HEREND PORCELAIN FACTORY TABLE SERVICE WITH BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS, 90 pieces

Lot 515
6 0008 000
Inscription: ‘HEREND HUNGARY’/ ‘Handpainted’ and numbered ‘724’ (on the underside) 90 pieces: 24 dinner plates D. 26 cm 6 dinner plates D. 25 cm 18 soup plates D. 24 cm 6 dessert plates 8 different dishes (D. 32 cm, 30 cm, 27 cm, 25.5 cm, 42.5 x 32.5 cm, 38.5 x 28 cm, 37 x 28 cm, 27 x 24 cm) 2 triangular dishes 24x 24x24 cm 1 leaf-shaped dish 19.5 x 20 cm 1 coffee pot H. 25.5 cm 1 milk jug H. 9 cm 1 sugar bowl with lid 9 x 9.5 cm 6 tea cups D. 9 cm 6 saucers D. 14 cm 1 candy dish with lid 1 vase H. 20 x 10 cm 1 salt and 1 pepper shaker 2 tureens 19 x 19 cm and 19 x 26 cm 2 sauce boats 23.5 12.5 cm 1 toaster 11.5 11 8 cm 1 hollow dish 9.5 x 3 cm Herend, a Hungarian porcelain factory based in the eponymous town of Herend and founded in 1826, specializes in hand-painted and gilded luxury porcelain. In the mid-19th century, it became a supplier to the Habsburg dynasty and the European aristocracy.