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Catalog Number |
1976.1.4950.7.1 |
Object Name |
Dish, Tea Bag |
Date |
1870 - 1890 |
Title/Pattern |
Blue Fluted Half Lace |
Artist/Author/Creator |
Royal Copenhagen |
Description |
One of 5 small "Blue Fluted Half* Lace" Royal Copenhagen Tea Bag Dishes, or perhaps used as a Demitasse saucer. This small blue and white plate has fluting that begins at the outer rim and runs towards the center of the dish. It has "scalloping" all around, but comes to a point, rather than being rounded. The hand-painted pattern is based on stylised chrysanthemum and cinquefoil. The design includes depictions of flowers on stems, petals, leaves, and ivy. *This plate is part of a porcelain dinnerware set, made by Royal Copenhagen, in the Blue Fluted pattern. Blithewold's set includes about 270 individual pieces. The Blue Fluted pattern was Royal Copenhagen’s first porcelain dinner service, it was first made and used in 1775, and continues to be sold today. The Blithewold dinner service includes three sub-sets of the Blue Fluted pattern: Plain, "Half " Lace, and "Full" Lace. The patterns differ in complexity, with Full Lace having a unique "open-border" band around the rim or foot of some pieces, a gilded rim edge, and may be more densely painted. The Plain and Half-Lace patters appear similar, so for our purposes, we are calling all patterns of either type, "Half-Lace." According to Royal Copenhagen, all designs are hand-painted. Maker's Marks may be hand-painted, or hand-stamped. For more information: http://wow.royalcopenhagen.us/shop/shop-series/1/dinnerware/4/blue-fluted-half-lace |
Maker's Information |
On the recessed underside, three waves painted in blue under the glaze. The format of this Maker's Mark dates this item to 1870-1890. The artist's number "33." is under the waves. |
Materials |
Porcelain/Paint/Glaze/Ink/China |
Condition |
Good |
Search Terms |
Plate Saucer Dinnerware Dining China Flowers Floral Royal Copenhagen |
Catalog Sub-category |
Food Service T&E |