Royal Copenhagen Memory Plates

The Royal Copenhagen Memory Plates

Royal Copenhagen began producing Commemorative Plates (also called Memory Plates) in 1888. 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 the 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; "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 original 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 which 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	$150
2	1892	50th Anniversary: King Chr. IX & Q.Louise	6.75	1200	Sold
3	1894	Prince Frederik & Louise 25th Anniversary	7.00	1200	Sold
3A	1894	Prince Frederik & Louise 25th Anniversary	11.75	**	Sold
4	1895	Women's Exhibition in Copenhagen	7.00	1200	$ 65
5	1895	Women's Exhibition: Diploma of Honor	8.75	13	Sold
6	1896	Wedding Louise & Frederick	6.75	1200	$ 45
7	1896	Wedding Carl & Maud (Norway/England)	6.75	1200	$ 65
8	1897	Wedding Ingeborg & Carl (Sweden)	6.75	1200	$ 45
9	1897	Women's Building, 1896-1900	6.50	1200	$ 45
10	1897	Arts & Industry Exh. Stockholm	7.25	1200	Ask
11	1897	Stockholm Exh., Swedish Crown	9.00	100	Sold
12	1897	Stockholm Exh., 3 Wavy Lines	9.00	100	Sold
13	1897	Jutland Farmers Assc., Bull/Clover	7.25	1200	Sold
14	1897	Odd Fellows Hosp., Dragon & Rapier	7.25	1500	$ 65
15	1897	St. George & the Dragon	11.5	100	Sold
16	1897	Queen Louise's 80th Birthday	9.25	1200	Sold
16A	1897	Queen Louise's 80th Birthday, w/Gold	9.25	**	Sold
17	1898	King Chr. IX's 80th Birthday	9.25	1200	Sold
17A	1898	King Chr. IX's 80th Birthday, w/Gold	9.25	**	Sold
18	1898	Wedding Chr. X & Alexandrine	6.75	2500	Sold
19	1898	Tourist Association	7.25	800	Sold
20	1898	Nakskov Exhibition	7.75	500	$75
21	1898	Soldiers Monument, 1848-1898	7.25	850	Ask
22	1898	Icelandic Falcon	8.50	2500	$100
23	1898	Teilmann Arms	6.75	600	$100
24	1898	Cenotaph on Skamlingsbanken	8.75	1200	Sold
25	1898	Art Society of 18 November, 1898	8.25	300	Sold
26	1899	Battle of Fredericia, 50th Anniversay	12.5	200	Sold
27	1899	50th Anniversay, Olaf Rye	6.75	1000	Sold
28	1899	Odd Fellows: Polar Bear on Ice Flow **	16.0	150**	$2750
29	1899	Odd Fellows: Iceland Geyser	11.0	200	Sold
30	1899	Odd Fellows: Iceland Volcano	11.0	200	Sold
31	1899	Odd Fellows: Iceland Waterfall	11.0	200	Sold
32	1899	Mason on Scaffold	8.75	600	$150
33	1899	Odd Fellows Insignia	7.00	500	$75
34	1899	Masonic Insignia	7.00	800	$70
35	1899	Eagle on Branch	7.00	100	$600
36	1899	Royal Theater in Copenhagen	8.50	35	Sold
37	1900	Viking Ship	7.25	600	Ask
39	1901	Sphinx on Globe, Turn of Century	8.75	500	Sold
40	1901	Glasgow Exhibition / Thistles	7.25	262	$150
41	1901	Vordingborg Exhibition	7.75	455	$75
42	1902	Coronation Edward VII & Queen Alexandra	6.75	1000	$75
43	1903	Odd Fellows: Hourglass	7.25	250	Sold
44	1903	May Day Festival	6.00	500	Sold
45	1903	Gentofte Townhall (Shield)	8.00	225	$125
46	1903	40th Jubilee Christian IX	7.75	1200	$75
46A	1903	40th Jubilee Christian IX - Open Border	7.75	40	$1750
47	1904	St. Louis Exhibition	7.00	500	$100
48	1904	Tea Totallers Association	7.00	1000	Sold
49	1904	Ribe Cathedral Restoration	11.0	200	Sold
52	1904	Hans Christian Andersen: Swans	7.75	800	$100
53	1905	Horsens Exhibition	7.75	N/L	Sold
54	1905	Gefion plowing with 4 oxen	8.75	454	$75
55	1905	Fishery Association: Seal & Salmon	7.75	666	$65
56	1905	Patria Integra, St. Croix	7.75	300	$150
56A	1905	Patria Integra, St. Croix (Large)	11.75	N/L	$3500
57	1905	Nursing Sister's Motherhouse	7.75	N/L	Sold
57A	1905	Nursing Sister's Motherhouse (Large)	11.75	N/L	Sold
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	Sold
62	1906	Towers of Copenhagen	8.75	300	Ask
63	1906	Freemason Lodge, Cimbria	8.75	800	Sold
63A	1906	Freemason Lodge, Cimbria (Large)	13.0	11	Sold
64	1906	Memory Plaque for Christian IX	5.5	1500	$45
65	1906	Danish Virgin Islands Nursing Home	7.75	300	Sold
66	1906	Virgin Islands "Soli Deo Gloria"	7.75	300	$125
67	1906	Viborg Cathedral	11.0	243	$250
68	1907	Red Cross Society, Good Samaritan	7.75	300	$125
68A	1907	Red Cross Society, Good Samaritan	11.75	15	$3500
70	1907	Mailcoach on Copenhagen Waterfront	11.00	N/L	Sold
71	1907	Aarhus Cathedral Restoration **	11.00	~200	Ask
72	1907	Fano Island Plate	7.75	N/L	Sold
73	1907	Aarhus Commercial Travelers	8.5	300	$100
74	1907	Faaborg 50th Year	7.75	208	$175
75	1907	Pax in Terra; Virgin Islands	7.75	250	$125
76	1907	Danish Virgin Islands Day Nursery	7.75	**	$175
77	1907	Odd Fellows Virgin Island Hospital	6.00	430	Sold
77A	1907	Odd Fellows Virgin Island Hospital (Large)	11.25	15	$3500
79	1907	Koldinghus Castle	8.75	600	$75
81	1907	Crossed Colors of 6th Battalion	8.75	350	$100
81A	1907	Crossed Colors of 6th Battalion (Large)	12.5	36	Sold
82	1907	Saint Canute Cathedral	11.0	212	$250
83	1907	Hotel & Restaurant Association	7.75	372	$150
84	1907	Fano	7.75	215	$250
85	1908	Freemason Lodge: St. Clemens	7.75	331	Sold
86	1908	Freemason Lodge: St. Clemens (Oval)	15.00	29	Ask
88	1908	Ballet Dancer; Journalist Assn.	7.25	250	$150
89	1909	Aarhus Exhibition	7.75	1460	$ 65
91	1909	Viking Ship: Messina Relief Fund	7.25	1107	$ 75
92	1909	Copenhagen Zoo	7.75	392	Sold
93	1909	Maribo County: Farmer Ploughing	7.75	238	$100
94	1909	Greenland Expedition: Rock w/Cross	9.00	624	$100
95	1909	Greenland Expedition: Dog Sledges	9.00	341	$125
96	1909	Greenland Expedition: Eskimo Hunter	9.00	315	$125
97	1909	Wedding Harald & Helena	6.75	1653	$ 50
98	1909	Frigate Jylland	7.75	496	$100
99	1909	Frigate Jylland: Chain Border	11.75	18	$3500
100	1909	Freemasons: De Fire Roser	7.75	127	Sold
101	1909	Freemasons: De Fire Roser (Oval)	15.0	28	Ask
102	1909	Statue of Liberty	7.75	396	Sold
104	1909	Princess Marie	5.50	2756	$ 45
106	1909	Greenland Expedition: Two Men	12.25	5	In stock
107	1910	Mother nursing her Child	6.75	480	$100
108	1910	West Indian Church & Kindergarten	8.00	251	Sold
109	1910	Defense of Denmark: Boy with Sword	6.00	2423	$ 45
110	1910	Robt. Svendsen Flight	7.75	251	Sold
111	1911	Christmas Plate, small size	6.00	120	Sold
113	1911	Danish Commercial Traveler's Bldg.	7.75	812	Sold
114	1911	Bishop Thomas Skat Rordam	7.75	205	$125
115	1911	Racing Boat on Sound	7.75	174	Sold
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	$375
119	1911	Peristyle at Carlsberg	9.75	161	$375
120	1911	Laboratory at Carlsberg	9.75	200	$375
121	1911	Neptune Fountain	9.75	158	$375
122	1911	Palmhouse	9.75	167	Sold
123	1911	Frederiksborg Castle Restoration	9.75	194	$375
124	1911	Royal Society of Science & Letters	9.75	125	$375
125	1911	Lindos Castle	9.75	143	Sold
126	1911	Carlsberg Monogram: Small Size **	4.00	575	$50
126	1911	Carlsberg Monogram: Large Size	10.3	156	$375
127	1911	Rouen, Viking Ship	6.75	131	Ask
128	1912	Copenhagen Rifle Corps: Viking	7.75	375	Sold
130	1912	Old People's Home, 50th Year	7.75	399	$85
131	1912	Odense Cathedral	6.75	490	$85
132	1912	Kalmar Castle	7.75	125	Sold
133	1912	Beach at the Skaw "Skagen"	7.75	139	$200
134	1912	Viking Ship: Fishery Exhibition	6.00	291	Sold
135	1912	Royal Hussars	9.50	359	$125
136	1912	Defense of Denmark: Youth w/Sword	6.00	1677	Sold
137	1912	Coronation Chr. IX & Alexandrine	8.75	2179	$125
138	1912	Memory Plate for Frederik VIII	5.50	1975	$60
139	1912	Danish Virgin Islands	6.00	424	Sold
140	1912	Herning Municipal Charter	7.75	285	$100
142	1913	Danish Tourist Assn. - Fjord	6.75	573	$85
143	1913	Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen	11.0	163	$250
144	1913	San Francisco - Danish Landscape	6.75	1197	Sold
145	1913	Tivoli gardens, 70th Year	6.75	626	$85
146	1913	Landskrona Exhibition	7.75	120	Ask
148	1914	Battle of Dybbol - 50th Year	7.75	2814	Ask
149	1914	Baltic Exhibition - Malmo	7.25	265	$200
150	1914	Helgoland Victory, 50th Year	7.75	1761	$75
151	1914	Frankfurt am Main: View from River	6.76	1017	$450
153	1914	Queen's Christmas Fund	7.50	599	Sold
154	1914	Alexandra's 70th Birthday	7.75	929	$85
155	1914	San Francisco - Crown & Wavy Lines	7.00	557	$100
156	1914	Haand & Haand Insurance	7.00	421	Sold
157	1915	San Francisco - Arms of California	9.75	179	Sold
158	1915	Malmo: Denmark, Norway & Sweden	7.75	3610	$95
159	1915	Bellum, St. George & Dragon	8.50	2123	$75
160	1915	PAX, Child & Lamb	8.50	N/L	$125
162	1915	Army Cadet Academy, 100th Year	6.75	683	$45
163	1915	Weisbaden (Germany) Spa	6.75	N/L	Want
164	1916	Flag & Sheaf: Denmark's Honor	8.00	1044	$65
165	1916	Odd Fellows: Good Samaritan	7.75	890	Sold
167	1917	Red Cross: Nurse with Tray	7.50	360	$125
168	1917	Odd Fellows: Two Men Greeting	8.00	587	$75
169	1917	Zealand Commercial Travelers	6.75	174	Sold
170	1917	Olaf Poulsen, Actors' Association	9.00	765	$75
171	1917	Fortress Trekroner	8.00	511	$100
172	1917	Czarina Dowager Dagmar	5.5	2359	$65
173	1918	Esbjerg Harbor	8.00	417	Sold
175	1918	Odd Fellows: Woman & Children	8.00	1570	$65
176	1918	Kronborg Mercantile Navy Museum	8.25	1435	Sold
177	1918	Frederikshavn Powder Magazine	7.75	N/L	$75
178	1918	Christmas Jubilee: Shepherds **	14.5	49	Sold
179	1918	Christian IX, 100th Year	6.75	3063	$50
180	1918	Beer-Jug; Corporation of Publicans	10.0	600	$75
181	1918	Army Supply Corps, 40th Year	6.75	603	$50
182	1918	Odd Fellows: Moses Rescued from Nile	9.00	1325	$85
183	1918	Odd Fellows: Roskilde Cathedral **	7.75	352	$100
184	1919	Danish Flag, Battle of Reval **	7.25	2823	$65
185	1919	Slesvig: Queen Thyra Danebod	9.75	4411	Sold
186	1919	Peace Plate, Mother & Child	8.75	2488	$75
188	1919	Slesvig Landscape: Re-unification	6.00	5054	$25
189	1919	Blacksmith, "Always Burning"	9.00	1500	$85
190	1920	Tea Totallers Association, 25th Year	7.50	157	$175
192	1920	They Died for Denmark (Veterans)	7.75	802	$45
193	1920	Aarhus Fire Brigade	9.00	367	$300
194	1920	Odd Fellows: St. Ansgar Preaching	8.50	592	$75
195	1920	Christian X's 50th Birthday	8.25	2601	$65
196	1920	Norway Gate, 1st Regiment	7.00	N/L	$45
197	1920	Copenhagen Students' Club	7.00	1229	$45
199	1921	Haakon/Maud Silver Wedding	7.00	606	$100
200	1921	Wedding, Margrethe & Rene	6.75	1124	$45
201	1921	Hans Egede, Greenland 200th Year	9.00	N/L	Sold
202	1921	Queen Louise, 70th Birthday	6.00	N/L	Sold
203	1922	Frederiksberg Gardens	7.75	634	$75
205	1922	Bethlehem Orphanage	6.00	866	$65
206	1922	Lysglimt: Star over Landscape	7.50	???	$65
208	1922	Odd Fellows: Viking Ship	9.00	???	$100
209	1922	Ludvig Holberg; Danish Theater	9.00	577	Ask
210	1923	25th Wedding Christian X & Alexandrine	8.50	N/L	Ask
211	1923	St. Andrew Church	9.00	N/L	$150
212	1923	Apostle St. Andrew	6.00	N/L	Sold
214	1923	Brickwall & Tools	7.00	N/L	Sold
215	1923	Child in Swaddling Clothes	7.00	N/L	$65
216	1923	25th Wedding Christian X & Alexandrine	9.75	N/L	Sold
217	1923	Dana Deep Sea Expedition	7.75	N/L	Sold
218	1923	Polar Bear Cement	8.50	368	Ask
220	1923	Bethlehem 1923	6.00	397	Sold
221	1923	Franco-Danish Food Exposition	6.00	N/L	Sold
223	1924	Soldiers w/Fallen Comrade	7.00	N/L	$45
223A	1924	Soldiers w/Fallen Comrade (Large)	11.50	N/L	Sold
224	1924	Odd Fellows: Lighthouse	9.00	337	$100
225	1924	Saby Church	7.00	N/L	$85
226	1924	Fano	7.75	N/L	$300
227	1924	Justitia with Chains	8.00	N/L	Sold
229	1924	Odd Fellows: Archer	9.00	N/L	Sold
230	1924	Postrider & Crown: 300th Year, Danish Mail	6.00	N/L	Sold
232	1925	Champs Elysees: Paris World's Fair	7.00	N/L	Sold
233	1925	Odd Fellows: Sonderborg Castle	9.00	N/L	$100
234	1925	Odd Fellows: Hamlet's Castle	9.00	N/L	$100
235	1925	Marstal Harbor (Book: $2000-$3000) Rare!	8.00	N/L	Chip
236	1925	Korsor Citadel	7.75	N/L	$100
237	1926	Hjorring City Arms	7.50	443	$100
239	1926	Danish Auto Club	9.00	670	Ask
240	1926	Guardsman at Elsinore Castle	8.00	N/L	Sold
241	1926	Odd Fellows: Holger Danske	9.00	N/L	$150
242	1926	Logum Monastery	8.00	N/L	Ask
243	1926	Saint Ansgar, 1100 Years	7.00	226	$100
244	1926	Town of Skive, 600 Years	8.00	617	$75
245	1926	Frigate Jylland outside Elsinore	8.00	1903	$65
246	1926	First Copenahgen to Tokyo Flight	7.75	212	Sold
248	1927	Landscape with Farmhouse; Homeguard	7.75	N/L	$85
249	1927	Town of Nibe, 200 Years	8.00	114	Sold
250	1928	Christianborg Castle, Copenhagen	8.00	121	Sold
252	1928	Schmidt Tobacco, 150 Years	7.00	N/L	$50
253	1928	Prince Valdemar	8.00	232	$125
254	1928	YMCA (KFUM) 50th Anniversary	4.50	1214	Sold
255	1928	Burmeister Ships	6.25	N/L	Sold
256	1929	Royal Copenhagen's 150th Year	8.00	216	$175
258	1929	Voluntary Riflecorps, 20th Year	7.00	169	2nd
259	1929	Royal Copenhagen's 150th Year	5.00	1815	$45
260	1929	Freemasons: Grata Memoria	7.00	250	$125
261	1929	Freemasons: Fred Enighed Fremhang	7.00	324	$100
263	1930	Christian X; Northern Slesvig 10th Year	9.50	1175	Sold
264	1930	Independent Order of Good Templar	7.50	304	Ask
266	1931	Greenland Children's Health	7.00	N/L	Sold
267	1935	Ut Omnes Unum Sint	7.00	N/L	$200
269	1932	Dansk Samvirke; Elsinore Castle	5.00	N/L	Sold
270	1932	Anglo-Danish Society	7.25	N/L	$250
271	1932	St. Catharina	8.00	N/L	$250
274	1933	Freemason's Lodge: Cariate Deo	7.00	N/L	Sold
278	1936	Cement Industries Cooperative	7.00	N/L	$50
280	1937	Christian X's Silver Jubilee	7.50	N/L	$150
281	1937	Danish Dairies, Danish Landscape	9.50	N/L	$450
283	1938	Liberty Monument, Copenhagen	7.25	N/L	Sold
283A	1938	Liberty Monument, Copenhagen	~4"	N/L	$35
284	1938	Blacksmiths and Engine Workers Union	14.5	N/L	$4500
308	1960	Silver Wedding, King Frederik IX & Ingrid	8.25	N/L	Sold
311	1962	Royal Hussar Regiment	9.50	N/L	Sold
313	1963	Blacksmiths and Engine Workers Union	14.25	N/L	Sold
318	1967	US Virgin Islands, 50th Year	7.00	N/L	$18
320	1968	Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Town Hall	7.00	N/L	$400
321	1968	Frederikshavn Church	7.00	N/L	$5
323	1969	Danish Flag, 750th Year, Battle of Reval	7.75	N/L	$18
324	1969	Moon Landing: Conquest of Space	7.00	N/L	$5
325	1970	Dybbol Mill; Slesvig Reunification 50th Year	7.75	N/L	$18

** Known errors/omissions in the Gray Book: #3 was also issued in an 11.75" size, probably fewer 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); #178 is 14.5 inches (not 30 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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