Condition: Near Mint
Height: 4″ (10cm)
Width: 4″ (10cm)
Length: 4″ (10cm)
Diameter: 4″ (10cm)
Year Manufactured: 1980
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Condition: Near Mint
Height: 4″ (10cm)
Width: 4″ (10cm)
Length: 4″ (10cm)
Diameter: 4″ (10cm)
Year Manufactured: 1980
Photos form part of the description. Exact item shown; please review all images carefully.
This is a Herend Hungary porcelain cachepot in the Chinese Bouquet Green, also known as Apponyi, pattern from around 1980. It shows a crisp hand‑painted green floral spray on white porcelain, framed by a leafy border at the flared rim and finished with rich gilt bands. The vessel stands on a square plinth with four gleaming paw feet, adding old‑world grandeur. The glaze and gold are bright, the decoration crisp, consistent with near mint condition. It works as a small vase or planter sleeve and makes an accent on a mantel or desk.
Herend, founded in 1826 in Hungary, is famed for entirely hand‑made, hand‑painted porcelain that once served royal tables across Europe. Every piece is formed, glazed, and fired multiple times, then individually decorated and edged with real 24k gold. The Apponyi, or Chinese Bouquet, design is a 19th‑century Herend adaptation of Far Eastern floral motifs; Count Albert Apponyi later requested a simplified single‑bouquet version that became a house classic. Green is the most iconic colorway, but the pattern appears in rust, blue, raspberry, black, and more. Paw‑foot cachepots echo nineteenth‑century taste and are sought by collectors; authentic examples carry the Herend shield mark and painter’s numbers, globally prized.
