Herend was founded in 1826 in the Hungarian village that gave it its name, and it took its place among Europe's great porcelain houses after 1839, when Mór Fischer began producing replacement pieces for royal families and then designing patterns of his own. Every plate and saucer here is hand-painted and finished with 24k gold gilding, and each carries the raised basket weave that Herend does so beautifully. The technique, called Osier, is a molded basket-weave motif first documented at Meissen in 1736, evoking woven willow branches, and Herend has made it a signature of its own.
Choose from three designs:
Chinese Bouquet Rust (Apponyi Orange), 9" Plate — A single spray of chrysanthemum-style blooms and leaves in warm rust at the center, ringed by a border of tiny leaves and gilt cartouches, with matching floral sprigs scattered across the basket-weave rim. The design that became Apponyi traces to Herend's 1867 showing at the Paris Exposition Universelle, where Hungarian Count Albert Apponyi fell in love with its dominant floral motif. Two available.
Fortuna Rust, 7" Saucer — Butterflies and flowering branches painted in a single warm rust with gilt accents on the basket-weave rim. Fortuna is a dramatic monochrome take on Herend's Queen Victoria pattern, the design Queen Victoria admired at London's 1851 Great Exhibition, and painting it in one color lets the brushwork rise to the surface with unusual depth and texture. Two available.
Rosehip, 7.5" Plate — A delicate spray of rosehips and green leaves at the center, with matching sprigs on an Osier basket-weave rim and a fine gold edge. A rare, discontinued Herend pattern that is highly collectible. Four available.
Lovely layered on a table, on a plate stand or gathered in a small wall grouping.
Tucked inside every order, a little something for first time Tavola customers — a hand-finished vintage passport notebook. Note the piece, the moment, the person you gave it to. One day these pieces will sit in someone else's hands — and they'll know it came from yours.
Herend was founded in 1826 in the Hungarian village that gave it its name, and it took its place among Europe's great porcelain houses after 1839, when Mór Fischer began producing replacement pieces for royal families and then designing patterns of his own. Every plate and saucer here is hand-painted and finished with 24k gold gilding, and each carries the raised basket weave that Herend does so beautifully. The technique, called Osier, is a molded basket-weave motif first documented at Meissen in 1736, evoking woven willow branches, and Herend has made it a signature of its own.
Choose from three designs:
Chinese Bouquet Rust (Apponyi Orange), 9" Plate — A single spray of chrysanthemum-style blooms and leaves in warm rust at the center, ringed by a border of tiny leaves and gilt cartouches, with matching floral sprigs scattered across the basket-weave rim. The design that became Apponyi traces to Herend's 1867 showing at the Paris Exposition Universelle, where Hungarian Count Albert Apponyi fell in love with its dominant floral motif. Two available.
Fortuna Rust, 7" Saucer — Butterflies and flowering branches painted in a single warm rust with gilt accents on the basket-weave rim. Fortuna is a dramatic monochrome take on Herend's Queen Victoria pattern, the design Queen Victoria admired at London's 1851 Great Exhibition, and painting it in one color lets the brushwork rise to the surface with unusual depth and texture. Two available.
Rosehip, 7.5" Plate — A delicate spray of rosehips and green leaves at the center, with matching sprigs on an Osier basket-weave rim and a fine gold edge. A rare, discontinued Herend pattern that is highly collectible. Four available.
Lovely layered on a table, on a plate stand or gathered in a small wall grouping.
Tucked inside every order, a little something for first time Tavola customers — a hand-finished vintage passport notebook. Note the piece, the moment, the person you gave it to. One day these pieces will sit in someone else's hands — and they'll know it came from yours.
