Prussian blue Berlin China collectible 1973 #2 plate dated Christmas

Description: German Christmas PlateGenuine Blue China #2Size:Height: 1 inWide: 7.75Length: 7.75 inHere is a 1973 #2 Berlin China Collectors Christmas Plate. We received this plate the year we got married almost 50 years ago. (1973.)For the next 9 years we added a plate yearly to our collection. It is time to part with our collection as we try to consolidate our many many pieces from our past. See our other pieces on additional listings) (Below is a brief description of how Persian Blue came to be. Sorry I just cut and pasted the material I found.) The first blues came from rocks and plants and were either unreliably color-fast, or way too expensive. Ultramarine was so rare when it first became available that it “was said to have once been more expensive than gold, and Renaissance artists had to negotiate with their patrons for individual drops.” Then in 1704, Heinrich Diesbach, a Berlin chemist, mixed some cochineal (a natural red dye) with iron sulfate and a cyanide mixture, and discovered Prussian blue, the first synthetic color. Prussian blue was an instant sensation. Its manufacture escaped regulation by painters’ guilds since it was considered a chemical and not paint, and its use quickly spread. Cezanne’s mustache was stained with it, Ruskin hoarded it, it was Wordsworth’s favorite color, E.E. Cummings and Baudelaire wrote about it. It was used as an invisible ink in World War II (letters would be written in iron sulfate then sprayed with the cyanide solution) and the FDA even says it can be used to get rid of some radiation poisoning. Crayola changed their Prussian Blue crayon to Midnight Blue in 1958 because they realized no one knew what Prussia was, but now you can know more than you ever thought possible about the color that bears its name.

Price: 11 USD

Location: Lenexa, Kansas

End Time: 2024-11-09T00:36:07.000Z

Shipping Cost: 12 USD