The following is a brief summary, what you have to know in order to order a Herend porcelain dinner set.
The first famous dinner set was ordered by Queen Victoria in 1851 at the World Fair. Intrestingly she did not lay the table with Herend plates for diplomats, but only for family.
Royal families preferred Herend fine china as well. Therefore our customers were:
- Nicholas I of Russia – Tsar of Russia
- Victor Emmanuel II of Italy – The first Italian King
- The Romanian King – I Karoly
- Frantz Joseph – Emperor of Austria-Hungary
Serving dishes
The following are about the porcelain items used commonly by all the family members. Therefore these items are included in all the dinner services. We go through the most important Herend serving dishes, therefore you will see the variety of available options.
These items are usually richly ornamented as people at the table will have them in sight. Therefore every piece was created with aesthetic and practicality in mind. These items are:
- Soup Tureen
- Ragu / Vegetable dish
- Platters – Oval dishes
- Fish dish
- Round dish
- Leaf dish
- Sauce boat / Gravy boat
- Mustard pot
- Butter dish
Soup Tureen
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- Soup Tureen – Herend Texas Flowers
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- Herend Tureen Victoria VBO
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- Herend Tureen Victoria VBO
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- Soup Tureen – Herend Texas Flowers
Herend soup tureens are the largest pieces of porcelain items for dinner services.
Volume varies from 0,8 L to 5,4 L. Large pieces can be really heavy. For practical reasons, mid sized tureens are suggested. Please also count minus (10%) with the useful volume. The Tureen is maybe 3L but it is practical to add maximum 2,7L of soup to it.
Soup tureens always come with a lid. This helps to keep the soup warm even after 20-30 minutes. This is only possible with thick porcelain walls. Therefore handles have to be strong enough to support the significant weight.
Beside soup, some of our customers use it as bean pot, to serve bean meals. Typically used the round versions as 3777-0-20 CHTM – Hunter Trophies Tureen or 2023-0-06 NY – Nyon Tureen.
The ornament of the tureen is the handle or knob on the top of the lid. Multiple handle options are available:
- Tomato
- Kohlrabi
- Cauliflower
- Rose
- Bud
- Branch
- Citron
- Bird
- Twisted
We usually suggest the branch knob as it is easy to use, and resistant.
Ragu / Vegetable dish
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- Vegetable / Ragout Dish w. Dolphin Knob 3385-0-18 GRUE Oriental pattern. Herend porcelain is handpainted.
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- Vegetable / Ragout Dish w. Dolphin Knob 3385-0-18 GRUE Oriental pattern. Herend porcelain is handpainted.
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- Hadik Ragu dish with cover – HD Hadik
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- Herend ragu dish with cover – Hunter Trophies design with rabbit.
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- Vegetable Dish with Kohlrabi Knob 51-0-10 RO-EB Rothschild Bird Blue Fishnet design. Herend porcelain is handpainted.
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- Vegetable Dish with Kohlrabi Knob 51-0-10 RO-EB Rothschild Bird Blue Fishnet design. Herend porcelain is handpainted.
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- Herend ragu dish with cover – Hunter Trophies design
The vegetable dish has an average diameter of 25 – 27 [cm]. It has a particularly high edge 5 – 6 [cm] to keep ragus in.
- Open
- Diameter 25 [cm] – 27 [cm] – maybe there are larger ones, but those are not practical
- Manufactured with verge
Examples:
- 1148-0-00 VBO
- 148-0-00 VBOG-X1-PT
- 7656-0-00 VA
Important note – Herend porcelain shapes
Herend porcelains do come in different shape variants. These are Osier, Rocaille, Eszterhazy and some more. Most of the forms are created in Osier. For example ragu dishes are available:
- Rocaille – 5 types
- Osier – 10 types
Speciality to order:
Ragu dish standing on legs.
Oval dishes / Platters
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- Herend platter Hunter Trophies CHTM. Pheasant with forest center decor.
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- Oval Dish 2102-0-00 GRUE design. Herend porcelain tableware. Handpainted. Length 38 cm (15″L).
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- Oval Dish 2102-0-00 GRUE design. Herend porcelain tableware. Handpainted. Length 38 cm (15″L).
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- Hadik Oval dish – Fine china with golden lines
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- Hadik Oval dish – Fine china with golden lines
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- Herend Persil decor platters
We recommend oval Herend dishes for serving the following
- Fried birds / poultry
- Fried Pork
- Little game
- Forest game
Possible to order with handles, or without handles. When ordering with handles, the size of the dish indicates the length including handles.
Available sizes varies:
- 35 [cm] – minimum length
- 52 [cm] – maximum length
We cannot present all the sizes, as they vary related to the shapes (Osier, Rocaille, Esterhazy etc.). Therefore we present the minimum and maximum lengths, to give an idea of the range.
Fish dishes
Fish Herend dishes are made with the precaution that fried fishes has to be drained due to the high oil and water content. The dishes consist of:
- Oval dish
- Drainer – removable
These dishes do not come with handles.
They are made longer than oval dishes. Available sizes varies:
- 51 [cm]
- 61 [cm]
- 74 [cm] – maximum length
Round dishes – Chop plates
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- Apponyi round dish Black-Gold Chinese Bouquet design
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- Apponyi round dish Black-Gold Chinese Bouquet design
The iconic large round plates. They are another form to serve various meat dishes and side dishes. For cakes, we recommend other types of dishes which are more flat.
Can be ordered with or without handles.
Available sizes varies – Osier:
- 28,5 [cm] – minimum with handle
- 33 [cm] – minimum without handle
- 40 [cm] – maximum with handle
- 35,5 [cm] – maximum without handle
There are deep and flat variants as well.
Salad bowls
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- Apponyi salad bowl triangle – ANG Chinese Bouquet Gold-Black design
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- Apponyi salad bowl triangle – ANG Chinese Bouquet Gold-Black design
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- Hadik Salad dish – HD gilded lines
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- Hadik Salad dish – HD gilded lines
Herend salad bowls can be ordered in square shape and triangle shape as well.
They have higher sides, up to 7,5 [cm] which makes them perfect for storing fresh salad or any side dishes. Volumes vary from 3 [dL] to 3 [L].
Lengths
- 12 [cm] – minimum
- 25 [cm] – maximum
Heights
- 4,5 [cm] – minimum
- 9,5 [cm] – maximum
Leaf dish
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- Herend leaf dish Royal Garden with a large Butterfly appendix, a golden – lilac piece of art.
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- Herend Leaf dish – traditional orienal design
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- Herend Leaf dish – traditional orienal design
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- Herend porcelain leaf dishes left and right variants
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- Herend leaf dish closeup.
This is an additional item to serve smaller quantities. A typical use is to serve cooked eggs, but sometimes small cookies are presented in leaf dishes. Some of them are for left handed others are for right handed users.
Available sizes:
- 15 [cm]
- 24 [cm]
Sauce boat / Gravy boat
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- Herend Sauce Boat – Princess Victoria design
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- Herend Sauce Boat – HD Hadik design
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- Herend Sauce Boat CHTM Hunters Trophies.
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- Herend Sauce Boat CHTM Hunters Trophies.
There are two types of sauce boats. One is manufactured for dilute sauces, the other for thick sauces.
The dilute sauce boat has a handle.
Available sizes:
- 1 [dL]
- 2 [dL]
- 3 [dL]
- 4 [dL]
The thick sauce boat has no handle. It stands on its legs, and has a porcelain spoon – a sauce handle in addition. Optionally, a cover can be added to the legged version. This is useful to keep the sauce warm for longer periods on the dinning table.
There is only one size available for this version:
- 5 [dL]
We recommend an oval dish under both versions. That is useful for serving separately or toghether with the sauce boat. There is also a version, where the oval dish is built together with the sauce boat, for obvious reasons. This is called “Sauce boat with stand”.
Mustard pot
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- Mustard pot with Deer – CHTM Herend fine china
Herend porcelain mustard pots comes with a lid, and a mustard spoon as well.
Available sizes:
- 2 [dL]
- 3 [dL]
Butter dish
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- Herend butter dish Victoria Platinum with branch handle, butterflies and roses.
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- Herend butter dish Victoria Platinum with branch handle.
There are round and square forms available. To serve spicy butter as an appetiser or starter.
Butter dishes always have a lid. You can chose from your favourite lids!
- 15,5 [cm] – Diameter of the base – recommended!
- 19 [cm]
Interested in Herend dinner sets?
To construct a Herend dinner set is not easy. You can always contact us for help building your dinner set!
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