Porcelain punch bowl “Slaget på Reden” decorated in grisaille and gold with prospect of the Battle of Copenhagen after C.A. Lorentzen after design of J.F. Clemens. Cartouche with the inscription “Dedicated to O. Fischer and all the brave Danes Copenhagen 2nd of April 1801 by Roepstorff” and circular painting showing the battle line with Battery Sixtus in the foreground. Royal Copenhagen 1807. Diam. 34 cm. H. 16 cm.
In 1805 Governor-General U.W. de Roepstorff commissioned 23 gray and 21 coloured punch-bowls with prospect of the Battle of Copenhagen. The decoration was done after a watercolour by C.A. Lorentzen, whose large painting is copper engraved by J.F. Clemens. All punch bowls are with variation and painted on freehand without using puncheon.
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