A Berlin KPM porcelain dish made for General de la Motte Fouqué. - image-1

Lot 68 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain dish made for General de la Motte Fouqué.

Auction 1047 - overview Cologne
02.05.2015, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 600 €
Result: 744 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM porcelain dish made for General de la Motte Fouqué.

A compote dish of round form, decorated with "deutsche Blumen", scattered flowers and some remains of gilt edging. Blue sceptre mark, impressed number 200. Diameter 21 cm.
1766.

Provenance

Ernst August Heinrich de la Motte Fouqué (1698 - 1774).

Literature

Cf. a turreen in: Baer, Von Gotzkowsky zur KPM, Berlin 1986, p. 215. Frederick II had the service sent to Brandenburg to his former general Ernst Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué along with a personal letter dated 19.12.1766.