The Windmill – 1991 Desiree Hans Christian Andersen Christmas Plate, Cake Plate

The motif of this 1991 Desiree Christmas plate from the Porcelain Factory Desiree, also known as Désirée Denmark, Svend Jensen of Denmark, Old Copenhagen Blue is found in the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Windmill. The old Dutch mill in the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale “The Windmill” was at the top of a hill. With this fairytale as his inspiration the artist Svend Otto S., designed the 1991 Desiree Christmas plate. Désirée started the Christmas plate series in 1970 and ended it in 2002. All motifs of the Hans Christian Andersen Christmas plates from Désirée were inspired by Hans Christian Andersen´s Fairy Tales