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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2940BBoston
October 6, 2016 04:00 PMCalender
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Four Royal Copenhagen "Flora Danica" Porcelain Round Vegetable Dishes and Covers

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$4,305$3,500
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2940BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 07, 2016 10:00AM

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

Denmark