| Lladro is a family-owned business which was | | | | to create porcelain of the highest quality. However |
| founded in 1953 by Juan, Jose, and Vincente | | | | the brothers were not to be deterred. They |
| Lladro in Almacera, Spain. Almacera was a small | | | | procured a loan from a friend which allowed them |
| farming community on Spain's eastern | | | | to build a larger kiln which could generate the |
| Mediterranean coast, near the city of Valencia. | | | | temperatures that they needed. This was the |
| The three brothers were first introduced to the | | | | beginning of the Lladro company. |
| world of art by their mother, Rosa Lladro. Juan | | | | By 1958 their business had increased to the point |
| and Jose quickly became interested in painting and | | | | that a move to a larger facility was necessary. |
| Vincente showed a remarkable talent for sculpting. | | | | They moved from their small family workshop in |
| Rosa Lladro wanted them to have the best art | | | | Almacera to a factory in the nearby town of |
| education that they could get so she enrolled | | | | Tavernes Blanques. From the 1960's through |
| them in the Valencia School of Arts and Crafts. | | | | present day Lladro's business has continually |
| Not long after enrolling in the prestigious school | | | | grown as more people begin to collect their |
| the three brothers built a kiln at their parents' | | | | porcelain figurines. |
| home and began to create figurines, porcelain | | | | Lladro remains a family owned business to this |
| flowers and candelabras. As their proficiency | | | | day. They are now managed by the Lladro |
| grew, they began to sell their art creations at a | | | | Permanent Council which is made up of the three |
| local market. Their porcelain proved to be quite | | | | Lladro brothers, their children and the senior staff |
| popular and their business began to grow. The | | | | of Lladro. Lladro continues to be an important |
| Lladro brothers dreamt of creating the finest | | | | presence in the world of porcelain figurines and |
| porcelain possible. They had a problem though, | | | | their creations are sure to delight collectors for |
| their small kiln made it impossible to achieve the | | | | many years to come. |
| high temperatures that were necessary in order | | | | |