Herend Porcelain Leaf Dish - Queen Victoria Hand Painted Floral Design

Condition: Near Mint
Height: 2″ (5cm)
Width: 4.5″ (11.25cm)
Length: 6″ (15cm)
Year Manufactured: 1960

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This is a Herend porcelain leaf…

Condition: Near Mint
Height: 2″ (5cm)
Width: 4.5″ (11.25cm)
Length: 6″ (15cm)
Year Manufactured: 1960

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This is a Herend porcelain leaf dish in the Queen Victoria pattern, made around 1960. It’s a charming, hand-painted piece with butterflies and blooming flowers drifting across a leaf-shaped bowl, trimmed with a soft green edge and finished with delicate gilding. The sculpted handle carries the same green, giving it a friendly, usable feel. It measures about 2 inches high, 4.5 inches wide, and 6 inches long, so it’s perfect for nuts, candies, or a catch-all on a dresser. The condition is near mint, with crisp colors and bright gold. At roughly 66 years old, it’s a true vintage collectible.

Herend, founded in 1826 in Hungary and famed for hand-painted hard-paste porcelain, became a favorite of European courts under Mór Fischer. The Queen Victoria pattern debuted at London’s Great Exhibition in 1851, when Queen Victoria bought a service and lent the design its name. The lively butterflies and peony-style blooms were inspired by Chinese famille-rose porcelain, and each piece is painted by hand and fired several times, so no two are exactly alike. Leaf dishes are a classic form in this line, and the green-border variation is cheerful. While not ultra-rare, finding a 1960 example in this condition is uncommon.