拍品专文
In his entry on this service, David Peters (op. cit., no. 57-2, pp. 295-298) notes that these dinner wares were offered as a reciprocal gift following Frederick V's presentation of Frederiksborg stallions to Louis XV. The importance of this service is recorded in the Mémoires du Duc de Luynes sur la cour de Louis XV (1735-1758), Paris, 1860-1865, Vol. 16, pp. 92, 144 and 328. The Duc de Luynes makes reference to various visits to the factory by the King to observe the progress, going on to describe the service, its markings, the ground color and the great expense of its production—the ultimate cost of the service, including packing, shipping and duties, was a staggering total of 34,542 livres.
In the Livre Journal de Lazare Duvaux, entry no. 3068 records the service: "S. M. le Roy: Livré à M. l'abbé Cte de BERNIS, ministre des affaires étrangères, pour S.M. Danoise: Un service de porcelaine de France, en vert, peint à figures, fleurs & oiseaux, composé de: (...) -- Soixante-douze affiettes, à 60 l., 4,320 l. (...)"
Most of this extensive service is retained in the collection of the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. The first mention of the service in Russia dates to 1841, when it was recorded as being at the Palace of Gatchina. See Natalia Kasakevitj, 'Grüne Service. Service mit Kameen. -- Zur Tafel im Winterpalast.', Catalogue, Kolding, 1994, pp. 152-164, 167-175. Between 1887 and 1890, the service was transferred to the Museum of the Winter Palace and then included in the Porcelain Gallery of the Hermitage Museum, created in 1910. A plate in the collection of the Musée du Louvre (inv. no. OA 7197) is illustrated by Marie-Laure de Rochebrune, 'La porcelaine de Vincennes-Sèvres: une arme diplomatique au 18e siècle', The French Porcelain Society Journal, 2007, Vol. III, p. 22, fig. 1.
In the Livre Journal de Lazare Duvaux, entry no. 3068 records the service: "S. M. le Roy: Livré à M. l'abbé Cte de BERNIS, ministre des affaires étrangères, pour S.M. Danoise: Un service de porcelaine de France, en vert, peint à figures, fleurs & oiseaux, composé de: (...) -- Soixante-douze affiettes, à 60 l., 4,320 l. (...)"
Most of this extensive service is retained in the collection of the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. The first mention of the service in Russia dates to 1841, when it was recorded as being at the Palace of Gatchina. See Natalia Kasakevitj, 'Grüne Service. Service mit Kameen. -- Zur Tafel im Winterpalast.', Catalogue, Kolding, 1994, pp. 152-164, 167-175. Between 1887 and 1890, the service was transferred to the Museum of the Winter Palace and then included in the Porcelain Gallery of the Hermitage Museum, created in 1910. A plate in the collection of the Musée du Louvre (inv. no. OA 7197) is illustrated by Marie-Laure de Rochebrune, 'La porcelaine de Vincennes-Sèvres: une arme diplomatique au 18e siècle', The French Porcelain Society Journal, 2007, Vol. III, p. 22, fig. 1.