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Spisestel kongeligt
blå blomst kantet flettet svejfet B&G kgl. Servizio Danese Gabbiano. Dänisches
Kopenhagener porzellan dinnerware porcelaines
de copenhaguen B.& G tableware Blaue blume geschweift
glatt eckig blue flower braided curved angular fleur bleue polugonal chantourne'
osier Royal Copenhagen Denmark
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Blue
Fluted Plain
The pattern is admired for its vigour and timeless qualities and is
believed to illustrate a chrysanthemum, which, through abstractions and
simplifications, was transformed into its present form long before the
pattern reached Europe.
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When
Europe reinvented the old Chinese secret of making porcelain in the early
1700s, many European princes took pride in establishing their own
porcelain factories, and this old Chinese pattern migrated from one
factory to another. When the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory was
established in 1775, its founder, Frantz Henrich Müller, adopted it too.
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Blue
Fluted Half Lace
No less than 1,197 hand painted brush strokes. Although the pattern
originated from China and has been used in a multiplicity of variations by
porcelain factories all over the world, the Danish Blue Fluted has gained
its world fame as the true Blue Fluted. This is due to the fact that in
Denmark is the pattern still painted by hand by specially trained
craftspeople; a tradition still carried on today by a new generation of
porcelain painters - even though it takes 1,197 brush strokes to paint a
Blue Fluted dinner plate. |
Blue
Fluted Full Lace
The Blue Fluted pattern is part of Denmark's cultural heritage. To
connoisseurs all over the world it is synonymous with Danish porcelain.
Blue Fluted is Royal Copenhagen's very first porcelain dinner service and
is to Danish underglaze-decorated porcelain what the costly Flora Danica
is to Danish overglaze-decorated porcelain: a measure of the skill,
tradition and craftsmanship at Royal Copenhagen.
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| The Royal
Copenhagen Porcelain factory was founded in 1775, under the protection of
Queen Juliane Marie, by the chemist, Frantz Heinrich Müller, who
following years of experimentation and trials finally mastered the
production the coveted hard porcelain. The three waved lines, symbolising
Denmark’s three straits: Øresund, Store Bælt and Lille Bælt, are
adopted as the trademark. one above the other, were adopted as a factory
mark in 1775. |
The factory was
beset by difficulties during its first few years, but the problems of
'poor raw materials, lack of experience, unsuccessful firings,
disappointing experiments' were eventually overcome, and in 1779 the
absolute monarch King Christian VII assumed financial responsibility, thus
guaranteeing the future of the porcelain factory. |
As with many
other early procelain factories the greater proportion of of Royal
Copenhagen porcelain was painted cobalt blue before glazing. At the time
it was the only colour to withstand the high temperatures required to fuse
the porcelain mass and the glaze to make Chinese style porcelain. Royal
Copenhagen continues to produce china and dinnerware in the traditional
“blue and white style,” it has become the factory’s mark of
distinction.
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The first
dinner service pattern produced by the factory was the 'Blue Fluted',
a popular pattern with a number of companies since the taut stylised
floral motive originated in China and was considered the epitome of
genuine porcelain. Royal Copenhagen still continues to paint the pattern
by hand, even today. 'Blue Fluted' would gradually become
synonymous with Danish porcelain. In 1779 another blue dinner service was
introduced and it is also still in production today the 'Blue Flower',
reflecting the contemporary European style of naturalistic flowers. |
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INFORMATION
OM FORSIKRINGSVURDERING,
tyveri eller beskadigelse
Litteratur om danske stel: Kongelig Dansk 1775-1820,
Kongelig Dansk1820-1923, Dansk Porcelæn 1775-2000.
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