A 133-piece "Musselmalet" porcelain dinner and coffee service, Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark.
Comprising of:
22 dinner plates, 24.5 cm.
10 soup plates, 24 cm.
12 deep plates, 21 cm.
27 side plates, 16 cm.
3 pedestal dishes, 23.5 cm.
Bowl, 20.5 cm.
Leaf-shaped dish, 19.5 cm.
Small round dish, 9.5 cm.
Small round dish, 13.5 cm.
Small shell-shaped dish, 8.5 cm.
Candle holder, height 5 cm.
Coffee pot, height 25 cm.
Cream jug, height 10.5 cm.
Sugar bowl, height 12 cm.
3 tea cups with saucers, saucers' diameter 16.5 cm.
23 coffee cups with saucers, saucers' diameter 13.5 cm.
Flowerpot, diameter 14 cm.
Footed bowl, 9.5 cm.
Small oval dish, 18 cm.
Oval serving dish, 29 cm.
Four coffee saucers included (chips and repairs). Some wear. Chips. Cracks. The majority of pieces are not first quality.
The priest Jens Thyrie Böggild and Countess Polly Charlotte Danneskiold-Samsøe.
Bing & Grøndahls porcelain factory was established in 1853 in Copenhagen. Their earlier production consisted mostly of figurines, but in the 1880s began to artistically design tableware and stoneware. After 1987 the factory became part of the Royal Copenhagen company. One of the most famous tableware sets is the Måge set, or Måsen, created by Fanny Garde, which during the 1950s was promoted as Denmark’s national tableware.
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