A Royal Copenhagen ‘Colonial’ coffee service in fitted case, commemorative for the bicentenary of the declaration of American independence, circa 1976, decorated with silhouettes of notable founding fathers and reserved on a black ground within gilt leaf and berry boarders, inscriptions and factory marks, comprising; a coffee pot and cover, a sugar box and cover, a milk jug, a shaped rectangular tray and four coffee cans with saucers, in a fitted mahogany case with hinged cover

A limited edition of three hundred, a copy of was given to President Ford by Queen Margretha II of Denmark in 1976, the two hundredth anniversary of the American declaration of independence

Provenance: Sandridge Park House, Wiltshire