A touch of soft vibrancy and contemporary elegance, a soft, yet vibrant coral, inspired by our historical colour archive. A colour that feels modern, but still has a sense of timelessness.

The aim from the Royal Copenhagen design team was to find a shade that could be more subtle on a table and would mix well with the classic blue painted porcelain from Royal Copenhagen. A final condition was that it had to be available as an in-glaze colour to secure a durable and dishwasher safe finish. 

In the late 1800’s after Arnold Krog had been appointed Artistic Director, a few special productions with Pattern No. 1 in a variety of overglaze colours were made to be sold at Tiffany’s in New York. The colours were a light blue, emerald green and a bright raspberry pink - this pink colour became the inspiration for the Coral Collections.

Explore in-glaze handpainting - The majority of Royal Copenhagen's porcelain is painted in the iconic cobalt blue, where the various decorations are hand-painted using the underglaze technique. This means that the painter paints on the biquit porcelain and after that the colour is locked with the glazing and firing.

The Coral collections are not handpainted with the underglaze technique but with the lesser know craft; in-glaze.  The porcelain then undergoes the third and final firing at approximately 1100°C. This firing fuses the paint and glaze together, creating a durable finish and adding a razor sharp appearance to the decorations.