Producers of the finest in Danish porcelain, Royal Copenhagen is a company steeped in tradition. Its celebrated blue-and-white china patterns as well as its famed hallmark depicting the royal crown and three waves — symbolizing the monarch who founded the company and the three major waterways of Denmark — are emblems of master craftsmanship.
Royal Copenhagen was founded in 1775 by Queen Juliane Marie. Years earlier, after the death of her husband, King Frederick V, Juliane’s stepson ascended the throne. Shortly into his reign, he went insane, and the Queen became the head of Denmark and its small empire. She sought to improve Denmark’s economy and founded factories around the country to promote domestic growth and international trade. Royal Copenhagen was one of the first of these. Royal Copenhagen first made dinnerware and vases with blue-and-white motifs inspired by Chinese porcelain, then the rage in aristocratic Europe. Many of these designs are still made today.
Apart from its classic patterns, Royal Copenhagen has adapted to the changing styles of time and appeals to many different tastes. Their prolific body of work includes Rococo-style porcelain statues that incorporate stylistic floral patterns in an Art Nouveau style, as well as modern vases by such noted 20th century Danish ceramists as Axel Salto. Whether used for special occasions or displayed as part of a design collection, Royal Copenhagen pieces represent a legacy of the highest quality.
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$400Sale Price|20% Off
1960s Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Coffee / Tea pot, hand-painted, 1st-sorting
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Skien, NO
Vintage Porcelain Coffee Pot with hand-painted, under-glazed decoration of the Blue Fluted pattern from Royal Copenhagen, Denmark. Item: Coffee / Tea Jug / Pot Medium: Glazed Porce...
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Green Crackle Glaze Porcelain Urn #3587
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Extremely rare art deco style Royal Copenhagen green crackle glaze porcelain urn with brown and 24K gold trim. The footed urn having wid...
Porcelain
Large Royal Copenhagen Crackle Glazed Lidded Urn. Thorkild Olsen, Denmark, 1951.
By Thorkild Olsen, Royal Copenhagen
Located in Malmö, SE
Elegant Royal Copenhagen crackle glazed lidded urn with gilded banding on foot, rim and lidd. Designed by THORKILD OLSEN (1890-1973) for ROYAL COPENHAGEN. Made in Denmark, 1951. Make...
Ceramic, Porcelain
$280Sale Price|20% Off
1952 Royal Copenhagen No.2316-108 Vase with under-glazed pattern
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Skien, NO
Vintage Porcelain Vase / Urn from Royal Copenhagen with Hand-Decorated Underglazed Pattern Vase No. 2316-108 in porcelain with Art Nouveau-style landscape decoration. Made by Royal ...
Porcelain
$400
H 1.75 in Dm 10.75 in
Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Mega Hand-Painted Porcelain Pie Dish #587 with Box
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in San Diego, CA
A hand-painted porcelain pie dish from Royal Copenhagen's iconic Blue Fluted Mega collection. Crafted in Denmark, this elegant oven-to-table form features the pattern's celebrated ov...
Stoneware
Stoneware Vase by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen – Circa 1960s
By Nils Thorsson, Royal Copenhagen
Located in Knivsta, SE
Stoneware Vase by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen – Circa 1960s A unique and decorative stoneware vase designed by Nils Thorsson (1898–1975) for Royal Copenhagen, Denmark. The va...
Stoneware
$175
H 7.41 in W 2.37 in D 2.37 in
1960s Danish Nils Thorsson Baca Fajance Earthenware Vase for Royal Copenhagen
By Royal Copenhagen, Nils Thorsson
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This is a Royal Copenhagen Baca vase designed by Nils Thorsson. The vase is characterized by its square form and intricate geometric and abstract motifs, typical of Thorsson's style....
Ceramic, Faience, Pottery
Royal Copenhagen 1959 Turquoise Blue Crackle Glazed Vase #460/88A
By Royal Copenhagen, Thorkild Olsen
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Royal Copenhagen porcelain turquoise blue crackle glazed baluster vase A small, collectible vase, dated 1959 Stamped and numbered 460/88A Height 5 inch, Diameter 3 inch In very good...
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Blue Royal Copenhagen Art Pottery Vase
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Danish art pottery vase was made by Royal Copenhagen in the period and style of midcentury Modernism. The vase is done with a hand painted cobalt blue decoration over a light, o...
Pottery
1960s Hand Painted Blue Scalloped Planter Portugal
Located in Chula Vista, CA
MCM Portugal Planter Pot Scalloped Hand painted Blue and White 11 h x 12 diameter Preowned vintage condition discoloration Refer to all listed images
Pottery, Paint
Porcelain Vase with Rats by Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1898–1923
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Valby, 84
What a wonderfully unusual piece — two naturalistically painted rats on a clean white ground with that silvery metal rim is a striking and decidedly unconventional subject for Royal ...
Metal
$472
H 11.62 in W 8.27 in D 6.7 in
Royal Copenhagen Crackle Glaze Porcelain Vase by Thorkild Olsen, Denmark
Located in Kastrup, DK
Royal Copenhagen Crackle Glaze Porcelain Vase by Thorkild Olsen, Denmark, 1940s €336 Add to Cart Description Thorkild Olsen (1890–1973) Large porcelain vase by Royal Copenhagen, des...
Porcelain
$969 / set
H 5.91 in W 11.42 in D 3.15 in
Nils Thorsson Scandinavian Ceramic Vases for Royal Copenhagen, 1960s
By Royal Copenhagen, Nils Thorsson
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Scandinavian ceramic vases set designed by Danish artist Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen with mark and numbering printed on the bottom, 19...
Ceramic
Modernist Royal Haeger Fluted Vase Black Off-White 1960s
By Royal Haeger
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Royal Haeger fluted vase has graceful elongated shape and monochromatic black and off-white mottled glaze that accents the folds on the vase. It appears in Fall 1960 Royal Haeger's ...
Ceramic, Pottery
$748Sale Price|25% Off
H 8.75 in W 3 in D 3 in
ROYAL COPENHAGEN 1960 Niels Thorson Mid Century Glazed Porcelain Square Vase
By Niels J. Thorsø, Royal Copenhagen
Located in Miami, FL
A square green glazed vase designed by Nils Thorsson (1898-1975) for Royal Copenhagen. This is a very decorative vase created in Copenhagen Denmark by the Royal Copenhagen porcelain...
Porcelain
$2,847
H 9.45 in Dm 7.49 in
Knud Andersen Lidded Jar for Royal Copenhagen, 1933, Burnt Orange Crackle Glaze
By Knud Andersen, Royal Copenhagen
Located in Kastrup, DK
Decorative lidded jar by Knud Andersen (1892–1966) for Royal Copenhagen, 1933. The jar is executed in porcelain with a beautiful burnt orange crackle glaze and an elegantly fluted b...
Bronze
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H 6 in Dm 4.75 in
Royal Copenhagen, 1955 Thorkild Olsen Terracotta Crackle Glazed Vase Gilded 2731
By Thorkild Olsen, Royal Copenhagen
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Graceful Royal Copenhagen porcelain terracotta and grey crackle glazed vase with gilded banding on base by Thorkild Olsen. A discerning collectors piece Circa 1955 Stamped and number...
Porcelain
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H 6.25 in Dm 5 in
Royal Copenhagen Terracotta Crackle Glazed Vase, Gilded Banding Decoration #3060
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Royal Copenhagen porcelain gilded terracotta and grey crackle glazed baluster vase. A premium quality vase with a matt glaze to the terracotta porcelain. Circa 1954. Stamped and ...
Porcelain
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H 6 in Dm 4.75 in
Royal Copenhagen, Terracotta Crackle Glazed Vase Gilded Banding Decoration #2731
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Graceful Royal Copenhagen porcelain terracotta and grey crackle glazed vase with gilded banding on base. A discerning collectors piece circa 1969-1973 Stamped and numbered 2731 M...
Porcelain
Small Vase by Royal Copenhagen
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Graceful, small ceramic vase with an orange raku glaze and a neutral gray raku glaze interior. It is accented by hand-painted gold leaf around the top and bottom. A brown hand-painte...
Clay
Small Pot by Royal Copenhagen
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Lovely small ceramic pot with a signature raku orange glaze and a neutral gray crackled glaze interior. The pot is accented by hand-painted gold leaf around the top and bottom. A bro...
Clay
Pair of 18th Century Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Egg Vases
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, K
Pair of 18th century Royal Copenhagen porcelain egg vases.
Porcelain