A Private Collection of Danish Porcelain
Focus on Uniques of the Art Nouveau
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain
The Porcelain Factory of Royal Copenhagen was founded 01.05.1775 in Copenhagen Denmark under the protection of Queen Juliane Marie. The factory mark with the three blue wavy lines is still used today. It symbolizes the seas that are surrounding Denmark, The Öresund, the Little Belt and the Great Belt.
The company was in competition to the established companies in Europe like Meissen. After first steps the company soon developed its own style.
Famous achievements:
- The Flora Danica Service
- The Musselmalet / Blue Fluted Service
- Many naturalistic figurines of people and animals
- Various successful exhibitions during the Art Nouveau Period beginning with the World Expo in Paris 1889
Since 1987 merges with the former Competitor Bing&Gröndahl
Famous artists for RC:Arnold Krog (artistic director 1885-1916), C.F. Liisberg, Carl Mortensen, Marianne Host, Vilhem Theodor Fischer, Gerhard Heilmann, Svend Hammershoj, Gerhard Henning, F.A. Hallin and many others.
Artist Decoration: 127 - Miss F. Nielsen
Artist mold: Christian Thomsen
Date of Production: 1908
Production Number: unknown
Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Depth: 15.5 cm
Motif: Madonna and child
Remarks: For the German market
"WEIHNACHTEN"
KRC0378
Artist Decoration: 132 - Miss O. Olsen
Artist mold: Stephan Ussing
Date of Production: 1911
Production Number: unknown
Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Depth: 15.5 cm
Motif: House, lanscape and Xmas star
Remarks: After production began, RC decided
to align the diameter to 18.5 cm as
B&G plates. Produced small plates
were destroyed. All of them except
roughly 50 pieces. Known as the
"Thief Plate"
KRC0380
Artist Decoration: 194 - unknown
Artist mold: unknown - ca. 1907
Date of Production: 1923 - 1936
Production Number: 849
Height: 1.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Depth: 22.5 cm
Motif: Dealer Sign
Remarks: For the German market
"Die Königliche Porzellanfabrik
Kopenhagen"
KRC0381
Artist Decoration: 129 - Miss E.E. Nielsen
Artist mold: Christian Thomsen
Date of Production: 1908
Production Number: unknown
Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Depth: 15.5 cm
Motif: Madonna and child
Remarks: For the Danish/general market
"JUL"
KRC0379
Artist Decoration: various
Artist mold: various
Date of Production: 1909 - 2022 (114 plates)
Production Number: unknown
Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 18 cm (15.5 cm)
Depth: 18 cm (15.5 cm)
Motif: various
Remarks: For the Danish/general market
"JUL" until 1952
KRC0563 - KRC0675, KRC1191
Artist Decoration: 199 - unknown
Artist mold: unknown - ca. 1907
Date of Production: 1897 - 1922
Production Number: 849
Height: 1.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Depth: 22.5 cm
Motif: Dealer Sign
Remarks: For the French market
"Manufacture Royale de Porcelaines de
Copenhague"
KRC0382
Artist Decoration: 55? - Miss L. Christensen
Artist mold: unknown - ca. 1907
Date of Production: 1923 - 1936
Production Number: 849
Height: 1.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Depth: 22.5 cm
Motif: Dealer Sign
Remarks: For the Danish market
"Den Kongelige Porcelains Fabrik
Kjöbenhavn"
KRC0383
Artist Decoration: 33 - Miss M. Kjaer
Artist mold: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: 1897 - 1922
Production Number: 4504 (22/4504)
Height: 3 cm
Width: 19 cm
Depth: 19 cm
Motif: Art nouveau bat pattern
Remarks: Bat Service
KRC0384
Artist Decoration: J.L.M. - unknown
Artist mold: unknown
Date of Production: ca. 1950 - 1980
Production Number: 2740 (unique)
Height: 3.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Depth: 23.5 cm
Motif: Wine grapes
Remarks: Opus Scholasticum was a initiative
to copy old style parts and patterns
with old technique and quality
KRC0391
Artist Decoration: 4 - Miss B. Gether
Artist mold: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: 1894 - 1897
Production Number: 4502/4505 (22/4502 and 22/4505)
Height: 8/9 cm
Width: 7,5/11,5 cm
Depth: 5,5/9,5 cm
Motif: Art nouveau bat pattern
Remarks: Bat Service
KRC0385, KRC0386
Artist Decoration: 4 - Miss B. Gether and
5 - Miss Lykke Thora
Artist mold: Arnold Krog
Date of Production: 1894 - 1897
Production Number: 4503 (22/4503
Height: 4,5 cm
Diameter: 11 cm
Motif: Art nouveau bat pattern
Remarks: Bat Service
KRC0387 - KRC0390
Artist Decoration: 44 - Miss E. Johansen, Clemmensen,
C. Petersen or Miss H. Hansen
Artist mold: unknown
Date of Production: ca. 1880 - 1893
Production Number: 1573 (4/1573)
Height: 13 cm
Width: 33 cm
Depth: 19 cm
Motif: Saxon Flower
Remarks: Fruit Bowl
KRC0392
Artist Decoration: Hans Jacob Hansen 1789 - 1819
Artist mold: unknown
Date of Production: ca. 1800
Production Number: unknown
Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 25.5 cm
Depth: 25.5 cm
Motif: Blue Onion (copy of Meissen pattern)
Remarks: Compare Lauritz G. Dorenfeldt
"Kongelig Danmsk I, 1775 - 1820"
page 27
KRC0393