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  2. Bing & Grøndahl - Wikipedia

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    Bing & Grøndahl was a Danish porcelain manufacturer founded in 1853 by the sculptor Frederik Vilhelm Grøndahl and merchant brothers Meyer Hermann Bing and Jacob Herman Bing. [1] The trademark backstamp for Bing & Grøndahl (B&G) porcelains is the three towers derived from the Coat of Arms of Copenhagen. [2]

  3. Danish Christmas plates - Wikipedia

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    The first Christmas plate was issued by Bing & Grøndahl in 1895. Harald Bing came up with the idea, hoping to develop a series with Danish scenes. Designed by Frans August Hallin (1865–1947), the first plate is titled Bag den Frosne Rude (Behind the Frosted Pane) with a view of some of Copenhagen's landmark buildings at night as seen through the icy windows of Frederiksberg Palace.

  4. Royal Copenhagen - Wikipedia

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    Plate with flower decoration, c. 1905-1910. Royal Copenhagen, officially the Royal Porcelain Factory (Danish: Den Kongelige Porcelænsfabrik), is a Danish manufacturer of porcelain products and was founded in Copenhagen in 1775 under the protection of Danish Dowager Queen Juliane Marie.

  5. List of glass artists - Wikipedia

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    This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2020) ... (b. 1936, Mexico City) Jeremy Langford (b. 1956) Danny Lane (b. 1955) Peter Newsome ...

  6. Gundestrup cauldron - Wikipedia

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    Another view; exterior plates d, e, c, f Further view; from left, exterior plates b, f, a. The Gundestrup cauldron is a richly decorated silver vessel, thought to date from between 200 BC and 300 AD, [1] [2] or more narrowly between 150 BC and 1 BC.

  7. List of painters by name - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 21 November 2023, at 11:16 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. List of geographic acronyms and initialisms - Wikipedia

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    That is, it's a list of the names of cities, towns, lakes, and other geographic places that are derived from acronyms. Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words.

  9. List of musician and band name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name is also a reference to Crush soda, guitarist Jun Senoue's favorite brand of soft drink. The Cure – The band's original name was Easy Cure, which was taken from the name of one of the group's early songs. The name was later shortened to The Cure because frontman Robert Smith felt the name was too American and "too hippyish". [105]