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Brand Story
Royal Copenhagen
The founding
of The Royal Privileged Porcelain Manufactory
 In
Meissen, J.F.Bottger discovers the secret of Chinese porcelain, and
porcelain manufactories begin to spring in Europe. Even in a prosperous
country like Denmark desired earnestly to be a procelain-producing country.
The chemist F.H. Muller's experiments with the manufacture of porcelain
result on 1 May 1775 in the founding of the limited company 'The Royal
Priviled Porcelain Manufactory', under the patronage of Queen Juliane
Marie, Crown Prince Frederik and Christian Ⅶ.
This is how the Royal Copenhagen begins.
The Royal
Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory
In 1779, the klin
of Royal Copenhagen was taken over financial responsibility by Christian
Ⅶ and, after which the name is changed to "The Royal Copenhagen
Porcelain Manufactory"
Flora
Danica
The most famous
dinner service of Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory is Flora Danica,
which originates from 1970.
It is generally believed that the Flora Danica dinner set was intended
as a present from the Danish king to the Russian Empress Catharine Ⅱ,
enthusiastic collector of porcelain.
The 'Flora Danica Service' was based on the botanical work on Danish
flora, 'Flora Danica', and there were 2,600 kinds of flowers in their
designs.
However, in 1796 when Empress Catharine Ⅱ was deceased, the production
was ordered to stop and the service had been reached 1802 pieces. The
original Flora Danica service remain safely exhibited at Rosenborg Castle,
now a museum. Of the 1,802 pieces, about 700 pieces have been produced
on a commercial basis.
The
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory was privatised.
The Royal Copenhagen
Porcelain Manufactory came into private hands in 1868.
In 1885 Arnold Krog was appointed artistic director of the Royal Copenhagen
Porcelain Manufactory. Royal Copenhagen could build a solid fame by
his magnificent work.
Each porcelain item from The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory
was marked with three waves: the Sound and the Great and Little Belts,
and signed with the painter's name.
Introduction
of popular series
Flora
Danica
The concept
of the original Flora Danica was to reproduce Danish plants on
the porcelain service, and flowers on 'Flora Danica'(Danish flower
book) were depicted as the patterns of this service.
As of now, about 700 patterns are merchandised.
Based on the Danish flower book, Each Flora Danica was drawn by
skilled craftman with care by hand.
As a consequence of its luxury colour and fineness, Flora Danica
receives high acclaim worldwide.
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Blue
Fluted Full Lace
Blue fluted
full lace was no.1 pattern of Arabesque and was received a hint
of Chinese colouring technique.
The delicate and graceful pattern receive world fame.
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A
list of product lines
There
are many varieties of attractive product series in Royal
Copenhagen.
Here you can find a list of each product line of our selection.
Although the list is composed of Japanese only, we are working
on translating into English right now. So please wait for
a while, and for the time being, please enjoy the photos
of our selections.
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Royal Copenhagen
Porcelain Manufactory Marks
 --Case
of Blue Fluted Half Lace Coffee Cup & Saucer--
Having a careful
look at the logo, 'ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK' marked around Crown, there
are dots placed just above some letters. These marks indicates the date
they were made of. (There are dots just above R and A for the production
in 2002.)
Each porcelain has a drawing with famous three waves: It is the painter's
signature.
Item numbers were painted in green by hand in former days, but it has
been changed into three digits of a carved seal.
Cups:07[2], Saucer:07[3], and Model Number: 07[1]
It is a rule in common for each cup & saucer as is the case of Meissen.
(The picture on the left is Blue
Fluted Half Lace coffee C/S(S)#068.)
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