Royal warrant of appointment

Royal warrants of appointment have been issued for centuries to those who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages. The warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the royal family, so lending prestige to the supplier. Several royal families allow tradesmen to advertise royal patronage, including those of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Thailand, Denmark and Sweden.

Suppliers continue to charge for their goods and services – a warrant does not imply that they provide goods and services free of charge. The warrant is typically advertised on company hoardings, letter-heads and products by displaying the coat of arms or the heraldic badge of the royal personage as appropriate. Underneath the coat of arms will usually appear the phrase "By Appointment to…" followed by the title and name of the royal customer, and then what goods are provided. No other details of what is supplied may be given.

Contents 1 Currently ruling households 1.1 British Royal Warrant holders 1.2 Royal warrant holders of the Court of Belgium 1.3 Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court 1.4 Purveyors to the Dutch Court 1.5 Swedish Royal Warrant holders 1.6 Purveyors to the Japanese Imperial Household Agency 1.7 High Patronage of the Monaco Royal Family 1.8 Purveyors to the Court of Sweden 1.9 Thai Royal Warrant holders 2 Historical households 2.1 Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court of Austria-Hungary 2.2 Purveyors to the Court of France 2.3 Purveyors to the Portuguese Royal Family 2.4 Purveyors to the Romanian Royal House 2.5 Purveyors to the Court of Prussia 2.6 Purveyors to the Court of Bavaria 2.7 Purveyors to the Italian Royal Family 2.8 Purveyors to the sultans of the Ottoman Empire 2.9 Purveyors to the Russian Imperial Family 3 Links 4 References

Currently ruling households

British Royal Warrant holders

Royal warrant holders of the Court of Belgium

See Fournisseur breveté de la Cour de Belgique (French)

List of royal warrant holders (select 'complete list')

Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court

Purveyors to the Dutch Court

The status 'purveyor to the court' (hofleverancier) is awarded to small and medium sized businesses that have existed for at least 100 years, and who have a good reputation regionally.^[1] They need not actually supply goods to the court. The status is renewable every 25 years. At present there are at least 387 companies who can hold this status.^[2]

For large, multinational, enterprises and for non-governmental organizations the use of the designation koninklijke or royal can be awarded.^[3] These enterprises are also allowed to incorporate a crown in their logo. Examples are KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Royal Dutch Shell, Royal Philips Electronics, and KPN.

Swedish Royal Warrant holders

Purveyors to the Japanese Imperial Household Agency

After World War II, the permission system was abolished, but purveyors still exist today.

• Kikkoman – soy sauce
• Nissin Foods – food
• Toyota – motor vehicles
• Manyoken – catering
• Yamada Heiando – lacquerware

High Patronage of the Monaco Royal Family

• Chocolaterie de Monaco – chocolates
• British Theatre Season, Monaco – theatre
• Lexus – Automobiles

Purveyors to the Court of Sweden

Thai Royal Warrant holders

Historical households

Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court of Austria-Hungary

See K.u.k. Hoflieferant (German)

• Augarten porcelain – porcelain and china
• J. A. Baczewski – vodka
• Bakalowits – crystal chandeliers
• Jan Becher – herbal bitter
• Lucas Bols – liqueurs
• Ignaz Bösendorfer – pianos
• Christofle – silverware
• Courvoisier – cognac
• Demel – chocolate and confectionery
• Farina Gegenüber – eau de Cologne to Franz Joseph I (1872)
• E. Fessler – ovens
• Móric Fischer de Farkasházy, owner of Herend Porcelain Manufactory – porcelain
• Café Gerbeaud – cakes and pastries
• Gräf & Stift – carriages
• Hancocks & Co – jewelry
• L. & C. Hardtmuth – ovens and pencils
• Antoni Hawełka - catering
• J. A. Henckels – knifes
• Hotel Imperial – catering
• Liebig's Extract of Meat Company – processed meats
• Löblich & Co. – heating
• Lohner-Werke – carriages
• Girolamo Luxardo – apéritif and digestif
• Rémy Martin – champagne
• Moët et Chandon – champagne
• Moser (glass company) – glass and crystal
• Ferdinand Mülhens, owner of the 4711 (brand) – perfume
• G. H. Mumm – champagne
• Paulaner Brewery – beer
• Peek Freans – cookies
• Pilsner Urquell – beer
• Rieger Orgelbau – organs
• Louis Roederer – champagne
• Royal Worcester – porcelain
• Eduard Sacher, owner of the Hotel Sacher – cakes and pastries
• Robert Schlumberger von Goldeck – sparkling wine
• Schweighofer – pianos
• William Steinway – pianos
• Baron Raimund von Stillfried – photos
• Gebrüder Thonet – furniture
• Michael Thonet – furniture
• Charles Lewis Tiffany – jewelry and silverware
• Törley – sparkling wine
• Underberg – digestif bitter
• John Thomas Underwood – typewriters
• Veuve Clicquot – champagne
• Nathaniel Wheeler – sewing machines
• Wilhelm J. Sluka – cakes and pastries
• Zwack – herbal liquors
• Charbonnel et Walker - chocolatiers
• Tabasco Sauce - pepper sauce

Purveyors to the Court of France

• Moutard – printer and bookseller to Queen Marie-Antoinette, to Princess Marie Joséphine of Savoy, and to Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy (1770–1792)
• Marc-Etienne Janety – master goldsmith and jeweler to Louis XVI (1777–1792)
• Farina Gegenüber – eau de Cologne to Napoleon I (1811) and to Napoleon III (1867)
• Debauve & Gallais – chocolates to Louis XVIII (1819)
• Guerlain – eau de Cologne to Napoleon III (1868)

Purveyors to the Portuguese Royal Family

• Farina Gegenüber – eau de Cologne to Luís I (1866)

Purveyors to the Romanian Royal House

• Farina Gegenüber – eau de Cologne to Carol I (1881)
• Steinway & Sons – pianos
• M. Welte & Söhne – orchestrions, reproducing pianos (1894, 1910)
• Murfatlar SA – wines to Michael (2003)
• Frottirex – bath towels and bedding to Michael (2005)
• Doina Levintza – clothing and accessories to Michael (2005)
• Dan Coma – clothing and accessories to Michael (2005)
• Halewood International – Rhein extra sparkling wines to Michael (2006)
• SC Transavia SA – chicken meat to Michael (2005)
• Principal Company SA – Salonta sausage products to Michael (2007)
• Biborţeni – mineral water to Michael (2008)
• Carol Parc Hotel – Hotelier and catering services (2011)
• RUE DU PAIN - Boulangerie Artisanale – bakery, pastry and confectionery products (2011)

Purveyors to the Court of Prussia

See Liste preußischer Hoflieferanten (German)

• Farina Gegenüber – eau de Cologne to Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1841), Wilhelm I (1871), to Friedrich III (1888) and to Wilhelm II (1888)

Purveyors to the Court of Bavaria

See Liste bayerischer Hoflieferanten (German)

• FA Ackermanns Kunstverlag – art publishing (1879)
• Eilles – coffee and tea (1873)
• Farina Gegenüber – eau de Cologne to Ludwig II (1872)
• Fr. Ant. Prantl – printing and leather goods (1797)

Purveyors to the Italian Royal Family

• Acqua di Biella – eau de Cologne to Umberto I (1878)
• Ballarino (Cavour) – jewellery to S.A.R. the Prince Amedeo of Savoy, patent n° 01/07
• Baratti & Milano (Turin) – sweets
• Bianchi – cars
• Caffarel (Turin) – chocolate
• Caraceni (Milan) – clothes
• Fratelli Carli (Imperia) – olive oil
• Farina Gegenüber – eau de Cologne to HM King Vittorio Emanuele II (1876)
• Florio (Marsala) – wine
• Gancia – wine
• Marinella (Naples) – ties
• Martini & Rossi – liquor
• Musy, Padre & Figli (Turin) – jewellery
• Pernigotti – chocolate
• Petochi (Rome) – jewellery
• Prada (Milan) – clothes
• Sperlari – food
• Steinway & Sons – pianos
• Luigi Borrelli (Naples) - clothing

Purveyors to the sultans of the Ottoman Empire

• M. Welte & Söhne, orchestrions (1896)

Purveyors to the Russian Imperial Family

• Farina Gegenüber – eau de Cologne to Nicholas I 1843
• Fabergé – jewellery to Nicholas II
• Smirnoff – vodka
• Cristal – champagne
• Steinway & Sons – pianos
• The Victoria Fine Soap Works, Minsk, Belarus - soap to Nicholas I and the Imperial family

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