1981 Desiree Svend Jensen Christmas plate

Product Description

The motif of this 1981 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 At
the Uttermost Parts of the Sea.
Hans Christian Andersen tells in his
fairytale named "At the Uttermost Parts of
the Sea" about the ships, which are sailing
by the North Pole. The ships are looking
for the borders of the country. Hans
Christian Andersen writes about the native
people and how they are helping the sailors
by giving them some coats. The native people
bring the coats to the igloos by their
sledges. From their igloos it is possible
for the sailors to contemplate the sea with
the beautiful but dangerous icebergs. The
1981 Desirée 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 are inspired
by Hans Christian Andersen´s Fairy Tales