Lladró #8394 "Touchdown" Elephant Touchdown. Superb sculpture by José Luis Santes Original box. Excellent condition Lladro popular 8394 #268

Elephant Lladró # "Touchdown" Superb sculpture by José Luis Santes. In original box, Excellent condition.
A terrific piece making a wonderful addition for any Lladro collector or a great gift for anyone especially an animal lover, or for any occasion.

Spanish Name: Elefante Ensayo
Sculptor: José Luis Santes
Year Issued: 2008
Year Retired: N/A
Finish: Glazed
Last Retail: $195.00
Height (in): 4.00
Width (in): 7.75
Replacement listed at $195

Excellent condition with no cracks, crazing or repairs, but do see for yourself, the pictures form part of the description. In Original Box
Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility and may not apply. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or at time of purchase, collected by Etsy.

A story of passion for porcelain
Lladró is the success story of an iconic Spanish brand.

HISTORY:
Lladró is the story of the passion for porcelain of three brothers, Juan, José and Vicente Lladró. Artists who made porcelain into a way of life and managed to build a business empire with their own hands. In 1953, at their home in the village of Almàssera, they began to make their first plates, vases and ceramic figurines. At the end of this decade, Lladró opened its first store in Valencia. Lladró introduced the revolutionary single-firing method which soon replaced the tradition triple-firing. This pioneering method also helped to define another hallmark of the brand: the characteristic pastel tones of a large part of its work. In the 60's, the Professional Training School was founded at its headquarters to provide the company with qualified artists and technicians. In 1965, Lladró entered the American market. And in 1969, Lladró opened its current headquarters in Tavernes Blanques (Valencia).
A new style was born, with the staff being trained specifically for that purpose, leading to the first creations commercialized under the name Rosal. These creations are full of charm and innocence, two features that have been lovingly popular maintained in its subsequent evolution.
Rosal created pieces with themes that would endure as the brand evolved: focusing primarily on a life full of romanticism in an undefined idyllic time.
Following the success of the new brand, the next step came in 1975. The name of the collection changed to ZAPHIR and the factory moved to new premises with larger workshops, with a view to expanding the company in the future. ZAPHIR creations were more stylized and embraced a wider variety of themes. They were the natural result of the porcelain mastery gained by the young artisans.

The Lladró Collectors' Society was founded in 1985. Over its 15 years of existence, it boasted more than 100,000 collectors of the brand's porcelains. In this decade Lladró reaches two major milestones in its international expansion. In 1986 Lladró disembarked in Asia with subsidiaries in Japan and China. And in 1988 it opened its first museum and gallery in New York City, on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. And the process of internationalization continued steadily in emerging markets like Russia, Eastern Europe and India.
In the nineties Lladró produced many highly complex period scenes, most of them incorporating vivid floral compositions which represent the greatest expression of the painstaking attention to detail and know-how of Lladró artists. In this decade Lladró received two prestigious awards: the Príncipe Felipe Prize for Internationalization in 1993 and the Príncipe Felipe Prize for Competitiveness in 1997. In the 2000's Lladró continues.