Exquisite objects from the Peleș ceramic collection

The ceramic collection of National Peles Museum stands out for both its coherence and diversity. It contains more than 5000 pieces, acquired successively by King Carol I since the beginning of his reign, from the Universal Exhibitions of Vienna, London, Paris, as well as from the royal house suppliers. The pieces originate from celebrated European and Oriental pottery workshops of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and also from more ancient workshops. 

In the 1970s, under the communist regime, the museum initiated a program to acquire art from private collections and used bookstores, which increased its value. The core collection was enriched with pieces coming from Germany (Meissen, Frankenthal, Ilmenau, Rosenthal, Hamburg, workshops in Berlin), Italy (Florence, Faneza, Capodimonte, Montelupo, Urbino), France (Sèvres, Rouen, Marseille, Golfe-Juan), The Netherlands (Delft), England (Wedgwood, Doulton, Copeland, Mintons), Spain (Talavera, Toledo), Denmark (Copenhagen), Russia (Moscow and St.-Petersburg), etc.