A Berlin KPM porcelain dessert plate with the “Passage to Peacock Island” from the wedding service for Princess Luise - image-1

Lot 86 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain dessert plate with the “Passage to Peacock Island” from the wedding service for Princess Luise

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.500 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KPM porcelain dessert plate with the “Passage to Peacock Island” from the wedding service for Princess Luise

Antikglatt model with beaded rim. The well decorated with a view of Peacock Island and the Havel, the border with Neoclassical gilt tendrils. Blue sceptre mark, brown imperial eagle mark, pale blue v mark, incised marks. Restored. D 24.3 cm.
C. 1825.

To celebrate her marriage to Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands (1797 – 1881), Friedrich Wilhelm III's youngest daughter, Luise of Prussia (1770 – 1840), received an extensive dinner and dessert service. It was decorated in the fashion of the time with topographically accurate views of the kingdom of Prussia, fine faux cameo designs and opulent floral garlands. The engraving upon which this view is based was published by L.W. Wittich in Berlin.

Provenance

Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.

Literature

Illus. in cat. Blütenlese, Berlin-Munich 2018, no. 138.