Twelve Royal Copenhagen "Flora Danica" Covered Cups and Stands

Description:

Twelve Royal Copenhagen "Flora Danica" Covered Cups and Stands, Denmark, c. 1969-84, white ground with polychrome painted botanical specimens, bearing factory marks; twelve cups with crabstock handles to side and lids, applied floral accents, ht. 3; twelve square stands with crenellated gilt rims, ht. 1, wd. 4, dp. 4 in.
Estimate $700-900

Cups inscribed with Latin names of specimens: two with "Anemone groenlandica Oed.;" two with " Euphrasia afficinalis L.;" two with "Viola Muhlenbergiana minor Hook.;" and one each of "Epilobium alpinum L.," "Cardamine faeroeenis Horn.," "Cardamine bellidifolia L.," "Rananculus laponicus Oed.," "Saxifraga cernua L.," "Rananculus Cymbalariae Pursh." Stands not inscribed with Latin names.

Condition: some scattered small chips on applied flowers, light surface wear and wear to gilding.


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