A 73 piece porcelain dinner and coffee service, 'Seagull', Bing & Brøndahl, Denmark.
Comprising:
12 dinner plates, 25 cm.
12 deep plates, 25 cm.
12 small plates, 17,5 cm.
5 oval dishes, 23-40 cm.
Leaf shaped dish, 25 cm.
Tureen, 25 cm.
2 sauce bowls, 23 cm.
2 sat/pepper shakers, 7 cm.
2 bowls, 20-24 cm.
2 candle holders, 6 cm.
12 coppee cups with saucers, diameter of saucer 14 cm.
4 vases, 14-22 cm.
Creamer, 9 cm.
Sugar bowl, 12 cm.
Coffee pot, 24 cm.
Bowl on foot, 14 cm.
2 rectangular dishes, 22-39 cm.
A few small plates and two candle holders not first quality. Crack and chip to one cup. Minor wear.
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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