20TH CENTURY

Details

A Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica part dinner and dessert service
20th Century
Of conventional form, each piece painted with specimen flowers or fruit, within a gilt-beaded and serrated rim

Comprising:

- A soup tureen and cover,
- A vegetable tureen with a handle and cover,
- A large oval dish,
- An oval fish lid,
- A circular dish,
- Six soup plates,
- Eight large plates,
- Eight small plates,
- Four desert plates,
- A coffee pot and cover,
- A sugar bowl and cover,
- A biscuit dish and cover,
- Eight cups and saucers,
- Eight side plates. (63)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Crown Prince Frederick, the Danish Regent, commissioned the first Flora Danica service in 1790, with the intention of presenting it as a gift to the Empress of Russia, Catherine II. However, after her death in 1796 this was abandoned, and he took possession of it for his own household.

The service is decorated with the flowers of Denmark (Flora Danica) and each piece is hand painted, with the Latin botanical name of each specimen on the underside of each piece. The porcelain is produced in relatively small quantities at the factory at Frederiksborg. The Prince's original service is now at Rosenborg, in the Turret room of the ancient palace.

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