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Flower Plates

These plates, some with a brown and others with a white ground, were used as dessert plates when the imperial dining table was laid with the Grand Vermeil Service.

A tradition within the Habsburg family

Within the Habsburg family there was a tradition which dictated that every archduke had to learn a manual craft or trade. Emperor Franz II/I (1768-1835) decided to learn the trade of gardening.

As he loved flowers, the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory was commissioned to produce two series of floral plates. 

The Flower Plates

These plates, some with a brown and others with a white ground, were used as dessert plates when the imperial dining table was laid with the Grand Vermeil Service.

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These plates, some with a brown and others with a white ground, were used as dessert plates when the imperial dining table was laid with the Grand Vermeil Service.

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