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Lot 21 Dα

A large Berlin KPM porcelain tureen and stand from the 2nd Potsdam service

Auction 1127 - overview Berlin
06.04.2019, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €
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A large Berlin KPM porcelain tureen and stand from the 2nd Potsdam service

With gilt trellis decor over pale green ground, large bouquets in the typical early polychromy, and a rose-form finial. Blue sceptre mark to the inside of the tureen, the platter with blue sceptre mark and impressed number 22 Z. The pierced areas of the lid restored, the gilt rim retouched in areas, the rosebud finial largely original. Minimal wear to the relief of the platter. H of tureen 24.5, W of platter 54 cm.
1767.

Frederick II ordered the 2nd Potsdam service for the Neue Palais in Potsdam and commissioned a further, identical service as a present for his brother-in-law Margrave Karl Alexander of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1736-1806).
In contrast to the 1st Potsdam service, the second so-called green table service was paid for from the royal treasury. The invoice for this payment provides us with a terminus ante quem which confirms the date of delivery following the production of the service to be 3rd July 1767. All pieces from this service had already left royal ownership by the time Georg Lenz's two volume work was published in 1913.

Provenance

Purchased from Kunsthandel Angela Gräfin Wallwitz.
West German private collection.