Flora Danica Ice Basin (Monteith)
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Flora Danica Ice Basin (Monteith)
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Monteiths were first produced by the Royal Copenhagen manufactory in 1790. So named for its inventor, the monteith is a bowl used for the cooling of wine glasses. The rim has depressions in it that allow the leg of the wine glass to be caught by its base so that the bowl is submerged into ice-water, with the base staying dry. Being novelty pieces, their rarity has afforded many of them great value as collectibles.
Marked "Royal Copenhagen, Denmark"
The creation of the Flora Danica service was the life's work of Johann Christoph Bayer, one of the most gifted artists of the late 18th century. It took Bayer more than 12 years to complete the original 1,802-piece service intended as a gift for Catherine the Great of Russia. Each piece was hand-molded and hand-painted with carefully reproduced motifs from the Danish botanical encyclopedia entitled Flora Danica. Unfortunately, Catherine died in 1796 before the service was complete and it remained with the Danish Royal Family. Today, pieces of Flora Danica are exhibited in the Danish royal collections of Rosenborg Castle and Amalienborg Palace as well as in Queen Elizabeth II's private collection at Windsor Castle.
- Dimensions:Height: 4.625 in (11.75 cm)Width: 13.25 in (33.66 cm)Depth: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:unknown
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- Seller Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:Seller: 29-34881stDibs: U1007308911107
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