A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a portrait of King Frederick William IV - image-1

Lot 184 Dα

A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a portrait of King Frederick William IV

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.800 €
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A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a portrait of King Frederick William IV

Impressed eagle mark and S4. With a minor chip to the chest.
Lead-free "Gesundheitsgeschirr" (health porcelain), mid-19th C., after a painting by Franz Krüger.

The painting by Franz Krüger upon which this decor is based, in a Neoclassical tondo form, was made in around 1845. A version of 31 cm in diameter is currently housed in Berlin City Museum.

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For more on this type of porcelain see Tlustek, Berlin bleifrei. Frühe Pioniere der Gesundheitsbranche, Berlin 2016, in: https://www.stadtmuseum.de/objekte-und-geschichten/berlin-bleifrei. Lead-free glaze was first produced in France in the late 18th century under the name "Hygiocerames". In 1818, KPM founded a sister firm, "KGM", specialised in the production of this ware based on the banks of the Spree to the west of the Tiergarten.