Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Half Lace Bread And Butter Plate

Formal Dinnerware

Item #: 3491

$120

6 3/4" Diameter

Microwave and Dishwasher Safe.

The Blue Fluted service dates from the 1770's and was one of the first patterns to be used when the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory was founded in 1775. The Fluted pattern is produced in three different designs: Plain, Half Lace and Full Lace.

The Blue Fluted Plain service forms the basis of several other fluted services. It was refined, resulting in first the Blue Fluted Full Lace and then the Blue Fluted Half Lace services. All edges of the Blue Fluted Half Lace features an elegant lace border, meticulously decorated with mussels. The service is completed by a decoration of delicate snail shells on all lids.

Hard paste porcelain had been all the rage among the rich and powerful of Europe since its introduction from Japan and China in the 1700's. It was known as “white gold" because of its exorbitant cost, and every European court wanted its own hard paste porcelain manufactory to not only stem the flow monies from its coffers, but also for the prestige of boasting their own most beautiful opulent pieces. Denmark was not immune to this obsession. The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory was founded in 1775 by the chemist Frantz Heinrich Muller ...
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