A Berlin KPM porcelain cup commemorating the entry of the allies in Paris - image-1
A Berlin KPM porcelain cup commemorating the entry of the allies in Paris - image-2
A Berlin KPM porcelain cup commemorating the entry of the allies in Paris - image-1A Berlin KPM porcelain cup commemorating the entry of the allies in Paris - image-2

Lot 190 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain cup commemorating the entry of the allies in Paris

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 2.250 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KPM porcelain cup commemorating the entry of the allies in Paris

The cup decorated with busts of Frederick William III and Tsar Alexander I flanked by laurel foliage and palm fronds, inscribed above "Heil euch im Siegerkranz!" (hail you with a victory wreath). The saucer with a topographical plan of the battle on Montmartre, inscribed "Einzug in Paris, 31. Maerz 1814." Blue sceptre mark, impressed marks. Slightly worn.
1814.

On 31st March 1814, the coalition armies succeeded in occupying Paris and forcing Napoleon Bonaparte's abdication. As a result, Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba, where he would stay for only ten months before beginning a campaign of reconquest in May 1815. It was not until the legendary battle of Waterloo, in modern day Belgium, on 18th June 1815, that Napoleon was finally defeated and subsequently exiled by the Allies to the island of St. Helena, where he died in 1821.

Literature

A cup commemorating the battle of Paris illus. in Köllmann/Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, vol. I, Munich 1987, p. 69, illus. 35.
Another illus. in Wittwer (ed.), Raffinesse & Eleganz Königliche Porzellane des 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Twinight Collection New York, Munich 2007, p. 125, illus. 123.