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Coming Soon!

The Lladró Brand Book;
A Collector's Guide
to Retired Porcelain
Figurines Made by Lladró
forthcoming from
Old Line Publishing!

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This web site is copyrighted, so please do not "cut and paste" from this site into your online auction descriptions - nor otherwise plagiarize my work! (Yes, it should go without saying; too bad I've had to discover it doesn't.)

El Portal Porcelana Now Search Enabled!

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Users can now search for individual items by title name or by number. (Search result links will open in a separate window.) To search by model name, simply place the title in quotes - for example, "Boy, Big Hat." That will bring you to a page displaying a link for the catalog page on which that model appears. If you know that item's number but not its name, simply type in 182G (with no brand prefix, but make sure you use the G for NAO porcelain items made in the regular porcelain formula).

Troubleshooting notes:
  • The search by model name will not work if there is more than one word in the title unless you place the name in quotes.
  • The model number search will not work if you place a number sign, brand name, or any other prefix before the number.
  • For non-Gres NAO, the number search will also not bring you to a catalog page if you do not use the G suffix immediately after the number. (Some items are catalog listed with a G/M suffix, but typing just a G will bring you to those as well.)
  • The letter suffix is not required for model numbers in NAO Gres.

If you do not know the name or catalog number of your piece, simply scroll to the thematic catalog links below to browse for your figurine/ornament.

NAO Catalog

-© Peggy Whiteneck

Retail prices on current issue NAO have been updated as of 12/31/09 and have updated the catalog for all retirements through that date. (Next retirement list will come out around October 2010 for retirements as of 12/31/10.)

Special thanks to collector Monica Stewart (RIP) for her stalwart and invaluable assistance in proof-reading the NAO catalog pages and for her generosity in sharing many pictures from her own collection! Monica died suddenly in 2005, and I miss her greatly. I will always be grateful to her for her selfless mentoring of this NAO cataloguing effort. Thanks also to collectors Teresa Schmitt, Robert (Gene) Woods, Franne Stroblas, Barbara Fredrick, Colin Warwicker, Cindy Johns, Sue Ewen, Linda Zimliki, Tamra Tamaugsburger, Cathern James, Nick Lockie, Sharon Swift, Nigel Gayner, Tracy Maughan, Anette Schier, Kevin Goult, Brenton Roneberg, Jöelle Ley, and Anette Schier and to Jorge Luis Gonzalez AAA, Certified Appraiser for their picture and information contributions to this catalog. We're continually adding pictures to this and the other catalogs on the site, so stay tuned, and have fun!

Items in this catalog preceded by the letter "L" were very early items in the NAO collection and can often be found interspersed with other Lladró models in retail catalogs from the late 1960s; these models are also the ones most likely to be found with old, impressed "Lladró" marks as well as old, impressed "NAO" marks.

The letters G or M after the catalog numbers stand for "glazed" or "matte" respectively. The combination G/M indicates the item is known to have been made in both glazed and matte. Items made in the distinctive Gres formula are indicated with the full word "Gres" after the catalog number (with the exception of items already consolidated on the Gres catalog pages). Readers will note some deliberate duplication in the listings to accommodate collectors who may be looking for an item under more than one category. I'll be adding other thumbnail pix of retired items as I get them. "El Portal Porcelana" is a collector information web site and is not in any way affiliated with or authorized by the corporate entities known as Lladró or NAO.

Please Note: This is an information web site ONLY. While I very much welcome email contacts from serious collectors or just those wanting more information on Spanish porcelain, please do not contact me asking for sales or acquisition assistance, as those areas are not my bailiwick.

No portion of this catalog may be reproduced or distributed in any print or electronic venue or for other public consumption without the express permission of Peggy Whiteneck.

Catalog Index

Angels
Animals - Caricatures (p. 1)    (Uncat.)
Animals - Cats & Dogs (p. 1)    (p. 2)    (p. 3)    (Uncat.)
Animals - Rabbits & Farm Animals    (Uncat.)
Animals - Wildlife    (Uncat.)
Birds (p. 1)    (p. 2)    (Uncat.)
Clowns & Jesters
Dancers, Harlequins, & Pierrots (p. 1)    (Uncat.)
Decorative Items (Non-Figurine)
Ethnic Themes - Asian & Other Ethnic Themes
Ethnic Themes - Spanish/Latino (p. 1)    (Uncat.)
Family Groupings (p. 1)    (Uncat)
Fantasy Themes
Gres Figurines (p. 1)    (p. 2)    (Uncat)
Kids in Couples
Kids in Sleepwear (p. 1)    (p. 2)    (p. 3)
Kids with Animals (p. 1)    (p. 2)    (p. 3)    (p. 4)    (Uncat.)
Kids with Birds or Butterflies (p. 1)    (p. 2)
Kids with Flowers
Kids with Musical Instruments (page 1)    (Uncat.)
Kids with Their Toys (p. 1)     (p. 2)    (Uncat)
Kids, Babies
Kids, Miscellaneous Girls (p. 1)    (p. 2)    (p. 3)
Kids, Miscellaneous Boys (p. 1)    (Uncat.)
Lamps (p.1)    (Uncat)
Matrimonial & Romance (p. 1)    (Uncat.)
Nativity & Christmas Themes
Religious Themes (p. 1)    (Uncat.)
Sports & Career Themes (p. 1)    (Uncat.)
Women with Animals, Birds, Butterflies, or Flowers
Women with Fans or Parasols
Women, Country (p. 1)    (Uncat.)
Women, Miscellaneous (p. 1)    (p. 2)    (Uncat.)
A Note About Unidentified NAO Items

Coming Soon from Old Line Publishing!

Posted 2/28/10

I'm so pleased to be able to announce, at last, that my latest book, The Lladró Brand Book, is forthcoming this spring from Old Line Publishing in Hampstead, Maryland, USA! The manuscript is well underway, but I would love it if collectors could send me a CD with photos of the individual items in their collections. The book will cover all the Lladró brands: regular collection, NAO, Zaphir, Rosal, Hispania (animal and bird figurines), and Golden Memories. The book will focus exclusively on retired figurine models in these brands. The photos need to be in a large format and at least 300dpi in resolution. Those contributing photos will be mentioned on the Acknowledgments page of the book as well as in individual photo credits. If you can help, please email me. I'd love to include your collection in my book!

For advance sales information and/or to reserve your copy, please contact my publisher directly by clicking on the link for Old Line Publishing!

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