1980 Desiree Svend Jensen Christmas plate

Product Description

The motif of this 1980 Desiree Christmas
plate from the Porcelain Factory Desiree,
also known as Désirée Denmark, Svend Jensen
of Denmark, Old Copenhagen Blue is found in
the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The
Sandman.
At the Christmas plate we see "The Sandman"
by Hans Christian Andersen. The Sandman
holds his umbrella over the little boy
named Hjalmer.
The Sandman has to umbrellas. He has one
umbrella with pictures. This umbrella he
raises over good children and then they are
getting nice dreams. The other umbrella has
no pictures and this one he raises over
naughty children, who will then get no
dreams. Hjalmer is a good boy and because
of The Sandman's umbrella with pictures he
is having good dreams every night.
However The Sandman tells him to work
for good marks.
The 1980 Christmas plate was designed by
Svend Otto S.
Désirée started the Christmas plate series
in 1970 and ended it in 2002.
All motifs of the Hans Christian Andersen
Christmas plates from Désirée were inspired
by Hans Christian Andersen´s Fairy Tales