Sand CrabSand Crab Figurine, Turquoise Part of our Limited Time Herend Exhibition. Each is brought to life by the skilled hands of artisans crafting and painting these charming porcelain creatures. The famous fishnet decor adorning many of the animals took form in 1858 when a Herend painter became inspired by a fishscale design he saw on a Chinese porcelain plate and painted a similar pattern onto a rooster figurine to imitate feathers. The rest is history,