Maker: Royal Porcelain Factory (Kongelige Porcelænsfabrik), Copenhagen, Denmark
A fine set of eight dinner plates made by the Royal Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen between 1894 and 1900.
The hand-painted decoration is called ‘Saxon Flowers’ in homage to Meissen in Saxony (the Meissen style of flower painting is also known as deutsche Blümen). The plates have recessed wells, and there are spiral flutes rising from the cavetto onto the lip. One half of the lip, nearest to the rim, has a border of moulded basket-weave, decorated with small enamelled sprays of flowers.
The bottom of each plate has the factory trademark of three wavy lines painted in underglaze blue, representing Denmark’s three straits connecting the Baltic and the North Sea. Some of the plates have the factory mark used between 1894 and 1900, the Danish crown and DANMARK stamped in green under the glaze. Others have the pattern number, 4/1621, painted in green.
CONDITION Most of the plates are in mint condition. The gilding has rubbed in several places on the rim of one plate (see photos). There are a few miniscule spots of gilt loss on another plate, and there is a very shallow 2 mm-wide chip on the gilt edge of another, visible only from the side.
DIMENSIONS Diameter: 25.2 cm Height: 3.7 cm
SHIPMENT The weight and size of the set when packaged requires courier shipment. Please e-mail us for a shipping quote. We will need your postal address.
For background on the factory, see History of Royal Copenhagen in Makers & Artists
