The Watchman 1948, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate

Name: The Watchman 1948, Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate
Brand: Bing & Grondahl
SKU: BX1948
Price: 30.5 USD
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Brand: Bing & Grondahl
Item no: BX1948
Alt number: 1902148

Year: 1948
Color: Blue and White
Type: Porcelain (Underglaze)
Measurement: Ø: 18 cm

About the product

1948 Bing & Grondahl Christmas plate, designed by Margrethe Hyldahl, bears the title The Watchman sculpture, in the City Hall in Copenhagen. Bing & Grøndahl's Christmas plate from 1948 depicts one of several statues along the roof of Copenhagen's town hall. The statue represents the watchmen, who guarded Copenhagen in earlier periods. The town hall of Copenhagen was designed by Martin Nyrop,it was erected in 1892- 1905, and it holds many treasures. For instance Jens Olsen's world clock, a sculpture of Hans Christian Andersen, busts of Thorvaldsen and Martin Nyrop,and over the entrance is a bronze relief of Bishop Absalon, the founder of Copenhagen.