A Berlin KPM porcelain plate with botanical decor - image-1
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Lot 84 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain plate with botanical decor

Auction 1128 - overview Berlin
06.04.2019, 17:00 - The Twinight Collection II
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 11.250 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM porcelain plate with botanical decor

Model no. 1113. Decorated to the well with an "Erica Massoni" plant, inscribed in Latin to the reverse with the name and "Cap de bonne espérance." Blue sceptre mark with pale blue dash, gilt A:=, impressed 5. D 23.8 cm.
1803 - 13, presumably after a motif by Pierre Jean François Turpin.

Provenance

Acquired in 2011.

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.