Two Berlin KPM plates from the 2nd Potsdam service with bouquet decor. - image-1

Lot 694 Dα

Two Berlin KPM plates from the 2nd Potsdam service with bouquet decor.

Auction 1039 - overview Cologne
14.11.2014, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, and Furniture
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 10.540 € (incl. premium)

Two Berlin KPM plates from the 2nd Potsdam service with bouquet decor.

Blue scepter mark and pressnummers /3 and 1O. Slight wear to the gilding. Diameter 25.2 cm.
Ca. 1765.

Frederick II began placing commissions for services with the Berlin porcelain manufactory shortly after acquiring it. The 1st and 2nd Potsdam services were made to suit the decor of the Neue Palais.

Literature

The pieces from this service kept in Charlottenburg palace published several times, ie in cat.: Kronschatz und Silberkammer der Hohenzollern, Berlin 2010, p. 61. One dinner plate illus. in: Köllmann, Braunschweig 1966, vol. II, pl. 27 a.