A Berlin KPM porcelain cup "La confidence" - image-1
A Berlin KPM porcelain cup "La confidence" - image-2
A Berlin KPM porcelain cup "La confidence" - image-1A Berlin KPM porcelain cup "La confidence" - image-2

Lot 250 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain cup "La confidence"

Auction 1105 - overview Berlin
21.04.2018, 14:00 - Prussia II
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 372 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KPM porcelain cup "La confidence"

Unidentified model similar to the "glockenbecher". With original saucer. Decorated with an oval reserve on purple ground containing a Neoclassical depiction of a couple against a vermicelli backdrop. Interior gilt. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, painter's mark, impressed no. 28 to the saucer. Minor chip to the edge of the underside of the saucer.
After 1832.

The design of this cup is inspired by the well-known "confidence" motif developed in the Parisian Sèvres manufactory, which was highly influential for the painters and sculptors at Royal Berlin. More information on thissymbiosis can be found in a research paper published by the collector, Professor Gisela Zick.

Provenance

Lempertz auction 955 on 12th May 2010, lot 117.
Collection of Prof. Dr. Gisela Zick.

Literature

For this motif cf.: Sèvres und Wedgwood, in: Keramos 128/1990, p. 11 - 34.