The 2012 edition of the Year Plate "Horns Rev" marks the 105th edition of Royal Copenhagen. The motif is the scenery seen from Denmark's beautiful coastline. A sailing ship crosses Denmark's largest offshore wind farm, Horns Rev, located in the North Sea. This motif is also depicted on plates, bells, and cups from 2012. Since the world's first offshore wind power was built in Denmark in 1991, Denmark has been among the first in the world to actively promote the use of renewable energy such as wind power, waste-to-energy generation, and biogas. * The designer is Sven Vestergaard, who has been the yearplate designer for Royal Copenhagen since 1986. He has expressed the history and characteristics of Royal Copenhagen through his strong, beautiful, narrative works over many years. Year plates are also known as "Christmas plates." It became a custom to eat cake on plates from your birth or anniversary year at Christmas. Perfect as a gift for Christmas, birthdays, and various anniversaries. If the year's plate is produced every year, the mold will break and no additional production will be made. Because of this, plates from past vintage may sometimes have unexpected premiums. As with other Copenhagen products, the color shading and other variations may vary slightly depending on the plate. Shading is a matter of personal preference and is not necessarily better or worse.