A Portuguese Super Brand

Vista Alegre

Today, Vista Alegre, more than being market leader in Portugal and possessing the best and most automated porcelain factories in the world, continues to develop and preserve the porcelain made and worked by hand, honoring its history and tradition.

Vista Alegre services are used officially by the President of the Portuguese Republic, and also in the White House and by royalty and many heads of state all around the world. Personages such as Queen Elisabeth II of England, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Queen Beatrice of Holland, ex-President Ronald Reagan and the most recent President of Brazil, Lula da Silva, are all in possession of beautiful Vista Alegre tableware.

But not is it only on the tables of celebrities that can be found pieces of Vista Alegre; also museums all over the world keep valuable examples in their collections.

Vista Alegre pieces sparkle in show-cases of the most famous, like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

It is without doubt an institution, in Portugal and in the world, synonymous of excellence and unequalled quality.

STORIES

One of the curious stories in the life of the Vista Alegre factory is the tale of the Duck and Drake. It happened that one day an important order arrived for a duck in porcelain. The artist delegated to carry out this order said, that to make a perfect piece, he needed a live duck as a model. His apprentices quickly set out to find the most beautiful duck on the estate. However, after some days, the duck began to lose its feathers and became emaciated and unattractive. Concerned about his model, the master requested his apprentices to summon a vet to see what was happening to the creature. When the vet arrived he made a brief examination of the duck and rapidly concluded that the bird was ill due to lack of company; it needed a female duck close by. The apprentices went out to find a fine female duck to keep the drake company during his time as a model.   The drake rapidly recovered his plumage and it was said that the piece was particularly beautiful !

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