Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Coffee Cup And Saucer

Formal Dinnerware

Item #: 80977

$2,150

6 oz.

Flora Danica is one of Royal Copenhagen's most famous patterns. It is renowned as the most exquisite and expensive pattern in the world. It was originally commissioned in 1790 by the King for Catherine the Great of Russia.

Danish Flora was reproduced on the porcelain copying the copperplates published in Flora Danica, one of the Age of Enlightenment's greatest botanical works. It took twelve years to produce, and is comprised of 1,802 pieces.

With its sumptuous bombardment of hand-modeled flowers and leaves delicate cut, elegant gold borders and Danish Flora painted by hand in minute detail, this service is a classic example of the style of the time.

The service was revived for the marriage of Princess Alexandra of Denmark to the future King Edward III of England in 1863.

*Botanical image on item will be one of possible 1800 different hand-painted Danish Flora.

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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