Herend Porcelain Manufactory
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The Herend Porcelain Manufactory (Hungarian: Herendi Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt.) is a Hungarian manufacturing company, specializing in luxury hand-painted and gilded porcelain.[1][2] 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
After the fall of communism in Hungary, the factory was privatised 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 United States.
History
The factory at Herend was founded in 1826 by
Lajos Kossuth, the famous Hungarian president once said[3] due to the achieved successes about the Herend Porcelain Manufacture:
"an ornate sign of the joyful development of the home-made industry"
— Lajos Kossuth
Herend displayed its designs at the
Some well-known patterns were named for the first customers: (
In 1874 Fischer gave the management of the manufactory to his sons. These men changed the focus of the company away from artistic creation, and sales began to decline. The factory had several owners, and went almost bankrupt. At the end of the century, the grandson of the founder,
Between the two world wars, limited reproduction of traditional products, from the age of Fischer, was continued. Hungarian figures were also manufactured, replicas of the work of Hungarian sculptors.
In 1948 the company was nationalised. In 1993 it was privatised, and in 2015 75% is owned by the management and workers.[citation needed]
Products
Herend products are made from hard-paste
.After cleaning, decorating and drying, the porcelain is first fired at 830 degrees Celsius. The fired pieces are then immersed in a glaze and fired again, this time at 1410 degrees Celsius. This results in white, translucent porcelain. At this stage it is ready for painting by hand and then, depending on whether it has been painted with colours or with gold, it is finished off with one or two more firings.
Herend porcelain has won 24 grand and gold prizes in world exhibitions between 1851 and 1937.[
The Herend Porcelain Manufactory was purveyor to the
The company also has occasionally produced the trophies given out to the winners of the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix. One such trophy, the first-place trophy won by Max Verstappen in 2023, was damaged when Lando Norris (who finished second) accidentally slammed a bottle of Ferrari Trento sparkling wine onto the rostrum during the podium celebration, knocking it off in the process.[4][5]
Museum
The company operates the Porcelain Museum of Herend at its site. The museum opened to visitors in 1964 and was chosen as the museum of the year 2002 in Hungary. The museum presents the history of and the technology used by the Herend porcelain factory and working displays take visitors through the entire process of creating Herend porcelain.
References
- ^ "Herend preserves Hungarian porcelain-making tradition". Boston Globe, Claudia Capos Globe February 17, 2013
- ^ "A History of Imperial Russia, in Porcelain". The New York Times, By NINA SIEGAL OCT. 7, 2014
- ^ "A Herendi porcelánmanufaktúra ZRT. Weboldala". 21 May 2015.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (24 July 2023). "Norris blames Verstappen over $45,000 F1 winner's trophy breakage". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
Norris smiled when he reckoned it was Verstappen's fault for having left the trophy in a bad place. "Max just placed it too close to the edge," said Norris. "It fell over, I guess. Not my problem. It's his!"
- ^ https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/verstappen-gets-his-hands-on-new-hungarian-gp-winners-trophy-after-norris.1jHueKFCQTpb8pwczG497f
Further reading
- Csany, K. Geschichte der ungarischen Keramik, der Porzellane und ihre Marken (Budapest, 1954)
- Herend Porcelain Manufactory. Herend: Traditional Craftsmanship in the 20th Century (1992) ISBN 978-963-8155-05-4
- Sikota, Győző. Herend: Manufaktur der ungarischen Porzellankunst (Budapest, Corvina, 1982)