Herend Porcelain Ox

Make:  Herend Porcelain Manufactory (Hungary)

Model:  Ox -Rust

Construction:  Porcelain

Dimensions: 3 1/4" Tall x 5" Long x 2 1/4" Wide

Condition:  Excellent pre-owned condition. No flaws. Please see photos. 

Details:  A small, stolid ox with a "beard" and fringes of fur along sides of belly.  Painted in Herend's classic fishnet pattern, in rust, with gold nose, horns, and hooves.  Forward-flopping ears are pale robins egg blue on interior.  Beard, tail and fur "fringes" are painted solid rust.  Marked on the bottom of left rear foot with Herend's blue shield.  Various numbers in blue on bottoms of remaining three feet. No box included.

The Herend Porcelain Manufactory was opened in 1826 in the Hungarian village of the same name, near Lake Balaton, by Vince Stingl.  Opening the factory to produce stoneware pots, Stingl got deeper and deeper into research on fine porcelain, eventually verging on bankruptcy.  In 1839, Mor Fischer purchased the Manufactory and begin to produce fine porcelain.  At the first World's Fair in London, Herend took a gold medal, capturing the attention and admiration of noble and royal families around the world.  Queen Victoria ordered a set of Herend china in 1851. Herend porcelain is now exported to over 60 countries around the world.