Herend Hand-Painted Porcelain Plate, Queen Victoria 527/VA, In Original Box, 28,5 cm / 11.22 Inch. We quote The Herend Porcelain Manufactory is a Hungarian manufacturing company, specializing in luxury hand painted and gilded porcelain. Founded in 1826, it is based in the town of Herend near the city of Veszprém. In the mid-19th century it was purveyor to the Habsburg Dynasty and aristocratic customers throughout Europe. Many of its classic patterns are still in production. After the fall of Communism in Hungary the factory was privatized and is now 75% owned by its management and workers. The factory exports to over 60 countries of the world, with its main markets being Italy, Germany, Russia, Japan and the USA. 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 manufacturing artistic porcelain in the same year. Herend displayed its designs at the First Hungarian Applied Art Exhibition, the Vienna Exhibition in 1845, the Great Exhibition in London, 1851, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York, 1853 and the Exposition Universelle in Paris, 1855. The styles became popular, and orders were received on behalf of several royal courts: Queen Victoria, Francis Joseph I of Austria, Maximillian, the Mexican emperor. Some well-known patterns were named for the first customers: (Queen Victoria, Esterházy, Batthyány, Rothschild, Apponyi). In 1865 Francis Joseph I gave a noble title to Fischer, in appreciation of his work in porcelain art. From 1872 Mór Fischer Farkasházy, Purveyor to the Royal Court, was entitled to use the shapes and patterns of the Manufactory of Vienna, which had closed down. Model: Queen Victoria, 527/VA 193 / 136. Diameter: 28,5 cm / 11.22 Inch. 3 cm / 1.18 Inch. Weight: 0,724 gr / 1.59 lb. Pre-owned, in a perfect condition with the original box. No marks or scratches, it’s like new. Item will always be in an extra safe box. We make every effort to provide accurate and honest information about our listings. Thanks for looking, please check out all our other listings and have a wonderful day. Track Page Views With. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Decorative Collectibles\Collector Plates”. The seller is “golden-place-sales” and is located in this country: GR. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Brand: Herend
• Origin: Hungary
• Hallmark: Yes
• Type: Collector Plate
• Shape: Round
• Color: Multicolor
• Item Diameter: 28,5 cm / 11.22 Inch
• Theme: Flowers – Butterflies
• Material: Porcelain
• Height: Approx. 3 cm / 1.18 Inch
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Hungary
• Item Weight: 0,724 gr / 1.59 lb.