1992 X-mas Tree at the City Hall Square, Bing & Grondahl Centennial plate
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BC1992
1903392
Bing & Grøndahl
1992
69131000
5,9" / 15 cm
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1992 X-mas Tree at the City Hall Square, Bing & Grondahl Centennial plate
The motif of this 1992 Bing & Grondahl
Christmas Centennial plate is the same as
the motif of the 1930 Bing & Grondahl
Christmas plate. In 1895 Bing & Grondahl
started the first series of Christmas plates
in the world. To celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the Bing & Grondahl Christmas
plate series, which took place in 1995,
Bing & Grondahl issued The Centennial
Collection which comprises five plates.
This plate is the second plate in the
Centennial Collection. The motif is The
Christmastree on City Hall square which was
designed by H. Flügenring.
The plate depicts the Christmas tree at the
town hall in Copenhagen. This square is
shaped as a shell, as the architect was
inspired by the town hall in Siena, Toscana,
where the square was also shaped as a shell.
In Denmark the first Christmas tree was
lit at Holsteinsborg in 1808. In 1817 the
famous Danish writer Johan Ludwig Heiberg
spoke in favour of the Christmas tree, where-
as Grundtvig spoke of this tradition as
watered-down Christianity. In 1847 Peter
Faber wrote "Højt fra træets grønne top",
where all the traditions around the
Christmas tree are described.
The first outdoor Christmas tree in Denmark
was lit at the town hall square in
Copenhagen in 1914, and hereafter this
custom spread to almost every town in
Denmark.
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