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Royal Copenhagen Collector plates

A strictly limited production

The number of Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates made is strictly limited to the production within the particular year, and at the end of the year the master model is destroyed. No further plates can ever be made. First plate was made 1908 and the plates are still produced every year. One of my US costumers has told me: "It's like there's a little piece of Denmark following every plate".

Royal Copenhagen Hallmarks

1775 - 1820 (Approximately) and 1850 - 1870

The production period can be increased if the item has a painter nr. or signature - (not to be confound with the form or size nr. on items produced much later). The painter nr. or signature are normally painted with one of the colors from the decoration. Please find the list of painter numbers and signatures on this page.

1820 (Approximately) - 1850

1870-1890
1894 - 1900 1 over 99 indicates that this item is tableware design nr. 1 (blue fluted) and its part number 99. If the item has a lid, the lid has always the same part number as the item. The 2 indicates that this is size 2 - in this case a dish.
1901-1922 33. is the painter number. 
1921- Hand painted hallmark from the factory's trail production in China in 1921. 
1923- on items to small to the ordinary factory hallmark. Please find the letter code table below.
1923-34 Design number 1, part number 552 and painter number 36. In 1931 are the painter numbers changed with letter initials, which makes it possible to divide this hall marks in the periods 1923-31 (with painter numbers) and 1931-34 (with painter initials).
1935 and forward. A bar over or under one of the letters in Royal Copenhagen indicates the production year. The bar under E in COPENHAGEN indicates that this item was produced 1975-79. Please find the bar code table below.
1970- on faience. Design number 11 (Tranquebar) part number 946 and painter signature W. The mark under G in Copenhagen indicates that this item was produced between 1970 and 1974.

First or second factory quality.
No scratch across the waves is first factory quality
One scratch across the waves is second factory quality
Two scratches across the waves is third factory quality
Three scratches across the waves is first or second factory quality items sold to an employee on the factory (The three scratches where made to avoid the employees from selling the items they had bought with a high employee discount from the factory) The Flora Danica painters where aloud to paint two items every year they could buy to a special price. These items have the painters name and a date written in green and are first factory quality.

Royal Copenhagen painter signatures and numbers from 1868 - 1931 (Tableware) 

The painter number written in blue

Number

Used  
1 1868-79
2 1868-72
3 1869-1906
4 1868-1925
6 1868-93
7 1868-1900
8 1868-1931
9 1869-92
Number Used first time 
10-16 1868
17 1873
18-26 1875
27-51 1880
52-63 1895

Number

Used  
64-73 1901
74-78 1903
79-99 1904
100-104 1904
105-111 1905
112 1906
113-123 1909
124-125 1910
126-131 1911
132-173 1913
174-182 1914
183-190 1915
200-210 1915
   

Royal Copenhagen painter signatures and numbers from 1868 - 1931 (Figurines, vases etc. - not tableware) 

 

The painter number written in blue

Number

Used  
12 1897-31
14 1893-98
18 1897-1903
19 1893-98
21 1893-95
26 1897-1931
35 1893-1918
43 1897-1923
47 1897-1931
49 1893-95
50 1893-1931
51 1893-97
52 1893-1931
53 1893-1931
54 1893-1915
55 1893-97
56 1893-1900
57 1893-1931
58 1893-1931
59 1893-1908
60 1894-1900
61 1894-?
62 1895-1931
63 1895-97
64 1896-1931
65 1896-1921
66 1896-1931
67 1896-97
68 1896-99
70 1897-1931
71 1897-1924
72 1897-1931
73 1897-1904
74 1897-1926
75 1898-1931
76 1898-1909
78 1898-1908
79 1898-1927
81 1898-99
82 1898-1902
83 1898-1931
84 1899-1910
85 1899-1920
86 1900-1931
87 1901-31
88 1901-10
89 1902-26
90 1902-31
91 1902-20
92 1902-05

Number

Used  
93 1902-08
93 1902-08
94 1902-31
95 1901-31
96 1903-24
97 1903-14
98 1903-06
99 1903-22
100 1904-11
101 1903-08
102 1903-13
103 1903-08
104 1903-08
105 1903
106 1904-06
107 1904-06
108 1904-06
109 1904-31
110 1904-31
111 1904-31
112 1904-19
113 1904-08
114 1904-16
115 1904-05
116 1904-08
118 1904
119 1904-05
120 1905-06
121 1905-12
122 1907-10
123 1907-23
124 1907-31
125 1907-14
126 1907-19
127 1908-14
128 1908-31
129 1908-31
130 1909-12
133 1909-17
134 1909-31
135 1909-31
136 1909-31
137 1909-31
139 1909-14
140 1910-20
141 1910-18
142 1910-17
143 1910-13
144 1911
145 1910-12
Number Used  
146 1910-21
147 1910-11
148 1910-14
149 1910-25
150 1910-20
151 1911
152 1911-14
153 1911
154 1911-27
155 1911-12
156 1911-31
157 1911-14
158 1911-31
159 1911-31
160 1911-12
161 1911-31
162 1911-24
163 1912-31
164 1912
165 1912-17
166 1912-18
167 1912-14
168 1912-23
169 1912
170 1913-31
171 1913-19
172 1913-31
173 1913-31
174 1913-23
175 1913-21
177 1913-23
178 1914
179 1917-20
180 1917-22
181 1917-19
182 1919-22
183 1919-21
185 1919-20
186 1919-31
188 1919-23
189 1919-28
192 1920-23
193 1920-31
194 1920-31
195 1920
197 1920-26
211 1917-20
213 1917-21
   
   

Royal Copenhagen letter code from 1935 and forward
A line over a letter in Denmark  A line under a letter in Denmark  An (u) over a letter in Denmark  An (u) under a letter in Denmark  A (l) over a letter in Denmark  A (l) under a letter in Denmark 
D 1935 D 1942 D 1949 D 1956 D 1963 D 75/79
E 1936 E 1943 K 1950 K 1957 K 1964 K 80/84
N 1937 N 1944 E 1951 E 1958 E 1965 E 85/89
M 1938 M 1945 R 1952 R 1959 R 1966 R 90/94
A 1939 A 1946 N 1953 N 1960 N 1967 N 95/99
R 1940 R 1947 A 1954 A 1961 A 1968 A 00/04
K 1941 K 1948 M 1955 M 1962 M 69/74 M  

Royal Copenhagen bar code from 1935 and forward

Used on items with decoration under the glaze

Bar over

R

in ROYAL

1935
Bar over O in ROYAL 1936
Bar over Y in ROYAL 1937
Bar over A in ROYAL 1938
Bar over L in ROYAL 1939
Bar over C in COPENHAGEN 1940
Bar over O in COPENHAGEN 1941
Bar over P in COPENHAGEN 1942
Bar over E in COPENHAGEN 1943
Bar over N in COPENHAGEN 1944
Bar over H in COPENHAGEN 1945
Bar over A in COPENHAGEN 1946
Bar over G in COPENHAGEN 1947
Bar over E in COPENHAGEN 1948
Bar over N in COPENHAGEN 1949
Bar under R in ROYAL 1950
Bar under O in ROYAL 1951
Bar under Y in ROYAL 1952
Bar under A in ROYAL 1953
Bar under L in ROYAL 1954
Bar under D in DENMARK 1955
Bar under E in DENMARK 1956
Bar under N in DENMARK 1957
Bar under M in DENMARK 1958
Bar under A in DENMARK 1959
Bar under R in DENMARK 1960
Bar under K in DENMARK 1961
Bar under C in COPENHAGEN 1962
Bar under O in COPENHAGEN 1963
Bar under P in COPENHAGEN 1964
Bar under E in COPENHAGEN 1965
Bar under N in COPENHAGEN 1966
Bar under H in COPENHAGEN 1967
Bar under A in COPENHAGEN 1968
Used on  both porcelain and faience (Faience before 69 marked with Aluminia marks)
Bar under G in COPENHAGEN 1969-1974
Bar under E in COPENHAGEN 1975-1979
Bar under N in COPENHAGEN 1980-1984
Bar over R and O in ROYAL 1985-1989
Bar over R and Y in ROYAL 1990-1994
Bar over R and A in ROYAL 1994-1999
Bar over R and L in ROYAL 2000-2004

Aluminia Hallmarks

1863 on earthenware

1868 - 1922 on earthenware
1888 

1872 - 1930 on earthenware in best quality

1903 - 1969 on earthenware with decoration under the glaze. At bar, U or X indicate the production year from 1935 to 1969. The U over E in Denmark indicates that this item was produced in 1950. Please find the production code below. After 1969 is the Royal Copenhagen Faience hallmark used.
1903 - 1930 on hand painted items. The number over the line is the decoration number and the number under the line is the model number. The model number indicate how old an item can be - items produced over several years have the same decoration and model number. Please find the design number list below.
1928 - 1956

Aluminia model numbers from 1903 to 1920

 

Used on hand painted items with decoration under the glaze. The number over the line is the decoration number. The number under the line is the model number. 

100 - 150

1903
151-250 1904
251-400 1905
401-500 1906
501-550 1907
551-600 1908
601-650 1909
651-690 1910
691-730 1911
731-760 1912
761-800 1913
801-860 1914
861-920 1915
921-960 1916
961-1020 1917
1021-1100 1918
1101-1200 1919
1201-1300 1920

Aluminia production code from 1935 - 1969

Used on items with decoration under the glaze

Bar over

D

in DENMARK

1935
Bar over E in DENMARK 1936
Bar over N in DENMARK 1937
Bar over M in DENMARK 1938
Bar over A in DENMARK 1939
Bar over R in DENMARK 1940
Bar over K in DENMARK 1941
Bar under D in DENMARK 1942
Bar under E in DENMARK 1943
Bar under N in DENMARK 1944
Bar under M in DENMARK 1945
Bar under A in DENMARK 1946
Bar under R in DENMARK 1947
Bar under K in DENMARK 1948
U over D in DENMARK 1949
U over E in DENMARK 1950
U over N in DENMARK 1951
U over M in DENMARK 1952
U over A in DENMARK 1953
U over R in DENMARK 1954
U over K in DENMARK 1955
U under D in DENMARK 1956
U under E in DENMARK 1957
U under N in DENMARK 1958
U under M in DENMARK 1959
U under A in DENMARK 1960
U under R in DENMARK 1961
U under K in DENMARK 1962
X under D in DENMARK 1963
X under E in DENMARK 1964
X under N in DENMARK 1965
X under M in DENMARK 1966
X under A in DENMARK 1967
X under R in DENMARK 1968
X under K in DENMARK 1969

The TENERA group:
(Nils Thorsson) Denmark
Berte Jessen Denmark
Marianne Johnson Sweden
Kari Christensen Norway
Beth Breyen Norway
Grete Helland-Hansen Norway
Inge-Lise Koefoed Denmark

Aluminia Artists Signatures:

1 Arnold Krog
2 Chr. Joachim (J. Petersen before 1911)
3 Chr. Joachim (after 1911)
4 Nils Thorsson
5 Thorkil Olsen
6 Kaj Lange
7 Berte Jessen
8 Beth Breyen
9 Kari Christensen
10 Marianne Johnson
11 Grethe Helland Hansen
12 Inge Lise-Kofoed
13 Marjorie Firsching
14 Jeanne Grut
15 Anni Jeppesen
16 Magnus Stephesen
17 Grethe Meyer
18 Johanne Gerber
19 Ellen Malmer
20 Doreen Middelboe

Shipped safe and insured from Denmark to anywhere in the world with Priority Air Mail. World wide delivery time: 4-8 business days.

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