Maker: Royal Porcelain Factory (Den Kongelige Porcelænsfabrik), Copenhagen
The leaf shape and Saxon Flowers of this beautiful Copenhagen antique porcelain dish are inspired by 18th Century Meissen. The Royal Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen called the fine hand paintings ‘Saxon Flowers’ in homage to the pioneering porcelain maker of Saxony (the Meissen style of flower painting is also known as deutsche Blümen). The cavetto is moulded to resemble basket weave and there is a moulded flower spray at one terminal of the rustic branch handle.
Steen Nottelmann, former curator of the Royal Copenhagen Museum, dates the dish to around 1870.
The base bears the factory trademark of three wavy lines painted in underglaze blue, representing Denmark’s three straits connecting the Baltic and the North Sea.
Condition Excellent.
Width across handle to tip of leaf: 23.4 cm
Net weight: 389 g
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Origin: Copenhagen, Denmark
For background on the factory, see History of Royal Copenhagen in Makers & Artists
