HEREND CHINESE BOUQUET 4-Pc Serving Platter in RUST
Fully marked and in PERFECT condition!
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 privatised & is now 75% owned by its management & workers.
Its main markets are the USA, Japan, Italy and Russia.
Herend products are made from hard-paste porcelain using a mixture of kaolin, feldspar and quartz.
After cleaning, decorating and drying, it 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 whether it has been painted with colors or with gold,
it is finished off with one or two more firings.
The design artists, wheel potters, painters, and modellers add the value
that has won this porcelain 24 grand and gold prizes in world exhibitions between 1851 and 1937.
Perhaps the most well known Herend pattern was presented at the London World Exhibition in 1851,
the Chinese-style butterflies and flowery branches painted in joyful, lively colours.
The British Queen, Victoria, ordered a dinner set with its gold medal-winning pattern for Windsor Castle.
Hence the pattern's name "Viktória".
The Herend Porcelain Manufactory was purveyor to the Habsburg Dynasty and the aristocracy,
both in Hungary and abroad.
The factory consciously preserves traditions and therefore the quality of Herend Porcelain is consistent.
Here is a Dinner Service Piece with 3 fitted Triangular plates
Designed to work like an intimate "Lazy Susan" of sorts
Perfect for serving 3 h'ors doervres or vegetables or condiments at the same time
This exotic server is in the Chinese BOUQUET PATTERN in Rust.
This is a very unusual and rare piece and still wears the Blue Numbered Insignia on each section.
The large underplate is also marked Hand Painted and features 3 tiny vignettes of flowers on the back side of the Server
The underplate is made like the large round Soup Bowl with all of the Gold and Rust bouquets
The piece has a scalloped edge finished in gold leaf
10" Round x 1 1/2" Deep
The 3 Rounded Triangular sections are identical and are 6" x 3 3/4" x 1/2" deep
It is perfect and appears to be Unused
No cracks, chips or imperfections of any kind
The perfect addition to your table!
As this is a discontinued Hand Painted item all 4 sections are numbered 443 out of a collection of 900.
Limited Edition and Collectible
This partitioned Server, will serve beautifully for vegetables crudite's.