A Berlin KPM porcelain plaque with a portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm III - image-1
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Lot 805 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain plaque with a portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm III

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 17:00 - Important Porcelain from Two Private Collections
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.968 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KPM porcelain plaque with a portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm III

With a portrait of the Prussian King facing right surrounded by an oaken wreath. H frame 18.2, W 16.2 cm.
Ca. / shortly after 1815, the relief attributed to Leonhard Posch.

Provenance

Purchased from Hans H. Mischell, Cologne.

Literature

Cf. Forschler-Tarrasch, Leonhard Posch, Berlin 2002, no. 65: "in der Uniform des 1. Garderegiments zu Fuß mit dem Eisernen Kreuz und der Kriegsgedenkmünze 1813/15."
An identical, but slightly smaller plaque with a portrait of Queen Louise sold in Lempertz Berlin auction 1125 The Twinight Collection on 7th November 2018, lot 4.
These portrait reliefs were produced in various sizes and motifs by KPM. There is a further version with the king facing left in the Kunstgewerbemuseum published in Heim, Die Berliner Porzellanplastik und ihre skulpturale Dimension, Berlin 2016, no. 151.