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The factory at Herend was founded in 1826 by Vince Stingl as an earthenware pottery manufacturing factory; Stingl also carried out research experiments on porcelain making. Stingl ran out of funds and subsequently went bankrupt; his creditor Mór Fischer took control of the factory in 1839. Fischer, an ambitious man with new ideas, started ...
Plymouth Porcelain; Rockingham Pottery; Royal Crown Derby, (1750/57–present) Royal Doulton, (1815–2009 acquired by Fiskars) Royal Worcester, (1751–2008 acquired by Portmeirion Pottery) Spode, (1767–2008 acquired by Portmeirion Pottery) Saint James's Factory (or "Girl-in-a-Swing", 1750s) Swansea porcelain; Vauxhall porcelain; Wedgwood ...
Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (German: Moritz Fischer von Farkasházy, Hungarian: Farkasházy Fischer Mór(ic)) (25 March 1799 – 25 February 1880) was a Hungarian porcelain-manufacturer; was one of the founders of the Herend porcelain manufactory in 1839. He was born in Tata, Hungary.
Herend (German: Herrendorf) is a small town in Hungary , near the city of Veszprém. The history of the town goes back into Roman times, indicated by the findings near the precincts of the town, while in the Middle Ages a few villages occupied the area where the current town stands.
The manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1812 [1] 1759: Weesp porselein: Weesp: Netherlands: First Dutch porcelain factory was founded in Weesp, near Amsterdam 1760: Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro: Madrid: Spain: Capodimonte porcelain was moved to Madrid. Popularly called La China. 1760: Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain factory: Veilsdorf ...
In 1967, Rosenthal built the so-called "Glassmaker's Cathedral," a factory for the Thomas-Glassworks in Amberg. The Thomas-Glassworks was renamed the Amberg crystal glass factory. In 1997, Rosenthal AG was 90% owned by the British-Irish Waterford Wedgwood Group. Rosenthal was the market leader for high-quality porcelain and glassware in Germany.
Porcelain miners at the Meissen Porcelain Museum The Terracotta Army on display; view from visitor's gallery. The Musée nationale de la porcelaine Adrien Dubouché in Limoges concentrates on the local Limoges porcelain. The 19th-century building (formerly the Egyptian embassy) of the Tehran The Glassware and Ceramic Museum of Iran.
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