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A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a portrait of an officer from the "Leib Husar" regiment - image-1A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a portrait of an officer from the "Leib Husar" regiment - image-2A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a portrait of an officer from the "Leib Husar" regiment - image-3A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a portrait of an officer from the "Leib Husar" regiment - image-4

Lot 302 Rα

A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a portrait of an officer from the "Leib Husar" regiment

Auction 1150 - overview Berlin
16.05.2020, 12:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
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A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a portrait of an officer from the "Leib Husar" regiment

Decorated with a finely painted bust in an octagonal reserve on a golden shield against a black background. Atop the shield a black eagle and the motto "PRO GLORIA ET PATRIA", below it a family coat of arms monogrammed J.v.W. Impressed eagle mark and P5. H 15.8, W 13.3 cm, in a later brass frame with stand H 19, W 16.3 cm.
Berlin, KGM Gesundheitsgeschirr, after 1818.

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For more on "gesundheitsporzellan", see: Tlustek, Berlin bleifrei. Frühe Pioniere der Gesundheitsbranche, Berlin 2016, in: https://www.stadtmuseum.de/objekte-und-geschichten/berlin-bleifrei. The lead-free glaze was first developed in France in the late 18th century under the name "hygiocerames". KPM decided to found a sister company producing these porcelains, KGM, in 1818. Their headquarters was located on the banks of the Spree, West of Tiergarten.