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Beautiful porcelain bowl decorated with Flora Danica pattern
Artist:
The bowl has been executed by the Danish manufacturer "Royal Copenhagen". It is numbered 20/3507, bears the factory mark: the trusted blue triple wave logo and is stamped in green underglaze with the crown emblem and the text "ROYAL COPENHAGEN". Royal Copenhagen, officially the Royal Porcelain Factory was founded in Copenhagen in 1775 under the protection of Queen Juliane Marie, by the chemist Frantz Heinrich Müller. It has been recognised ever since by its factory mark, the three wavy lines above each other, which symbolises Denmark's three straits: Ã~resund, Store Bælt and Lille Bælt. In 1779 the absolute monarch King Christian VII assumed financial responsibility, thus guaranteeing the future of the porcelain factory. As with many other early porcelain factories the greater proportion of Royal Copenhagen porcelain was painted cobalt blue before glazing. In 1868 the Royal Porcelain Factory came into private hands and in 1882 the faience factory Aluminia purchased the factory.
Age:
The bowl is from the 2Oth century
Medium:
The bowl is white porcelain with hand-painted over-glaze decoration and with gilded edges.
Size:
The bowl is 21 cm /8,2 inches wide, 26 cm /10,2 inches long, 7 cm /2,7 inches deep.
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Description:
On offer is an exquisite porcelain oval bowl. It is decorated with The Flora Danica pattern, depicting an image of "Hottonia palustris". This detailed floral over-glaze pattern in lustrous colours is painted at the centre of the bowl, and surrounded by single tiny leaves and heads of flowers. The edges of the bowl are decorated with an elaborate gilded ornament.
The Flora Danica is one of the most famous Danish porcelain pattern. The intricate over-glaze decorations contain more than 700 wild plants in their patterns. It was invented in 1790 when the Danish Crown Prince Frederik ordered a dinner set decorated with exact copies of the prints of "Flora Danica" - a comprehensive atlas of botany, containing folio-sized pictures of all the wild plants native to Denmark on that time. According to tradition the service was intended as a gift for the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, an enthusiastic collector of porcelain.
It is a great bargain opportunity as the Flora Danica bowl retails at $ 4000!
Condition:
The item is in perfect condition.
Authentication:
Credentials:
MA in History of Art University of Copenhagen 2004
Expert in:
Dutch Art 17th century
German Art 19th - 20th century
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Former Employees:
Museums:
The National Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, the Department of Conservation.
The Royal Cast Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Other:
The Cathedral of Roskilde, Denmark
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