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.
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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.
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Description

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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.
1730Chantilly porcelainChantillyFranceIle-de-France
1735Doccia porcelainSesto FiorentinoItalyTuscany
1740Vincennes porcelainVincennesFranceMoved 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 PetersburgRussiaFormerly Lomonosov Porcelain Factory
1745Mennecy porcelainMennecyFranceIle-de-France
1746Höchster PorzellanmanufakturHöchst (Frankfurt)GermanyHesse
1747Bow porcelain factoryLondonEnglandactive c. 1747–64 and closed in 1776. Rival to Chelsea Porcelain
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
1751Royal WorcesterWorcesterEnglandAcquired by Portmeirion in 2009
1754Liverpool porcelainLiverpoolEnglandProduced in various factories in Liverpool.
1755Frankenthal Porcelain FactoryFrankenthalGermany
Rhineland-Palatinate
1756Manufacture nationale de SèvresSévresFranceIt is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756.
1757Porzellanmanufaktur GothaGothaGermanyThuringia
1757Royal Crown DerbyDerbyEnglandYear of establishment disputed with 1750
1757Lowestoft Porcelain FactoryLowestoftEnglandSuffolk
1758Marieberg porcelainStockholmSweden
1758Ludwigsburg porcelainLudwigsburgGermanyBaden-Württemberg
1758Ansbach PorcelainAnsbachGermanyBavaria
1759WedgwoodStoke-on-TrentEnglandThe manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1812
1759Weesp porseleinWeespNetherlandsFirst Dutch porcelain factory was founded in Weesp, near Amsterdam
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 BerlinBerlinGermanyAbbreviated as KPM
1763Niderviller potteryNidervillerFranceFounded 1735; made porcelain from 1763 to 1827
1764Cozzi porcelainVeniceItalyRepublic of Venice. Until 1812.
1764Wallendorf PorcelainLichte (Wallendorf)GermanyThuringia
1766Gardner ManufactureVerbilkiRussiaMoscow oblast, Taldomsky District
1766Lunéville FaienceLunévilleFranceFounded 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
1770RörstrandStockholmSwedenThe company was established in 1726; however, it began to produce porcelain wares only in the 1770s
1771Limoges porcelainLimogesFranceLimoges maintains the position it established in the 19th century as the premier manufacturing city of porcelain in France.
1771Naples porcelainNaplesItaly"Naples Royal Porcelain Manufactory". Also called the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea. Until 1806.
1774Loosdrechts porseleinLoosdrechtNetherlandsJoannes de Mol established the manufactory
1775Aynsley ChinaLongton, StaffordshireEnglandAcquired by Belleek Pottery in 1997
1775Royal CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmarkThe Royal Copenhagen manufactory's operations began in a converted post office in 1775.
1777Graf von Henneberg Porcelain, IlmenauIlmenauGermanyThuringia
1777Hollóháza Porcelain ManufactoryHollohazaHungaryBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
1783Porcelain Manufacture RauensteinRauensteinGermanyThuringia
1790Weimar PorcelainGermanyThuringia
1792Haas & CzjzekHorní SlavkovCzech Republic; defunct as of 2011
1793MintonsStoke-on-TrentEnglandUnited Kingdom
1794Thun 1794Klášterec nad OhříCzech RepublicChomutov District
1794Königlich privilegierte PorzellanfabrikTettauGermanyBavaria
1795Coalport porcelainCoalportEnglandAcquired by Wedgwood in 1967

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
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19th centuryBolesławiecBolesławiecPolandOriginated in the Middle Ages and developed in the 17–19th centuries
1809Porcelain Manufacture ĆmielówĆmielówPolandŚwiętokrzyskie Voivodeship
1813Nantgarw China WorksNantgarwWalesProduced porcelain between 1813 and 1820. Closed 1920
1814Cambrian PotterySwanseaWalesEstablished 1764. Produced Swansea porcelain 1814-1822. Closed 1870
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 StolowegoPruszkówPolandMasovian Voivodship
1873Fabryka Faiansu WłocławekWłocławekPolandKuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship
1873Arabia porcelainToukola FinlandKitchenware and tableware
1882Porcelain manufactore G.BenediktKarlovy VaryCzech Republic
1884BelleekBelleek County FermanaghNorthern IrelandUlster
1885Porsgrunds PorselænsfabrikPorsgrunnNorwayTelemark county
1897Porcelain Manufacture ChodzieżChodzieżPolandGreater Poland Voivodship