Flora Danica Still Expensive

Royal Copenhagen’s Flora Danica pattern dinnerware has always been very expensive. The flowers are modeled and added one at a time. The matching flatware rarely shows up at auction. A 60-piece set of knives, forks and spoons sold at a recent Heritage auction for $42,000. A 58-piece set of dishes brought $15,000.    

Royal Copenhagen

A factory to produce hard-paste porcelains was established in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1775. The firm was supported by the king, and when he assumed ownership of it in 1779, the company was named the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory. Although the firm became privately owned in 1868, the name was not changed. Royal Copenhagen is still […]