'The bird Service' two fluted porcelain deep plates, moulded with cartouches in relief, decorated in colours and gold with birds and insects. The Royal Danish Porcelain Factory, circa 1780. Diam. 24 cm. (2)
The bird decorations are taken from various engravings from circa 1775. Among others J.El. Ridinger: Raub Vögel Bey Tage, 1781. G.F. Riedel: Sammlung von Feder Vieh besonders Haus Geflügel nuzlich Fabriquen 1775 and IM Seeligmann: Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltner Vögel 1753. Depicted in Bredo L. Grandjean: Royal Danish Porcelain, 1962. p. 92. Provenance: A Danish private collection
Both plates with chips along edges, a plate with repairs to the rim.
Royal Copenhagen. 250 years of tradition and innovation, 29 September 2025
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