The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory
Date of birth
01 May 1775
Place of birth
Biography
The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory was founded on 1 May 1775 under the patronage of Queen Juliane Marie. "In Denmark the chemist Frantz Henrich Müller had put his heart and soul into the enterprise[of discovering how to make true porcelain, following the European discovery by Bottger in Meissen]. Following years of experimentation and trials he succeeded in producing the coveted hard porcelain, and receiving the backing of the royal family. An old post office on Købmagergade, in the centre of Copenhagen, was converted to house the manufactory. The three wavy lines, which symbolise Denmark's three straits, the Øresund, Store Bælt and Lille Bælt, were adopted as a trademark." (http://www.royalcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/webapp/corporate?key=about1)