Kaján Imre szerk.: Vásárhelyi Pál és a reformkori mérnökgeneráció (Budapest, 1995)
Dr. Katona Imre: A herendi porcelángyár és az alapító Fischer Mór 55
Die Fabrik geriet im Jahre 1873 in Konkurs und einer der Söhne von Herrn Fischer, Sámuel Fischer , übernahm die Leitung derselben. Mór Fischer zieht mit seinem Lieblingssohn Dezső nach Tata, um hier zunachst eine Porzelanmalereiwerkstatt und dann eine Porzelanfabrik zu zu errichten. Die Porzellanmalereiwerkstatt wurde verwirklicht, aber die Gründung der Fabrik konnte wegen des Todes von Mór Fischer im Jahre 1880 nicht realisiert weden. Auch Sámuel konnte nicht lange den Wettbewerb mit den auslandischen Fabriken auíhehmen. Die Firma hatte sich im Jahre 1883 unter der bedeutenden Unterstützung des Staates in eine Aktiengesellschaft übergeführt. Im Jahre 1888 wurde die Fabrik durch die Vereinigten Ungarischen Glasfabriken AG. übernommen, derén Leiter der ausgezeichnete ungarische Keramiktechnologe - János Örley - vvar. Die Fabrik erlebte wieder einen Aufschwung; ihre Erzeugnisse mit den ungarischen Ornamenten erinnern uns an die alté Ortschaft Herend. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit verdienen die unter der Glasur mit Kobalt verzierten Geschirre ungarischen Stils. In den letzten Jahren des Jahrhunderts pachtete die Fabrik Jenő Farkasházi, der Enkel des Gründers, unter dessen Leitung ein neuer Stíl, die Sezession, in Herend erscheint. DR. IMRE KATONA THE PORCELATN FACTORY OF HEREND The factory was founded according to our knowledge by Mór Fischer in 1839. We have, however, know today that the year of foundation of the factory was not the year 1839, but 1826. Vince Stingl, who laid the foundation of the factory really, settled down in this year at Herend. He dealt with glazed earthenware and then with the production of hard potters and finally he tried the production of porcelain as well. Fischer settled only in 1840 at Herend, former as silent partner and later as the íinal owner of the factory. It was he, who promoted the factory. At the beginning he tried to produce the simpler ornaments of the factory in Wien, and later with the Czech neobaroc forms as well. He achieved success with his products already at the First Hungárián Industrial Árts Exhibition in 1842 and Kossuth mentioned with appreciation about his table sets, and íish dish. He began to copy the products of the great porcelain manufactures of the eighteenth century on the stimulation of Károly Eszterházy the proprietor of Pápa, in 1844, partly for supplementing the older sets having high value. The development of the plánt was stopped temporarily as a consequence of the íire occurred in 1843, but after one or two years stagnation the production was stimulated anew. In additin to the influence of Wien and the Czech porcelain that of Meissen and Capo di Monté could be alsó clearly felt on the product produced at this time. The porcelain set of the castle of Eszterházy known today as well in this name ornamented on the brick-red base, in white color left and with smoke-ornament and Chinese characters decorated porcelain, as well as the set. having reciprocated coloring. but dishes of great sizes, vases with reticulated double walls were alsó produced. The dish of great size with about 1 m diameter was produced in 1862, which has a figure about the diet of Pozsony in the year 1741 in its hollow. The so called set of Füred was alsó produced in 1862 at the 20th anniversary of the launch of the first steam ship on the leak Balaton. The set depicts as a promotion of the ship travel different settlements along the coast of the laké Balaton from Füred up to the shore of Keszthely. The factory bankrupted in 1873. Out of the sons Fischer Sámuel got the factory. Mór Fischer with his most favored son Dezső moved to Tata with the goal that they establish a pocelain painting and later producing factory. But because of the death of Mór Fischer in 1880 this was not realized. Sámuel had 57
