A KPM porcelain cloche from the 1st Potsdam service. - image-1

Lot 39 Dα

A KPM porcelain cloche from the 1st Potsdam service.

Auction 1030 - overview Berlin
24.05.2014, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €

A KPM porcelain cloche from the 1st Potsdam service.

From a later order. Unmarked. Breakage to the rose blossom. H 26, diameter 36 cm.
KPM Berlin, ca. 1775.

Literature

Frederick II placed the first orders for dinner services shortly after purchasing the Berlin factory. The 1st Potsdam service was specially designed to match the decor of the Neue Palais. Cf. "Kronschatz und Schatzkammer der Hohenzollern", Berlin 2010, p. 55. Further pieces illus. in: Lenz, Braunschweig 1966, vol. II, pl. 24. Two cloches in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Hamburg 1993, cat. 153 and 154.