The Porcelain Cabinet (room 23, closed)
The Porcelain Cabinet is closed
About the porcelain cabinet
In the late 1600s, it was very fashionable at European courts to have porcelain cabinets where one could display their beautiful porcelain. Frederik IV visited the porcelain cabinet at Charlottenburg in Berlin on his way home from his trip to Italy in 1709, and it became the inspiration for the glass cabinet that Frederik IV had furnished here at Rosenborg Castle.
However, a porcelain cabinet was only established in this room around 1860. Here, some of the Royal Family's finest porcelain items were collected. The collection included several examples of Meissen porcelain from the first half of the 1700s, Sèvres porcelain, and Chinese porcelain.
A significant part of the collection also consisted of items from the Royal Porcelain Factory. This includes the famous Flora Danica set. According to old tradition, it was ordered as a gift for Catherine the Great of Russia, who unfortunately died before the set was completed. Since 2022, the beautiful Flora Danica set has been exhibited at Koldinghus.
Objects in the room
If you are physically at the museum, you can admire the outstanding objects and read more about them below.
Please note that these descriptions are brief and often without images. They serve as an additional resource for those who wish to gain more knowledge about each object, such as who created them, their origin, and significance.