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A ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA CACHE-POT
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A ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA CACHE-POT

20TH CENTURY, PRINTED BLUE WAVE AND OTHER MARKS, TITLED IN BLACK SCRIPT

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A ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA CACHE-POT
20TH CENTURY, PRINTED BLUE WAVE AND OTHER MARKS, TITLED IN BLACK SCRIPT
Of oval form, the branch-moulded handles issuing flower terminals, painted with yellow-flowering branches within seeded panels and gilt rims
6 5/8 in. (16.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Displayed in the Hall of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Sharing the same name as the Danish national botanical encyclopaedia from which the flowers studies were copied, the Flora Danica service was commissioned by Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in 1790. According to tradition the service was intended as a gift for the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia. The gifted artist and great porcelain painter Johann Christoph Bayer carefully reproduced motifs from the comprehensive encyclopaedia, taking him twelve years to complete.

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