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

1575Medici porcelainFlorenceItalyTuscany
1673Rouen porcelainRouenFranceNormandy
1693Saint-Cloud porcelainSaint-CloudFranceIle-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

1710Meissen porcelainMeissenGermanySaxony
1718Vienna porcelainViennaAustriaThis first phase called the "Du Pacquier factory"; from 1744 owned by the emperors
1720Vezzi porcelainVeniceItalyUntil 1727. First of the Venetian factories.[1]
1730Chantilly porcelainChantillyFranceIle-de-France
1735Doccia porcelainSesto FiorentinoItalyTuscany
1740Manufacture de VincennesVincennesFranceMoved to Sèvres in 1756
1743Capodimonte porcelainNaplesItalymoved to Madrid in 1760, becoming Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro
1743Chelsea PorcelainLondonEnglandMerged with Derby in 1769
1744Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgRussia
1745Mennecy porcelainMennecyFranceIle-de-France
1746Höchster PorzellanmanufakturHöchst (Frankfurt)GermanyHesse
1747Bow porcelain factoryLondonEngland
1747Fürstenberg ChinaFürstenbergGermanyLower Saxony
1747Nymphenburg Porcelain ManufactorySchloss NymphenburgGermanyBavaria
1750Royal Crown DerbyDerbyEnglandYear of establishment disputed with 1757
1750Real Fábrica de AlcoraAlcoraSpainAlso called Real Fábrica de Loza y Porcelana; founded 1727 but porcelain production only began c. 1750
1751Tournai porcelainTournaiBelgiumHainaut[1]
1751Royal WorcesterWorcesterEnglandAcquired by Portmeirion in 2009
1754Liverpool porcelainLiverpoolEngland
1755Frankenthal Porcelain FactoryFrankenthalGermany

Rhineland-Palatinate

1756Manufacture nationale de SèvresSévresFrance
1757Porzellanmanufaktur GothaGothaGermanyThuringia
1757Royal Crown DerbyDerbyEnglandYear of establishment disputed with 1750
1757Lowestoft Porcelain FactoryLowestoftEnglandSuffolk
1758Marieberg porcelainStockholmSweden[1]
1758Ludwigsburg porcelainLudwigsburgGermanyBaden-Württemberg
1758Ansbach PorcelainAnsbachGermanyBavaria
1759WedgwoodStoke-on-TrentEnglandThe manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1812[1]
1759Weesp porseleinWeespNetherlands
1760Real Fábrica del Buen RetiroMadridSpainCapodimonte porcelain was moved to Madrid. Popularly called La China.
1760Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain factoryVeilsdorfGermanyThuringia
1761Porzellanmanufaktur KelsterbachKelsterbachGermanyHessen
1762Volkstedt porcelainVolkstedt (Rudolstadt)GermanyThuringia
1762Le Nove porcelainNoveItalyRepublic of Venice. Until 1835.
1763Royal Porcelain Manufacture BerlinBerlinGermany
1763Niderviller potteryNidervillerFranceFounded 1735; made porcelain from 1763 to 1827
1764Cozzi porcelainVeniceItalyRepublic of Venice. Until 1812.
1764Wallendorf PorcelainLichte (Wallendorf)GermanyThuringia
1766Gardner ManufactureVerbilkiRussiaMoscow oblast, Taldomsky District
1766Luneville FaiencelunevilleFranceFounded 1730, made porcelain from 1766 to 1777
1766Villeroy & BochMettlach, SaarlandGermanyEstablished in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France; the company was established in 1748, but it began to produce porcelain wares only in 1766
1768Plymouth porcelainPlymouth, DevonEnglandMoved to Bristol 1770-1781, New Hall 1781-1835
1770SpodeStoke-on-TrentEnglandThe manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1800[1]
1770RörstrandStockholmSwedenThe company was established in 1726; however, it began to produce porcelain wares only in the 1770s
1771Limoges porcelainLimogesFrance
1771Naples porcelainNaplesItaly"Naples Royal Porcelain Manufactory" (Real fabbrica delle porcellane di Napoli). Also called the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea. Until 1806.
1774Loosdrechts porseleinLoosdrechtNetherlands
1775Aynsley ChinaLongton, StaffordshireEnglandAcquired by Belleek Pottery in 1997
1775Royal CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
1777Graf von Henneberg Porcelain, IlmenauIlmenauGermanyThuringia
1777Hollóháza Porcelain ManufactoryHollohazaHungaryBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
1783Porcelain Manufacture RauensteinRauensteinGermanyThuringia
1790Weimar Porcelain(Blankenhain)GermanyThuringia
1792Haas & CzjzekHorní SlavkovCzech RepublicGerman: Schlaggenwald; defunct as of 2011
1793MintonsStoke-on-TrentEnglandUnited Kingdom
1794Thun 1794Klášterec nad OhříCzech RepublicChomutov District
1794Königlich privilegierte PorzellanfabrikTettauGermanyBavaria

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 centuryBolesławiecBolesławiecPolandOriginated in the Middle Ages and developed in the 17–19th centuries
1809Porcelain Manufacture ĆmielówĆmielówPolandŚwiętokrzyskie Voivodeship
1817Real Fábrica de La MoncloaMadridSpainIt was the successor of the Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro
1824Vista AlegreÍlhavoPortugalPorcelain and Crystal Factories in Portugal, producing Tableware, Giftware, Home Decor, and Hotelware
1826Herend Porcelain ManufactoryHerendHungaryVeszprém County
1831Porcelain Manufacture WałbrzychWałbrzychPolandWałbrzych Voivodeship
1832Dulyovo porcelain worksLikino-DulyovoRussiaMoscow Oblast
1853Bing & GrøndahlDenmarkMerged with the Royal Porcelain Factory in 1987
1853Zsolnay Porcelain ManufacturePécsHungaryBaranya County
1860Zakłady Porcelany Stołowej KarolinaJaworzyna ŚląskaPolandWałbrzych Voivodeship
1864Český porcelán a.s.Dubí Teplice DistrictCzech RepublicEichwelder Porzellan – und Ofenfabriken Bloch & Co. Böhmen
1872Zaklady Porcelitu StolowegoPruszkówPoland Masovian Voivodship
1873Fabryka Faiansu WłocławekWłocławekPolandKuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship
1873Arabia porcelainToukola (Helsinki)FinlandKitchenware and tableware
1882Porcelain manufactore BenediktSwitzerland
1884BelleekBelleek County FermanaghNorthern IrelandUlster
1885Porsgrunds PorselænsfabrikPorsgrunnNorwayTelemark county
1897Porcelain Manufacture ChodzieżChodzieżPolandGreater Poland Voivodship

Current porcelain manufacturers in Germany

Year
Description

Site / location


Remark
1710Meissen porcelainMeissen, Saxonia1st porcelain manufacturing company in Europe
1746Höchst PorzellanmanufakturHöchst (Frankfurt), HesseHöchster Porzellanmanufaktur
1747Fürstenberg ChinaFürstenberg, Lower Saxony
1747Nymphenburg Porcelain ManufactorySchloss Nymphenburg, Bavaria
1748Villeroy & BochMettlach, Saarlandestablished in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France
1751Königliche Porzellan ManufakturBerlin
1762Älteste Volkstedter PorzellanmanufakturVolkstedt (Rudolstadt), Thuringia
1763Royal Porcelain Manufacture BerlinBerlin
1764Wallendorfer PorzellanLichte (Wallendorf), Thuringia
1790Weimar porcelainBlankenhain, Thuringia
1794Königlich privilegierte PorzellanfabrikTettau, Bavaria
1814HutschenreutherSelb, BavariaPart of Rosenthal GmbH
1822Lichte PorzellanLichte, Thuringia
1844KAHLA/Thuringian porcelain companyKahla, Thuringia
1877Wagner & Apel PorzellanLippelsdorf, ThuringiaLippelsdorf Porcelain figures and sculptures
1879Rosenthal GmbHSelb, BavariaPart of Sambonet Paderno Industrie
1881Bauscher Weiden company, dishwareBavaria
1887Arzberg porcelainArzberg, BavariaPart of Rosenthal GmbH (since 2013)
1903Heinrich & Co.Selb, Bavaria1896 as porcelain painters, 1903 as manufacturer; part of Villeroy & Boch
1910Seltmann WeidenWeiden, Bavaria
1986Barbara Flügel PorcelainSelb, Bavaria

Current porcelain manufacturers in other European countries

Year
Description

Location

Country
Remark
1735Richard-GinoriSesto FiorentinoItalySee Richard-Ginori 1735
1743Capodimonte porcelainNaplesItaly
1744Imperial Porcelain FactoryLomonosovRussiaAlso known as the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory
1750Royal Crown DerbyDerbyEnglandYear of establishment disputed with 1757
1751Royal WorcesterStoke-on-TrentEnglandAcquired by Portmeirion in 2009
1755Royal CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmarkAlso known as the Royal Porcelain Factory
1757Royal Crown DerbyDerbyEnglandYear of establishment disputed with 1750
1759WedgwoodStoke-on-TrentEngland
1770SpodeStoke-on-TrentEnglandAcquired by Portmeirion in 2009
1775Aynsley ChinaLongton, StaffordshireEnglandAcquired by Belleek Pottery in 1997
1777Hollóháza Porcelain ManufactoryHollóháza, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén CountyHungarySee Hollóháza porcelánjáról
1794Thun 1794Klášterec nad Ohří, Chomutov DistrictCzech RepublicGerman: Klösterle an der Eger
1809Porcelain Manufactory ĆmielówĆmielówPolandŚwiętokrzyskie Voivodeship
1820Porcelana Krzysztof/ KristoffWałbrzychPolandLower Silesian Voivodship
1824Vista AlegreÍlhavoPortugalPorcelain and Crystal Factories in Portugal, producing Tableware, Giftware, Home Decor, and Hotelware
1826Herend Porcelain ManufactoryHerendHungaryVeszprém County
1831Porcelana WałbrzychWałbrzychPolandWałbrzych Voivodeship
1832Dulyovo porcelain worksLikino-DulyovoRussiaMoscow Oblast
1852Porcelana TułowiceTułowicePoland
1853Bing & GrøndahlDenmarkMerged with the Royal Porcelain Factory in 1987
1853Zsolnay Porcelain ManufacturePécsHungaryBaranya County
1860Zakłady Porcelany Stołowej KarolinaJaworzyna ŚląskaPolandWałbrzych Voivodeship
1864Český porcelán a.s.Dubí Teplice DistrictCzech RepublicEichwelder Porzellan – und Ofenfabriken Bloch & Co. Böhmen
1872Porcelana Pruszkow PruszkowPolandMasovian Voivodship
1873Arabia porcelainToukola (Helsinki)FinlandKitchenware and tableware
1882Porcelain manufactore BenediktSwitzerland
1884Belleek PotteryBelleek, County FermanaghNorthern IrelandUlster
1885Porsgrunds PorselænsfabrikPorsgrunnNorwayTelemark county
1897Porcelana ChodzieżChodzieżPolandGreater Poland Voivodeship
1906Porzellanfabrik LangenthalSwitzerlandToday: G. Benedikt
1907Rudolf KämpfNové Sedlo, Sokolov DistrictCzech RepublicSee cz:Loučky (Nové Sedlo)
1920Huta FranciszkaBykowinaPolandUpper Silesian voivodship
1922Porcelana BoguciceKatowice- RoździeńPolandUpper Silesian Voivodship
1923Augarten porcelainViennaAustria
1938JIESIA porcelain, Kauno Jiesia, UABKaunasLithuaniaJIESIA porcelain; the main manufacturer in the post-soviet region and the only bone china company in the Baltic States
1941Figgjo porcelainSandnesNorwayFiggjo 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.
1969ZPS Lubiana SAŁubianaPolandPomeranian 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.
1970Apulum SAAlba IuliaRomania
1949SargadelosLugoSpainGalicia, Spain
1991GreenGateCopenhagenDenmark
1991AXA Porcelaine S.R.L.Alba IuliaRomania
1987Porcel S.A.AveiroPortugalPORCEL; prestigious brand and manufacturer of porcelain located in Portugal
19??Porzellanmanufaktur Reidling GmbHSitzenberg-ReidlingAustriaLower Austria
2000Marie DaâgeLimogesFrance
2012Capodimonte's FinestNaplesItaly

References

  1. Eileen Aldridge, Porcelain, London, The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969
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