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Lot 239 Dα

A rare Berlin KPM porcelain cup and saucer with la Fontaine's fables

Auction 1150 - overview Berlin
16.05.2020, 12:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 6.250 € (incl. premium)

A rare Berlin KPM porcelain cup and saucer with la Fontaine's fables

Model no. 1308, campaner form cup with original saucer. Painted in faux bois technique and with gilt embossed scenes illustrating the fables of Jean de la Fontaine (1621 - 1695). Blue sceptre mark with blue enamel dash above, blue enamel dot below (saucer), pressnummer 29 (cup) & 19 (saucer), incised I.
1803 - 1813.

Literature

A similar cup with depictions from Ovid's Metamorphoses in the Twinight Collection (cat. Raffinesse & Eleganz, Berlin 2007, no. 61).