Biologist and art historian Nette Børkdal looks at how the botanical plates of Flora Danica, one of Denmark's most ambitious scientific works, ended up on the most exclusive porcelain dinner service in the world.
The lecture follows the route from pressed plants and carefully drawn herbarium sheets to the gold-decorated round plates of the service, and illustrates the story with pictures. It also looks at the role played by Theodor Holmskiold, the builder of Sophienholm, in this part of the history.
