Not currently on display at the V&A

Plate

ca. 1894-1894 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Blue and white porcelain plate with moulded decoration of a monogram FL enclosing the dates 1869-1894 under a crown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and moulded decoration
Brief description
Plate, porcelain with moulded decoration painted in underglaze blue, designed by Arnold Krog, manufactured by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, ca. 1894-1895.
Physical description
Blue and white porcelain plate with moulded decoration of a monogram FL enclosing the dates 1869-1894 under a crown.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DANMARK' and a crown (Printed in green)
  • Three wavy lines and '31' (Painted in underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady M. M. Evans
Object history
This plate was made to celebrate the Silver Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (1843-1912) and Crown Princess Louise, and is decorated with a monogram FL enclosing the dates 1869-1894 under a crown. Production ceased after 1,200 copies had been made.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Opie, Jennifer Hawkins. Scandinavia: ceramics & glass in the twentieth century. London: V&A Publications, 1989. 35 p. ISBN 1851770712.
Collection
Accession number
C.502-1921

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Record createdSeptember 22, 2008
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