2008 Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate
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RX2008
1901108
Royal Copenhagen
2008
69131000
7,1" / 18 cm
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2008 Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate
2008 Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate,
designed by Svend Vestergaard, has the
title Copenhagen Christmas.
Sven Vestergaard has decorated the 2008
Christmas plate, "Copenhagen Christmas",
with the most beautiful of the Danish
capital's towers: the Stock Exchange, City
Hall, the Round Tower, Christiansborg
Palace, the Church of Our Lady, Our
Saviour's Church and the Marble Church.
These distinctive towers and spires
symbolise Copenhagen for visitors and locals
alike. They are landmarks in a city blessed
with a wealth of beautiful architecture.
Copenhagen's towers are a unifying theme in
the history of the Christmas Plate, with Our
Saviours Church appearing in 1917 and the
Church of Our Lady in 1949.
In the foreground the artist has drawn a bouquet
of Christmas roses, taking as his
inspitration the legend of a poor girl who
wanted to take flowers to the Baby Jesus
in his cradle. Having no money, she cried
so fervently that Christmas roses grew
where her tears struck the ground.
Behind the towers we see the radiance that
lights up "Copenhagen Christmas". This is
a fond reference to the first Royal
Copenhagen Christmas Plate, which was
created a hundred years ago. In the 1908
plate the artist illuminated the Madonna
and Child with the same radiance.
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