Porsgrund - Norway

Here is a complete list of the Porsgrund plates etc. available on this website. You will find Porsgrund Christmas plates, Porsgrund mother's day and father's day-plates, as well as some other old decorative plates etc. among other things.

Read more about Porsgrund and the history behind below

The factory was founded in 1885 by shipsowner Johan Jeremiassen. The building construction was directed by the german Carl Maria Bauer, and already on February 10^th 1887 the first firing took place. The factory is idyllically placed at the banks of the Norwegian Porsgrunn River. During all its years of excistence, the factory has concentrated on and valued the production of quality and prestige products for sale and exhibition at home and abroad.

The factory is famous for its marvellous design and craftmansship as well as the excellent quality. The style-history of an entire century is exhibited in the Porsgrund production, and many famous norwegian artists have been engaged at the factory through times. Individuals to be mentioned could be: Thorolf Holmboe, Theodor Kittelsen, Gerhard Munthe,Tias Eckhoff, Odd Nerdrum, Jakob Weidemann, Ferdinand Finne and several others.

Today the factory is owned by the CG-Holding Company, making it part of the family of Hadeland Glasswerk, Christiania GlasMagasin, Steninge Slott and Smart Club. The owner is Atle Brynestad. Porsgrunds range of production has been diversified, reaching from tableware to plates og figurines. They have produced several dinnersets, christmas, mothers day and fathers day plates and various figurines as well. At royal events such as weddings, the factory is known to produce dinnersets marking the event, and named after the Norwegian highness involved. In Norway the factory is probably equivalent to Royal Copenhagen in Denmark.

Following Bing & Grøndahls example, when launching the worlds first christmas plate in 1895, the Porsgrund Factory released their first christmas plate in 1909, in a limited edition of 250 pieces. Their second christmas plate was not released untill 1968, and after that a plate was produced and released every year, in a limited edition - but larger than 250 pieces.

Delivery terms

There are 2 types of delivery terms:

1. Delivery of items in stock
2. Delivery of customised/special ordered items and items not in stock

Delivery of items in stock

All items currently in stock are items that we currently have stored at our warehouse.

Items in stock are normally shipped immediately (within 1-4 business days). When your payment has been confirmed by us, you will receive an order confirmation.

Should the time of delivery be delayed beyond normal (i.e. orders of large quantity) we will let you know.

Attention! By delivery time we mean the time from the order is confirmed to the order is shipped from DPH Trading. Not the time between the order is made to the time you receive the order.

Delivery of customised/special ordered items and items not in stock

Customised/special ordered items and items not in stock are all items we do not currently store at our warehouse.

We are therefore depending of the various suppliers, dealers and collectors and the time of delivery is only an estimate.

In some situations it can be impossible for DPH Trading to predict the exact time of delivery if the items are specially ordered or customised.

Sometimes the items have to be produced from scratch. If the particular item is of significant age we may have to rely on private collectors who are willing to sell.

All the customised/special ordered items are delivered as close to the agreed delivery date as possible.

DPH Trading could take precautions for the delivery of entire or parts of an order. Part deliveries can occur. We always strive to inform you as quickly and efficiently as possible, should any deliveries change or be divided into separate deliveries.

In extraordinary situations negotiations can be made where the buyer are not responsible for the extra delivery cost in case of part deliveries.

Collect your items at our shop

If you prefer to collect your order at our boutique in Odense, Denmark you very welcome to do so. 

You can see our opening hours and contact information at the page top and bottom.

When you collect you order in person at our shop the freight cost is free. A visit to our store also gives you the opportunity to experience our amazing selection of items on display.