Description:
Four Royal Copenhagen "Flora Danica" Porcelain Round Vegetable Dishes and Covers, Denmark, c. 1975-84, white ground with polychrome botanical specimens, gilt highlights, domed covers have crabstock handle with applied floral sprays, dishes with gilt rim and small depictions of flowers and leaves, factory marks and crown to underside and Latin inscriptions on lids, overall ht. 7 in.
Estimate $2,000-4,000
Lids inscribed with Latin specimen names to underside of each "Rosa carelica Fr.," "Lotus carniculatus L.," "Polygonum minus Huds.," "Convolvulus sepium L. B. coloratus Lge."
Small chips off flower and leaf. Some wear to gilding and surfaces.
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Keywords
DenmarkStuart Slavid
Senior Vice President
Director of Fine Ceramics
Director of Fine Silver
Director of European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Emily Stegner
Specialist, European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Stephanie Opolski
Appraiser
508-970-3000
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
The European Furniture & Decorative Arts department curates auctions of English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Russian antiques, furniture, and decorative arts.