Herend Animal Figurines: Colors, Codes and Where to Start

What fishnet means

Fishnet is the fine painted net of scales that covers most Herend animals, drawn in one color and finished with touches of gold. Herend's own website lists these pieces as scale variations and shows its realistically painted animals separately, as naturalistic figurines. The fishnet color is part of each piece's item number, which makes a color easy to look up.

Fishnet, two-color or Reserve: the styles you will see

Most figurines fall into one of three styles. The photo usually tells you which, and the item number confirms it.

• Single-color fishnet. The whole animal is netted in one color. Of the 749 Herend figurines we had in stock on October 24, 2026, 486 were offered in more than one color. The Herend Owl Miniature Figurine, for example, comes in Raspberry, Green, Black, Blue and Rust.
• Two- or three-color fishnet. Pairs and groups are often painted in contrasting colors, with names such as Blue-Raspberry, as on the Herend Kissing Swans Figurine.
• Reserve Collection, single decoration. Almost every Reserve model is made in one decoration only. Most are painted like the real animal, as on the Herend Wood Duck Figurine; a few, such as the Herend Proud Peacock Figurine, pair a fishnet body with painted plumage. Of our 749 figurines, 95 carry the Reserve tag.

A newer group sits in between: a white animal with fishnet only on an accessory, such as the sweater on the Herend Toy Poodle Figurine or the party hat on the Herend Party Elephant Figurine. On these models the color name describes the accessory.

Herend fishnet colors and their codes

Every fishnet color has a name and a short decor code at the start of the item number, taken here from the Paris Tableware catalog. Many recent models add a leading S (SVHB, SVHP) and keep the same color letters.

In the examples, model 05102 is the Herend Owl Miniature Figurine, 15094 the Herend Mother Owl Figurine, 16197 the Herend Schnauzer Figurine and 16109 the Herend Crown Figurine. Pairs and groups use longer codes. Some join two single codes with a hyphen: the Herend Snuggle Bunnies Figurine in Blue-Raspberry is SVHB-P16231-0-00. Others get a code of their own, such as SVHQ17 on the Herend Kissing Swans Figurine in Blue-Raspberry. Most Reserve Collection pieces in our catalog start with VHS and a number, like VHS166 on the Herend Wood Duck Figurine.

How to read a Herend figurine item number

Take VHB---05102-0-00, the Herend Owl Miniature Figurine in Blue:

• VHB is the decor, Blue fishnet. Hyphens fill the decor out to six characters.
• 05102 is the five-digit model number. It stays the same in every color.
• -0-00 is the ending most figurines share.

To match a piece you own, note the model number: the same owl in Raspberry is VHP---05102-0-00. One model number can also carry two versions: the Herend Large Rabbit Figurine is VHB---05334-0-00, and the Herend Rabbit with Applied Flowers Figurine, a Reserve piece, is VHS13305334-0-92. Our guide to Herend marks explains what is painted on the base.

Sizes: miniature, standard and large

Herend puts the size in the name when a model is unusually small or large: on October 24, 2026 we had 21 models with Miniature in the name and 14 with Large. The Herend Miniature Elephant Figurine stands 1.75 inches, the Herend Young Elephant Figurine 3.75 inches and the Herend Large Elephant Figurine 9.5 inches. Half of the fishnet models without a size word stand between 2 and 3.25 inches.

Browse Herend figurines by animal

In-stock models at Paris Tableware on October 24, 2026:

• Herend bunnies and rabbits: 128 models
• Herend birds, including peacocks and swans: 61 models
• Herend dogs, more than 20 breeds: 54 models
• Herend cats and kittens: 20 models
• Herend elephants: 16 models
• Herend owls: 14 models
• Herend frogs: 14 models
• Herend ducks: 12 models

Other animals are in the store's collections: bears, turtles, horses, pigs, fish and marine creatures, bugs and friends, wildlife and safari, farm and field, and the Herend Reserve Collection.

Three ways to start a collection

• By theme. Garden animals, the pets in your life, safari animals, or a holiday shelf.
• By life event. One figurine for each birth, graduation or wedding. Our Herend gift guide has ideas.
• One model, several colors. The same small model in different colors, such as the Herend Owl Miniature Figurine in five, makes a calm, ordered row.

Caring for Herend figurines

Dust with a soft cloth, skip lemon-based products and abrasives, and hold a figurine by its body. Our figurine care guide covers display, packing and what to do if a piece breaks.