“Lystfartøjer i Øresund”. Ships in the Great Sound - a Royal porcelain vase, decorated in underglaze colours with ships off the coast of Elsinore, among others the Royal Danish yacht Dannebrog and presumably King Christian X of Denmark's yacht, Rita, with the King on board. Signed and dated Chr. Benjamin Olsen 25.5.32. H. 22 cm.
Provenance: King Christian X (1870–1947) and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (1879–1952); their son and daughter-in-law, Hereditary Prince Knud (1900–1976) and Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912–1995); their daughter, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935–2018). Before her death the vase was given to private Danish ownership, which it has been until today.