Magyar News, 1997. szeptember-1998. augusztus (8. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1998-01-01 / 5. szám

Maybe I should start with spelling out the full names mentioned in the headline. Nietnan Marcus is one of the most elegant stores; Herend Porcelain is one of the most famous products in the world; Hungarian artist Joseph Dómján decorating the walls of many museums and collections enjoys an international reputation. If you put these together then you will have something that goes beyond imagination. I experienced this.

We received an invitation to the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey. The mall itself is worth spending a whole day browsing in the exquisit stores which offer beautiful things in a gorgeous setting. It doesn’t matter how hard you look there is no mediocrity to be found. Since the invitation for a Herend event came from Nietnan Marcus we were anxious to see what they “have in store” about the famous Hungarian porcelain. On the two sides of the gallery on

Hadik Huszar

Queen Victoria design

open shelves an exhibit of countless pieces of Herend were mesmerizing the onlooker. Between the two there were glass cabinets displaying special pieces.

It would be worth learning about Herend, since the sophisticated people of the world already know what it is. Just west of the northern tip of Lake Balaton, a few miles from Veszprém you would find the town Herend. Tucked away from the main road behind a hill is the porcelain factory. It has been here since 1826. Though the Majolica potteries were produced in Buda in the 16th century, other potteries were found in many places. At one of these places, in a small village’s cottage industry, Vince Stingl invested in manufacturing porcelain using the expertise of local people. His porcelains were to outlive time.

The real reputation of Herend started a few

Open work designs

years later, inl839, when Móric Fischer took over and worked with 54 people. For almost a half century Herend came into the

Pair of cranes.

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