Not currently on display at the V&A

Plate

1902 (designed), ca. 1902 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain plate with impressed and painted decoration in underglaze blue. At the centre, a crown is depicted above the monogram EA, MGMII and sea waves, enclosed by rose sprays. Along the rim are decorated with crisscross pattern and inscriptions, ‘REX ET IMP REG’.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with impressed and painted decoration in underglaze blue
Brief description
Plate, porcelain with impressed and painted decoration in underglaze blue, designed by Arnold Krog, manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, ca. 1902.
Physical description
Porcelain plate with impressed and painted decoration in underglaze blue. At the centre, a crown is depicted above the monogram EA, MGMII and sea waves, enclosed by rose sprays. Along the rim are decorated with crisscross pattern and inscriptions, ‘REX ET IMP REG’.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ROYAL COPENHAGEN' around a crown (Printed in green)
  • Three wavy lines and '76' (Painted in underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady M. M. Evans
Object history
This plate was made to celebrate the wedding in England of Edward and the Danish princess Alexandra in 1902 and is decorated with the monogram EA. Production ceased after 1,000 copies had been made.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 37 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.501-1921

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2008
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