serving plate, Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory

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Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory, serving plate
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory, serving plate
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory
serving plate
1945
serving plate, 1945
Portfolio/Series title: Flora Danica pattern
Where object was made: Denmark
Material/technique: gilding; paint; porcelain
Dimensions:
Object Diameter (Diameter): 27 cm
Object Diameter (Diameter): 10 5/8 in
Credit line: Bequest of Helen Foresman Spencer
Accession number: 1982.0198.04
Not on display
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Archive Label 1999:
This 20th-century plate derives from a dinner service commissioned in 1790 by the Crown Prince of Denmark, possibly as a gift for Catherine the Great of Russia. Each piece is painted with a different flower copied from the encyclopedia of Danish flowers (Flora Danica). Over 12,000 separate brush strokes are required to complete each plate. The painter marks the finished piece on the underside with her initials, next to the three wavy blue lines that signify Royal Copenhagen.

Exhibitions

Ceramics from the Collection
Susan Earle, curator
1996–1997