A 24-piece porcelain coffee service, Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark.
White glaze with gold rim.
12 side plates, diameter 17 cm.
12 coffee cups with saucers, height of the cups 8.5 cm, diameter of the saucers 14 cm.
Minor wear, marks. Chip to one cup.
Bing & Grøndahls porcelain factory was established in 1853 in Copenhagen. Their earlier production consisted mostly of figurines, but in the 1880s began to artistically design tableware and stoneware. After 1987 the factory became part of the Royal Copenhagen company. One of the most famous tableware sets is the Måge set, or Måsen, created by Fanny Garde, which during the 1950s was promoted as Denmark’s national tableware.
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