A KPM porcelain dessert plate for Frederick II. - image-1

Lot 41 Dα

A KPM porcelain dessert plate for Frederick II.

Auction 1030 - overview Berlin
24.05.2014, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 5.368 € (incl. premium)

A KPM porcelain dessert plate for Frederick II.

Blue scepter mark, pressnummers 5 and K 3. Three restored rim chips. Diameter 24.8 cm.
KPM Berlin, 1768/69.

Frederick II ordered the red dinner service on 5th July 1768 for an unknown destination, requesting that it be decorated with "naturally wrought flowers and garlands, purple mosaic, decorative gold borders and a double ribbon". After first being limited to 24 sets, the order was increased by a further 18 sets in december of the same year.

Provenance

From the red dinner service for Frederick II.

Literature

One dinner plate illus. in: Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. I, pl. 47.