Extensive service with "Flora Danica" decoration. 84 pieces; 14 dinner plates, 11 soup plates, 13 dessert plates, 10 bread plates and 4 cake plates, roasting and 3 large serving plates, tureen, vegetable, 3 caviar, 3 leaf, 2 gherkin and 3 serving bowls, 2 sauce boats, 2 pudding cups with saucers, sugar bowl and pot, 2 tea cups and 6 coffee cups with saucers, tray. Gold rim with serrated, gold-stamped leaf border, border below. Decorated with various flowering plants in polychrome painting, each with Latin inscription on the reverse; eight pieces minimally dam.; some rubbing; coffee cup with hairline crack, roasting tray remainder; maker's mark. Accompanied by 2 dinner plates and 4 cake plates with identical decoration and pierced rim; plate d. 7.5 cm - 25.5 cm; largest plate 47 cm. The first designs for the "Flora Danica" decoration were created from 1790 onwards, commissioned by the Danish royal family. The first finished service, originally conceived as a gift for Tsarina Catherine II, ultimately remained in the possession of the royal family after twelve years of conception and revision, as the intended recipient had died in the meantime. "Flora Danica" porcelain, which is inspired by the work of botanist Carl von Linné and depicts the flora of Denmark in a way that is as true to nature as it is rich in detail, is still made and painted by hand in the traditional way today. It is one of the most prestigious dinner services in the world. A Danish Royal Copenhagen 84-piece porcelain set with "Flora Danica" decor. Eight pieces minor chipped; few pieces rubbed; cup with hairline crack; roast plate restored. Manfacturer's mark. In addition: 2 dining and 4 cake plates with similar decor. Denmark. Royal Copenhagen. 20th cent.