Extra Large Herend “Rothschild Bird” Hand-painted Porcelain Fish Serving Platter with Insert Strainer

This large Herend hand painted porcelain fish serving platter was produced in the 1960s. Complete with matching Herend porcelain insert or strainer is a fine example of the Herend Porcelain Manufactory that was a supplier to the Hapsburg Dynasty and the aristocracy in Hungary since the mid 1800s.

Herend porcelain won 24 grand and gold prizes in world exhibitions between 1851 and 1937. One of the best known Herend patterns was presented at the London World Exhibition in 1851 and the British Queen Victoria ordered a dinner set for Windsor castle.

The Legend of Rothschild Bird Decor:

The gilt-edged Herend Rothschild porcelain displays twelve different kinds of birds or bird couples with colourful feathers, sitting on tree branches. Dainty pastel coloured butterflies and bugs are scattered around the bird compositions at Herend Rothschild decor. The first creator of this composition dreamed up birds in couples or alone, sitting closer or farther away from each other, and a fine, glittering golden chain winding around the tree branches. Legend has it that one day Baroness Rothschild lost her valuable necklace. She charged her maid with theft. As she was walking in the garden one day she saw songbirds on a tree and near them she saw the lost necklace.

Mor Fischer, owner of the Manufactory, also heard this story and, rumor has it, he designed this famous decorative pattern in its memory. The Rothschild family fell in love instantly with the bird-patterned Herend porcelain, thus ordered the collection in the 1850s. The members of the Rothschild family were important Customers and “Patrons” of the Herend Porcelain Manufactory. The bird pattern was named Herend Rothschild decor (RO) in honor of them in 1861.

Dimensions:  Length 24″ x depth 9.25″ x height 2″