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Herend China Sets

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" set. A lidded mustard pot, can also be

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20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" tea set A serving tea set with a tea

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set A serving tea set with a tea

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

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Monumental Herend China Set (GMD#2946)
Monumental Herend China Set (GMD#2946)

Monumental Herend China Set (GMD#2946)

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H 0.1 in W 0.1 in D 0.1 in

Monumental Herend China Set (GMD#2946)

By Herend

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Complete Set of Herend Rothschild Bird Pattern China, In the Rare R O M Color - where a beautiful

Category

20th Century Hungarian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Dessert Set for Six Persons
Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Dessert Set for Six Persons

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Dessert Set for Six Persons

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

days. Express shipping with FedEx (two days) available for 110 USD. Manufacturer: Herend porcelain

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Six Herend Porcelain China Dinner Plates 20th C.
Set of Six Herend Porcelain China Dinner Plates 20th C.

Set of Six Herend Porcelain China Dinner Plates 20th C.

By Herend

Located in Big Flats, NY

A set of six dinner plates by Herend offer fine china with floral decorated well and gilt rim, en

Category

20th Century Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set
Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" tea set Herend Hungary Porcelain A serving tea set

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set
Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set

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H 5.12 in W 7.88 in D 4.93 in

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea set Herend Hungary Porcelain A Tea set with a

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Coffee Set
Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Coffee Set

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Coffee Set

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H 9.06 in W 7.09 in D 4.73 in

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Coffee Set

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" coffee set Herend Hungary porcelain A coffee set with

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" set of three items Shell shaped serving

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Pastry Set
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Pastry Set

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Pastry Set

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Pastry Set A serving tray with 12 small

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set for 6
Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set for 6

Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Set for 6

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" set for 6 6 cups and saucers, numbered with 707

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Mustard Set
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Mustard Set

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Mustard Set

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" mustard set A lidded mustard pot with

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set for 6
Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set for 6

Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set for 6

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea set for 6 6 cups and saucers, numbered with

Category

20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Queen Victoria Older Version Dinner China Set for 11 Plus '70 Pieces'
Herend Queen Victoria Older Version Dinner China Set for 11 Plus '70 Pieces'

Herend Queen Victoria Older Version Dinner China Set for 11 Plus '70 Pieces'

By Herend

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Elegant set of Herend China service for 12 minus 2 pieces (70 pieces in total). This is the older

Category

20th Century Hungarian Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Herend "Chinese Bouquet" Sugar / Creamer Set in Porcelain, Mid-20th Century
Herend "Chinese Bouquet" Sugar / Creamer Set in Porcelain, Mid-20th Century

Herend "Chinese Bouquet" Sugar / Creamer Set in Porcelain, Mid-20th Century

Located in København, Copenhagen

Herend "Chinese bouquet" sugar / creamer set in porcelain with gold decoration and green flowers

Category

Mid-20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend "Chinese Bouquet", Two Coffee Cups with Saucers and Sugar / Cream Set
Herend "Chinese Bouquet", Two Coffee Cups with Saucers and Sugar / Cream Set

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

Category

Mid-20th Century Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend 'Chinese Bouquet' Porcelain Demitasse Service for Ten
Herend 'Chinese Bouquet' Porcelain Demitasse Service for Ten

Herend 'Chinese Bouquet' Porcelain Demitasse Service for Ten

By Herend

Located in Concord, MA

Herend 'Chinese Bouquet' porcelain demitasse service for ten, mid-20th century; Perfect chocolate

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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Tea Sets

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Dessert Set for Six Persons
Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Dessert Set for Six Persons

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Dessert Set for Six Persons

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

. Express shipping with FedEx (2 days) available for 110 USD. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Manufactory

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Tea Set for Four Persons
Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Tea Set for Four Persons

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Tea Set for Four Persons

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

. Express shipping with FedEx (two days) available for 110 USD. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Chinese Bouquet Fleur Multicolor Dessert Set for Six Persons
Herend Chinese Bouquet Fleur Multicolor Dessert Set for Six Persons

Herend Chinese Bouquet Fleur Multicolor Dessert Set for Six Persons

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

. Express shipping with FedEx (2 days) available for 110 USD. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Manufactory

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Table Set for Two, Eight Pieces
Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Table Set for Two, Eight Pieces

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Table Set for Two, Eight Pieces

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

business days. Express shipping with FedEx (two days) available for 110 USD. Manufacturer: Herend

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Six Herend Chinese Bouquet Green, Luncheon or Dinner Plates
Set of Six Herend Chinese Bouquet Green, Luncheon or Dinner Plates

Set of Six Herend Chinese Bouquet Green, Luncheon or Dinner Plates

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

business days. Express shipping with FedEx (two days) available for 110 USD. Manufacturer: Herend

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Coffee Set for Six Persons, circa 1965
Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Coffee Set for Six Persons, circa 1965

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Coffee Set for Six Persons, circa 1965

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Manufactory (Hungary) Quality: Handpainted, 1st class Pattern: Chinese Bouquet

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Coffee and Dessert Set for Six Persons
Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Coffee and Dessert Set for Six Persons

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Coffee and Dessert Set for Six Persons

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

. Express shipping with FedEx (2 days) available for 110 USD. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Manufactory

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Herend Chinese Bouquet Fleur Multicolor Dessert Set for Six Persons, circa 1960
Herend Chinese Bouquet Fleur Multicolor Dessert Set for Six Persons, circa 1960

Herend Chinese Bouquet Fleur Multicolor Dessert Set for Six Persons, circa 1960

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Manufactory (Hungary) Quality: Handpainted, 1st class Pattern: Chinese Bouquet

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Nine Crème Soup Dishes
Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Nine Crème Soup Dishes

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Nine Crème Soup Dishes

By Herend

Located in Raleigh, NC

Herend Chinese bouquet green set of nine Crème soup dishes with lids.

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Vintage 1970s Hungarian Platters and Serveware

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Tea or Coffee Cups
Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Tea or Coffee Cups

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Tea or Coffee Cups

By Herend

Located in Raleigh, NC

Herend Chinese bouquet green set of nine tea or coffee cups. Measure: 3.5" in height.

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Vintage 1970s Serving Pieces

Herend "Chinese Bouquet" Large Tea Set 1976
Herend "Chinese Bouquet" Large Tea Set 1976

Herend "Chinese Bouquet" Large Tea Set 1976

By Herend

Located in Quechee, VT

23-piece Herend hand-painted porcelain tea set including ten cups, ten saucers, tea pot, covered

Category

Vintage 1970s Hungarian Baroque Tea Sets

Materials

Gold

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Tea Set for Six Persons, circa 1940
Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Tea Set for Six Persons, circa 1940

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Tea Set for Six Persons, circa 1940

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

The set consists of 1pc. teapot Width: 5.6" (14.2cm) Length: 9" (22.9cm) Height: 6" (15.3cm

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Vintage 1940s Hungarian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Six Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Tea Cups, circa 1960
Set of Six Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Tea Cups, circa 1960

Set of Six Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Tea Cups, circa 1960

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Manufactory (Hungary) Quality: Handpainted, 1st class Pattern: Chinese Bouquet

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Hazelnut Set for Six Persons, circa 1960
Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Hazelnut Set for Six Persons, circa 1960

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry Hazelnut Set for Six Persons, circa 1960

By Herend

Located in Budapest, HU

. Manufacturer: Herend Porcelain Manufactory (Hungary) Quality: Handpainted, 1st class Pattern: Chinese Bouquet

Category

Vintage 1960s Hungarian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

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Located in Charleston, SC

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Antique 1820s English George III Andirons

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By Coalport Porcelain

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$450,000

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Located in New York, NY

English Axminster rug. Axminster, Devon, Great Britain, circa 1760 (George III). Provenance: Baron Guy de Rothschild.

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English Cast Iron Umbrella  / Cane Stand. Circa 1840

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Located in Charleston, SC

English cast iron umbrella / cane stand with three section top, scrolled floral side mounts, four removable pans, and terminating on decorative cast egg and dart base.

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$19,850

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Herend China Sets For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of herend china sets for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct herend china sets — often made from ceramic, porcelain and metal — can elevate any home. Herend china sets have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Herend china sets have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Herend are consistently popular.

How Much are Herend China Sets?

Prices for herend china sets start at $300 and top out at $5,343 with the average selling for $874.

Herend for sale on 1stDibs

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.

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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.