Herend

Hungarian porcelain factory known for hand-painted patterns in Chinese style, such as Victoria and Rothschild.

The Herend factory began in a Hungarian village and became known when Mór Fischer took it over. He began copying and replacing pieces of expensive Meissen and Viennese services for the aristocracy.

At the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 Queen Victoria bought a service with butterflies and flowers, which took the name Queen Victoria. Herend still makes hand-painted porcelain, often in the Chinese style.

A mark with a shield and HEREND, often with HUNGARY and a painter’s number.

• Ceramics and porcelain