Royal Copenhagen Memory Plates

The Royal Copenhagen Memory Plates

Royal Copenhagen began producing Commemorative Plates (also called Memory Plates) in 1888, and continues the tradition today with the issue of their 2008 Christmas Centennial series. In 1970, Royal Copenhagen published a book titled The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory Plates (also called "The Gray Book") which pictured and described most of the Memory plates that had been issued; the numbers assigned in this book have become he standard identifier for the plates, and is shown in the first column below. (I have a few copies of this 1970 book available for sale; please inquire.)

Most plates are pictured in this book:

Christmas Plates from Royal Copenagen and Bing & Grondahl: An excellent book is available which pictures most of the Commemorative plates, Christmas plates, Mother's Day plates, Children's Day plates, and other plate series by both companies. Also included are Royal Copenhagen annual mugs, the 2010 series Plaquettes, and the rare overglaze Royalty Silhouette Plaques (starting in 1906 with Christian IX). B&G series include Christmas Jubilee plates, Easter Plaques, Christmas in America, Windjammers, and B&G Centennial items. Plus Aluminia plates and Michelsen Christmas spoons. Fully illustrated, with price guides (2004), 9"x12" hardbound, $49.95 cover price, my price $35. An EXCELLENT resource for dealers and collectors alike; you NEED this book!

The size of the plate is shown in inches. All of these plates were issued in Limited Editions; the number of plates issued is listed in the "L.E." column when known[ other "N/L" means that the edition size is Not LIsted in any of the reference books. All of these plates are First Quality and in excellent condition -- no chips, cracks, or significant defects -- but all were hand produced, most of them in coal fired kilns, so the orginal manufacturing process created plates with more variation and anomalies than would be acceptable if produced using modern techniques. The plates were individually inspected at the factory; plates with significant defects were marked as Second Quality by cutting a vertical scratch through the three wavy line trademark.

There were some error in sizes and edition sizes in the Gray Book; see ** and notes at bottom.

Photos: You can click on any Description which appears in BLUE to see a photo of the plate. Otherwise, you can request photos of individual plates or buy the book. The photos were not all taken under uniform lighting, so color varies more in the photos than in the plates. All plates are traditional Copenhagen blue and white EXCEPT #26, 176, 178 and186 white are gray and white; #28 where the polar bear is off-white; and #30 which has a hint of yellow at the mouth of the volcano.

#	Date	Description or Event	Size	L.E.	My Price
1	1888	Scandinavian Exhibition	6.75	1200	$300
2	1892	50th Anniversary: King Chr. IX & Q.Louise	6.75	1200	$ 100
3	1894	Prince Frederik & Louise 25th Anniversary	7.00	1200	$ 85
3A	1894	Prince Frederik & Louise 25th Anniversary	11.75	**	Ask
4	1895	Women's Exhibition in Copenhagen	7.00	1200	$ 75
5	1895	Women's Exhibition: Diploma of Honor	8.75	13	Ask
6	1896	Wedding Louise & Frederick	6.75	1200	$ 50
7	1896	Wedding Carl & Maud (Norway/England)	6.75	1200	$ 95
8	1897	Wedding Ingeborg & Carl (Sweden)	6.75	1200	$ 50
9	1897	Women's Building, 1896-1900	6.50	1200	$ 75
10	1897	Arts & Industry Exh. Stockholm	7.25	1200	$ 50
11	1897	Stockholm Exh., Swedish Crown	9.00	100	$575
12	1897	Stockholm Exh., 3 Wavy Lines	9.00	100	$575
13	1897	Jutland Farmers Assc., Bull/Clover	7.25	1200	$ 65
14	1897	Odd Fellows Hosp., Dragon & Rapier	7.25	1500	$ 95
15	1897	St. George & the Dragon	11.5	100	$1200
16	1897	Queen Louise's 80th Birthday	9.25	1200	$200
16A	1897	Queen Louise's 80th Birthday, w/Gold	9.25	**	$300
17	1898	King Chr. IX's 80th Birthday	9.25	1200	$200
17A	1898	King Chr. IX's 80th Birthday, w/Gold	9.25	**	$375
18	1898	Wedding Chr. X & Alexandrine	6.75	2500	$ 50
19	1898	Tourist Association	7.25	800	Sold
20	1898	Nakskov Exhibition	7.75	500	$150
21	1898	Soldiers Monument, 1848-1898	7.25	850	$ 95
22	1898	Icelandic Falcon	8.50	2500	$ 95
23	1898	Teilmann Arms	6.75	600	$150
24	1898	Cenotaph on Skamlingsbanken	8.75	1200	$ 50
25	1898	Art Society of 18 November, 1898	8.25	300	$200
26	1899	Battle of Fredericia, 50th Anniversay	12.5	200	Ask
27	1899	50th Anniversay, Olaf Rye	6.75	1000	$ 50
28	1899	Odd Fellows: Polar Bear on Ice Flow **	16.0	150**	$2900
29	1899	Odd Fellows: Iceland Geyser	11.0	200	$475
30	1899	Odd Fellows: Iceland Volcano	11.0	200	$475
31	1899	Odd Fellows: Iceland Waterfall	11.0	200	$475
32	1899	Mason on Scaffold	8.75	600	$200
33	1899	Odd Fellows Insignia	7.00	500	$125
34	1899	Masonic Insignia	7.00	800	$150
35	1899	Eagle on Branch	7.00	100	$575
36	1899	Royal Theater in Copenhagen	8.50	35	$4500
37	1900	Viking Ship	7.25	600	Sold
39	1901	Sphinx on Globe, Turn of Century	8.75	500	$150
40	1901	Glasgow Exhibition / Thistles	7.25	262	$275
41	1901	Vordingborg Exhibition	7.75	455	$150
42	1902	Coronation Edward VII & Queen Alexandra	6.75	1000	$125
43	1903	Odd Fellows: Hourglass	7.25	250	$200
44	1903	May Day Festival	6.00	500	$150
45	1903	Gentofte Townhall (Shield)	8.00	225	$200
46	1903	40th Jubilee Christian IX	7.75	1200	$95
46	1903	40th Jubilee Christian IX - Open Border	7.75	40	$2500
47	1904	St. Louis Exhibition	7.00	500	$175
48	1904	Tea Totallers Association	7.00	1000	$100
49	1904	Ribe Cathedral Restoration	11.0	200	$375
52	1904	Hans Christian Andersen: Swans	7.75	800	$100
53	1905	Horsens Exhibition	7.75	N/L	$100
54	1905	Gefion plowing with 4 oxen	8.75	454	$100
55	1905	Fishery Association: Seal & Salmon	7.75	666	$100
56	1905	Patria Integra, St. Croix	7.75	300	Sold
56A	1905	Patria Integra, St. Croix (Large)	11.75	N/L	$5500
57	1905	Nursing Sister's Motherhouse	7.75	N/L	$175
57A	1905	Nursing Sister's Motherhouse (Large)	11.75	N/L	Ask
59	1906	Danish Commercial Travellers	7.75	1000	$75
60	1906	Coronation King Frederik VIII & Q.Louise	8.75	1500	$125
61	1906	Haakon VII (Norway) Coronation	7.75	1500	$95
62	1906	Towers of Copenhagen	8.75	300	$175
63	1906	Freemason Lodge, Cimbria	8.75	800	$150
63A	1906	Freemason Lodge, Cimbria (Large)	13.0	11	$4500
65	1906	Danish Virgin Islands Nursing Home	7.75	300	$200
66	1906	Virgin Islands "Soli Deo Gloria"	7.75	300	$200
67	1906	Viborg Cathedral	11.0	243	$375
68	1907	Red Cross Society, Good Samaritan	7.75	300	$200
68A	1907	Red Cross Society, Good Samaritan	11.75	15	$4500
70	1907	Mailcoach on Copenhagen Waterfront	11.00	N/L	Sold
71	1907	Aarhus Cathedral Restoration **	11.00	~200	$375
72	1907	Fano Island Plate	7.75	N/L	Sold
73	1907	Aarhus Commercial Travelers	8.5	300	$150
75	1907	Pax in Terra; Virgin Islands	7.75	250	$200
76	1907	Danish Virgin Islands Day Nursery	7.75	**	$500
77	1907	Odd Fellows Virgin Island Hospital	6.00	430	$150
77A	1907	Odd Fellows Virgin Island Hospital (Large)	11.25	15	$5500
79	1907	Koldinghus Castle	8.75	600	$150
81	1907	Crossed Colors of 6th Battalion	8.75	350	$200
81A	1907	Crossed Colors of 6th Battalion (Large)	12.5	36	$3900
82	1907	Saint Canute Cathedral	11.0	212	$375
83	1907	Hotel & Restaurant Association	7.75	372	$200
85	1908	Freemason Lodge: St. Clemens	7.75	331	$200
86	1908	Freemason Lodge: St. Clemens (Oval)	15.00	29	$4900
88	1908	Ballet Dancer; Journalist Assn.	7.25	250	$150
89	1909	Aarhus Exhibition	7.75	1460	$ 95
91	1909	Viking Ship: Messina Relief Fund	7.25	1107	$ 95
92	1909	Copenhagen Zoo	7.75	392	$175
93	1909	Maribo County: Farmer Ploughing	7.75	238	$175
94	1909	Greenland Expedition: Rock w/Cross	9.00	624	$150
95	1909	Greenland Expedition: Dog Sledges	9.00	341	$175
96	1909	Greenland Expedition: Eskimo Hunter	9.00	315	$175
97	1909	Wedding Harald & Helena	6.75	1653	$ 75
98	1909	Frigate Jylland	7.75	496	$175
99	1909	Frigate Jylland: Chain Border	11.75	18	Ask
100	1909	Freemasons: De Fire Roser	7.75	127	$550
101	1909	Freemasons: De Fire Roser (Oval)	15.0	28	$4900
102	1909	Statue of Liberty	7.75	396	$200
104	1909	Princess Marie	5.50	2756	$ 65
106	1909	Greenland Expedition: Two Men	12.25	5	Ask
107	1910	Mother nursing her Child	6.75	480	$150
108	1910	West Indian Church & Kindergarten	8.00	251	$200
109	1910	Defense of Denmark: Boy with Sword	6.00	2423	$ 65
110	1910	Robt. Svendsen Flight	7.75	251	$275
111	1911	Christmas Plate, small size	6.00	120	Sold
113	1911	Danish Commercial Traveler's Bldg.	7.75	812	$135
114	1911	Bishop Thomas Skat Rordam	7.75	205	$250
115	1911	Racing Boat on Sound	7.75	174	$350
116	1911	Coronation King George VI & Mary	6.75	1936	Sold
117	1911	Crowned Coach horn	6.00	492	Sold
118	1911	Granary at Carlsberg	9.75	135	Sold
119	1911	Peristyle at Carlsberg	9.75	161	$485
120	1911	Laboratory at Carlsberg	9.75	200	$485
121	1911	Neptune Fountain	9.75	158	$485
122	1911	Palmhouse	9.75	167	Sold
123	1911	Frederiksborg Castle Restoration	9.75	194	$485
124	1911	Royal Society of Science & Letters	9.75	125	Sold
125	1911	Lindos Castle	9.75	143	Sold
126	1911	Carlsberg Monogram: Small Size **	4.00	575	$100
126	1911	Carlsberg Monogram: Large Size	10.3	156	$600
127	1911	Rouen, Viking Ship	6.75	131	$485
128	1912	Copenhagen Rifle Corps: Viking	7.75	375	$200
130	1912	Old People's Home, 50th Year	7.75	399	$200
131	1912	Odense Cathedral	6.75	490	$150
132	1912	Kalmar Castle	7.75	125	$385
133	1912	Beach at the Skaw "Skagen"	7.75	139	$350
134	1912	Viking Ship: Fishery Exhibition	6.00	291	$200
135	1912	Royal Hussars	9.50	359	$250
136	1912	Defense of Denmark: Youth w/Sword	6.00	1677	$75
137	1912	Coronation Chr.IX & Alexandrine	8.75	2179	$150
138	1912	Memory Plate for Frederik VIII	5.50	1975	$75
139	1912	Danish Virgin Islands	6.00	424	$150
140	1912	Herning Municipal Charter	7.75	285	$175
142	1913	Danish Tourist Assn. - Fjord	6.75	573	$150
143	1913	Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen	11.0	163	$375
144	1913	San Francisco - Danish Landscape	6.75	1197	$125
145	1913	Tivoli gardens, 70th Year	6.75	626	$175
146	1913	Landskrona Exhibition	7.75	120	Ask
148	1914	Battle of Dybbol - 50th Year	7.75	2814	$75
149	1914	Baltic Exhibition - Malmo	7.25	265	$300
150	1914	Helgoland Victory, 50th Year	7.75	1761	$75
151	1914	Frankfurt am Main: View from River	6.76	1017	Ask
153	1914	Queen's Christmas Fund	7.50	599	$150
154	1914	Alexandra's 70th Birthday	7.75	929	$150
155	1914	San Francisco - Crown & Wavy Lines	7.00	557	$200
156	1914	Haand & Haand Insurance	7.00	421	$150
157	1915	San Francisco - Arms of California	9.75	179	$900
158	1915	Malmo: Denmark, Norway & Sweden	7.75	3610	$95
159	1915	Bellum, St. George & Dragon	8.50	2123	$125
160	1915	PAX, Child & Lamb	8.50	N/L	$200
162	1915	Army Cadet Academy, 100th Year	6.75	683	$75
163	1915	Weisbaden (Germany) Spa	6.75	N/L	Want
164	1916	Flag & Sheaf: Denmark's Honor	8.00	1044	$100
165	1916	Odd Fellows: Good Samaritan	7.75	890	$100
167	1917	Red Cross: Nurse with Tray	7.50	360	$375
168	1917	Odd Fellows: Two Men Greeting	8.00	587	$100
169	1917	Zealand Commercial Travelers	6.75	174	$250
170	1917	Olaf Poulsen, Actors' Association	9.00	765	$100
171	1917	Fortress Trekroner	8.00	511	$175
173	1918	Esbjerg Harbor	8.00	417	$175
175	1918	Odd Fellows: Woman & Children	8.00	1570	$75
176	1918	Kronborg Mercantile Navy Museum	8.25	1435	$75
177	1918	Frederikshavn Powder Magazine	7.75	N/L	$150
179	1918	Christian IX, 100th Year	6.75	3063	$ 75
180	1918	Beer-Jug; Corporation of Publicans	10.00	600	$135
181	1918	Army Supply Corps, 40th Year	6.75	603	$75
182	1918	Odd Fellows: Moses Rescued from Nile	9.00	1325	$100
183	1918	Odd Fellows: Roskilde Cathedral **	7.75	352	$175
184	1919	Danish Flag, Battle of Reval **	7.25	2823	$75
185	1919	Slesvig: Queen Thyra Danebod	9.75	4411	$75
186	1919	Peace Plate, Mother & Child	8.75	2488	$75
188	1919	Slesvig Landscape: Re-unification	6.00	5054	$50
189	1919	Blacksmith, "Always Burning"	9.00	1500	$100
190	1920	Tea Totallers Association, 25th Year	7.50	157	$275
192	1920	They Died for Denmark (Veterans)	7.75	802	$75
193	1920	Aarhus Fire Brigade	9.00	367	$375
194	1920	Odd Fellows: St. Ansgar Preaching	8.50	592	$150
195	1920	Christian X's 50th Birthday	8.25	2601	$75
196	1920	Norway Gate, 1st Regiment	7.00	N/L	$75
197	1920	Copenhagen Students' Club	7.00	1229	$50
199	1921	Haakon/Maud Silver Wedding	7.00	606	$150
200	1921	Wedding, Margrethe & Rene	6.75	1124	$75
201	1921	Hans Egede, Greenland 200th Year	9.00	N/L	Sold
202	1921	Queen Louise, 70th Birthday	6.00	N/L	$50
203	1922	Frederiksberg Gardens	7.75	634	$125
205	1922	Bethlehem Orphanage	6.00	866	$100
206	1922	Lysglimt: Star over Landscape	7.50	???	$85
208	1922	Odd Fellows: Viking Ship	9.00	???	$200
209	1922	Ludvig Holberg; Danish Theater	9.00	577	$125
210	1923	25th Wedding Christian X & Alexandrine	8.50	N/L	$85
211	1923	St. Andrew Church	9.00	N/L	$250
212	1923	Apostle St. Andrew	6.00	N/L	$150
214	1923	Brickwall & Tools	7.00	N/L	$175
215	1923	Child in Swaddling Clothes	7.00	N/L	$100
216	1923	25th Wedding Christian X & Alexandrine	9.75	N/L	$100
217	1923	Dana Deep Sea Expedition	7.75	N/L	$2500
218	1923	Polar Bear Cement	8.50	368	Ask
220	1923	Bethlehem 1923	6.00	397	$150
221	1923	Franco-Danish Food Exposition	6.00	N/L	$375
223	1924	Soldiers w/Fallen Comrade	7.00	N/L	$100
223A	1924	Soldiers w/Fallen Comrade (Large)	11.50	N/L	Sold
224	1924	Odd Fellows: Lighthouse	9.00	337	$200
225	1924	Saby Church	7.00	N/L	$100
227	1924	Justitia with Chains	8.00	N/L	$125
229	1924	Odd Fellows: Archer	9.00	N/L	$135
230	1924	Postrider & Crown: 300th Year, Danish Mail	6.00	N/L	$ 95
232	1925	Champs Elysees: Paris World's Fair	7.00	N/L	Sold
233	1925	Odd Fellows: Sonderborg Castle	9.00	N/L	$175
234	1925	Odd Fellows: Hamlet's Castle	9.00	N/L	$125
236	1925	Korsor Citadel	7.75	N/L	$275
237	1926	Hjorring City Arms	7.50	443	$150
239	1926	Danish Auto Club	9.00	670	Sold
240	1926	Guardsman at Elsinore Castle	8.00	N/L	$150
241	1926	Odd Fellows: Holger Danske	9.00	N/L	$275
242	1926	Logum Monastery	8.00	N/L	$250
243	1926	Saint Ansgar, 1100 Years	7.00	226	$150
244	1926	Town of Skive, 600 Years	8.00	617	$125
245	1926	Frigate Jylland outside Elsinore	8.00	1903	$75
246	1926	First Copenahgen to Tokyo Flight	7.75	212	$475
248	1927	Landscape with Farmhouse; Homeguard	7.75	N/L	$175
249	1927	Town of Nibe, 200 Years	8.00	114	$375
250	1928	Christianborg Castle, Copenhagen	8.00	121	$475
252	1928	Schmidt Tobacco, 150 Years	7.00	N/L	$75
253	1928	Prince Valdemar	8.00	232	$275
254	1928	YMCA (KFUM) 50th Anniversary	4.50	1214	$75
255	1928	Burmeister Ships	6.25	N/L	$475
256	1929	Royal Copenhagen's 150th Year	8.00	216	$375
258	1929	Voluntary Riflecorps, 20th Year	7.00	169	$300
259	1929	Royal Copenhagen's 150th Year	5.00	1815	$75
260	1929	Freemasons: Grata Memoria	7.00	324	$200
261	1929	Freemasons: Fred Enighed Fremhang	7.00	324	$200
263	1930	Christian X; Northern Slesvig 10th Year	9.50	1175	$175
264	1930	Independent Order of Good Templar	7.50	304	$200
266	1931	Greenland Children's Health	7.00	N/L	$300
267	1935	Ut Omnes Unum Sint	7.00	N/L	$475
269	1932	Dansk Samvirke; Elsinore Castle	5.00	N/L	$75
274	1933	Freemason's Lodge: Cariate Deo	7.00	N/L	$175
278	1936	Cement Industries Cooperative	7.00	N/L	$100
280	1937	Christian X's Silver Jubilee	7.50	N/L	$150
281	1937	Danish Dairies, Danish Landscape	9.50	N/L	$950
283	1938	Liberty Monument, Copenhagen	7.25	N/L	$100
283A	1938	Liberty Monument, Copenhagen	~4"	N/L	$100
284	1938	Blacksmiths and Engine Workers Union	14.0	N/L	Want
308	1960	Silver Wedding, King Frederik IX & Ingrid	8.25	N/L	$35
311	1962	Royal Hussar Regiment	9.50	N/L	$250
313	1963	Blacksmiths and Engine Workers Union	14.25	N/L	$3500
318	1967	US Virgin Islands, 50th Year	7.00	N/L	$18
320	1968	Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Town Hall	7.00	N/L	Want
321	1968	Frederikshavn Church	7.00	N/L	$18
323	1969	Danish Flag, 750th Year, Battle of Reval	7.75	N/L	$25
324	1969	Moon Landing: Conquest of Space	7.00	N/L	$18
325	1970	Dybbol Mill; Slesvig Reunification 50th Year	7.75	N/L	Sold

** Known errors/omissions in the Gray Book: #3 was also issued in a 13" size, probably no more than 15 copies; #16 & #17 were also issued with gold decoration, probably about 100 copies each; #28 is 16 inches, and probably about 100 copies; #71 is probably between 190 and 219 copies; #76 is probably 100 to 200 copies; #126 (Small size) is 4 inches (10.5 cm); pictures of #183 and #184 reversed in the Gray Book; #284 is 14.5". Any additional information would be appreciated.

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