1984 Desiree Svend Jensen Christmas cup with saucer

Product Description

The motif of this 1984 Desirée annual cup
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
Nightingale.
The 1984 Hans Christian Andersen Annual Cup
had the same motif as the 1984 Svend Jensen
Christmas plate. So the 1984 Desiree Annual
Cup and the 1984 Desiree Christmas plate
are actaully a beautiful coffee set with
plate and cup.
The fairytale named "The Nightingale" by
Hans Christian Andersen has been the
inspiration for the 1984 Annual cup.
The small nightingale lives in some
branches in trees along the seacoast of
China. Every night, when the poor fisherman
is sitting in his dinghy and is working
with his net, he has to take a break and
listen to the song from The Nightingale.
Because of its song The Nightingale becomes
famous and the emperor wants to hear it
sing. Even through the emperor wants The
Nightingale to stay it will not leave the
branches over the sea.
The artist behind this Annual cup and
Christmas plate was Sven Otto S.
Désirée started the Annual cup series in
1982 and ended it in 2001. So 20 different
sets were made to complete a perfect coffee
set.
All motifs of the Hans Christian Andersen
annual cups from Désirée are inspired
by Hans Christian Andersen´s Fairy Tales.