The exhibition tells the story about the creation of the historical service, which is intertwined with the Flora Danica encyclopedia: the world’s most ambitious documentation of wild plants. The encyclopedia took 122 years to complete and features beautiful copperplate illustrations and precise descriptions of 3,240 plants.

This prestigious project aimed to gather knowledge, find uses for the wild nature of Denmark and lend lustre to the absolute monarchy. Around 1789, the illustrations were transferred to a lavish porcelain service. Exactly when this wild idea arose, who came up with the unheard-of concept of decorating porcelain with wild plants, and who was the intended recipient of this magnificent service remains a mystery to this day. Solid knowledge about the creation of this lavish service is as limited as the myths about it are numerous.