ROYAL COPENHAGEN, Comprehensive Service "FLORA DANICA

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01.04.2023 11:00UTC +02:00
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Lot 604 | ROYAL COPENHAGEN, Comprehensive Service "FLORA DANICA
ROYAL COPENHAGEN, Comprehensive "FLORA DANICA" Service
After a design by J.C. Bayer, underglaze green mark with crown, underglaze blue wavy mark and Latin plant names, the walls with serrated gold rim, gold painted leaf motifs and pearl friezes, leaf and blossom hangings, as well as coloured painted blossom branches, consisting of 164 tsp, 15 dinner plates, no. 3549, d:25 cm., 10 soup plates, no. 3546, d: 22 cm., 50 cake plates, no. 3579 (three of them no. 621) 19 cm., 2 large oval meat plates, no. 3517, l: 36 cm., plate, no. 3508, L: 23 cm., 4 plates/platters with openwork rim, no. 3526, D: 27 cm., 7 plates/platters with openwork rim, no. 3553, D: 25 cm., 3 plates/platters with openwork rim, no. 3554, D: 23 cm, 3 plates with openwork rim, no. 3574, D: 29 cm., 5 small lidded tureens, no. 3624, D: 11 cm., 3 bowls with handle, no.3543, L:18 cm., bowl with handle, no. 3542, L: 17 cm., bowl with handle, no. 3544, L: 21 cm., 2 stock cups with UT, no. 3612, D: 17 cm. (UT), 4 tea cups with UT, no. 81 and 82, cup, D: 13 cm., 6 dessert plates, no. 3551, D: 17 cm., 4 confectionary bowls, no. 3501, D: 8 cm., 4 cream pots with UT, no. 3575 and 3576, H: 9,5 cm., 6 egg cups, no. 3530, H: 5,5 cm, 7 coffee cups with UT, no. 3618, h: 6 cm., 8 coffee cups with UT, no. 3597, h: 7 cm., 1 lidded cup with UT, no. 3514 and 3515, h: 8 cm., min. signs of age and use, paper labels and label remains
In 1790, the Danish Crown Prince and later King Frederick VI ordered a dinner service with Flora Danica motifs from the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Copenhagen. The service was to be a gift for the Russian Tsarina Catherine the Great. However, her death in 1796 prevented the delivery. Frederick received the service at the end of 1802; it was first used for his birthday banquet on 29 January 1803. The production of the service became the life's work of artists working as porcelain painters, such as the Nuremberg-born painter Johann Christoph Bayer (1738-1812) and his son Johann Theodor (1782-1873). Of the original 1802 individual pieces, about 1500 still remain, most of which are still used today at state banquets in Christiansborg Palace. Parts are on display in Rosenborg and Amalienborg Castles. It is still produced and sold in the trade by Royal Copenhagen.
Provenance: Private collection of a Munich antique dealer.
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