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Beautiful 2017 Easter eggs from Royal Copenhagen

The time has arrived, when Royal Copenhagen again issues its popular series of porcelain Easter eggs. The older years of the Easter eggs are hard to find and increase markedly in price as a collector's market has been established. Thus I recommend that you buy now, as the Easter eggs from last year, where sold out very quickly. Like in prior years the motifs are beautiful and delightful flowers, butterflies and birds. The style of the motifs are kept in the clear and pure style that brings the thoughts back to botanical and zoological encyclopedias. See all Royal Copenhagen Easter eggs 2017 here! Royal Copenhagen Easter eggs work well set alongside the flowers of spring. On the pictures above you see a setup together with the  Bing & Grondahl Easter plates  that with right in with their spring motifs. The shown plate is  Easter 1917 . Royal Copenhagen Easter eggs 2017 The lying bonbon...

Learn to spot the difference between 1st and 2nd quality

I am often asked about the difference between 1st and 2nd quality of Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl. This has prompted me to write a bit about it. Basically it is about an evaluation of the porcelain made in the factory after production. The finished porcelain was lookes over to see if they live up to the quality demands of the factory. Those that were deemed 2nd quality, where then sold at a lower price than 1st quality. Today only dinner service is sold as 2nd quality in factory sales, but the improved technique for burning the porcelain means that all the yearly cllector's items are sold as 1st quality now. In the past a large part of the production could be of a quality that did not meet the quality demand, which made it necessary to sell it as 2nd quality. However one must remember that the evaluation was made by people, so the evaluation of the porcelain could vary a lot, meaning that there was great difference in when figurines and plates were ju...

Can't decide?

We all know it... if there is too much choice we can't choose!     Not long ago I went to a menswear store to buy some socks... Guess what my father got for his birthday. In the menswear store you have 3 different pairs of black socks, anklets etc. in good quality. You don't even need the help of the store clerk to choose. Shopping like this only takes the time the male clerk takes to frap up the socks as a present... Admittedly this does take some time and the result is often less than impressive. (It is not to sound prejudice, but there is something about men, gift wrap and matching ribbons...)   I will readily admit that DPH Trading has a problem here. We have so many different items and if you do not know, what you are looking for, it is difficult to choose!!  New improved seach function Our search function has been improved (hopefully). This should result in making it easier for you to find, what you are looking for, if you know what it is......