Porcelain manufaM M andKcturing companies are firms which manufacture porcelain.
European porcelain manufactures 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.
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 |
Augarten porcelain |
Wien |
Austria |
|
| 1720 |
Venice porcelain |
Venice |
Italy |
[1] |
| 1727 |
Real Fábrica de Alcora |
Alcora |
Spain |
Also, Real Fábrica de Loza y Porcelana; the manufacture of porcelain began only in ca. 1750. |
| 1730 |
Chantilly porcelain |
Chantilly |
France |
Ile-de-France |
| 1735 |
Manifattura Ginori di Doccia |
Sesto Fiorentino |
Italy |
Tuscany |
| 1740 |
Manufacture de Vincennes |
Vincennes |
France |
Moved to Sèvres in 1756 |
| 1743 |
Capodimonte porcelain |
Naples |
Italy |
Two Sicilies |
| 1743 |
Chelsea Porcelain |
London |
England |
|
| 1744 |
Imperial Porcelain Factory |
Oranienbaum |
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 |
| 1748 |
Plymouth porcelain |
Plymouth |
England |
Devon |
| 1750 |
Royal Crown Derby |
Derby |
England |
Year of establishment disputed with 1757 |
| 1751 |
Tournai porcelain |
Tournai |
Belgium |
Hainaut[1] |
| 1751 |
Royal Worcester |
Worcester, Stoke-on-Trent |
England |
|
| 1754 |
Liverpool porcelain |
Liverpool |
England |
|
| 1755 |
Frankenthal Porcelain Factory |
Frankenthal |
Germany |
Rhineland-Palatinate
|
| 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 Manufacturing Company |
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 |
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 |
Nove Porcelain |
Nove |
Italy |
Republic of Venice |
| 1763 |
Royal Porcelain Manufacture Berlin |
Berlin |
Germany |
Berlin |
| 1764 |
Wallendorf Porcelain |
Lichte (Wallendorf) |
Germany |
Thuringia |
| 1766 |
Gardner Manufacture |
Verbilki |
Russia |
Moscow oblast, Taldomsky District |
| 1766 |
Villeroy & Boch |
Mettlach, Saarland |
Germany |
established in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France The company was established in 1748. However, it began to produce porcelain wares only in 1766 |
| 1767 |
Spode |
Stoke-on-Trent |
England |
United Kingdom The manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1800[1] |
| 1769 |
Chelsea porcelain factory |
Chelsea, London |
United Kingdom |
Moved to Derby |
| 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 |
|
| 1774 |
Loosdrechts porselein |
Loosdrecht |
Netherlands |
|
| 1775 |
Aynsley China |
Longton, Staffordshire |
England |
|
| 1775 |
Royal Copenhagen |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
|
| 1777 |
Graf von Henneberg Porcelain, Ilmenau |
Ilmenau |
Germany |
Thuringia |
| 1783 |
Porcelian Manufacture Rauenstein |
Rauenstein |
Germany |
Thuringia |
| 1790 |
Weimar Porcelain |
(Blankenhain) |
Germany |
Thuringia |
| 1792 |
Haas & Czjzek |
Horní Slavkov |
Czech Republic |
German: Schlaggenwald Defunct as of 2011 |
| 1793 |
Mintons |
Stoke-on-Trent |
England |
United Kingdom |
| 1794 |
Thun 1794 |
Klášterec nad Ohří |
Czech Republic |
|
| 1794 |
Königlich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik |
Tettau |
Germany |
Bavaria |
19th-century European porcelain manufacturing companies
Year
|
Description
|
Site / location
|
Country
|
Remark
|
| 1817 |
Real Fábrica de La Moncloa |
Madrid |
Spain |
It was the successor of the Buen Retiro Porcelain Factory. Founded due that the previous was burned and ceased the production by the Duke of Wellington during the Napoleonic French invasion in Spain |
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 |
|
| 1758 |
Porzellan-Manufaktur Ludwigsburg |
Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg |
|
| 1762 |
Älteaste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur |
Volkstedt (Rudolstadt), Thuringia |
|
| 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 Sambonet Paderno Industrie |
| 1881 |
Bauscher Weiden company, dishware |
Bavaria |
|
| 1887 |
Arzberg porcelain |
Arzberg, Bavaria |
|
| 1903 |
Heinrich & Co. |
Selb, Bavaria |
1896 as porcelain painters, 1903 as manufacturer; part of Villeroy & Boch |
| 1986 |
Barbara Flügel Porcelain |
Selb, Bavaria |
|
Current porcelain manufacturers in other European countries
Year
|
Description
|
Site / location
|
Country |
Remark |
| 1718 |
Augarten porcelain |
Wien |
Austria |
2nd porcelain manufacturing company in Europe |
| 1735 |
Richard-Ginori 1735 |
Sesto Fiorentino |
Italy |
Richard Ginori 1735 |
| 1743 |
Capodimonte porcelain |
Naples |
Italy |
|
| 1744 |
Imperial Porcelain Factory (Lomonosov Porcelain Factory) |
Lomonosov, Russia |
Russia |
|
| 1750 |
Royal Crown Derby |
Derby |
England |
Year of establishment disputed with 1757 |
| 1755 |
Royal Copenhagen |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
Royal Porcelain Factory |
| 1757 |
Royal Crown Derby |
Derby |
England |
Year of establishment disputed with 1750 |
| 1775 |
Aynsley China |
Longton, Staffordshire |
England |
|
| 1777 |
Hollóházi Porcelain Manufacture |
Hollóháza |
Hungary |
Hollóháza porcelánjáról |
| 1792 |
Haas & Czjzek |
Horní Slavkov |
Czech Republic |
German: Schlaggenwald Defunct as of 2011 |
| 1794 |
Thun 1794 |
Klášterec nad Ohří |
Czech Republic |
German: Klösterle an der Eger |
| 1809 |
Porcelain manufactore Ćmielów |
Ćmielów |
Poland |
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship |
| 1824 |
Vista Alegre |
Ílhavo |
Portugal |
Porcelain and Crystal Factories in Portugal, producing Tableware, Giftware, Home Decor, and Hotelware |
| 1826 |
Herend Porcelain Manufactory |
Herend |
Hungary |
|
| 1831 |
Porcelain manufactore Wałbrzych |
Wałbrzych |
Poland |
Wałbrzych Voivodeship |
| 1832 |
Dulyovo porcelain works |
Likino-Dulyovo |
Russia |
Moscow Oblast |
| 1853 |
Bing & Grøndahl |
|
Denmark |
In 1987 merged with the Royal Porcelain Factory |
| 1853 |
Zsolnay Porcelain Manufacture |
Pécs |
Hungary |
Zsolnay |
| 1860 |
Zakłady Porcelany Stołowej Karolina |
Jaworzyna Śląska |
Poland |
Wałbrzych Voivodeship |
| 1864 |
Český porcelán a.s. |
Dubí |
Czech Republic |
Eichwelder Porzellan – und Ofenfabriken Bloch & Co. Böhmen |
| 1882 |
Porcelain manufactore Benedikt |
|
Switzerland |
|
| 1883 |
Arabia (company) |
Toukola (Helsinki) |
nFinland |
kitchenware and tableware china |
| 1884 |
Belleek |
Belleek |
Northern Ireland |
| 1885 |
Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik (PP) |
Porsgrunn |
Norway |
Telemark county |
| 1897 |
Porcelain manufactore Chodzież |
Chodzież, Greater Poland Voivodeship |
Poland |
|
| 1906 |
Porzellanfabrik Langenthal |
|
Switzerland |
today G. Benedikt |
| 1907 |
Rudolf Kämpf |
Nové Sedlo (Sokolov District) cz:Loučky (Nové Sedlo) |
Czech Republic |
|
| 1938 |
JIESIA porcelain, Kauno Jiesia, UAB |
Kaunas |
Lithuania |
JIESIA porcelain. The main manufacturer in post-soviet region and the only bone china company in Baltic States.. |
| 1941 |
Figgjo porcelain |
Sandnes |
Norway |
Figgjo is a trend-setting porcelain manufacturer for the professional kitchen. www.figgjo.com |
| 1953 |
Lladró |
Tavernes Blanques |
Spain |
Valencia |
| 1970 |
Apulum SA |
Alba Iulia |
Romania |
|
| 1949 |
Sargadelos |
Lugo |
Spain |
Galicia, Spain |
| 19?? |
Porzellanmanufaktur Reidling GmbH |
Sitzenberg-Reidling |
Austria |
Lower Austria |
| 2012 |
Capodimonte's Finest |
Naples |
Italy |
Naples, Italy |
See also
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Eileen Aldridge, Porcelain, London, The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969
