A cup with a portrait of Frederick II. - image-1

Lot 99 Dα

A cup with a portrait of Frederick II.

Auction 1030 - overview Berlin
24.05.2014, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 2.928 € (incl. premium)

A cup with a portrait of Frederick II.

"Neuglatt" design. Reserve surrounding a schwarzlot portrait inscribed "Fridericus II Borussor Rex". Underglaze blue scepter mark.
KPM Berlin, ca. 1775.

Literature

Cf. a cup and cover with the same portrait in: Köllmann, Braunschweig 1966, vol. II, pl. 120 b. Comparable cups with portraits of other monarchs in: Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. II, pl. 124.