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61 Villeroy & Boch Vieux Luxembourg

Villeroy & Boch is a ceramics manufacturer founded in 1748 with production facilities in Germany and Luxembourg. The Vieux Luxembourg pattern features a blue floral wreath motif applied using underglaze transfer printing on white porcelain. The pattern is among the company's longest-running designs...

7.25 Good
Why this score

Long-lived European blue-and-white tableware pattern; attractive and recognizable, but modest critical distinction.

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62 Arabia (Fiskars Group)

Founded in Helsinki in 1873, Arabia is a Finnish ceramics brand that became the largest pottery manufacturer in Northern Europe. It is known for producing durable porcelain tableware and functional dishware for everyday use. Throughout the 20th century, the company collaborated with influential desi...

63 Gladding McBean (Franciscan)

Gladding, McBean was an American ceramics company founded in Lincoln, California, in 1875, initially drawing on local clay deposits for architectural and industrial ceramic production. Its consumer tableware became widely known under the Franciscan name, with decorated earthenware patterns including...

7.15 Good
Why this score

Major American ceramics producer, Franciscan patterns are iconic and collectible, quality reputation tempered by mass-market scale.

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64 Serax Ceramics

Serax is a Belgian lifestyle and tableware brand founded in 1986 in Antwerp, known for collaborating with international designers including Ottolenghi and Piet Boon to produce contemporary ceramic collections.

6.95 Fair
Why this score

Contemporary design tableware brand with notable collaborations; stylish and popular, but limited ceramic-historical weight.

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65 Wächtersbach Pottery

Wächtersbach pottery refers to ceramics made by the German factory established in 1832 in Hesse. The factory produced earthenware tableware and decorative objects for a broad domestic market, using molded forms, colored glazes, printed patterns, and hand-painted decoration. Work from around 1900 is...

6.95 Fair
Why this score

Long-running German earthenware factory with Art Nouveau appeal, good collector interest, uneven industrial output.

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66 Homer Laughlin China (Fiesta)

Homer Laughlin China Company is an American ceramics manufacturer founded in 1871, operating primarily out of Newell, West Virginia. The company introduced its Fiesta tableware line in 1936, designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead. Fiesta ware is distinguished by its Art Deco styling, concentric rings, a...

67 Bordallo Pinheiro

Founded in 1884 by Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, this ceramics factory is recognized for its nature-inspired majolica earthenware. The brand is heavily associated with highly realistic, sculptural tableware, most notably its cabbage-leaf pottery and ceramic swallows. These...

68 Gien
Gien

Founded in the Loire Valley town of Gien, France, in 1821, this factory produces traditional French faience earthenware. The manufacturer is distinguished by its heavy-duty tableware and iconic decorative plates, which often feature transfer-printed historical scenes, animals, and intricate hunting...

69 Rosenthal
Rosenthal

Established by Philipp Rosenthal in Selb, Germany, in 1879, this ceramics company is known for producing high-quality porcelain tableware and figurines. The manufacturer is distinguished by its collaborations with prominent 20th-century designers and artists, bridging industrial porcelain production...

70 Shelley China

Shelley China is a Staffordshire manufacturer based in Longton, active under that name from 1925, prized by collectors for its delicate bone china teaware in Art Deco shapes such as the Vogue and Mode ranges.

71 Royal Doulton

Royal Doulton is an English ceramics company originally established in Lambeth, London, in 1815. The manufacturer is distinguished by its extensive range of stoneware, fine bone china, and porcelain, most notably producing character jugs and collectible figurines like the HN series introduced in 191...

72 Royal Albert Old Country Roses

Royal Albert Old Country Roses is a bone china tableware pattern introduced by the English company Royal Albert in 1962. Designed by Harold Holdcroft, it features a motif of red, yellow, and pink roses with gold trim. It is intended for formal dining and tea service, and its enduring popularity has...

6.90 Fair
Why this score

Best-selling bone china pattern with huge public recognition; sentimental floral style is divisive among design critics.

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73 Emma Bridgewater Polka Dot

Emma Bridgewater Polka Dot is a tableware pattern produced by the British ceramics company Emma Bridgewater. The design features hand-applied sponge-printed spots on cream-colored earthenware. It is manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent, England, utilizing traditional techniques. The pattern is intended fo...

74 Pfaltzgraff

Pfaltzgraff is an American tableware brand associated with a Pennsylvania pottery tradition dating to the early nineteenth century. It became known for practical ceramic dinnerware, especially coordinated stoneware patterns comprising plates, bowls, mugs, and serving pieces for everyday use. Its pro...

6.85 Fair
Why this score

Long-lived American pottery with popular durable dinnerware, strong household recognition, limited high-art or museum prestige.

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75 Broste Copenhagen Ceramics

Broste Copenhagen is a Danish interior and homewares brand founded in 1955. Its ceramics collection includes tableware and decorative objects made from materials such as stoneware and porcelain, with designs commonly using subdued colors, tactile glazes, and simple forms associated with Scandinavian...

6.55 Fair
Why this score

Accessible Scandinavian-style homeware brand; commercially attractive, but modest critical and collector consensus.

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76 Pentik
Pentik

Pentik is a Finnish ceramics and lifestyle company founded in 1971 by artist Anu Pentik in Posio, Finnish Lapland. The business began with handmade ceramics and later expanded into tableware, textiles, glass products, candles, and home furnishings. Its ceramics continue to be made in Posio near the...

6.45 Fair
Why this score

Popular Finnish lifestyle ceramics with rustic appeal, strong domestic recognition, limited expert or museum stature.

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77 Jars Céramistes

Jars Céramistes is a French ceramic manufacturer based in Anneyron in the Drôme region, with a history dating to 1857. The company produces stoneware tableware from selected natural clays and applies a range of glazes, including matte, glossy, crystalline, and crackled finishes developed for high-te...

78 Porsgrund Porcelain

Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik is a Norwegian porcelain manufacturer established in Porsgrunn in 1885 on the initiative of businessman Johan Jeremiassen. The factory made its first firing in 1887 and produced tableware, vases, and other porcelain objects for the Norwegian market. Its history is also ass...

79 Villeroy & Boch

Villeroy & Boch is a ceramics manufacturer whose origins the company dates to 1748, when François Boch and his three sons began making ceramic tableware in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine. The Villeroy and Boch businesses merged in 1836, and the company later developed products including tableware, sanitar...

80 Portmeirion

Portmeirion is a Welsh ceramics brand founded by Susan Williams-Ellis in 1960, best known for the Botanic Garden tableware range introduced in 1972, which became one of Britain's best-selling patterns.

81 Hollóháza Porcelain

Hollóháza Porcelain is a Hungarian porcelain manufacturer based in Hollóháza, a village in northeastern Hungary. The works developed from an earlier glassmaking tradition and became associated with porcelain tableware, decorative objects, and figurines. Its products draw on Hungarian folk and histor...

82 Figgjo
Figgjo

Figgjo is a Norwegian ceramics manufacturer founded in 1941 at Figgjo, near Stavanger. The company became known for stoneware tableware made for everyday use, including dinner sets with screen-printed decoration and coordinated forms. Its mid-century designs often combine practical Scandinavian shap...

83 Hutschenreuther

Hutschenreuther is a German porcelain manufacturer founded in 1814 by Carl Magnus Hutschenreuther in Hohenberg an der Eger, Bavaria. The company produced household porcelain, tableware, figurines, and other decorative pieces, and its history is linked to the growth of porcelain manufacturing in Bava...

84 Ridgway Pottery

Ridgway Pottery was an English ceramics manufacturer associated with Staffordshire and founded in 1792. It produced earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain for domestic table use, including decorated wares made with transfer-printing techniques. Ridgway pieces are relevant to collectors of Staffordshi...

85 Hornsea Pottery

Hornsea Pottery was an English ceramics manufacturer founded in Yorkshire in 1949 by brothers John and Philip Rawson. It became known for practical tableware and household ceramics produced during the mid-twentieth century. The Heirloom range, introduced in the 1960s, is especially associated with H...

86 Maxwell & Williams

Maxwell & Williams is an Australian tableware company that produces porcelain, ceramic, glass, and related household products. Established in the 1990s, the company offers dinnerware, serving pieces, drinkware, cookware, and other items in a range of styles. Its products have been distributed intern...

5.95 Mediocre
Why this score

Widely distributed affordable tableware, good practical reputation, low collector prestige and mass-market positioning.

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87 De Cecco Table Runner - Linen Blend

Handwoven in Italy from a luxurious linen blend, this table runner by De Cecco adds an element of understated elegance to any dining experience. The natural texture and subtle variations in color create a warm and inviting atmosphere. Perfect for everyday use or special occasions.

88 Denby Pottery

Denby Pottery is a British ceramics manufacturer associated with Denby in Derbyshire. The company traces its pottery production to 1809 and is known especially for stoneware tableware and household vessels designed for regular use. Denby products have included plates, bowls, mugs, cookware, and serv...

89 SPAL Porcelanas

SPAL Porcelanas is a Portuguese manufacturer of porcelain tableware based in Alcobaça. The company was established in 1965 and produces porcelain for domestic use and for professional food-service settings. Its output includes plates, cups, bowls, and related serving pieces designed for repeated use...

90 Adams (William Adams & Sons)

William Adams & Sons was an English pottery firm associated with Tunstall and the Staffordshire ceramics industry. William Adams began manufacturing pottery there in 1779, and the business produced several ceramic bodies and wares, including jasperware, basalt, earthenware, and ironstone-type tablew...

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