A Private Collection of Danish Porcelain
Focus on Uniques of the Art Nouveau
Bing and Gröndahl Porcelain
The Porcelain Factory of Bing&Gröndahl was founded 15.04.1853 in Copenhagen Denmark. The founders were the sculptor Frederic Vilhelm Gröndahl and the merchant brothers Meyer Hermann and Jacob Hermann Bing.
The company soon got in competion to Royal Copenhagen and was one of the leading porcelain companies in the Art Nouveau in Europe.
Famous achievements:
- The Seagull Service by Fanny Garde
- The Heron Service by Pietro Krohn
- The first Christmas plate in 1895 by Augst Hallin
- Various successful exhibitions during the Art Nouveau Period
Since 1987 merges with the former Competitor Royal Copenhagen
Famous artists for B&G: Pietro Krohn (artistic director 1885-1905), Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone, Fanny Garde, Peter Dahl Jensen, Peter Kofoed and Elisabeth Drewes-Kofoed, Siegfried and Olga Wagner, F.A. Hallin and many others.
Subject: Town Plates Odense, Roskilde and
Hilleröd
Date of Production: 1899 - 1902
Decorating Artist: Effie Hegermann Lindencrone
Unique Number: none
Diameter: 24 cm
Height: 3 cm
Motif: Town Symbols of Roskilde, Odense
and Hilleröd
Remarks:
KRC0247, KRC0248, KRC0249
Subject: Plate of Kunst Industry Exhibition in
Stockholm 1897
Date of Production: 1897
Decorating Artist: Unknown "L"
Unique Number: 924
Diameter: 21 cm
Height: 3 cm
Motif: Royal Swedish
Remarks:
KRC1139
Subject: Bing and Gröndahl Christmas Plates
Date of Production: 1895 - 1904
Unique Number: none
Diameter: 17.5 cm
Height: 3 cm
Motif: Behind the frozen window (1895) by
August Hallin was the first Christmas
Other motives from other artists in the
following years, still continued
Remarks:
KRC0235 - KRC0244
Subject: Brass (Brass and copper) Stamp marks
Date of Production: After 1900
Unique Number: none
Size item one: 47x33x7 mm
Size item two: 40x40x7 mm
Motif: "B&G Kjöbenhavn - Kongelig Hof
Leverandör" and Bing & Gröndahl
Porcelaensfabrik"
Remarks: Possibly used to mark transport boxes,
etc.
KRC0245, KRC0246
