A 'Blue Fluted Plain' / 'Musselmalet rifflet' strainer tray, Royal Copenhagen, around 1780.
Strainer for a fish platter.
Sculpted handle in the form of a fish, perforated. Fluted relief and painted with underglaze blue. Marked with three straight 'bølgelinier' or wave patterns and painter's signature "3". Probably Raben Svardalyhn. Length 36 cm.
Firing crack to the back of the dish.
From the collection of Börje Johansson, a Swedish private collector, who focused on the most rare pieces from the famous Musselmalet service from Royal Copenhagen. He collected 1 000 objects for 20 years and now Bukowskis are entrusted to sell over 700 items in three auctions. The first part is offered online in November 2024, eighteen of the most spectacular pieces are to be sold at the Important Winter Sale 661, the last part of the collection will be offered in March 2025. The main focus in Börje Johanssons collection has been individual interesting pieces and not the full services. This is a collection comprising some of the earliest and most desirable Musselmalet items, but also later interesting collectibles, each piece made with the recognized and loved craftmanship of Royal Copenhagen, Den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik.
Kongeligt Porcelæn 1775-1820 Blåmålet porcelæn fra Den Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik, Dorenfeldt, København 2004, p. 46.