| Placques. Kestrel (V. Th. Fischer); Meadow with Farmhouse (C. F. Liisberg) |
211 |
| Placques. Birds (V. Th. Fischer); Cow in meadow (G. Rode) |
217 |
| Placque. With Lake Scene (C. F. Liisberg) |
221 |
| Placque. Snow Scene with Setting Sun (A. Smidth) |
227 |
| Placque. Geese and Landscape (C. F. Liisberg) |
231 |
| Vases. With Waterfowl (V. Th. Fischer and C. F. Liisberg) |
239 |
| Memorial Commemorative Placque, Ribe Cathedral (A. Krog) |
243 |
| Dessert Plate, blue-and-white, with Danish pattern |
249 |
| Chapter IX.—Figure Subjects and Groups (Renaissance Period). |
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| Figure. Woman and Cow (Chr. Thomsen) |
271 |
| Figure. Boy and Calf (Chr. Thomsen) |
275 |
| Figures of Peasants. Child and Old Woman (Chr. Thomsen) |
279 |
| Figure Group. From Hans Christian Andersen's Story of "Princess and Swineherd" (Chr. Thomsen) |
285 |
| Chapter X.—Crystalline Glazes. |
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| Figure Group. Polar Bears on an Ice Floe (C. E. Bonnesen and V. Engelhardt) |
293 |
| Figure Subject. Frog imbedded in Ice (A. Krog and V. Engelhardt) |
297 |
| Vases. (A. Krog and V. Engelhardt) |
299 |
| Vases. Crystalline Glaze (V. Engelhardt) |
303 |
| Chapter XI.—Copenhagen Art Faience. |
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| Dish with tropical bird (Christian Joachim) |
307 |
| Placque with parrot (Christian Joachim) |
311 |
| Vase with floral decoration |
315 |
| Vase—hexagonal—with floral and arabesque decoration |
319 |
| Figures. A Midsummer Night's Dream |
323 |
| Figures. Clown, Columbine, and Harlequin |
327 |
| Boxes and Vase |
331 |
| Chapter XII.—The Factory To-Day. |
| Courtyard of Factory, showing Turkey with Brood |
337 |
| Interior, showing Studios of Lady Artists |
341 |
CHAPTER I
THE EARLY HISTORY OF
THE COPENHAGEN FACTORY
THE FOURNIER PERIOD
SOFT-PASTE PORCELAIN
(1760-1766)
CHAPTER I
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE COPENHAGEN FACTORY
THE FOURNIER PERIOD
(1760-1766)
Establishment of porcelain factories in Europe—The German School and the French School—Hard paste—Soft paste—The new ceramic art—The great secret—The secret divulged—The first porcelain in Denmark.
In order to understand the initial stages in the history of the manufacture of porcelain in Denmark, it is necessary to review the peculiar conditions in which china factories existed in the eighteenth century. At the middle of the century there were two great schools, the
