A Berlin KPM porcelain plate with a petticoat daffodil - image-1
A Berlin KPM porcelain plate with a petticoat daffodil - image-2
A Berlin KPM porcelain plate with a petticoat daffodil - image-1A Berlin KPM porcelain plate with a petticoat daffodil - image-2

Lot 83 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain plate with a petticoat daffodil

Auction 1128 - overview Berlin
06.04.2019, 17:00 - The Twinight Collection II
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 6.250 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM porcelain plate with a petticoat daffodil

Model no. 1113. Decorated to the well with a depiction of the flower after a botanical drawing, inscribed to the reverse "Narcissus Bulbocodium." Bordered by a wreath of poppy flowers. Blue sceptre mark with pale blue dash, impressed 16, incised III. D 24 cm.
Circa 1803 - 13.

Provenance

Former collection of Hans H. Mischell, Cologne.

Literature

Cf. also: Sterba, Napoléon und Joséphine - Kryptische Symbolik einer Liebe in der Dekoration eines botanischen Services für die Kaiserin, in: Keramos 194/2006, p. 73 ff.
This plate originates from a service made in connection with that commissioned by the French Empress Joséphine.