Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Beautiful 2017 Easter eggs from Royal Copenhagen

Royal Copenhagen Easter eggs2017

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.

Easter plates from Bing & Grondahl and Easter eggs from Royal Copenhagen

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.

Easter eggs from Royal Copenhagen 2017

Royal Copenhagen Easter eggs 2017

Royal Copenhagen french anemone bonbonniere 2017



The lying bonbonniere of this Easter carries a nice motif of a French anemone. Among the many different colors that French anemone can have the rose color has been chosen here. The Easter egg is 12 cm long.

Buy now only about EUR 50.13



No Easter without the Daffodil. Here the classical yellow Easter flower has been set as a motif on the standing bonbonniere. It could not fit in any better with the season of Spring. The Easter egg is 12 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 50.13
Royal Copenhagen Narcissus standing bonbonniere 2017
Royal Copenhagen Easter egg with fritillary 2017




The large hanging Easter egg of the year is decorated with the flower fritillary with is beautiful white and red colors that brings to mind the red and white checkered tablecloth of a spring lunch. The Easter egg is 10 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 43.33




This years set of butterflies is blue and pink this time with a pink ribbon for hanging. The butterflies blissfully fly around among some flowery branches in the spring time. The Easter eggs are 6 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 39.26
Royal Copenhagen Easter eggs with blue and pink butterflies
Royal Copenhagen Easter eggs with crocus and waxwing 2017



The first set of flowers and birds this spring is the beautiful yellow flowered crocus together with a waxwing that is about to lift of from a branch with buds that are about to bloom. The Easter eggs are 6 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 39.26




The small sparrow is coming along this year, too, together with a violet in this set of Easter eggs that included pastel green ribbons. The Easter eggs are 6 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 39.26
Royal Copenhagen Easter eggs with violet and sparrow 2017
Royal Copenhagen Easter egg with sparrow 2017




On this Easter egg two sparrows are sitting on a blooming branch with beautiful pink flowers. The egg is hanging from a pastel green ribbon. The Easter egg is 6 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 21.60





The wonderful waxwing on this Easter egg is taking of from a branch, where the leaves are just about to break out. The Easter egg is 6 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 21.60
Royal Copenhagen Easter egg with waxwing 2017
Royal Copenhagen Easter egg with blue butterfly





Two butterflies with blue wings fly about a branch that flowers with graceful pink flowers that match the pink ribbon that hold the egg. The Easter egg is 6 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 21.60




Like on the first butterfly egg two butterflies are frollicking about two blooming branches. The color scheme has just been turned around, so the flowers are blue and the butterflies pink. The Easter egg is 6 cm high.
Buy now only about EUR 21.60
Royal Copenhagen Easter egg with pink butterflies
Royal Copenhagen Easter egg with yellow crocus 2017




The crocus is one of the messengers of spring and Royal Copenhagen has depicted a beautiful crocus in full bloom on this egg. A light yellow ribbon is matched to it empowering the strong yellow color of the crocus. The Easter egg is 6 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 21.60




The last Royal Copenhagen Easter egg of 2017 is the violet that elegantly shoots from the low leaves with bluish purple flowers. A light green ribbon is there to hang the egg from. The Easter egg is 6 cm high.

Buy now only about EUR 21.60
Royal Copenhagen Easter egg with blue violet 2017

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

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

Pictures from the shop

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 judged as 2nd quality. For instance many of the Christmas plates from Royal Copenhagen that were made into 2nd quality are hard to differentiate from 1st quality. You can see many of these for sale at reasonable prices on our page with Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates.

Royal Copenhagen 2nd quality marking
Bing & Grondahl 2nd quality marking

How is 2nd quality marked?



When Royal Copenhagen decided that a porcelain item did not meet the quality demands, it was marked with a scratch through the three waves in the mark of Royal Copenhagen. The scratch was drawn vertically through the waves. 
 
It is as mentioned still possible to buy dinner service in 2nd quality, but Royal Copenhagen stopped selling collector's items in 2nd quality in 1972- Before then you could also buy Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates in 2nd quality. We have many of these in stock and it is thus possible to acquire these years at an affordable price.




Like Royal Copenhagen Bing & Grondahl marked their porcelain with a scratch through the glazing over the company brand. The scratch of Bing & Grondahl was a horizontal line across the three towers in the brand. When the towers were absent the scratch was made across the B&G mark.
 
Bing & Grondahl sold both dinner service and figurines in second quality, but has never sold annual collector's items in 2nd quality. Thus Bing & Grondahl Christmas plates are in 1st quality.
 
If a Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate is set as 2nd quality in our stock, then it is due to our internal quality control.





It is 1st quality, if there is no scratch and 2nd quality, if there is a scratch.
  
Aside from this scratch it can often be difficult to differentiate between 1st and 2nd quality as it is often merely a question of slight discolorations that have led to it being judge as 2nd quality. Because of this the two qualities can often be very much alike, but the 2nd quality mark has great influence on the price.

Porcelain with 2 and 3 scratchs


Some dinner services are marked with both 2 and 3 scratches across the brand. This is not due to it being 3rd quality. The employees of the the porcelain factories could by 2nd quality porcelain for their own use, which was called employee items. These were usually marked with 2 and 3 scratched across the brand.
 
That means that if you have some porcelain with two or three scratches across the brand, then it is most likely employee items, which is the same as 2nd quality.

Birds from Royal copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl


I hope that this small newsletter has given you a good explanation about the 1st and 2nd quality of Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl porcelain. 
 

Friday, March 10, 2017

Can't decide?

Pictures from the shop

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...

The exhibition of figurines from Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grondahl etc.

Want to help?

We would like to know, if you try to search on our website and cannot find, what you are looking for or if the wrong items are shown etc.

You are welcome to call us at +45 66189595 or send us a mail to info@dph-trading.dk and tell us about your experience. This is a great help to us.


Bjorn Wiinblad art

Glass Art

Figurines - See the huge selection

We have so much more!


We have a huge selection of different items in stock and it is almost like Aladdin's cave. So if you are on the look out for something unique and interesting in interior design, then you have come to the right place.

Flora Danica - The foremost dinner service from Royal Copenhagen

The Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plates