Vintage Herend China

Hungarian China

Hand Painted Herend Hungary

Herend Chinese Bouquet Green Plates

20th Century Chinese Porcelain

Herend Tureen

Green China Set

Materials

Porcelain

Giant Herend Chinese Bouquet Lidded Porcelain Vase, Mid-20th C

$1,400

H 22.84 in Dm 13 in

Giant Herend Chinese Bouquet Lidded Porcelain Vase, Mid-20th C

Located in København, Copenhagen

Giant Herend Chinese Bouquet lidded porcelain vase with hand-painted green flowers and gold decoration.

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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Vintage Herend China

Materials

Porcelain

$3,761 / set

H 5.91 in Dm 5.71 in

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Tea Set for 12 Persons

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend Hungary porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" tea set for 12 persons.

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20th Century Hungarian Vintage Herend China

Materials

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Dm 10.5 in

Beloved Collection of "Rothschild Bird" Herend China

By Herend

Located in Hopewell, NJ

101 pieces collected over 10 years and lovingly cared for, almost never used, always hand washed. Handpainted, Hungarian, marked on the bottoms, lovely birds, butterflies and foliag...

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H 9.06 in Dm 6.7 in

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry, Champagne Cooler and Small Bowl

Located in København, Copenhagen

Herend Chinese Bouquet Raspberry. Champagne cooler and small bowl in hand-painted porcelain.

Category

Mid-20th Century Hungarian Vintage Herend China

Materials

Porcelain

16 Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" plates #517, 19 cm , 1980s

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H 0.79 in Dm 7.49 in

16 Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" plates #517, 19 cm , 1980s

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

16 Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" plates #517, 19 cm , 1980s 16 Porcelain dessert plates you want to serve beautiful on the table.

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20th Century Hungarian Vintage Herend China

Materials

Porcelain

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Small Bonbon Set, Woven Basket and a Bowl

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H 2.76 in Dm 7.88 in

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" Small Bonbon Set, Woven Basket and a Bowl

By Herend

Located in Delft, NL

Herend "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" mall Bonbon set, woven basket and a bowl Herend Hungary porcelain A large bowl with measurements 20 cm diagonal and 7 cm high A open wo...

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20th Century Hungarian Vintage Herend China

Materials

Porcelain

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Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service, Denmark 1961

$5,700 / set

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Mid-20th Century French Vintage Herend China

Materials

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$188,500

H 42.25 in W 36.5 in D 25.5 in

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Vintage Herend China For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of vintage herend china on 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and metal. Your living room may not be complete without a piece of vintage herend china — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each item from our selection of vintage herend china bearing Baroque hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one choice in our collection of vintage herend china that is appealing in its simplicity, but Herend produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Vintage Herend China?

A piece of vintage herend china can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $599, while the lowest priced sells for $50 and the highest can go for as much as $12,500.

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.