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.
Year Description Site / location Country Remark 1575 Medici porcelain Florence Italy Tuscany1673 Rouen porcelain Rouen France Normandy1693 Saint-Cloud porcelain Saint-Cloud France Ile-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.
Year Description Site / location Country Remark 1710 Meissen porcelainMeissenGermanySaxony1718 Vienna porcelainViennaAustria This first phase called the "Du Pacquier factory"; from 1744 owned by the emperors1720 Vezzi porcelainVeniceItalyUntil 1727. First of the Venetian factories.Eileen Aldridge, Porcelain, London, The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 19691730 Chantilly porcelainChantillyFranceIle-de-France1735 Doccia porcelainSesto FiorentinoItalyTuscany1740 Vincennes porcelainVincennesFranceMoved to Sèvres in 17561743 Capodimonte porcelainNaplesItaly moved to Madrid in 1760, becoming Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro1743 Chelsea PorcelainLondonEngland Merged with Derby in 17691744 Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgRussia Formerly Lomonosov Porcelain Factory1745 Mennecy porcelainMennecyFranceIle-de-France1746 Höchster PorzellanmanufakturHöchst (Frankfurt) GermanyHesse1747 Bow porcelain factoryLondonEnglandactive c. 1747–64 and closed in 1776. Rival to Chelsea Porcelain1747 Fürstenberg ChinaFürstenbergGermanyLower Saxony1747 Nymphenburg Porcelain ManufactorySchloss NymphenburgGermanyBavaria1750 Royal Crown DerbyDerbyEngland Year of establishment disputed with 17571750 Real Fábrica de AlcoraAlcoraSpainAlso called Real Fábrica de Loza y Porcelana; founded 1727 but porcelain production only began c. 17501751 Tournai porcelainTournaiBelgiumHainaut1751Royal WorcesterWorcesterEnglandAcquired by Portmeirion in 20091754Liverpool porcelainLiverpoolEngland Produced in various factories in Liverpool.1755 Frankenthal Porcelain FactoryFrankenthalGermanyRhineland-Palatinate1756Manufacture nationale de SèvresSévresFranceIt is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756.1757Porzellanmanufaktur GothaGotha GermanyThuringia1757Royal Crown DerbyDerbyEngland Year of establishment disputed with 17501757Lowestoft Porcelain FactoryLowestoftEnglandSuffolk 1758Marieberg porcelainStockholmSweden1758Ludwigsburg porcelain LudwigsburgGermanyBaden-Württemberg1758Ansbach Porcelain AnsbachGermanyBavaria1759WedgwoodStoke-on-TrentEnglandThe manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 18121759Weesp porseleinWeespNetherlandsFirst Dutch porcelain factory was founded in Weesp, near Amsterdam1760Real Fábrica del Buen RetiroMadrid SpainCapodimonte porcelain was moved to Madrid. Popularly called La China.1760Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain factoryVeilsdorf GermanyThuringia1761Porzellanmanufaktur KelsterbachKelsterbachGermanyHessen1762Volkstedt porcelain Volkstedt (Rudolstadt)GermanyThuringia1762Le Nove porcelain NoveItalyRepublic of Venice. Until 1835.1763Royal Porcelain Manufacture BerlinBerlinGermanyAbbreviated as KPM1763 Niderviller potteryNidervillerFranceFounded 1735; made porcelain from 1763 to 18271764Cozzi porcelainVeniceItalyRepublic of Venice. Until 1812.1764Wallendorf PorcelainLichte (Wallendorf)GermanyThuringia1766Gardner ManufactureVerbilkiRussiaMoscow oblast, Taldomsky District1766 Lunéville FaienceLunévilleFranceFounded 1730, made porcelain from 1766 to 17771766Villeroy & BochMettlach, SaarlandGermanyEstablished in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France; the company was established in 1748, but it began to produce porcelain wares only in 17661768 Plymouth porcelainPlymouth, DevonEnglandMoved to Bristol 1770–1781, New Hall 1781-1835 1770SpodeStoke-on-TrentEnglandThe manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 18001770RörstrandStockholmSwedenThe company was established in 1726; however, it began to produce porcelain wares only in the 1770s1771Limoges 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" (Real fabbrica delle porcellane di Napoli). Also called the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea. Until 1806.1774Loosdrechts porseleinLoosdrechtNetherlandsJoannes de Mol established the manufactory1775Aynsley ChinaLongton, StaffordshireEngland Acquired by Belleek Pottery in 19971775Royal CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmarkThe Royal Copenhagen manufactory's operations began in a converted post office in 1775.1777Graf von Henneberg Porcelain, IlmenauIlmenauGermanyThuringia1777 Hollóháza Porcelain Manufactory Hollohaza Hungary Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County1783Porcelain Manufacture RauensteinRauensteinGermanyThuringia1790Weimar Porcelain(Blankenhain)GermanyThuringia1792Haas & CzjzekHorní SlavkovCzech Republic; defunct as of 20111793MintonsStoke-on-TrentEnglandUnited Kingdom1794Thun 1794Klášterec nad OhříCzech RepublicChomutov District1794Königlich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik TettauGermanyBavaria1795Coalport 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 Description Site / location Country Remark 19th century Bolesławiec Bolesławiec Poland Originated in the Middle Ages and developed in the 17–19th centuries1809 Porcelain Manufacture Ćmielów Ćmielów Poland Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship1813 Nantgarw China Works Nantgarw Wales Produced porcelain between 1813 and 1820. Closed 19201814 Cambrian Pottery Swansea Wales Established 1764. Produced Swansea porcelain 1814-1822. Closed 18701817 Real Fábrica de La MoncloaMadridSpainIt was the successor of the Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro1824 Vista AlegreÍlhavo Portugal Porcelain and Crystal Factories in Portugal, producing Tableware, Giftware, Home Decor, and Hotelware1826 Herend Porcelain Manufactory Herend Hungary Veszprém County1831 Porcelain Manufacture Wałbrzych Wałbrzych Poland Wałbrzych Voivodeship1832 Dulyovo porcelain works Likino-Dulyovo Russia Moscow Oblast1853 Bing & Grøndahl Denmark Merged with the Royal Porcelain Factory in 19871853 Zsolnay Porcelain Manufacture Pécs Hungary Baranya County1860 Zakłady Porcelany Stołowej Karolina Jaworzyna Śląska Poland Wałbrzych Voivodeship1864 Český porcelán a.s. Dubí Teplice District Czech Republic Eichwelder Porzellan – und Ofenfabriken Bloch & Co. Böhmen1872 Zaklady Porcelitu Stolowego Pruszków Poland Masovian Voivodship1873 Fabryka Faiansu Włocławek Włocławek Poland Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship 1873 Arabia porcelain Toukola (Helsinki) Finland Kitchenware and tableware1882 Porcelain manufactore G.Benedikt Karlovy VaryCzech Republic1884 Belleek Belleek County Fermanagh Northern Ireland Ulster1885 Porsgrunds PorselænsfabrikPorsgrunn Norway Telemark county1897 Porcelain Manufacture Chodzież Chodzież Poland Greater Poland Voivodship
Current porcelain manufacturers in Germany Year Description Site / location Remark1710 Meissen porcelain Meissen, Saxony 1st porcelain manufacturing company in Europe1746 Höchst Porzellanmanufaktur Höchst (Frankfurt), Hesse Höchster Porzellanmanufaktur1747 Fürstenberg China Fürstenberg, Lower Saxony 1747 Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory Schloss Nymphenburg, Bavaria 1748 Villeroy & Boch Mettlach, Saarland established in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France1751 Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin 1762 Älteste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur Volkstedt (Rudolstadt), Thuringia 1763 Royal Porcelain Manufacture Berlin Berlin 1764 Wallendorfer Porzellan Lichte (Wallendorf), Thuringia 1790 Weimar porcelain Blankenhain, Thuringia 1794 Königlich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik Tettau, Bavaria 1814 Hutschenreuther Selb, Bavaria Part of Rosenthal GmbH1822 Lichte Porzellan Lichte, Thuringia1844 KAHLA/Thuringian porcelain company Kahla, Thuringia 1877 Wagner & Apel Porzellan Lippelsdorf, Thuringia Lippelsdorf Porcelain figures and sculptures1879 Rosenthal GmbH Selb, Bavaria Part of Sambonet Paderno Industrie1881 Bauscher Weiden company, dishware Bavaria1887 Arzberg porcelain Arzberg, Bavaria Part of Rosenthal GmbH (since 2013)1903 Heinrich & Co. Selb, Bavaria 1896 as porcelain painters, 1903 as manufacturer; part of Villeroy & Boch1910 Seltmann Weiden Weiden, Bavaria 1986 Barbara Flügel Porcelain Selb, Bavaria
Current porcelain manufacturers in other European countries