A Berlin KPM porcelain dessert plate from a service for Charlottenburg Palace - image-1

Lot 42 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain dessert plate from a service for Charlottenburg Palace

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.250 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KPM porcelain dessert plate from a service for Charlottenburg Palace

Model no. 301. Decorated with a depiction of an upturned flower basket in a landscape. Blue sceptre mark, impressed marks. Minor retouched losses to the enamel, minor wear to the gilding. D 25.1 cm.
1770 - 72.

On 18th January 1770, King Frederick II ordered a dinner service with 30 place settings "painted in the center with a basket of flowers, at the edge with blue garlands, gold ornaments and a gold border". It was delivered on 6th August 1772 (Lenz I, p. 15).

Literature

Cf. Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1. vol., Berlin 1913, pl. 73, illus. 295.
Cat. Berliner Porzellan 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, no. 58.