Herend - Coffee service (5) - Queen Victoria - Porcelain

Porcelain set consisting of: a flower vase, height 18 x diameter 9.5 cm, and two teacups of the rare Trembleuse form for chocolate, height 8 x diameter 7.2 cm, with a scalloped saucer, height 5.7 x diameter 14 cm. Herend porcelain with the Queen Victoria pattern (VBO). Produced by the Hungarian manufactory Herend, founded in 1826. The pattern features oriental floral decorations and butterflies and branches of magnolias, peonies and other exotic flowers painted by hand on a white background, with gilded and green borders. The design combines European minimalism with the Eastern Kakiemon style. Herend porcelain is renowned worldwide for its exceptional craftsmanship and its history linked to royal and noble families. The porcelain pattern that would become Queen Victoria was first presented at the London Great Exhibition of 1851. There, it captured Queen Victoria’s attention, who ordered a large dinner service with that pattern for Windsor Castle. The pattern was subsequently named Queen Victoria and became one of Herend’s most popular designs!