LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Dvaras; Dvaras, taikomoji dekoratyvinė dailė; Europa; Paveldas; Porcelianas; Taikomoji dekoratyvinė dailė; Applied Decorative Art; China; Decorative applied art; Europe; Heritage; Lithuania; Manor; Porcelain.
ENCurrently there are considerable amount of chinaware from the 18th to the first half of the 20th centuries stored in the museums. Most of them are the part of manors heritage. However in the historiography the porcelain heritage still remains not properly appreciated. This work is the first attempt to research the porcelain heritage of the 18th - the first half of the 20th centuries in Lithuania thus contributing the development of objects studies in applied art and also promoting the properly appreciation and further storage of this heritage. The spread of chinaware in Lithuania in the 18th - the first half of the 20th centuries is partly reconstructed based on the written and iconographic sources. There are analyzing what kind of and what manufactures from ware were spread in manors in the meantime. Also there is overview of the chinaware trade in the second half of the 19th and the first half of the 20,h centuries as well as researching of the porcelain heritage stored in museums trying to systematize and summarize them. It discoveried while reseaching that a huge amount of valuable porcelain collections were concentraded in manors. The chinaware mostly manufactured in the Western Europe dominated among them. Chinaware not only were used by their real purpose but also served as important interior details. Since the second half of the 19th century they are more often seen in the townspeople houses. The difference is that chinaware manufactured in Russia were mostly outspread there. While reasearching the porcelain heritage in Lithuania in the 18th - the first half of the 20th centuries a huge variety of it revealed. The biggest part of chinaware stored in museums is took by the variety of dishes. Also there are considerable amount of the porcelain sculptures. Less common are porcelain lamps, candlestick, toys and porcelain clocks. [From the publication]