Each is brought to life by the skilled hands of artisans crafting and painting these charming porcelain creatures.  The famous fishnet décor adorning many of the animals took form in 1858 when a Herend painter became inspired by a fish scale design he saw on a Chinese porcelain plate and painted a similar pattern onto a rooster figurine to imitate feathers.  This piece is enhanced by 24kt gold accents.

Herend was founded in 1826 in Hungary.In 1858, one of the company's artists took a fish scale design he'd admiredon a Chinese plate and applied it to a rooster figurine to simulate feathers.That simple fishnet pattern became Herend's signature design.