Porcelain manufacturing companies are firms which manufacture porcelain.
The table below lists European manufacturers of porcelain established before the 18th century. This table may be sorted according to the year of foundation, description and country.
| Year | Description | Site / location | Country | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1575 | Medici porcelain | Florence | Italy | Tuscany |
| 1673 | Rouen porcelain | Rouen | France | Normandy |
| 1693 | Saint-Cloud porcelain | Saint-Cloud | France | Ile-de-France |
The table below lists European manufacturers of porcelain established in the 18th century. This table may be sorted according to the year of foundation, description and country.
| Year | Description | Site / location | Country | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1710 | Meissen porcelain | Meissen | Germany | Saxony |
| 1718 | Vienna porcelain | Vienna | Austria | This first phase called the "Du Pacquier factory"; from 1744 owned by the emperors |
| 1720 | Vezzi porcelain | Venice | Italy | Until 1727. First of the Venetian factories.[1] |
| 1730 | Chantilly porcelain | Chantilly | France | Ile-de-France |
| 1735 | Doccia porcelain | Sesto Fiorentino | Italy | Tuscany |
| 1740 | Manufacture de Vincennes | Vincennes | France | Moved to Sèvres in 1756 |
| 1743 | Capodimonte porcelain | Naples | Italy | moved to Madrid in 1760, becoming Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro |
| 1743 | Chelsea Porcelain | London | England | Merged with Derby in 1769 |
| 1744 | Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | Formerly Lomonosov Porcelain Factory | |
| 1745 | Mennecy porcelain | Mennecy | France | Ile-de-France |
| 1746 | Höchster Porzellanmanufaktur | Germany | Hesse | |
| 1747 | Bow porcelain factory | London | England | active c. 1747–64 and closed in 1776. Rival to Chelsea Porcelain |
| 1747 | Fürstenberg China | Fürstenberg | Germany | Lower Saxony |
| 1747 | Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory | Schloss Nymphenburg | Germany | Bavaria |
| 1750 | Royal Crown Derby | Derby | England | Year of establishment disputed with 1757 |
| 1750 | Real Fábrica de Alcora | Alcora | Spain | Also called Real Fábrica de Loza y Porcelana; founded 1727 but porcelain production only began c. 1750 |
| 1751 | Tournai porcelain | Tournai | Belgium | Hainaut |
| 1751 | Royal Worcester | Worcester | England | Acquired by Portmeirion in 2009 |
| 1754 | Liverpool porcelain | Liverpool | England | Produced in various factories in Liverpool. |
| 1755 | Frankenthal Porcelain Factory | Frankenthal | Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 1756 | Manufacture nationale de Sèvres | Sévres | France | It is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756. |
| 1757 | Porzellanmanufaktur Gotha | Germany | Thuringia | |
| 1757 | Royal Crown Derby | Derby | England | Year of establishment disputed with 1750 |
| 1757 | Lowestoft Porcelain Factory | Lowestoft | England | |
| 1758 | Marieberg porcelain | Stockholm | Sweden | |
| 1758 | Ludwigsburg porcelain | Ludwigsburg | Germany | Baden-Württemberg |
| 1758 | Ansbach Porcelain | Ansbach | Germany | Bavaria |
| 1759 | Wedgwood | Stoke-on-Trent | England | The manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1812 |
| 1759 | Weesp porselein | Weesp | Netherlands | First Dutch porcelain factory was founded in Weesp, near Amsterdam |
| 1760 | Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro | Spain | Capodimonte porcelain was moved to Madrid. Popularly called La China. | |
| 1760 | Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain factory | Germany | Thuringia | |
| 1761 | Porzellanmanufaktur Kelsterbach | Kelsterbach | Germany | Hessen |
| 1762 | Volkstedt (Rudolstadt) | Germany | Thuringia | |
| 1762 | Le Nove porcelain | Nove | Italy | Republic of Venice. Until 1835. |
| 1763 | Royal Porcelain Manufacture Berlin | Berlin | Germany | Abbreviated as KPM |
| 1763 | Niderviller pottery | Niderviller | France | Founded 1735; made porcelain from 1763 to 1827 |
| 1764 | Cozzi porcelain | Venice | Italy | Republic of Venice. Until 1812. |
| 1764 | Wallendorf Porcelain | Lichte (Wallendorf) | Germany | Thuringia |
| 1766 | Gardner Manufacture | Verbilki | Russia | Moscow oblast, Taldomsky District |
| 1766 | Lunéville Faience | Lunéville | France | Founded 1730, made porcelain from 1766 to 1777 |
| 1766 | Villeroy & Boch | Mettlach, Saarland | Germany | Established in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France; the company was established in 1748, but it began to produce porcelain wares only in 1766 |
| 1768 | Plymouth porcelain | Plymouth, Devon | England | Moved to Bristol 1770–1781, New Hall 1781-1835 |
| 1770 | Spode | Stoke-on-Trent | England | The manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1800 |
| 1770 | Rörstrand | Stockholm | Sweden | The company was established in 1726; however, it began to produce porcelain wares only in the 1770s |
| 1771 | Limoges porcelain | Limoges | France | Limoges maintains the position it established in the 19th century as the premier manufacturing city of porcelain in France. |
| 1771 | Naples porcelain | Naples | Italy | "Naples Royal Porcelain Manufactory" (Real fabbrica delle porcellane di Napoli). Also called the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea. Until 1806. |
| 1774 | Loosdrechts porselein | Loosdrecht | Netherlands | Joannes de Mol established the manufactory |
| 1775 | Aynsley China | Longton, Staffordshire | England | Acquired by Belleek Pottery in 1997 |
| 1775 | Royal Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Denmark | The Royal Copenhagen manufactory's operations began in a converted post office in 1775. |
| 1777 | Graf von Henneberg Porcelain, Ilmenau | Ilmenau | Germany | Thuringia |
| 1777 | Hollohaza | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County | ||
| 1783 | Porcelain Manufacture Rauenstein | Rauenstein | Germany | Thuringia |
| 1790 | Weimar Porcelain | (Blankenhain) | Germany | Thuringia |
| 1792 | Haas & Czjzek | Horní Slavkov | Czech Republic | German: Schlaggenwald
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| 1793 | Mintons | Stoke-on-Trent | England | United Kingdom |
| 1794 | Thun 1794 | Klášterec nad Ohří | Czech Republic | Chomutov District |
| 1794 | Tettau | Germany | Bavaria | |
The table below lists European manufacturers of porcelain established in the 19th century. This table may be sorted according to the year of foundation, description and country.
| Year | Description | Site / location | Country | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th century | Bolesławiec | Originated in the Middle Ages and developed in the 17–19th centuries | ||
| 1809 | Porcelain Manufacture Ćmielów | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | ||
| 1817 | Real Fábrica de La Moncloa | Madrid | Spain | It was the successor of the Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro |
| 1824 | Vista Alegre | Porcelain and Crystal Factories in Portugal, producing Tableware, Giftware, Home Decor, and Hotelware | ||
| 1826 | Veszprém County | |||
| 1831 | Porcelain Manufacture Wałbrzych | Wałbrzych Voivodeship | ||
| 1832 | Moscow Oblast | |||
| 1853 | Merged with the Royal Porcelain Factory in 1987 | |||
| 1853 | Baranya County | |||
| 1860 | Zakłady Porcelany Stołowej Karolina | Wałbrzych Voivodeship | ||
| 1864 | Český porcelán a.s. | Eichwelder Porzellan – und Ofenfabriken Bloch & Co. Böhmen | ||
| 1872 | Zaklady Porcelitu Stolowego | Masovian Voivodship | ||
| 1873 | Fabryka Faiansu Włocławek | |||
| 1873 | Toukola (Helsinki) | Kitchenware and tableware | ||
| 1882 | Porcelain manufactore G.Benedikt | Karlovy Vary | Czech Republic | |
| 1884 | Ulster | |||
| 1885 | Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik | Telemark county | ||
| 1897 | Porcelain Manufacture Chodzież | Greater Poland Voivodship | ||
| Year | Description | Site / location | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1710 | 1st porcelain manufacturing company in Europe | ||
| 1746 | Höchst Porzellanmanufaktur | Höchst (Frankfurt), Hesse | Höchster Porzellanmanufaktur |
| 1747 | |||
| 1747 | |||
| 1748 | established in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France | ||
| 1751 | Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur | ||
| 1762 | Älteste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur | ||
| 1763 | |||
| 1764 | |||
| 1790 | |||
| 1794 | Königlich privilegierte Porzellanfabrik | ||
| 1814 | Part of Rosenthal GmbH | ||
| 1822 | Lichte, Thuringia | ||
| 1844 | KAHLA/Thuringian porcelain company | ||
| 1877 | Lippelsdorf, Thuringia | Lippelsdorf Porcelain figures and sculptures | |
| 1879 | Part of Sambonet Paderno Industrie | ||
| 1881 | Bavaria | ||
| 1887 | Part of Rosenthal GmbH (since 2013) | ||
| 1903 | Heinrich & Co. | 1896 as porcelain painters, 1903 as manufacturer; part of Villeroy & Boch | |
| 1910 | Seltmann Weiden | ||
| 1986 | |||
| Year | Description | Location | Country | Remark | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1735 | Richard-Ginori | Sesto Fiorentino | See Richard-Ginori 1735 | |||
| 1743 | ||||||
| 1744 | Saint-Petersburg | Also known as the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory | ||||
| 1750 | Year of establishment disputed with 1757 | |||||
| 1751 | Acquired by Portmeirion in 2009 | |||||
| 1755 | Also known as the Royal Porcelain Factory | |||||
| 1757 | Year of establishment disputed with 1750 | |||||
| 1759 | ||||||
| 1770 | Acquired by Portmeirion in 2009 | |||||
| 1775 | Acquired by Belleek Pottery in 1997 | |||||
| 1777 | See Hollóháza porcelánjáról | |||||
| 1794 | German: Klösterle an der Eger | |||||
| 1809 | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | |||||
| 1820 | Lower Silesian Voivodship | |||||
| 1824 | Vista Alegre | Porcelain and Crystal Factories in Portugal, producing Tableware, Giftware, Home Decor, and Hotelware | ||||
| 1826 | Veszprém County | |||||
| 1831 | Wałbrzych Voivodeship | |||||
| 1832 | Moscow Oblast. Former M.S. Kuznetsov partnership | |||||
| 1852 | Poland | |||||
| 1853 | Merged with the Royal Porcelain Factory in 1987 | |||||
| 1853 | Baranya County | |||||
| 1860 | Zakłady Porcelany Stołowej Karolina | Wałbrzych Voivodeship | ||||
| 1864 | Český porcelán a.s. | Eichwelder Porzellan – und Ofenfabriken Bloch & Co. Böhmen | ||||
| 1872 | Masovian Voivodship | |||||
| 1873 | Toukola (Helsinki) | Kitchenware and tableware | ||||
| 1882 | Porcelain manufactore G.Benedikt | Karlovy Vary | Czech Republic | |||
| 1884 | Ulster | |||||
| 1885 | Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik | Telemark county | ||||
| 1897 | Greater Poland Voivodeship | |||||
| 1906 | Porzellanfabrik Langenthal | Switzerland | Today: G. Benedikt | |||
| 1907 | See | |||||
| 1920 | ||||||
| 1922 | Poland | Upper Silesian Voivodship | ||||
| 1923 | Vienna | Austria | ||||
| 1938 | JIESIA porcelain
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| 1941 | Figgjo porcelain | Sandnes | Figgjo is a trend-setting porcelain manufacturer for the professional kitchen (see www.figgjo.com) | |||
| 1955 | JEMA KERAMISCH ATELIER N.V. | Maastricht | The Netherlands | Jema Holland ceramic studio. | ||
| 1969 | ||||||
| 1975 | Manufacture de Porcelaine de Monaco | Monaco | Monaco | Founded by Erich Rozewicz, with the support of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. | ||
| 1970 | Romania | |||||
| 1949 | Galicia, Spain | |||||
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| 1987 | PORCEL
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| 19?? | Porzellanmanufaktur Reidling GmbH | Lower Austria | ||||
| 2000 | Marie Daâge | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| 1766 | Verbilki porcelain | Verbilki | Russia | Former Gardner manufactory, Dmitrov porcelain factory |