Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Herend products are made from hard-paste porcelain using a mixture of kaolin, feldspar and quartz. Herend porcelain has won 24 grand and gold prizes in world exhibitions between 1851 and 1937. [ citation needed ] One of the best known Herend patterns was presented at the London World Exhibition in 1851, the Chinese-style butterflies and flowery ...
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.
Vince Stingl (born as Vincze (Vincentius) Ferencz Stingl, 23 May 1796 [1] - around 1850) was a Hungarian-German porcelain manufacturer, entrepreneur, industrialist who founded the Herend Porcelain Manufactory in Herend, Hungary.
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.
Rosenthal was founded in 1879 as a family business. The founder, Philipp Rosenthal, moved his porcelain painting business from Werl in North Rhine-Westphalia to Selb in Bavaria, where he was based in the castle Erkersreuth.
Also copied by the Samson firm were the early Qing dynasty famille rose and famille verte Chinese porcelains and the so-called "Imari wares", named for the Japanese port where a type of richly decorated porcelain made at Arita was shipped. [2] The firm exhibited at the International Exposition (1867) and the Exposition Universelle (1889).
Until 1833 the company remained in the hands of Hammann’s family. The turbulent years after that were characterised by often changing ownership. Among famous names—indications of porcelain tradition and quality even today—can be found Hutschenreuther, Kämpfe, Sonntag, Heubach, Fraureuth, and Schaubach. The changes in ownership and the ...
Pair of vases, 1772–1774, Derby Porcelain Factory (V&A Museum no. 485–1875)The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company is the oldest or second oldest remaining English porcelain manufacturer, based in Derby, England (disputed by Royal Worcester, who claim 1751 as their year of establishment).