On the first day of Christmas...

Christmas is closing fast and it is time to think about the presents that you want to give. To make it easy for you I would like to show you some suggestions for what you can buy for Christmas.

Below you will find suggestions for Christmas presents. Just click on the image to go to the collectible.

Cake Stands and Centerpieces

Our cakestands and centerpieces are made from plates both from the different sets of dinnerware and from Christmas and mother's day plates. They make for a perfect decorative way of serving the Christmas sweets.

See all our cake stands here!

Cake Stand of plates from Bing & Grondahl

Cake Stand made from Royal Copenhagen plates

Christmas service and Christmas plates

The cake stands fit very well with the beautiful Danish Christmas plate services with everything combined you can set a very beautiful table and always have the option of adding something new and unique to the table.

See the Christmas service and plates here!

Bing & Grondahl Seagull Service

See the Seagull Service here!

Find more great Christmas offers on our webshop! Click here!

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