Royal Copenhagen 8 - 6 1/4" Bread Butter Plates 575 Blue Fluted Half Lace Border

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Excellent Condition From : Item#: 80217 --- Manufacturer Status: Active Actual: 1775 - Pattern: BLUE FLUTED-HALF LACE BORDER by ROYAL COPENHAGEN [RCOBLFH] Pattern #: 1 Description: BLUE FLORAL, HALF LACED BORDER Royal Copenhagen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Royal Copenhagen Type Porcelain Manufacturer Founded 1 May 1775 Headquarters Denmark , Copenhagen Parent Fiskars Website Royal Copenhagen Royal Copenhagen , officially the Royal Porcelain Factory ( Danish : Den Kongelige Porcelænsfabrik ) is a manufacturer of porcelain products and was founded in Copenhagen 1 May 1775 under the protection of Queen Juliane Marie . It is recognized by its factory mark, the three wavy lines above each other, symbolizing Denmark’s three straits: Øresund , the Great Belt and the Little Belt .[1] Contents [ hide ] 1 Early years 2 Current company 3 Patterns ( original manufacturer in parentheses )3.1 Most famous 3.2 New 3.3 Discontinued 4 Collectibles 5 Further reading 6 References 7 External links 8 See also Early years [edit ]Royal Porcelain manufactory in Copenhagen (19th century) Starting in the 17th century, Europeans were fascinated by the blue and white and white porcelain exported from China during the Ming and Qing dynasties, [2] but Danes had to discover for themselves how to produce the "white gold" (white glaze) that they found so irresistible about porcelain. The Royal Copenhagen manufactory operations began in a converted post office in 1775. It was founded by a chemist, Frantz Heinrich Müller , who was given a 50-year monopoly to create porcelain. The first pieces manufactured were dining services for the royal family. [3] When, in 1779, King Christian VII assumed financial responsibility, the manufactory was styled the Royal Porcelain Factory. In 1790, Royal Copenhagen brought out its now famous Flora Danica ‘Blue Fluted’ dinner service, with gilded edge and Danish flora motifs, [4] and Royal Copenhagen held a monopoly on the "Blue Fluted" name. [5] By 1851, Royal Copenhagen qualified for the World Expo in London . In 1868, as a result of royal companies' privatization, the Royal Porcelain Factory came into private hands. It was purchased by the faience factory Aluminia in 1882. Shortly after Aluminia's acquisition, Royal Copenhagen production was moved to a modern factory building at Aluminia’s site in Frederiksberg , on the outskirts of Copenhagen. By 1889, Royal Copenhagen qualified for the World Expo in Paris , winning the Grand Prix, giving it international exposure. Current company [edit ] In recent years, Royal Copenhagen acquired Georg Jensen in 1972, incorporated with Holmegaard Glass Factory in 1985, and finally Bing & Grøndahl in 1987. Today, Royal Copenhagen is a part of a group of Scandinavian companies, Royal Scandinavia , together with Georg Jensen, and is owned by the Danish private equity fund, Axcel . Following Axcel's acquisition of Royal Scandinavia, Holmegaard Glasværk was sold in a MBO and a controlling interest in the Swedish glass works Orrefors Kosta Boda was sold to New Wave Group. In April 2008 it was reported that Royal Copenhagen was moving nearly all of its production to Thailand. [6] Patterns ( original manufacturer in parentheses )[ edit ]Seagull dinnerware, designed by Fanny Garde of Bing & Grøndahl in 1895 "Blue Fluted" pattern dinner service Most famous [edit ]Flora Danica , Blue Fluted (in Danish: Musselmalet ), Blue Flower , Henriette, Saxon Flower, Fan, Gemina , and Gemma ( Royal Copenhagen )Empire , Offenbach, Butterfly, and Seagull ( Bing & Grøndahl )Tranquebar and Blue Line ( Aluminia ). New [edit ]Black Mega, Palmette, White Plain, White Half Lace, White Full Lace, Blue Flower Curved and Plain, White Pot, Blue Line, the new Christmas service Star Fluted, and Ole. [7] Discontinued [edit ]Gemina, Gemma, Jingle Bells, and Julian Marie ( Royal Copenhagen )Seagull, Blue Henning Koppel, White Henning Koppel, Tema, Mexico ( Bing & Grøndahl )Collectibles [edit ]Royal Copenhagen 2010 plaquettes : Numbered and na... read more

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