Lladros
Porcelain Dolls
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Thank you and welcome to the knick knack store's page for Lladros.If your new to Lladros collecting, your at the right place, you will discover what Lladros "privilege" is, how to tell authentic Lladros porcelain and what "limited editions","society members" and "gres" pieces are. If your already a collector, just browse the store and find something that will further your collection of these wonderful pieces.
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A LITTLE HISTORY OF PORCELAINApproximately 1000 years ago the Chinese made porcelain out of what was originally called pottery. It took 100’s of years to perfect the process of washing the clay, adding materials like kaolin and petuntse to make the clay able to withstand firing temperatures of roughly 1400 centigrade. Porcellana was what Marco Polo called a white ceramic he saw when he was in the orient in the 1500’s. the 16 and 1700’s saw porcelain imported and exported throughout Europe and regarded as a luxury item by Europe’s royalty.
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THE LLADROS BROTHERSValencia Spain, is where it all started, brothers Juan, Jose, and Vincente built a kiln their backyard and began perfecting their techniques for glaze, fire time, pigments, mold, temperature, and for their own recipe for porcelain paste from which Lladros were born.Farming was what put food on the table for the Lladros family, but, their dream and ability drew them to study drawing (Juan and Jose) Vincente studied sculpting.
THE FIRST LLADROS SHOPVIn 1955 the first lladros shop opened in Valencia, until they moved to Tabernas, Spain in 1958.Lladros factory grew 7 fold through the 1960’s, the brother's production facility became as large as the city itself in the 1970’s. Now the Lladros are marketed in a 100 countries and retailed on several continents.
LLADROS “SOCIETY” “PRIVILEGE” and “AUTHENTICTY”“Society members only” grew to 100,000 from 1985-2000 where it became “privilege” in 2001. these pieces are available to those members only, but, you may be able to find them in a “previously owned” type of market. To be sure they are authentic Lladros they are stamped with an identifier burn on the base of each figurine which guarantees authenticity.
“LIMITED” and “GRES"“Llladros “Gres” collection are wholly unique because of the glaze deposits on the surface which when fired under high temperature never crystallizes the same way twice, always showing slightly different tones and color effects which are all earthy in nature.” Limited Editions” give credit to and information regarding the individual artists involved in their creation. They also come with cerificate signed by a member of the lladros family and are limited in their production numbers.
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