A rare dinner plate from the Berlin dinner service for the Duke of Wellington - image-1
A rare dinner plate from the Berlin dinner service for the Duke of Wellington - image-2
A rare dinner plate from the Berlin dinner service for the Duke of Wellington - image-1A rare dinner plate from the Berlin dinner service for the Duke of Wellington - image-2

Lot 139 Dα

A rare dinner plate from the Berlin dinner service for the Duke of Wellington

Auction 1125 - overview Berlin
07.11.2018, 18:00 - The Twinight Collection I
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
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A rare dinner plate from the Berlin dinner service for the Duke of Wellington

Model no. 1054. The centre of the well painted with the Duke's coat-of-arms surrounded by the band of the Order of the Garter with the inscription "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" supported by two lions and crowned by a helmet and the inscription "virtutis fortuna comes" (fortune is the companion of virtue), the motto of the Duke's regiment. The cavetto gilt and the border with a wreath of oak and laurel tied with four golden bows. Blue sceptre mark, impressed 20, incised III. Restored. D 24.5 cm.
KPM, 1817.

Literature

The plates in Apsley house published in: Baer/Baer, The Pussian Service. The Duke of Wellington´s Berlin Dinner Service, Berlin 1989, no. 65-72 (illus. on the back cover). In contrast to the well known and spectacularly decorated dessert plates showing scenes from Wellington’s life and military career, the dinner décor of the dinner plates corresponds to that of the generals’ service. There were originally 100 dinner plates like this one and 36 soup plates.