Santa Claus Christmas plates by Bing & Grondahl
Santa Claus Christmas plates by Bing & Grondahl
In 1989 Bing & Grondahl started a new series of Christmas plates, which is significantly different to the famous blue Christmas plates that B&G was the first to launch in 1895. The new Christmas plate series was called Santa Claus and depicts Santa's doings around Christmas time. B&G Santa Claus series was issued over a period of 6 years - from 1989 to 1994.
The first Bing & Grondahl Santa Claus Christmas plate shows Santa's workshop, where his industrious helpers are in the process of producing all the gifts to be brought around to the world's children on Christmas Eve. In Santa's workshop all toys that a child could want are being manufactured. Dolls, drum sets, locomotives, doll houses and much more are manufactured here.
In 1990, we see Santa's sleigh with all the lovely Christmas gifts, which are now ready to be distributed worldwide. The Sleigh is ready for departure and Santa's helpers are ready to give it a push in the right direction. Most of us imagine that Santa's sleigh is pulled by reindeer, but on the B&G Santa Claus Christmas plate, the artist has chosen to place a horse in front of the sleigh.
In 1991, Santa Claus came out on his route and fly over the snow-covered roofs.
On the Santa Claus Christmas plate by Bing & Grondahl 1992, Santa Claus arrived at the chimney, of course, with his big sack full of gifts.
In 1993, Santa Claus come down the chimney with his sack and is ready to distribute the presents under the tree. In the background is the cosy fireplace where the children of the family carefully have hung their socks ready to receive gifts.
The Santa Claus Christmas plate from 1994 really rounds off the story, depicting Santa as he reads Christmas stories for all of the children in the house. The first 6 Christmas plates in the B & G Santa Claus series is overglaze decorated with 16 different colors and motif surrounded by a beautiful fir festoon. All Christmas plates in the series has a wealth of detail without equal. You can study the plates for a long time, or several times, and always spot new details.
Santa Around the World Christmas plates by Bing & Grondahl
These plates are called "Santa Around the World". The series started in 1995 and ended in 2000,
In 1995, the motif on the Bing & Grondahl Santa Claus Christmas plates changed and from now the series is called Santa Claus Around the World. The new series of Santa Claus plates was designed by the same designer as the 6 previous plates, namely Hans Henrik Hansen. The motifs of the Bing & Grondahl Santa Around the World series shows Santa Claus on a journey through all parts of the world and is surrounded by a beautiful rim in 24 carat gold with red ribbon.
According to many people's belives, Santa Claus lives in Greenland and therefore it is natural to start his journey here, where we see him together with a polar bear and her two cubs. Above their heads the North Star lits clean and clear on the cold landscape.
On the second Christmas plate in the series Santa Claus comes to the Orient, where he has switched to a beautifully decorated elephant. In 1997, Santa Claus arrived at the Red Square in Russia, where he is surrounded by the Russian bear and a matryoshka doll family. His journey takes him, of course, also to Australia, where he in 1998 is seen on a lush Australian savannah together with a grazing sheep and a kangaroo, which keeps an eye on his precious sack. In 1999, he reached Europe, where he flies high over the sky in a hot air balloon with some christmas geese. Beside him is the beautiful Eiffel Tower in Paris. The last year, 2000, Santa Claus is in the United States, where the Statue of Liberty welcomes him and a lot of happy and excited children.
Together with all Bing & Grondahl Santa Claus Christmas plates a Santa Claus ornament of 5.5 cm was also issued. They were all decorated with part of the motif from the Christmas plate of the same year.
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