Porcelain manufacturing companies in Europe
Porcelain manufacturing companies are firms which manufacture porcelain.
European porcelain manufacturers before the 18th century[]
The table below lists European manufacturers of porcelain established before the 18th century. This table may be sorted according to the year of foundation, description and country.
Year |
Description |
Site / location |
Country |
Remark |
---|---|---|---|---|
1575 | Medici porcelain | Florence | Italy | Tuscany |
1673 | Rouen porcelain | Rouen | France | Normandy |
1693 | Saint-Cloud porcelain | Saint-Cloud | France | Ile-de-France |
18th-century European porcelain manufacturing companies[]
The table below lists European manufacturers of porcelain established in the 18th century. This table may be sorted according to the year of foundation, description and country.
Year |
Description |
Site / location |
Country |
Remark |
---|---|---|---|---|
1710 | Meissen porcelain | Meissen | Germany | Saxony |
1718 | Vienna porcelain | Vienna | Austria | This first phase called the "Du Pacquier factory"; from 1744 owned by the emperors |
1720 | Vezzi porcelain | Venice | Italy | Until 1727. First of the Venetian factories.[1] |
1730 | Chantilly porcelain | Chantilly | France | Ile-de-France |
1735 | Doccia porcelain | Sesto Fiorentino | Italy | Tuscany |
1740 | Manufacture de Vincennes | Vincennes | France | Moved to Sèvres in 1756 |
1743 | Capodimonte porcelain | Naples | Italy | moved to Madrid in 1760, becoming Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro |
1743 | Chelsea Porcelain | London | England | Merged with Derby in 1769 |
1744 | Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | Russia | |
1745 | Mennecy porcelain | Mennecy | France | Ile-de-France |
1746 | Höchster Porzellanmanufaktur | Höchst (Frankfurt) | Germany | Hesse |
1747 | Bow porcelain factory | London | England | |
1747 | Fürstenberg China | Fürstenberg | Germany | Lower Saxony |
1747 | Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory | Schloss Nymphenburg | Germany | Bavaria |
1750 | Royal Crown Derby | Derby | England | Year of establishment disputed with 1757 |
1750 | Real Fábrica de Alcora | Alcora | Spain | Also called Real Fábrica de Loza y Porcelana; founded 1727 but porcelain production only began c. 1750 |
1751 | Tournai porcelain | Tournai | Belgium | Hainaut[1] |
1751 | Royal Worcester | Worcester | England | Acquired by Portmeirion in 2009 |
1754 | Liverpool porcelain | Liverpool | England | |
1755 | Frankenthal Porcelain Factory | Frankenthal | Germany | |
1756 | Manufacture nationale de Sèvres | Sévres | France | |
1757 | Porzellanmanufaktur Gotha | Gotha | Germany | Thuringia |
1757 | Royal Crown Derby | Derby | England | Year of establishment disputed with 1750 |
1757 | Lowestoft Porcelain Factory | Lowestoft | England | Suffolk |
1758 | Marieberg porcelain | Stockholm | Sweden | [1] |
1758 | Ludwigsburg porcelain | Ludwigsburg | Germany | Baden-Württemberg |
1758 | Ansbach Porcelain | Ansbach | Germany | Bavaria |
1759 | Wedgwood | Stoke-on-Trent | England | The manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1812[1] |
1759 | Weesp porselein | Weesp | Netherlands | |
1760 | Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro | Madrid | Spain | Capodimonte porcelain was moved to Madrid. Popularly called La China. |
1760 | Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain factory | Veilsdorf | Germany | Thuringia |
1761 | Porzellanmanufaktur Kelsterbach | Kelsterbach | Germany | Hessen |
1762 | Volkstedt porcelain | Volkstedt (Rudolstadt) | Germany | Thuringia |
1762 | Le Nove porcelain | Nove | Italy | Republic of Venice. Until 1835. |
1763 | Royal Porcelain Manufacture Berlin | Berlin | Germany | |
1763 | Niderviller pottery | Niderviller | France | Founded 1735; made porcelain from 1763 to 1827 |
1764 | Cozzi porcelain | Venice | Italy | Republic of Venice. Until 1812. |
1764 | Wallendorf Porcelain | Lichte (Wallendorf) | Germany | Thuringia |
1766 | Verbilki | Russia | Moscow oblast, Taldomsky District | |
1766 | Luneville Faience | luneville | France | Founded 1730, made porcelain from 1766 to 1777 |
1766 | Villeroy & Boch | Mettlach, Saarland | Germany | Established in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France; the company was established in 1748, but it began to produce porcelain wares only in 1766 |
1768 | Plymouth porcelain | Plymouth, Devon | England | Moved to Bristol 1770-1781, 1781-1835 |
1770 | Spode | Stoke-on-Trent | England | The manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1800[1] |
1770 | Rörstrand | Stockholm | Sweden | The company was established in 1726; however, it began to produce porcelain wares only in the 1770s |
1771 | Limoges porcelain | Limoges | France | |
1771 | Naples porcelain | Naples | Italy | "Naples Royal Porcelain Manufactory" (Real fabbrica delle porcellane di Napoli). Also called the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea. Until 1806. |
1774 | Loosdrechts porselein | Loosdrecht | Netherlands | |
1775 | Aynsley China | Longton, Staffordshire | England | Acquired by Belleek Pottery in 1997 |
1775 | Royal Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
1777 | Graf von Henneberg Porcelain, Ilmenau | Ilmenau | Germany | Thuringia |
1777 | Hollóháza Porcelain Manufactory | Hollohaza | Hungary | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County |
1783 | Porcelain Manufacture Rauenstein | Rauenstein | Germany | Thuringia |
1790 | Weimar Porcelain | (Blankenhain) | Germany | Thuringia |
1792 | Horní Slavkov | Czech Republic | German: Schlaggenwald; defunct as of 2011 | |
1793 | Mintons | Stoke-on-Trent | England | United Kingdom |
1794 | Klášterec nad Ohří | Czech Republic | Chomutov District | |
1794 | Königlich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik | Tettau | Germany | Bavaria |
19th-century European porcelain manufacturing companies[]
The table below lists European manufacturers of porcelain established in the 19th century. This table may be sorted according to the year of foundation, description and country.
Year |
Description |
Site / location |
Country |
Remark |
---|---|---|---|---|
19th century | Bolesławiec | Bolesławiec | Poland | Originated in the Middle Ages and developed in the 17–19th centuries |
1809 | Porcelain Manufacture Ćmielów | Ćmielów | Poland | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship |
1817 | Real Fábrica de La Moncloa | Madrid | Spain | It was the successor of the Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro |
1824 | Vista Alegre | Ílhavo | Portugal | Porcelain and Crystal Factories in Portugal, producing Tableware, Giftware, Home Decor, and Hotelware |
1826 | Herend Porcelain Manufactory | Herend | Hungary | Veszprém County |
1831 | Porcelain Manufacture Wałbrzych | Wałbrzych | Poland | Wałbrzych Voivodeship |
1832 | Dulyovo porcelain works | Likino-Dulyovo | Russia | Moscow Oblast |
1853 | Bing & Grøndahl | Denmark | Merged with the Royal Porcelain Factory in 1987 | |
1853 | Zsolnay Porcelain Manufacture | Pécs | Hungary | Baranya County |
1860 | Zakłady Porcelany Stołowej Karolina | Jaworzyna Śląska | Poland | Wałbrzych Voivodeship |
1864 | Český porcelán a.s. | Dubí Teplice District | Czech Republic | Eichwelder Porzellan – und Ofenfabriken Bloch & Co. Böhmen |
1872 | Zaklady Porcelitu Stolowego | Pruszków | Poland | Masovian Voivodship |
1873 | Fabryka Faiansu Włocławek | Włocławek | Poland | Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship |
1873 | Arabia porcelain | Toukola (Helsinki) | Finland | Kitchenware and tableware |
1882 | Porcelain manufactore Benedikt | Switzerland | ||
1884 | Belleek | Belleek County Fermanagh | Northern Ireland | Ulster |
1885 | Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik | Porsgrunn | Norway | Telemark county |
1897 | Porcelain Manufacture Chodzież | Chodzież | Poland | Greater Poland Voivodship |
Current porcelain manufacturers in Germany[]
Year |
Description |
Site / location |
Remark |
---|---|---|---|
1710 | Meissen porcelain | Meissen, Saxonia | 1st porcelain manufacturing company in Europe |
1746 | Höchst Porzellanmanufaktur | Höchst (Frankfurt), Hesse | Höchster Porzellanmanufaktur |
1747 | Fürstenberg China | Fürstenberg, Lower Saxony | |
1747 | Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory | Schloss Nymphenburg, Bavaria | |
1748 | Villeroy & Boch | Mettlach, Saarland | established in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France |
1751 | Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur | Berlin | |
1762 | Älteste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur | Volkstedt (Rudolstadt), Thuringia | |
1763 | Royal Porcelain Manufacture Berlin | Berlin | |
1764 | Wallendorfer Porzellan | Lichte (Wallendorf), Thuringia | |
1790 | Weimar porcelain | Blankenhain, Thuringia | |
1794 | Königlich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik | Tettau, Bavaria | |
1814 | Hutschenreuther | Selb, Bavaria | Part of Rosenthal GmbH |
1822 | Lichte Porzellan | Lichte, Thuringia | |
1844 | KAHLA/Thuringian porcelain company | Kahla, Thuringia | |
1877 | Wagner & Apel Porzellan | Lippelsdorf, Thuringia | Lippelsdorf Porcelain figures and sculptures |
1879 | Rosenthal GmbH | Selb, Bavaria | Part of |
1881 | Bauscher Weiden company, dishware | Bavaria | |
1887 | Arzberg porcelain | Arzberg, Bavaria | Part of Rosenthal GmbH (since 2013) |
1903 | Heinrich & Co. | Selb, Bavaria | 1896 as porcelain painters, 1903 as manufacturer; part of Villeroy & Boch |
1910 | Seltmann Weiden | Weiden, Bavaria | |
1986 | Barbara Flügel Porcelain | Selb, Bavaria |
Current porcelain manufacturers in other European countries[]
Year |
Description |
Location |
Country | Remark | |
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1735 | Richard-Ginori | Sesto Fiorentino | Italy | See Richard-Ginori 1735 | |
1743 | Capodimonte porcelain | Naples | Italy | ||
1744 | Imperial Porcelain Factory | Lomonosov | Russia | Also known as the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory | |
1750 | Royal Crown Derby | Derby | England | Year of establishment disputed with 1757 | |
1751 | Royal Worcester | Stoke-on-Trent | England | Acquired by Portmeirion in 2009 | |
1755 | Royal Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Denmark | Also known as the Royal Porcelain Factory | |
1757 | Royal Crown Derby | Derby | England | Year of establishment disputed with 1750 | |
1759 | Wedgwood | Stoke-on-Trent | England | ||
1770 | Spode | Stoke-on-Trent | England | Acquired by Portmeirion in 2009 | |
1775 | Aynsley China | Longton, Staffordshire | England | Acquired by Belleek Pottery in 1997 | |
1777 | Hollóháza Porcelain Manufactory | Hollóháza, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County | Hungary | See Hollóháza porcelánjáról | |
1794 | Klášterec nad Ohří, Chomutov District | Czech Republic | German: Klösterle an der Eger | ||
1809 | Ćmielów | Poland | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | ||
1820 | Wałbrzych | Poland | Lower Silesian Voivodship | ||
1824 | Vista Alegre | Ílhavo | Portugal | Porcelain and Crystal Factories in Portugal, producing Tableware, Giftware, Home Decor, and Hotelware | |
1826 | Herend Porcelain Manufactory | Herend | Hungary | Veszprém County | |
1831 | Wałbrzych | Poland | Wałbrzych Voivodeship | ||
1832 | Dulyovo porcelain works | Likino-Dulyovo | Russia | Moscow Oblast | |
1852 | Tułowice | Poland | |||
1853 | Bing & Grøndahl | Denmark | Merged with the Royal Porcelain Factory in 1987 | ||
1853 | Zsolnay Porcelain Manufacture | Pécs | Hungary | Baranya County | |
1860 | Zakłady Porcelany Stołowej Karolina | Jaworzyna Śląska | Poland | Wałbrzych Voivodeship | |
1864 | a.s. | Dubí Teplice District | Czech Republic | Eichwelder Porzellan – und Ofenfabriken Bloch & Co. Böhmen | |
1872 | Pruszkow | Poland | Masovian Voivodship | ||
1873 | Arabia porcelain | Toukola (Helsinki) | Finland | Kitchenware and tableware | |
1882 | Porcelain manufactore Benedikt | Switzerland | |||
1884 | Belleek Pottery | Belleek, County Fermanagh | Northern Ireland | Ulster | |
1885 | Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik | Porsgrunn | Norway | Telemark county | |
1897 | Chodzież | Poland | Greater Poland Voivodeship | ||
1906 | Porzellanfabrik Langenthal | Switzerland | Today: G. Benedikt | ||
1907 | Rudolf Kämpf | Nové Sedlo, Sokolov District | Czech Republic | See cz:Loučky (Nové Sedlo) | |
1920 | Bykowina | Poland | |||
1922 | Poland | ||||
1923 | Augarten porcelain | Vienna | Austria | ||
1938 | JIESIA porcelain, | Kaunas | Lithuania | JIESIA porcelain; the main manufacturer in the post-soviet region and the only bone china company in the Baltic States | |
1941 | Figgjo porcelain | Sandnes | Norway | Figgjo is a trend-setting porcelain manufacturer for the professional kitchen (see www.figgjo.com) | |
1955 | JEMA KERAMISCH ATELIER N.V. | Maastricht | The Netherlands | Jema Holland ceramic studio. | |
1969 | Łubiana | Poland | Pomeranian Voivodeship | ||
1975 | Manufacture de Porcelaine de Monaco | Monaco | Monaco | Founded by Erich Rozewicz, with the support of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. | |
1970 | Apulum SA | Alba Iulia | Romania | ||
1949 | Lugo | Spain | Galicia, Spain | ||
1991 | Copenhagen | Denmark | |||
1991 | Alba Iulia | Romania | |||
1987 | Aveiro | Portugal | PORCEL; prestigious brand and manufacturer of porcelain located in Portugal | ||
19?? | Porzellanmanufaktur Reidling GmbH | Sitzenberg-Reidling | Austria | Lower Austria | |
2000 | Marie Daâge | Limoges | France | ||
2012 | Naples | Italy |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Eileen Aldridge, Porcelain, London, The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969
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