Royal Copenhagen, Flora Danica Porcelain Large Lidded Tureen with Ladle and Underplate

Denmark, hand-painted and gilt porcelain, marked with green printed and blue wave factory marks with Latin botanical specimen name to the underside, comprising a large 5 qt. double handled oval tureen and cover with floral branch form handles, shape number 3560, pattern no. 20, 1969-1973 date marks, the tureen decorated in Trifolium hybridum L. and Viola arvensis Murr. (6 x 14 3/8 x 10 in.), the cover in Anthyllis vulneraria L. (4 1/4 x 12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.).
Together with the conforming underplate, shape number 3560, pattern no. 20, 1974-1978 date mark, decorated in Hieracium umbellatum B filifolium Fr. (1 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.); and wooden handled ladle, shape no. 14168, with 1974-1978 date mark (15 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.).

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Good estate condition.