The motif of this 1983 Desirée annual cup from The Porcelain Factory Desiree, also known as Désirée Denmark, Svend Jensen of Denmark, Old Copenhagen Blue comes from the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Story of the Year. In Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale named "The Story of the Year" he writes about some small sparrows. They are sitting in the cold winter and yearn for the springtime. The sparrows are thinking of the lovely warm weather and the leaves on the trees. Finally the spring is there and after that the summer. But it is getting colder and then it is winter again with all the snow and frost. Winter makes it more difficult for the sparrows when they are going to find some food. The 1983 Desiree Annual cup and Christmas plate was designed by Svend 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.