About the collector and collecting items in specific

Back in 1993 my wife made me aware of Christmas Plates of Royal Copenhagen. You are either hunter or collector, so I decided for the collecting and completed my RC Christmas plate collection a few years later. During various stays in Denmark we gathered the first figurines and developed our love to the Sommerfugl stel (butterfly service) from Bing&Gröndahl.

My collection items became more specific and older through the years. In 2010 I bought my first unique vase on Ebay and concentrated on the Art Nouveau Period of B&G as well as Royal Copenhagen.

Meanwhile I was able to estabilsh exciting and always interesting contacts to collectors in the United States, Japan, Denmark and Germany. It is astonishing how much information can meanwhile be retrieved about this period, the style and the artists.

By exposing our collections to the public we would like to draw the attention of the public again to this famous time and the porcelain art in Denmark. We hope that publications and exhibitions will help on that.

Attention: Collecting items may cause serious addiction with all consequences.

                A collection will never be completed.....

Have fun while looking at these pages.

Below a couple of useful links:

Selection of useful Literature

A Collector's Guide to Royal Copenhagen Porcelain, Caroline & Nick Pope, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001, ISBN 0-7643-1386-X

Alt-Meißner Porzellan in Dresden, Ingelore Menzhausen, Weltbild Verlag GmbH Augsburg 1992, ISBN 3-89350-138-X

Art Nouveau från Rörstrand · Konstkeramiken 1895–1926, Markus Dimdal, FÖRLAG Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing, ISBN: 978-91-87543-53-1

Billedhuggerne Olga og Siegfried Wagner, Vejen Kunst Museum 2005, ISBN 87-87316-38-2

Bing & Grondahl Figurines, Caroline & Nick Pope, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2002, ISBN 0-7643-1698-2

Bing & Gröndahls Porcellainfabrik, Kjöbenhavn, Copenhagen, 1910

Bing&Gröndal, Manufactur für Kopenhagen Porzellan Kopenhagen, Grand Prix Paris 1925, Ausstellung Grassi-Museum Leipzig, 6. Mörz - 15. August 1927

Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain, Arthur Hayden, T. Fisher Unwin LTD., 1918

Christian Benjamin Olsen - Der Dänische Marinemaler 1873-1935, Ausstellungskatalog 22.6.-20.10.2013, Middelfart Museum, Thorsten Kristian Fükking

Christmas Plates from Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl, Lars Christoffersen, Schiffer Books, ISBN 139780764320897

Dahl-Jensen Figurines 1897-1985, Caroline and Nick Pope, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2003, ISBN 0-7643-1760-1

Dansk Porcelaen 1775-2000, Design i 225 ar, Det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum, Copenhagen, 2000

Das Flora Danica Service, 1790-1802, Höhepunkt der Botanischen Malerei, Ausstellung Schloss Charlottenburg Berlin, 21.10.1999 - 09.01.2000, Den Kongelige Udstillingsfond Köbenhavn und Autoren, Copenhagen 1999, ISBN 87-98-3777-3-6

Das Weisse Gold des Nordens, Kopenhagener Porzellan des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts, Hessische Hausstiftung Museum Schloss Fasanerie, Sonderausstellung und Bestandskatalog 1992

Decorated Porcelain in Art Nouveau Period, Exhibition Catalogue Japan 2015 (2015-2017), Gifu Museum of Fine Arts, Mitsui Museum Tokyo, et alt., ISBN 978-4-901997-24-9

Den KGL. Danske Porcelainsfabrik I 18. Aarhundrede, Bordservicer og Figurer, Victor P. Christensen, Copenhagen 1938, Levin&Munksgaard

Den Kongelige danske Porcelains Fabrik. Særtryk af Før og Nu 6. årg. nr. 10. ZACHARIAE, F., Alfred Hassings Forlag København

Denmark:Design, Exhibition curated by Designmuseum Danmark and Michael&Mariko Whiteway. 23.4.-27.6.2021

Die Englische Standuhr - 300 Jahre klassische Uhrmacherkunst, Derek Roberts, Georg D.W. Callwey VErlag, München1990/1993, ISBN 3-7667-1079-6

Einleitung zu der Kräuterkenntniß - Erster Theil, Chistian Georg Oeder, Kopenhagen, 1764

En Köbenhavnsk Porcelaensfabriks Historie, Bing & Gröndahl 1853-1978, Erik Lassen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, ISBN 87-17-02388-2

Figurer og Andre Plastiske Arbejder, Fra den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik I Perioden 1780-1920, S.B. Fredstrup, Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, 1939

Flora Danica - Icones Plantarum Sponte Nascentium in Regnis Daniae et Norvegiae, in Ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiae, et in Comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiae. Christian Georg Oeder, Columes 1-3, plates 1-540 MDCCLXIV (1764)

Flora Danica - Icones Plantarum Sponte Nascentium in Regnis Daniae et Norvegiae, in Ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiae, et in Comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiae. Otto Friedrich Müller, Volume 4-5, plates 541-900, MDCCLXXVII (1777)

Flora Danica - Icones Plantarum Sponte Nascentium in Regnis Daniae et Norvegiae, in Ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiae, et in Comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiae. Martin Vahl, Volume 6-20, plates 901-1200, MDCCXCII (1792/1794/1797)

Flora Danica 1790 - 1990, Royal Copenhagen Japan, December 1989

Gammelt Porsgrund, Kleinodier verd a eie, Josef Halvorsen, Kjell Egil Larsen, Grenmar Forlag DA, Porsgrunn, 1997, ISBN 82-992998-2-9

Georg Jensen - A Tradition of Splendid Silver, Janet Drucker, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 1997, ISBN 0-88740-978-4

Historien om Flora Danica, M. Skytte Christiansen, Copenhagen 1973, Dansk Esso A/S

Influences from Japan in Danish Art and Design 1870-2010, Mirjam Gelfer-Jörgensen, The Danish Architectural Press, 2013, ISBN 978-87-7407-415-1

Itaya Hazan - Celebrating the artist on the 50th anniversary of his death, 2013/2014

Japanischer Formenschatz, Bände 1-6 (36 Hefte), Siegfried Bing, Herausgeber E.A. Seemann, 1888-1891. English Tilte "Artistic Japan", French Title "Le Japon Artistique".

Japonomania im Norden Europas 1875-1918, Gabriel P. Weisberg, Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff&Hanne Selkokari, Frölich&Kaufmann Verlag und Versand GmbH, ISBN 978-3-945330-09-8, 2016

Jugendstil-Blüten, Florad Dekorationen im Kundsthandwerk des Jugendstils, Bröhan-Museum Berlin, Ingeborg Becker, Rosewith Braig, 1985, zur Ausstellung Juni - September 1985

Kongelig Dansk - Blamalt porselen Fra Den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik 1775-ca. 1820, Lauritz G. Dorenfeldt, C. Huitfeldt Forlag, Oslo, 1998, ISBN 82-7003-188-7

Kongelig Dansk 2 - Blamalst porselen Fra Den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik 1820 - 1923, Lauritz G. Dorenfeldt, C. Huitfeldt Forlag , Oslo 2000, ISBN 82-7003-234-4

Kongeligt Porecelaen, Brogetmalet Porcelaen Frau den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik 1775 - 1810, Lauritz G. Dorenfeldt, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 2016, ISBN 978-87-17-04472-2

Kongelig Dansk Porcelain 1775-1884, Bredo L. Grandjean, Thaning & Appels Forlag, Copenhagen 1948

Kopenhagener Porzellan und Steinzeug - Unikate des Jugendstil und Art Deco, Gisela Reineking von Bock, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, 1991

Kostbarkeiten aud Jugendstil und Art Deco, Schriften und Kataloge des Jugenstilmuseums Reissenweber GmbH, Band 1, erste Auflage.

Kunst und Handwerk - Monatsschrift des Bayerischen Kunstgewerbevereins, various authors, later also in English, 1897 - 1932

Kunst und Kunsthandwerk - Monatsschrift des K.K.Österr. Museums für Kunst und Industrie. A. von Scala, Verlag von ARTARIA&Co in Wien, III. Jahrgang 1900, Heft 9, XXIV. Jahrgang 1921, Hefte 1-10

Künstler_Monographien - Thorwaldsen, Band 16, Adolf Rosenberg, Verlag Velhagen & Klafing, Bielefeld und Leipzig, 1896

Meissen Porcelain of the Art Nouveau Period, Johannes Just, Seven Hills Books Cincinnati, 1983 Edition Leipzig, ISBN 0-911403-06-X

Pietro Krohn - Danmarks Kunstneriske Puls, Mirjam Gelfer-Jörgensen, Det Kongelige Dankse Videnskabernes Selskab, 2014, ISBN 978-87-7304-383-7

Porcelain Masterpieces, Copenhagen 1890-1930, Chris van Otterloo, Gbooks International 2021. ISBN/EAN 97894922368652

Porsgrunds Porselaensfabrik, Bedrift og produksjon gjennom atti ar av Alf Boe, Utgitt av Porsgrunds Porselaensfabrik 1967 I Kommisjon hos Johan Grundt Tanums Forlag Oslo

Porzellan - Erster Band, Kunst und Design 1889 bis 1939, Vom Jugendstil zum Funktionalismus, Karl H. Bröhan, Bestandskatalog des Bröhan Museums, Berlin 1993

Porzellan - Zweiter Band, Kunst und DEsign 1889 bis 1939, Vom Jugendstil zum Funktionalismus, Karl H. Bröhan, Bestandskatalog des Bröhan Museums, Berlin 1996

Raffinesse & Eleganz, Königliche Porzellane des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Twinight Collection New York, Samuel Witwer, Hirmer Verlag München, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7774-3465-0

Rörstrand Porcelain - Art Nouveau Masterpieces, The Robert Schreiber Collection, Bengt Nyström, Abbevill Press Publishers, ISBN 1-55859-844-8

Rörstrand - Jugenstil Porzellan aus Schweden, Bengt Nyström, Collection Hans Schmidts, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-89790-341-8

Rörstrand - Swedish Art Nouveau Porcelain from the Robert Schreiber Collection, American Craft Museum 1999, ISBN 1-890385-02-6

Royal Copenhagen 1910 Catalog, Reprint 2005, Danish Porcelain Imports, Joplin/MO

Royal Copenhagen 1930 Catalog, Reprint 2005, Danish Porcelain Imports, Joplin/MO

Royal Copenhagen 1830 Juliane Marie Collection, Reprint 2005, Danish Porcelain Imports, Joplin/MO

Royal Copenhagen Porcelain, The History and Development from the Eighteenth Century to the present Day, Arthur Hayden, New York, McBride, Nast&Company, 1912

Royal Copenhagen Porcelain - Animals and Figurines, Robert J. Heritage, Schiffer Books 1997/2002, ISBN 0-7643-1572-2

Skinner Auction Catalog, European Furniture & Decorative Arts, Sale 2305, Janurary 7, 2006, Boston

The Artist, An Illustrated Monthly record of Arts Crafts and Industries, Volumes XXIV, XXV and XXVI, London: 9. Red Lion Court, E.C.

The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Volume IV: Ceramics and Glass, Alastair Duncan, Antique Collectors´ Club, 1988, ISBN 1851492291

The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory 1775-1975, By the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory, 1975, ISBN 87-980342-1-9

The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory and the Faience Manufactory Aluminia, Past and Present, Xenius Rostock, Copenhagen, Det Berlingske Bogtrykkeri, 1939

The Royal Danish Porcelain - Royal Copenhagen, Exhibition Catalogue Japan 2004-2005

The Shiokawa Collection - The Scandinavian Art Nouveau Porcelain, Exhibition Catalogue 2011, Gifu Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, IBARAKI Ceramik Art Museum, The Shoto Museum of Art

Tidsskrift For Kunstindustri, published by Industriforeningen in Copenhagen, C. Nyrop,  1885-1888, 1891-1894, 1897-1899

Wahlverwandtschaften um 1900 - Katagami: Abbild, Vorbild, Inspiration, Ausstellungskatalog 2011, Museum Zons

Workbook Jo Hahn Locher, Copy of the original from the Clay Museum, 1907 -

Workbook Anna Smidth 1888-1915, Copy of the original, which is in private property, ca. 1915

Датский фарфор в России : 1880-е – 1917 / ГМЗ Петергоф. – СПб ; Петергоф, Абрис, 2006. – 151 с. : ил. – ISBN 5-88810-069-2