Thun 1794 a.s. is the largest Czech porcelain manufacturer. The company has household porcelain, hotel porcelain, special cooking program, porcelain for children and custom products for large international chains in its production range. It produces specific type of so-called hard porcelain with firing temperature of 1405°C.
High quality and unique design based on 220year tradition of porcelain production in the Czech Republic guarantees a high standard for our customers.
The seat of the company is the town of Nová Role near Karlovy Vary, which is called the town of porcelain. The sale of products is realized by the joint stock company Thun Trade.
Porcelain celebration 2023
The traditional porcelain festivities in Karlovy Vary on September 1 - 3, 2023 are approaching. Come and celebrate traditional porcelain craftsmanship with us. Once again, you can look forward to the Set Tables exhibition in the Orpheum hall, buy porcelain from regional porcelain brands at great prices and create an original porcelain product in the Porcelain School. In addition, an accompanying program is prepared for visitors in the form of a musical performance by Duo Flamingos and a performance by folklore ensembles as part of the Karlovy Vary Folklore Festival.
Opening hours:
Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m Sunday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free admission
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Visitors centre
Dear customers,
The Porcelain Girls visitor center in Klášterec nad Ohří will be closed on:5 - 7 July 202324 - 28 July 2023
Thank you for your understanding
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Opening hours - july 2023
Nová Role store1/7/2023 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.5 - 6 July 2023 9.00 - 15.00
Ctiradova 1 store, Prague 43 - 7 July 2023 closed
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Charity Event 27.5.2023
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Shop Klasterec
On Juni 23-24, 2023, the store in Klášterec nad Ohří will be closed.
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Easter in Thun corporate stores
On Friday 7.4.2023 and on Monday 10.4.2023 our corporate stores will be closed.
Thank you for your understanding and have a nice Easter.
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Porcelain celebration 2023
For the second time, we are preparing the Porcelain Festival for you at a new location, in the Ambassador Grandhotel in the very center of Karlovy Vary. The date of the Spring Porcelain Festival is the 5th - 7th. May 2023. Come and see the porcelain exhibition Set Tables directly in the Orpheum Hall of the Ambassador Hotel. Current porcelain production, including novelties, is presented here. You will once again be able to buy Czech porcelain at favorable prices at the sales stands in Zeyerova street, we are preparing a great Porcelain workshop for families with children. Rich refreshments are provided by Grandhotel Ambassador. You just have something to look forward to again. Have a wonderful weekend in Karlovy Vary, we look forward to your visit during these opening times:
Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. / Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. / Sunday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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Opening hours restrictions
Dear customers and visitors,
we would like to announce the opening hours:
Visitor Center Klášterec nad Ohří - 20.2. – 3.5. CLOSED
Klášterec nad Ohří store - 21.2. – 25.2. CLOSED
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Shop Klasterec
Our factory shop in Klášterec nad Ohří will be closed on November 15 - 17, 2022.
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Porcelain celebration 2022
Did you miss the Spring Porcelain Festival? On September 2 - 4, 2022, we are once again preparing the traditional and popular Autumn Porcelain Festival for you. This time we are coming with a fundamental change in the venue - closer to you - in the premises of the well-known Ambassador Grandhotel right in the center of Karlovy Vary. Come and see the porcelain exhibition Prostřené stoly directly in the hall of the Ambassador Hotel. You will again be able to buy Czech porcelain at favorable prices at the sales stands in Zeyerova Street, we are preparing a great Porcelain School for families with children. Rich refreshments are provided by Grandhotel Ambassador. During the weekend, there will also be performances by folklore ensembles as part of the Karlovy Vary Folklore Festival. You simply have something to look forward to again.
Have a wonderful weekend in Karlovy Vary, we look forward to your visit.
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Charity event 4.6.2022
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Notice to visitors
On February 23, 2022, the Thun Visitor Center 1794 in Nová Rola will be closed to the public throughout the day. It will be available again according to the standard opening hours in the following days. We look forward to seeing you in the 10th visitor season 2022.
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Christmas opening hours
Dear visitors, the Thun 1794 Visitor Center in Nová Role will be closed to the public from 17 December to 27 December 2021. We look forward to seeing you in the coming days according to normal opening hours.
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Attention - Visitor centre in Nová Role
Notice to visitors on November 22, 2021, the Thun 1794 Visitor Center in Nová Rola will be closed to the public. We look forward to seeing you in the coming days according to normal opening hours.
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Shop Klasterec
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Porcelain celebration 2021
We are traditionally preparing the Porcelain celebration for you on the first weekend of September (September 3 - 5, 2021). The exhibition Spread Tables will be installed in the premises of the Grandhotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary, where you can see the current porcelain production of the Thun 1794 porcelain factory, suitably complemented by the drinking glass collections of the Karlovy Vary Moser glassworks. In the area in front of the Grandhotel Pupp, it will be possible to buy porcelain from regional brands and Moser glass at super special prices. Throughout the weekend, an accompanying program is prepared for you in the form of live music or a mobile Porcelain School (a workshop not only for children). We look forward to your visit!Opening time:
Friday 10 - 17 Saturday 9 - 17 Sunday 10 - 15
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Charity Golf Party
Charity Golf Party is a closed golf tournament, which is being held for the 22nd time this year for business partners of GolfResort Karlovy Vary. The date of this year's event was set for Saturday, July 31, 2021. Following the end of the golf tournament, a gala charity evening organized by Thun 1794 a.s. at the Grandhotel Pupp, which includes a gala dinner and, above all, an auction of art objects.
Marek Eben, traditionally inimitable, will be a proven guide to the whole event and an auctioneer. Proceeds from the auction are always completely donated in full to predetermined foundations or entities.
It is certainly worth mentioning that since the first Charity Golf Party, over CZK 33,650,000 has been collected for charitable purposes.
This year, the proceeds will be distributed and distributed to the accounts of the Public Benefit Society Auxiliary Paws, the Movement Without Assistance Foundation, the Public Benefit Society Domov Sue Ryder, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section of the Jan Evangelista Purkyně Psychiatric Society of the Czech Medical Society, and the Martinek Treasurer suffering from cystic fibrosis.
Thanks to the partners of this event for their support: CEZ Group a.s. Kooperativa Insurance Company Ferona Moser glassworks Grandhotel Pupp GolfResort Karlovy Vary Galerie La FemmeAccolade
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Thun shop, Ctiradova 1, Praha 4
Due to the holiday, the Thun store, Ctiradova 1, 140 00 Prague 4, is closed 21.6. - 11.7.2021.
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Opening of the Nová Role Visitor Center
Dear visitors,
with effect from 1 June 2021, we will be happy to open our Thun 1794 Visitor Center in Nová Rola, including the visitor circuit, for you. We are already accepting reservations at fabriktour@thun.cz or on 776 20 50 25.
We look forward to you!
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Shop Klasterec
Our store in Klášterec nad Ohří will be closed from 9 to 20 March 2021.
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100 years of porcelain production in Nová Role
This year, the porcelain factory in Nová Rola commemorates 100 years since its founding. Such an anniversary deserves due attention, so we decided to expand our Visitor Center and offer visitors new exhibits in the Porcelain Museum. This is mainly a special collection of vases with unique glazes. We hope to be able to welcome you soon in our renewed Visitor Center and we look forward to seeing you!
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Information - Visitors centre Nová Role
Dear visitors,
with regard to the expected development of the current epidemic situation, we are preparing a partial opening of the Thun 1794 Visitor Center from March for groups of up to 9 people and we are accepting reservations for groups from April 2021.
In the event of a deterioration or improvement in the situation, we will keep you informed of any changes.
From March 2021, the Museum of Porcelain will also be available - a cross-section of porcelain products made over 100 years in Nová Role since 1921.
We look forward to seeing you in the next ninth season of the Visitor Center.
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E-shop Thun 1794 a.s.
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PF 2021
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Shape LEA in white and ivory glaze
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Lidl vs. Thun
These porcelain sets from the new LEA collection were made for the Lidl Czech Republic retail chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mKwojjQuDw&feature=share
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Thun for you
As a thank-you to the nurses and doctors on the front line of the battle with COVID-19, porcelain Thun 1794 a.s. decided to make these tea or coffee mugs to help them stay awake calmly through the night. Design authors are artists MgA. Lenka Sara Malíská and Mgr. Pavel Klíma. No more words are needed, actions speak volumes... Thank you, we can do this together! Designers' word: MgA. Lenka Sara Malíská "For my proposal, I chose the veil as the central theme, not only because it has become a kind of symbol of the current situation, but I see it as a symbol of consideration and belonging. The stylized faces of people of different age groups and genders symbolize our population, and in color the design draws from the Czech tricolor. I trust the medics will be pleased with the mug's motive, reminding them that together we can do this. Also, we appreciate their work, see it as very challenging and thank you for the dedication with which they have worked over the past few months." Mgr. Pavel Klíma "The paramedic cups were incredibly easy to invent, putting all those people on is inspiring. They make us feel proud, with our hearts in our hands, they're there for everyone around us. And for that, they have a thank you, a flower and our respect. Thank you!"
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Visitor Center Thun 1794
With regard to the new measure of the Government of the Czech Republic, from 12.10.2020, both of our Visitor Centers in Nové Rola and in Klášterec were closed to visitors. We will inform you about the possibility of an inspection in the next period of 2020 and in 2021 immediately after the end of these measures.
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Factory shop in Nova Role
These days, we have chosen for you the modernization of the factory shop in Nova Role. The goods are now more clearly displayed and everyone will select them here. We look forward to your visit in the renovated premises.
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Factory shop in Klasterec
Our factory shop in Klasterec will be closed from 27 to 28 October 2020.
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VIsitor Center and porcelain shop in Nová Role
On Monday 28.9. our Visitor Center and porcelain shop in Nové Roli will be open for you. We look forward to your visit
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Porcelain celebration 2020
We look forward to seeing you during the autumn period of the Porcelain Festival on September 4 - 6, 2020 in Karlovy Vary in the facilities of the Grandhotel Pupp. Once again, we are waiting for the exhibition Middle Tables in the ceremonial hall of the Grandhotel Pupp, the sale of porcelain and glass for a price or an accompanying program for the whole family in the role of the Porcelain School. Last but not least - as is the tradition in the autumn - the whole weekend will be accompanied by performances of folklore titles within the Karlovy Vary Folklore Festival.
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Shop Nová Role
On Saturday, August 29, 2020, the porcelain shop in Nová Rola will be open for you from 10.00 to 12.30.
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Shop Klasterec
Dear customers,our company store in Klášterec nad Ohří will be closed from 4 to 5 September 2020.
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Notice for visitors
On September 1, 2020, the Thun 1794 Visitor Center in Nová Role will be closed to visitors. We look forward to seeing you who is currently regular opening hours. Thank you for your understanding.
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Announcement - store Ctiradova 1, Prague 4
In the period from 20 to 31 July 2020, our store in Prague 4, Ctiradova 1 is closed due to a holiday. Thank you for your understanding
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Spa mug - event for children
https://karlovarsky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/deti-navrhovaly-kolonadni-poharky-celkem-se-jich-prihlasilo-175-20200623.html
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Press report
https://karlovarsky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/porcelanka-obelstila-covid-20200529.html
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Opening Visitor centre in Nová Role
https://www.idnes.cz/karlovy-vary/zpravy/koronavirus-navstevnicka-centra-porcelanka-thun-likerka-becherovka-ekonomika-ztrata.A200526_549486_vary-zpravy_ba
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Visitor centre Nová Role and Klasterec
Already on Tuesday 26.5. we open both our Visitor Centers to the public (Porcelain stop in Nová Rola and Porcelain girls in Klášterec nad Ohří). We have prepared innovative educational programs for visitors at great prices. More information https://www.thun.cz/cz/info/96-exkurze-nova-role.html and https://www.thun.cz/cz/info/147-exkurze-klasterec.html. We look forward to you!
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Inovation - shape TOM
Thun 1794 a.s. as part of its marketing strategy, it addresses the customers of the products of a wide range of customers. The timeless and innovated design of TOM, which rightfully relates to the best-selling shapes on the Czech market, enables its use for every day with innovated assortments. The transformation took place especially in flat products, ie in all plates and oval bowls. The complete TOM file is known at https://www.thun.cz/en/section/159-tom---prapor.html
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Shape LEA
We included new porcelain set Lea into our production portfolio. The set was designed by an artist from Karlovy Vary Lenka Sárová - Malíská. Shapes are simple without any unnecessary decorations, they come out from pure lines. Lea is unusual for relief with concentric circles and the handle on the top of pot and sugar bowl. This detail gives it its originality, the shape is fully functional and ergonomic for man´s hand as well. The number of the name Lea is nine. Number nine is predestined for success, but they have to decide and use their inner sources. We believe that inner sources of porcelain Lea are obvious - elegance fully exploiting advantages of noble material, nonchalance, grace and moment of surprise. We wish Lea great success!
https://www.thun.cz/en/section/155-lea.html
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Official statement Thun 1794 a.s.
We would like to inform you about the current situation in Thun 1794 a.s. to prevent the spread of unverified messages. Production in all 3 plants (Nová Role, Klášterec, Lesov) runs without restrictions. Absence of employees in the workplace is only for reasons of the Czech Republic or the normal absence.
The order coverage of the company is for April / May incl. large orders for an Italian customer (on which work is temporarily suspended - only in decorations).
The company is negotiating a bridging loan due to deferred exports (Spain, Germany, Italy and now also Russia). The results of negotiations with commercial banks and state banks (EGAP and Czech Export Bank) will be known in the first days of the following week. It all depends on establishing emergency measures to provide support to large export companies. Further information will be provided in the middle of next week.
We thank all our employees for their patience and disciplined behavior during this difficult time. We appreciate it a lot!
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Preventive measures
From Monday 16.3. By 2020, the Visitor Center in Nová Role and Klášterec is closed for visitors.
This measure also applies to factory shops in Nová Role and Klasterec.
Thank you for your understanding
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Ambiente 2020
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The medal of the ChildrenOlympics will be made of porcelain
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Celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution
The company Thun 1794 joined the celebration of "30 years of Velvet" as well and on this special occasion produced unique edition of mugs (KC32) and cups with plates in popular collection TOM. This modern set is one of the best sellers of the porcelain factory. In the spirit of connection of modern porcelain and new age acquired democracy the company Thun 1794 approached the author of Občanské Fórum logo, Ing. Pavel Šťastný and he willingly created special mark for this edition. Decor with red-blue flowers only completed this symbolical connection. We would like to wish you enjoyable moments spent with tea, coffee or café latté from our "Velvet" porcelain.
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Terms of Porcelain celebration 2019
Spring May 3 - 5, 2019
Autumn September 6 - 8, 2019
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Decors 2019
These decorations were presented at the international trade fair Ambiente from 8 to 12 February 2019 and will be gradually introduced into production according to customer requirements.
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Ambiente 2019
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Exhibition "Holky z porcelánu"
Visitors of Ústí nad Labem region now have a chance to experience porcelain tradition not only in Visitor Centre in Nová Role, but also in newly opened exhibition in Porcelain factory Thun 1794 in Klášterec nad Ohří. Grand opening ceremony with participation of region and town authorities’ representatives, porcelain factory employees and also descendant of Thun family took place on October 25, 2018.
The central theme of interior designed by architects Boris Klimek and Lenka Damová is the film Porceain Girls (Holky z porcelánu) filmed in Klášterec porcelain factory in 1974. The space is divided into couple of distinctive zones reminiscent of the film with light exaggeration and melancholy. The project could have arisen also thanks to financial subsidy of Ústí nad Labem region and town Klášterec. Exhibition should be opened for public in the second half of November 2018.
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Implementation of survey work
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Decorations
Decoration of porcelain products is the penultimate phase of finishing it. Then follows the last firing in the decoration kiln and porcelain product can be dispatched to the customer. There are 4 basic decoration techniques:
Decoration with printsPrints can be monochromatic or multicoloured. They are delivered from the plant “Screen printing” in sheets covered with the layer of removable varnish which ensures easy application of prints on porcelain product. Prints can exist in various forms – multicoloured, black and white, pictures, photos, with precious metals, cobalt, etc. This decoration technique is the most used and spread nowadays.
Curiosity: In 2015 the plant “Screen printing” produced 24,797,405 pieces of prints.
Decoration with sprayingColours are applied by spraying pistol over special pattern or all over the surface.
Kinds of decoration:Full fund – fund covering all surfaces of products
Fading fund – the contours are not exactly given, they are fading
Hidden fund – some places are covered with the varnish or other materials which are removed after spraying and some places under them stay white.
Hand brush decorationThis kind of decoration is mainly used for rich decoration; porcelain is decorated by painters on rotating ring. It is handmade painting of marginal lines by flat brush, especially plates or bowls. Facade (pulling out the relief or highlighting handles) is decorated by special thin brush.
Curiosity:The brushes are made from squirrel hair.
Decoration with stampsThis kind of decoration is mainly used for decorating with precious metals (gold, platinum), nowadays less used.
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Gastronomy
Good shape – foundation for porcelain success.
In the beginning of porcelain product manufacturing is a good idea of capable sculptor or designer who creates and draws an interesting shape which is later put into production. In cooperation with other artists or salesmen they gradually decorate the shape with various decors mostly according to fashion trends.
Former artsy porcelain shapes are gradually substituted with modern utility shapes returning to functionalism style.
Porcelain is mainly used for serving meals. Gastronomy is becoming more and more important part of our lives. Good meal makes good connections. If it is served on extraordinary porcelain shape, it tastes much better.
Enjoy the porcelain miracle of shapes EYE, LOOS or TOM. Enjoy your meal
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New porcelain set EYE on sale
In our e-shop you can now buy porcelain sets EYE in several different designs. Visit our e-shop http://shop.thun.cz/novinka-eye.html
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Thun 1794 a.s. Tovární 242, 362 25 Nová Role
Phone: +420 353 410 111 | Email: thun@thun.cz
