“The bird Service” a porcelain small dish, decorated in colours and gold with exotic birds on branches and insects. The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory, c. 1780. L. 17,5 cm.
The bird decorations are taken from various engravings from c. 1775. Among others J.El. Ridinger: Raub Vögel Bey Tage, 1781. G.F. Riedel: Sammlung von Feder Vieh besonders Haus Geflügel nuzlich Fabriquen 1775 and IM Seeligmann: Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltner Vögel 1753. Depicted in Bredo L. Grandjean: Royal Danish Porcelain, 1962. P. 92.
Wear due to age and use.
Varia, 23 October 2014
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