1994 Desiree Svend Jensen Hans Christian Andersen Christmas Cup With Saucer

The motif of this 1994 Desirée annual cup from The Porcelain Factory Desiree, also known as Désirée Denmark, Svend Jensen of Denmark, Old Copenhagen Blue is Roskilde Cathedral which is found in the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale A String of Pearls. The 1994 Hans Christian Andersen Annual Cup had the same motif as the 1994 Svend Jensen Christmas plate. So the 1994 Desiree Annual Cup and the 1994 Desiree Christmas plate are actaully a beautiful coffee set with plate and cup. In Hans Christian Andersons fairytale named “A String of Pearls” the writer tells about the railway from Copenhagen to Korsor. Hans Christian Anderson is telling us which “pearls” we are going to see in this section. One of the pearls is Roskilde Cathedral which is the motif on this Annual cup. Roskilde Cathedral is the Danish church in which most kings and queens have been buried. Various churches have been situated where Roskilde Cathedral now lies, The Danish Viking Harald Blaatand built the original church and Absalon built the present Roskilde Cathedral. Harald Blaatand and Absalon were both buried in the church. The Annual cup of this year was created by Svend Otto S. Désirée started the Annual cup series in 1982 and ended it in 2001. So 20 different sets were made to complete a perfect coffee set. All motifs of the Hans Christian Andersen annual cups from Désirée are inspired by Hans Christian Andersen´s Fairy Tales.