Bing & Grøndahl Christmas plate 2016 H.C. Andersen's childhood home

Bing & Grøndahl Christmas plate 2016 with the motif H.C. Andersen's childhood home combines Danish Christmas tradition, cultural history and the classic blue-and-white porcelain expression that collectors have loved for generations. Dag Samsund has created a vintage that brings to mind fairy tales, childhood and the special quiet atmosphere that only a snow-covered Christmas Eve can hold.

On the front is a wintry town motif with the low house at the center, surrounded by snow, a star in the sky and small figures in the foreground. A snowman stands as a friendly centerpiece, while children and winter life add movement and warmth to the motif. It is precisely the connection between H.C. Andersen's childhood home and the peaceful Christmas scene that gives the plate a narrative character, where home, memories and fantasy merge into a single motif. At the bottom on the front is the text JULEAFTEN 2016.

This vintage is part of Bing & Grøndahl's famous series, which began in 1895 and thus became the world's first Christmas plate series. Since 1895, a new plate has been issued every year, and this is an essential part of the series' special appeal. Each vintage was produced in a limited number, and after the last firing of the year, the mold was destroyed so that the completed edition could not later be put back into production.

That makes the 2016 plate interesting both for collectors of Bing & Grøndahl Christmas plates and for you who want a piece of Danish design with story and tradition. At the same time, this Christmas plate from 1905 onward is suitable for use at the table. It can, for example, be used as a fine dessert plate all year round, and in December it is an obvious one to bring out when the Christmas table is to have extra atmosphere.

In the home decor, it also works beautifully as wall decoration at Christmastime or as part of a collection of Christmas plates, where the different vintages create a personal story. For many, this is precisely the charm of older and newer porcelain with history: that it can be used, displayed and passed on with new memories attached to it.

Product information:
Manufacturer: Bing & Grøndahl
Artist: Dag Samsund
Series: Christmas plates
Vintage: 2016
Text on the front: JULEAFTEN 2016
Dimensions: Ø 18 cm
Hanging: Two holes on the back for hanging