Bing & Grøndahl Christmas Plate 1978 Christmas Story

Bing & Grøndahl Christmas plate 1978 with the motif Christmas Story captures one of Christmas's quietest and warmest traditions: the moment when the family gathers, and a story is allowed to fill the living room with presence. Henry Thelander has created an atmospheric scene in which an elderly woman sits in her chair with an open book, while the children listen close by. In the background stands the Christmas tree with lights and woven hearts, and through the window the winter darkness is glimpsed with a single star as a fine poetic full stop in the motif.

It is precisely Christmas Story that makes this year particularly recognizable, because it not only shows Christmas decorations, but also its stories, traditions and community across generations. It is a plate that speaks to the Danish Christmas memory with reading aloud, living candles and the calm that is often the very core of the best Christmas Eves. The deep blue glaze and the fine reliefs highlight the details of the motif in classic Bing & Grøndahl style.

Bing & Grøndahl's Christmas plates began in 1895 and were thus the world's first Christmas plate series. Since 1895, a new plate has been released every year, and the 1978 edition is therefore part of a long and beloved collector tradition. Each annual edition was produced in a limited quantity, and after the year's final firing the mold was destroyed, so that the plate in question could not later be put into production again. This makes each edition a completed annual edition with its own story.

As an older Christmas plate, this edition also contains the joy of preserving fine Danish porcelain and allowing it to gain new life in the home. It is ideal as wall decoration in December, but can also be used all year round as a smaller plate for cake or dessert. In this way, it combines collector value, utility value and the special charm that only classic porcelain with a history can add to a home.

Product information:
Manufacturer: Bing & Grøndahl
Artist: Henry Thelander
Series: Christmas plates
Annual edition: 1978
Title: Christmas Story
Material: Porcelain
Dimensions: Ø 18 cm
Hanging: Two holes on the back for hanging