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Bing & Grondahl Christmas Plates

The first blue porcelain Christmas plate in the world was made by Bing & Grondahl in 1895!

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The classic Bing & Grondahl Christmas Plates

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Bringing home the Christmas Tree 1965, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Bringing home the Christmas Tree 1965, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 12.18
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Item no: BX1965 Year: 1965 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Fir Tree and the Hare 1964, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
The Fir Tree and the Hare 1964, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Item no: BX1964 Year: 1964 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Christmas Elf 1963, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
The Christmas Elf 1963, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Item no: BX1963 Year: 1963 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Winter Night, 1962 Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Winter Night, 1962 Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 12.18
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Item no: BX1962 Year: 1962 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Winter Harmony 1961, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Winter Harmony 1961, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Item no: BX1961 Year: 1961 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Osterlars Church 1960, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Osterlars Church 1960, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 24.00
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Item no: BX1960 Year: 1960 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Christmas Eve 1959, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -39%
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USD 33.84
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Item no: BX1959 Year: 1959 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Santa Claus 1958, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Santa Claus 1958, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 30.66
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Item no: BX1958 Year: 1958 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Christmas Candles 1957, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -22%
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USD 67.61
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Item no: BX1957 Year: 1957 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Christmas in Copenhagen 1956, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -21%
Christmas in Copenhagen 1956,...
USD 73.28
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Item no: BX1956 Year: 1956 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Kalundborg Church 1955, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
The Kalundborg Church 1955, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 27.68
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Item no: BX1955 Year: 1955 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Hans Christian Andersen's House1954, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Hans Christian Andersen's House1954, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 36.32
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Item no: BX1954 Year: 1954 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Royal Yacht in Greenlandic waters 1953, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Royal Yacht in Greenlandic waters 1953, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 27.68
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Item no: BX1953 Year: 1953 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Old Copenhagen Canals at Wintertime, Thorvaldsen Museum 1952, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Old Copenhagen Canals at Wintertime, Thorvaldsen Museum 1952, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Old Copenhagen Canals at Winterti...
USD 27.68
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Item no: BX1952 Year: 1952 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Jens Bang Passenger boat Copenhagen - Aalborg 1951, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Jens Bang Passenger boat Copenhagen - Aalborg 1951, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 33.84
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Item no: BX1951 Year: 1951 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Kronborg Castle at Helsingor 1950, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -29%
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USD 30.66
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Item no: BX1950 Year: 1950 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Danish Minuteman1949, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -29%
Danish Minuteman1949, B...
USD 30.66
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Item no: BX1949 Year: 1949 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Watchman 1948, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -29%
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USD 30.66
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Item no: BX1948 Year: 1948 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Dybbol Mill 1947, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -30%
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USD 42.97
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Item no: BX1947 Year: 1947 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Commemoration Cross, World War II 1946, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Commemoration Cross, World War II 1946, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 24.00
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Item no: BX1946 Year: 1946 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Old Watermill 1945, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -18%
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USD 60.96
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Item no: BX1945 Year: 1945 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Sorgenfri Castle 1944, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -34%
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USD 48.64
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Item no: BX1944 Year: 1944 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Ribe 
Cathedral 1943, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -35%
The Ribe Cathedral 1943, Bi...
USD 48.14
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Item no: BX1943 Year: 1943 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Farm on Christmas Night 1942, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -37%
Danish Farm on Christmas...
USD 84.82
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Item no: BX1942 Year: 1942 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Horses 
enjoying Christmas Meal 1941, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Horses 
enjoying Christmas Meal 1941, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Horses enjoying Christmas...
USD 92.25
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Item no: BX1941 Year: 1941 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Delivering Christmas Letters 1940, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -35%
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USD 79.93
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Item no: BX1940 Year: 1940 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Sandman 1939, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -34%
The Sandman 1939, Bing & Grondahl C...
USD 60.96
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Item no: BX1939 Year: 1939 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Lighting the Candles 
1938, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Lighting the Candles 
1938, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Lighting the Candles 1938, Bing & Gron...
USD 60.96
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Item no: BX1938 Year: 1938 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Arrival of Christmas guests 1937, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -35%
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USD 38.80
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Item no: BX1937 Year: 1937 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Royal Guard outside Amalienborg
Palace
 1936, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -34%
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USD 30.66
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Item no: BX1936 Year: 1936 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Lillebelt Bridge connecting Funen 
with Jutland 1935, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
The Lillebelt Bridge connecting Funen 
with Jutland 1935, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 24.00
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Item no: BX1935 Year: 1935 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Church Bell in Tower 1934, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Church Bell in Tower 1934, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 24.00
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Item no: BX1934 Year: 1934 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Korsor - Nyborg Ferry 1933, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
The Korsor - Nyborg Ferry 1933, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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The Korsor - Nyborg Ferry 1933, Bing &...
USD 24.00
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Item no: BX1933 Year: 1933 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Lifeboat at work 1932, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Lifeboat at work 1932, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 24.00
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Item no: BX1932 Year: 1932 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Arrival of the Christmas Train 1931, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -29%
Arrival of the Christmas Train 19...
USD 30.66
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Item no: BX1931 Year: 1931 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The 
Christmas tree on City Hall square 1930, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -22%
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USD 42.97
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Item no: BX1930 Year: 1930 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Fox outside Farm on Christmas Eve 1929, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Fox outside Farm on Christmas Eve 1929, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Fox outside Farm on Christmas Eve 192...
USD 18.20
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Item no: BX1929 Year: 1929 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Inuit by Greenlandic Church 1928, Bing & Grøndahl Christmas Plate -38%
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Item no: BX1928 Year: 1928 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Skating Couple 1927, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -34%
Skating Couple 1927, Bing & Gron...
USD 36.32
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Item no: BX1927 Year: 1927 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Chruchgoers on Christmas Day 1926, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Chruchgoers on Christmas Day 1926, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Chruchgoers on Christmas Day 192...
USD 24.00
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Item no: BX1926 Year: 1926 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Child's Christmas 1925, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -29%
The Child's Christmas 1925, Bi...
USD 30.66
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Item no: BX1925 Year: 1925 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Lighthouse in Danish Waters, 1924 Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -44%
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Item no: BX1924 Year: 1924 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Royal Hunting Castle 1923, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
The Royal Hunting Castle 1923, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 33.84
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Item no: BX1923 Year: 1923 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Star of Bethlehem 1922, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Star of Bethlehem 1922, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 24.00
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Item no: BX1922 Year: 1922 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Pigeons in the Castle Court 1921, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Pigeons in the Castle Court 1921, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Pigeons in the Castle Court 1921,...
USD 23.29
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Item no: BX1921 Year: 1921 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Hare in the Snow 1920, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Hare in the Snow 1920, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 36.32
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Item no: BX1920 Year: 1920 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Outside the lighted Window 1919, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -26%
Outside the lighted Window 1919, Bin...
USD 36.32
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Item no: BX1919 Year: 1919 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Fishing 
boat retuning Home for Christmas 1918, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
The Fishing 
boat retuning Home for Christmas 1918, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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USD 14.16
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Item no: BX1918 Year: 1918 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Arrival of the Christmas Boat 1917, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -34%
Arrival of the Christmas Boat 19...
USD 30.66
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Item no: BX1917 Year: 1917 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Christmas Prayer of the Sparrows 1916, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Christmas Prayer of the Sparrows 1916, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Item no: BX1916 Year: 1916 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Chained Dog getting a double Meal on Christmas Eve 1915, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -34%
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USD 36.32
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Item no: BX1915 Year: 1915 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Royal 
Palace, Amalienborg 1914, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -31%
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Item no: BX1914 Year: 1914 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Bringing 
home the Christmas Tree 1913, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -13%
Bringing home the Christma...
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Item no: BX1913 Year: 1913 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Going to 
Church on Christmas Eve 1912, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -34%
Going to Church on Christm...
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Item no: BX1912 Year: 1912 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate 1911, First it was sung by the Angels to the 
Shepherds in the Field -40%
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Item no: BX1911 Year: 1911 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Old
 Organist 1910, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -40%
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Item no: BX1910 Year: 1910 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Joy of the Christmas Tree 1909, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Joy of the Christmas Tree 1909, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
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Joy of the Christmas Tree 1909, Bing & ...
USD 36.32
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Item no: BX1909 Year: 1909 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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St. Petri Church of Copenhagen 1908, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -33%
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USD 33.13
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Item no: BX1908 Year: 1908 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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The Little Match Girl 1907, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -26%
The Little Match Girl 1907, Bing & Gron...
USD 36.82
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Item no: BX1907 Year: 1907 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Sleighing to Church on Christmas Eve 1906, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate -20%
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Item no: BX1906 Year: 1906 Measurement: Ø: 18 cm
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Christmas plates from Bing & Grondahl

Bing & Grondahl Christmas plates 1895-2017

Bing & Grondahl released the first Christmas wall plate in 1895 and it was the genesis of several other famous Christmas plate series. However Bing & Grondahl Christmas plates will always be special, because their Christmas plate was the first in the world and the series is still continued with a new Christmas plate for the collector every year. The old blue plate remains a stable in the Danish porcelain production.

Below you will see how Bing & Grondahl plates can be combined with many other beautiful things. You can put them in a plate holder as done here or hang them on the wall.

Cheap Bing & Grondahl Plates - beautiful decorations

Bing & Grondahl Christmas plates and Mother's day plates

Make your own theme

Here you see a Bing & Grondahl figurine of Hans Christian Andersen together with the Christmas plates from 2016 and 1954 from Bing & Grondahl, both plates show the house of our dear poet in Odense. The plates are merely drawn with a time difference of 62 years! - I like to make setups that connect in some way. - Here it is a Hans Christian Andersen Theme.


Bing & Grondahl Christmas plates from 2016 and 1954 - Hans Christian Andersen theme

I could not help myself making a hunting theme as seen below..., but only your fantasy sets the limit as to what you can put together. It might be a theme of things made the year you were born, or a thing from each of the years that have ment something in your life. - Your birth, affirmation of baptism, wedding, the birth year of your children etc.

Bing & Grondahl Christmas plates - hunting theme

Bing and Grondahl Christmas plates

Bing & Grondahl Christmas plates - Rare collectible plates - Danish Blue plates from B&G

Christmas Plates by Bing & Grondahl

B&G's production of blue porcelain Christmas plates started in 1895, when the first Christmas plate was produced. Today, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plates are famous all over the world and thus an important representative of Denmark as the motif on the Christmas wall plates depict a wide range of our proud sights and attractions. In 1895 Harald Bing, one of the founders and owners of the Bing & Grondahl factory, got the idea to manufacture and sell a blue Christmas plate as a collector's article. He started to produced a new plate every year, the motif of the wall plate showed the Danish countryside, buildings etc.

In 1889, Bing & Grondahl participated in the World Exhibition in Paris, where the Heron Service got a wonderful welcome and part of it was immediately bought by museums and private collectors around the world. The first Christmas plate was as described above produced in 1895 and this plate was designed by F.A. Hallin, who was also the artist of the Heron Service. The beautiful blue plate was also warmly welcomed by collectors everywhere. This was the beginning of a fantastic story about the production of blue porcelain and the worldwide collection mania of plates in general.

The first blue Christmas wall plate, "Behind the frozen window" was only produced in a very small number and therefore it is highly sought after and difficult to find. This also applies to others of the early years though smaller in scale. Also plates produced during the second World War when there was a shortage of raw materials for the production of Christmas plates are often hard to come by.

Bing and Grondahl Christmas plates

B&G Christmas plates depict many beautiful events and the atmosphere we associate with Christmas. Each landscape motif is dressed in the white winter coat, which we experience almost every winter in Denmark. Several of B&G blue Christmas wall plates also depict Danish churches, where many people gather on Christmas Eve. Although the churches in Denmark today are far from being used to the same extent as they did in the past. The church is still a beloved gathering place for the family on Christmas Eve. It is in the church that many families start their Christmas Eve and really let the peace settle in, while we listen to the sound of the beautiful Christmas songs accompanied by wonderful organ music.

A Bing & Grondahl old blue Christmas plate is a great gift for Christmas as it set a wonderful atmosphere to a room. It is also not just for hanging on the wall, if you collect many plates you can also use it as a Christmas service that makes a wonderful setting for Christmas tea and coffee. The plates gives and aura of that old Christmas we all long for withe frost on the windows, snowy landscape and a well decorated home and Christmas tree. Everything needed for a merry Christmas rounded of with the Christmas cake on your blue plate with a lovely motif under the cake. How could a setting for Christmas Eve be better? Especially children will love the many motifs of children playing in the snow and long for building snowmen and having snow fights themselves. The plates could thus also be gifts to an old friend commemorating the Christmas days of old, when you were playing in the snow.

Christmas is a family celebration and at this time we try to remember to be there for each other. The same care applies to animals. Many wild animals might have difficulty finding food, when the ground is covered with snow and hard frost. Bing & Grondahl has portrayed both the forest's wildlife and people's pets on several of their blue Christmas wall plates, where the animals are enjoying the extra care. The Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate from 1920 shows two hares in the forest in search of grain on the snowy ground. Likewise the B&G Christmas plate from 1921 depicts two doves in the process of looking for food. The known Danish songwriter Peter Faber's Christmas song "What a tremendous hustle and bustle" tells of the watchdog, which will get an extra meal because of Christmas. This scenario Bing & Grondahl set on the Christmas wall plate from 1915 and the Christmas wall plate from 1941 depicts two horses in the lovely, warm stable enjoying their extra large portion of hay.

Not all families can gather at Christmas because of work and service abroad. Denmark is a proud maritime nation and have always had many ships sailing the seas at Christmas. Therefore, there are also several Bing and Grondahl Christmas wall plates with motifs of ships like the Royal Yacht at Greenland and the motor vessel M / S Jens Bang.

Christmas is the festival of hearts - a term we hear again and again. Cosyness and togetherness have also been the inspiration for many of the blue Christmas plates by Bing & Grondahl. Several of B&G Christmas plates show children and adults in familiar situations. We see children skating, a crowd of children putting the finishing touches on their snowman, families decorating the Christmas tree and expectant children waiting for Santa.

As mentioned below, in addition to the wellknown BG Christmas plates, B&G also produced the Large B&G Jubile Christmas Plates 23 cm, as well as Bing & Grondahl Santa Claus Plates 20 cm, Bing & Grondahl The Snow Fairy Plates 19 cm, and the beautiful large Annual Dishes Ø 33cm 1909-1912

Remember that you can use B&G Christmas plates to eat from

The Chistmas plates are painted under the glazing, so you can use them as dinner plates to serve food and give you table a tiny spark of Christmas. Below you can see a Christmas plate used for serving Danish rye bread with herring.

Serve Christmas dinner on beautiful Christmas plates

The first Christmas plate in the world was made by Bing & Grondahl in 1985

On a cold Decembers morning in 1895, we were told, mr. Harald Bing, director of the Danish porcelain house of Bing and Grondahl, ordered his astonished workers to destroy the mold of the small blue-and-white plate the company had produced to commemorate the Christmas holiday.

Bing&Grondahl Christmas Plate 1895 - The first Christmas Plate

The plate was Behind the Frozen window, and it became the first known limited edition collector´s plate and the cornerstone of what is now the world´s most actively traded form of art.

By thus limiting the plate´s supply, Mr. Bing established the essential condition for the extraordinary collector´s plate marked we know today.

Limited-edition old blue plates are now bought and sold all over the world by millions of collectors who are seeking not only rare old plates like Behind the Frozen Window, but also current issues from many makers in many counties. In addition to the thrill of market speculation, these collectors take a special pleasure in owning these scarce objects in the tradition of the connoisseurs who collected art in the medium of plates in earlier times.

Facts about the B&G Christmas plates:

When was the first B&G Christmas plate issued?

The first B&G Christmas plate was issued in 1895 and was the first Christmas plate in the world.

Which is the most valuable B&G Christmas plate?

The most valuable B&G Christmas plate is also the oldest plate from 1895. Other than this all the years prior to 1900 are valuable.

Who designed the first B&G Christmas plate?

The first Christmas plate ever was designed by Frederik August Hallin.

Can you eat from B&G Christmas plates?

Yes, all B&G Christmas plates can be used to eat from. The paint used was always the same as used for the dinnerware.