Condition: Near Mint
Height: 1″ (2.5cm)
Width: 7″ (17.5cm)
Length: 4.5″ (11.25cm)
Year Manufactured: 1970
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This piece is a Herend openwork…
Condition: Near Mint
Height: 1″ (2.5cm)
Width: 7″ (17.5cm)
Length: 4.5″ (11.25cm)
Year Manufactured: 1970
Photos form part of the description. Exact item shown; please review all images carefully.
This piece is a Herend openwork centerpiece in the Apponyi Green, also called Chinese Bouquet. It’s a low, rectangular basket with hand-twisted, lattice sides and a flat, painted panel in the middle showing a green floral spray framed with little gold flower cartouches. The porcelain is bright white and the painting is crisp, which suits its near mint condition. It measures about 1 inch high, 7 inches wide, and 4.5 inches long, so it’s a sweet size for a table accent, a candy or nut tray, or a dresser catchall. Made in 1970, it’s about 56 years old—vintage, and a nice find in this shape.
Herend is the famed Hungarian porcelain house founded in 1826, celebrated for fully hand-painted pieces collected by European royals and design lovers alike. The Apponyi pattern began when Count Albert Apponyi asked for a simplified take on Herend’s older “Indian Basket” motif; the result is the Chinese Bouquet design you see here, often edged with 24k gold and produced in several colors, with green being a classic. Openwork baskets are especially labor-intensive: artisans roll and join the strands by hand before firing and painting. Authentic examples usually carry the Herend shield mark and a painter’s number. Vintage 1970 openwork pieces in near mint condition aren’t common, which adds to its appeal.
