Bing & Grøndahl

From the Collection of Henrik Petrini (1931-2015). The collection has been sensitively put together by the avid collector over the past 35 years. Buying from private Swedish collections, auctions and on travels abroad. The collection shows his great interest in glazes, porcelain painting and potting techniques garnered from extensive study of the subject. It is a broad and comprehensive study collection. Henrik Petrini had an engineering degree from the Swedish Defence University. He was an officer at the Artillery, followed by a civil career for the American company IBM.

Bing & Grøndahls porslinsfabrik etablerades 1853 i Köpenhamn. Deras tidiga produktion bestod främst av figuriner men på 1880-talet började man tillverka konstnärligt formgivet servisporslin och stengods. Efter 1987 ingår fabriken i Royal Copenhagens koncern. En av de mest kända serviserna är Måge-stellet, eller Måsen, skapad av Fanny Garde, som på 1950-talet utnämndes till Danmarks nationalservis.