Royal Copenhagen, Set of (15) Flora Danica Porcelain Pie Plates

Denmark, hand-painted and gilt porcelain, pattern no. 20, shape no. 3551, all marked with green printed and blue wave factory marks, Latin botanical specimen names to the underside, comprising:

(10) plates with 1974-1978 date mark: Veronica alpina v. carymbosa Horn., Viola adorata L., Hieracium auiculaeforme Fr., Dryas integrifolia vahl, Campanula uniflora L., Helleborus hyemalis L., Oxalis Acetosella B lilacina L., Alyssum arcticum Wormskj., and (2) Veronica scutellata L. B villosa Schlum.

(3) with 1969-1973 date mark: Veronica praecox All., Andromeda coerulea L., Potentilla retusa Mull.

(2) with 1966 date mark: Veronica alpina v. corymbosa Horn., Dryas integrifolia Vahl.

1 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. diameter

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Potentilla retusa Mull., Andromeda coerulea L., and one of the Veronica scutellata L. B villosa Schlum plates each with small flake to one point on the serrated rim; else good estate condition.