A 162 piece porcelain dinner service, 'Sommerfugl', Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark.
Comprising:
25 dinner plates, 24.5 cm.
18 starter plates, 21.5 cm.
12 deep plates, 21.5 cm.
12 small plates, 19.5 cm.
12 small plates, 17.5 cm.
8 small dishes, 10 cm.
6 egg cups, 6 cm.
Salt shaker, 7 cm.
Pepper shaker, 7 cm.
2 candle holders 13 cm.
2 lower candle holders, 11 cm diameter.
Sauce bowl, 14 cm.
Sauce boat, 23 cm.
Vinegar flask with stopper, 14 cm.
Cigar holders/toothpick holders, 6,5 cm.
Tea pot, 16 cm.
Centerpiece dish, 10,5 cm.
14 tea cups with saucers, saucers' diameter 15 cm.
Sugar bowl, 12 cm.
Sugar bowl, 9 cm.
Creamer, 9,5 cm.
3 oval serving dishes, 18-42 cm.
3 rectangular serving dishes, 21,5-39 cm.
2 leaf shaped dishes, 19-25 cm.
3 dishes on foot, 15-25 cm.
Square bowl, 22 cm.
Round dish, 27 cm.
Jug, 17 cm.
13 coffee cups with saucers, saucers' diameter 14 cm.
6 cream cups 8 cm.
6 mochacups with saucers, diameter 12 cm.
1 coffe pot, height 23 cm.
One tea saucer and two coffe saucers included. Minor wear. Wear commensurate with age and use. Minor stains. Crack to two mocha cups.
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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