Mini Exhibition

• 23. June 2007. - 31. July 2007.

You know: solely the outstanding quality is worth falsifying. Falsification is not uncommon in case of brands that have a strong recognition on the world market, as the luxurious Herend Porcelain.

This Mini Exhibition is showing the difference. You will find pairs of items displayed: one is a genuine Herend Porcelain piece, while the other one is merely a trashy and mangy counterfeit. Although some resemble the genuine items, they turn out to be fakes, not purchased from approved Herend Porcelain retailers. With this exhibition, we will give you tipp-offs: which details you need to attend to.

But look, what is a fake at all? The Herend Porcelain Manufactory is a leading brand in porcelain-making, known the world over, treasuring the defining and graceful craftsmanship traditions; the company that produces and merchandises excellent quality luxury porcelain. The fake items are painted slap-dash, sloppily, and sometimes even the white ware is not the Herend-like top quality. Even the Herend name imprinted in the porcelain body should not be for your greatest relief.

A network of porcelain counterfeiters has been discovered by the Hungarian police authorities recently, but we know about some cases in the past as well, e.g. the so called György-lawsuit in the 30s of the last century.

To the frequently asked question of how can customers be sure of purchasing genuine Herend Porcelain, we emphasis, there are authorized Herend brand shops in Hungary and retail stores on our export markets all over the world. Such stores are listed on the official web-site of the Manufactory: http://www.herend.com/. The safest is to purchase from these stores and avoid cheap but suspicious vendors. Herend is committed to take all necessary measures against counterfeits in order to ensure that only authentic Herend Porcelain is present on the market.

The Herend Porcelain is in the vanguard of the art of porcelain-making, a gem of Hungarian applied arts; in brief, a national treasure. Despite all our efforts the number of false pieces increased.

Come with us, visit this Exhibition to find out What a Difference a Herend Porcelain Made...