Flora Danica Porcelain Bread and Butter Plates by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark, 1927, Set of 5

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Flora Danica porcelain bread and butter plates by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark 1927 Porcelain bread and butter plates by Bing … more Flora Danica porcelain bread and butter plates by Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark 1927 Porcelain bread and butter plates by Bing & Grøndahl hand-painted by Frida Meyer (Gluud) Set of five porcelain bread and butter plates, two of which were made in 1927 and one in 1930 and two of 1931 with the hand-painted Flora Danica pattern and the model 23 by Bing & Grøndahl have the fish scale pattern, slightly continuing inwards at the edge. Flora Danica is named after a famous botanical atlas of all native wild plants in Denmark, in the period from 1761 to 1883 Frida Meyer born in 1901 - died in 1994 (born Gluud) was a porcelain painter and probably learned this art during a course in Germany around 1920. Frida Meyer lived in Forhöfningsholms and had a shop in the "horse stable" in Forhöfningsholms. She bought unpainted porcelain from various suppliers, which she then decorated. She exhibited the hand-painted items through the association "Husmoderens tarv" in Copenhagen in 1926 Bing & Grøndahl was a Danish porcelain manufacturer, founded in 1853 by the sculptor Frederik Vilhelm Grøndahl and the merchant brothers Meyer Hermann Bing and Jacob Herman Bing. In 1987 the company merged with its main competitor, the Royal Porcelain Factory, under the name Royal Copenhagen. The porcelain shows minor signs of wear and 1 plate have chips on the inside rim on the bottom The measurement is 15,5 cm diagonal and 2 cm high. The weight total is 966 grams. less