With this elegant porcelain set I want to start a small series dedicated to the most famous of the works of the Danish manufacture - the Flora Danica ceremonial service, which is rightfully considered the pinnacle of porcelain art and one of the most expensive china sets in the world. But the history of its creation is no less interesting. And it was told by the talented master Svetlana (Icon on the cut) from the Fair of Masters so unusual and interesting that I wanted to share it with you. (http://www.livemaster.ru/topic/554005-farforovaya-skazka-o-botanike-printse-datskom-i-russkoj-imperatritse)
"A Porcelain Tale of Botany, Prince of Denmark
and the Russian empress "
The only son and heir was born in the royal family of one little fabulous country. He was named after his grandfather Frederick. The boy's childhood was not fabulous: the mentally ill father lived his own, very peculiar and not very moral life, the prince's mother was separated at the age of four, when she, accused of high treason and depraved behavior, was expelled from the country, a beloved doctor and first educator (and by part-time lover of the queen) was executed. The further life of the heir was ruled by the father's stepmother, the dowager queen, who, with the help of deception and threats, removed the feeble-minded stepson-king from power. She passionately hated both Frederick himself and his entire family, but in order to maintain decency, teachers and educators were assigned to the heir. They could not give the boy a brilliant education, but instilled a love for his native country, its history and nature, the prince was seriously fond of botany, astronomy, studied agriculture, forestry ...
Continued in the commentary to the next "porcelain" http://puzzleit.ru/puzzles/view/87042
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