Blue Fluted Design by Royal Copenhagen - Fine European Dinnerware

"Blue Fluted" 5-piece Place Setting by Royal Copenhagen

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The Blue Fluted pattern is part of Denmark's cultural heritage. To connoisseurs all over the world it is synonymous with Danish porcelain. Blue Fluted is Royal Copenhagen's very first porcelain dinner service and is to Danish underglaze-decorated porcelain what the costly Flora Danica is to Danish overglaze-decorated porcelain: a measure of the skill, tradition and craftsmanship at Royal Copenhagen.

The delicate and versatile pattern was adopted by the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory in 1775 when it was founded. The young enterprise tried its hand at this decoration first, and the identification number printed on the bottom of each piece is therefore No. 1. It became popular immediately, has never gone out of fashion, and has been the most sought-after of the Royal Copenhagen dinner services ever since.

Although the pattern originated from China and has been used in a multiplicity of variations by porcelain factories all over the world, the Danish Blue Fluted has gained its world fame as the true Blue Fluted. This is due to the fact that in Denmark is the pattern still painted by hand by specially trained craftspeople; a tradition still carried on today by a new generation of porcelain painters - even though it takes 1,197 brush strokes to paint a Blue Fluted dinner plate.

Blue Fluted Half Lace differs from the original fluted service by having a half lace border, which frames and defines the flowing decorative pattern. The current version is Arnold Krog's own, with modifications from the late 1800s.

Blue Fluted Full Lace displays the utmost variation in ornamentation and craftsmanship. The lace-like weave of the borders is so intricate that only a very highly skilled craftsman can accomplish them in all their complexity. Arnold Krog designed the current version, elaborating on the original from 1775.

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'Blue Fluted' Dinnerware by Royal Copenhagen