffee Cup and Saucer
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
Gorgeus hand painted Herend with a decoration of Anemonefish or Clownfish "Ocellaris clownfish
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Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Raspberry" 8 Tea Cups and Saucers
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Raspberry" 8 tea cups and saucers Herend Hungary
Porcelain
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H 4.34 in Dm 6.11 in
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Soup Cups and Saucers
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" soup cups and saucers A set of 12 soup
Porcelain
Set of 6 Herend Hand-Painted Cup and Saucer Sets – Various Patterns
By Herend
Located in Morristown, NJ
Set of 6 Herend Hand-Painted Cup and Saucer Sets – Various Patterns This exquisite set of six
Gold
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H 3.55 in Dm 4.34 in
Herend "Chinese Bouquet", Two Coffee Cups with Saucers and Sugar / Cream Set
Located in København, Copenhagen
Herend "Chinese bouquet". Two coffee cups with saucers and sugar / cream set in porcelain with gold
Porcelain
Set of 12 Herend Fortuna Cups and Saucers Painted with Butterflies and Flowers
By Herend
Located in Boston, MA
This is a wonderful set of twelve Herend Fortuna cups and saucers hand-painted with blue
Porcelain
Herend Cornucopia 'TCA' Tea Cup and Saucer #1726
By Herend
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Herend Cornucopia (TCA) tea cup, Hungary #1726. Measures: Cup 3 1/2" dia, saucer 5 1/3
Porcelain
Set of 12 Herend Porcelain Covered Chocolate Cups and Saucers
By Herend
Located in New York, NY
These cup and saucers are all in mint condition. Beutifully decorated in white porcelain with
Porcelain
Set of 10 Herend Fortuna Cups and Saucers Painted with Butterflies and Flowers
By Herend
Located in Boston, MA
This is a wonderful set of ten Herend Fortuna cups and saucers hand-painted with blue butterflies
Porcelain
Herends Cornucopia 'TCA' Coffee Cup and Saucer #1727
By Herend
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Herend Cornucopia (TCA) coffee cup and saucer, Hungary #1727. Hungarian vintage Herend porcelain
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Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Tea Cup with Saucer
By Herend
Located in Budapest, HU
. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Manufactory (Hungary) Quality: Handpainted, 1st class Pattern: Chinese Bouquet
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Herend Queen Victoria Coffee Cup with Saucer, circa 1970
By Herend
Located in Budapest, HU
. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Manufactory (Hungary) Quality: Handpainted, 1st class Pattern: Queen Victoria
Porcelain
$197,788
H 47.75 in W 66.5 in
Grand 19th Century English Marine Painting in Stunning Light
By John Wilson Ewbank
Located in London, GB
John Wilson Ewbank (1799 - 1847) Shipping in the Harbour, South Shields Oil on canvas 39.5 x 58 inches unframed 47.75 x 66.5 inches framed Provenance: Christie's October 2002; L...
Oil
Set of 12 English Raised Gilt Porcelain Dinner Service Plates
By Royal Worcester
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A regal set of 12 elaborately gild service plates, by Royal Worcester. The set with delicate broad gilt borders with a white porcelain background. The mark on the back from 1950.
Porcelain
Large German Porcelain Dinner Service, Meissen, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Delicately painted in German taste with rose camaieu flowers, the cavetto with spiral molding insterspersed with flowers, and the border with variations of basket weaving. Covered tu...
Porcelain
$975 / set
H 4.25 in Dm 10.5 in
Wonderful Floral Pattern Service 12 Dinner Porcelain Plates Aynsley Bavaria
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Floral Pattern Service 12 For Dinner Porcelain Plates By Aynsley Bavaria
Porcelain
$702 / set
Limoges coffee service
By Limoges
Located in MADRID, ES
Hand painted coffee set by Limonges. Composed of; 1 bowl, 7 small bowls, teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug and 14 cups with plates.
Porcelain
French 19th Century Floral 102 Piece Dinner Service
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A wonderful collection of 102 pieces of transferware dinner service from Paris, France. Stamped on the bottom of each piece is 'Chapelle Paris Medaille 1844, 19 Boult des Italians". ...
Porcelain
$60,000
H 12 in W 14 in D 7 in
Magnificent French Antique Porcelain 116-Piece Dinner Set, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
116 Pieces A magnificent French Antique porcelain 116-piece dinner set, 19th century, with burgundy and gold accents. This set is exceptionnal both in its beauty, its state of con...
Porcelain
$3,800Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 10.63 in Dm 12.6 in
19th Century Sèvres Porcelain Dinner Set with Comital Coronet
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite 52-piece porcelain dinner service, crafted by Sèvres in the 19th century, exemplifies the refined artistry and heritage of French porcelain. Each piece features a hand...
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12 People
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful German Meissen dinnerware service for twelve people with serving pieces. The dinnerware service is in great condition. Just exquisite & very rare to find a complete service...
Gold
Antique Meissen Porcelain Floral Encrusted Tea Cup & Saucer
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen, Germany, late 19th to early 20th century Hard-paste porcelain, hand-painted with polychrome enamels and gilt accents, applied porcelain flowers, five small knop feet. ...
Porcelain
Set of 12 English Porcelain Dinner Plates, Royal Doulton, circa 1900
By Royal Doulton
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 English porcelain dinner plates, Royal Doulton, circa 1900.
Porcelain
19th Century British Porcelain Dinnerware Service
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th Century British porcelain dinnerware service with hand painted gilt foliate borders with bouquets of wild flowers against a white background design details. Each piece is in...
Gold
Large English Porcelain Dinner Service, Minton, circa 1845
Located in New York, NY
With a soft turquoise ground, painted with a fine spray of flowers, with gilt scroll and dash borders. Comprising pair of covered tureens and stands, pair of vegetable tureens, well ...
Porcelain
"Old Paris” Porcelain Dinner Service, 19th Century, France
By Old Paris
Located in Delft, NL
“Old Paris” porcelain dinner service 188 pieces tableware (200 parts) 19th century French porcelain. Beautiful white porcelain with blue and gold painted border and in the c...
Porcelain
Extensive Augarten Porcelain Dinner, Coffee and Tea Service, circa 1935
Located in New York, NY
Special commission from the factory for the Brucknerstift St. Florian, a seminary located on the outskirts of Vienna. Blue crowned Bindenshield and Wien Mark, iron-red printed hash m...
Porcelain
$5,500 / set
H 2 in W 7.25 in D 10 in
English Minton Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service / Twelve People
By Minton
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Minton hand painted and decorated porcelain dinner service for twelve people. Made in England between 1948 -1970 "with impressed marks "Minton / china / 2-65" and pattern numbers in...
Gold
Herend Porcelain occupies a singular place in the world of luxury European ceramics. The firm's vast range of figurines and distinctive patterns are visually striking and notably different from those of other major porcelain producers like Meissen or Sèvres. Whereas the latter tend to feature discrete decorative elements that appear to float on a white background, Herend favors large, bold designs for its porcelain, with its serving pieces, dishes and other works incorporating historical scenes, animals or vegetation.
Vince Stingl established what would become the Herend Porcelain Manufactory in 1826 in the town of Herend, Hungary, to produce earthenware. When he went bankrupt in the late 1830s, Mór Fischer, who took over, switched the focus from earthenware to porcelain to take advantage of the growing European market for fine china.
By 1849, Herend counted among its clients members of the Habsburg dynasty and the Hungarian aristocracy. Thanks to its participation in several important international exhibitions and fairs — including the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition in London, the 1853 Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York and the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris — its wares became a popular choice for courtly dining in the middle of the 19th century, and its patrons included Francis Joseph I of Austria and Queen Victoria of England, for whom its Viktória pattern was named.
The company foundered in the latter half of the 19th century under the leadership of Fischer’s two sons. But it was given new life, artistically and financially, when Fischer’s grandson, Jenő Farkasházy, himself a trained ceramist, took the helm around 1900. Farkasházy designed new patterns and revived classic ones. After World War II, Herend was nationalized by the Communist government but kept alive its tradition of skilled craftsmanship by continuing to produce its classic patterns. In 1993, after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the factory was privatized once again and today is owned by its management and workers.
Authentic Herend animal figurines — their groupings of white rabbits, cats or pheasants — are often covered head to toe with the factory’s famed “fish-scale” pattern, also known as Vieux Herend, which produces the effect of a dense coat of feathers or fur. The fish-scale pattern also appears on this chocolate cup and saucer decorated in the Cornucopia pattern.
Find antique Herend porcelain on 1stDibs.
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.