HERENDI PORCELÁN PALOTA, Budapest

The establishment of one of the oldest porcelain factories of Hungary, the Porcelain Factory of Herend fell on the period of national independence, which was the result of Hungarian development of bourgeois mentality. The European artistic porcelain manufacturing, which was almost exclusively initiated by the princely and royal courts, declined considerably after the period of incredible development in the 18th century. Many manufactures disappeared. It was Vince Stingl who established the small manufactory of Herend in 1826, producing stonewares and carrying out research experiments on porcelain making. The new owner of the manufactory, Mór Fischer, being very ambitious and having new ideas, started artistic porcelain manufacturing in 1839. At that time it was almost impossible to replace and supply old, classical porcelain dinner-sets from the Far East and from Europe, but Mór Fischer''s efforts met the support of the Hungarian aristocracy. The bright solving of difficult problems which had arisen during the set replacements, reproduction of classical porcelains, producing of shapes and patterns which were like the old Chinese porcelains and the excellent work soon turned the attention of experts and collectors to Herend