In the products of Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grøndahl, Nordic themes are never far away. In addition to the region’s tranquil landscapes and seascapes, the porcelain artists found much inspiration...

The switch to underglaze painting posed not only technical and artistic challenges but also a chemical one. At Royal Copenhagen, it was the chemical engineer, Adolphe Clement (1860-1933), who...

Seven albino rabbits adorn this vase by Vilhelm Theodor Fischer (1857-1928). One alert and on guard, another unsuspectingly focused on the grass. Fischer and other porcelain painters who worked for...

Gerhard Heilmann (1859-1946) was one of Royal Copenhagen’s first underglaze painters, and quickly became one of the leading artists within the factory. Heilmann had both an artistic and scientific...

This vase, painted by Arthus Boesen (1870-1949), is notable for its unusual choice of subject. We see three military biplanes high above the clouds. So high that they almost fly out of the panorama at...

While in the early years, the colour palette of many of the underglaze paintings was limited to cobalt blue tones, over the years the Danish factories perfected the chemical composition of other...

This wall plate, painted by Christian Benjamin Olsen (1873-1935) for Royal Copenhagen, was a wedding gift for the Danish king. The entwined initials C and A refer to King Christian X and his wife...

This early wall plate from 1890 by Carl Frederik Liisberg (1860-1909) shows how this painter experimented with soft contours and blended colours. Bleeding of the painted image during the firing at...