A Berlin KPM porcelain plate from a dinner service for Berlin Palace - image-1

Lot 145 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain plate from a dinner service for Berlin Palace

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.000 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM porcelain plate from a dinner service for Berlin Palace

Model no. 189. Decorated with three small bouquets of flowers surrounding a larger central bouquet. Inconspicuous Y-shaped firing crack in the mass that has been filled with glaze but not retouched. The rim re-gilded. D 24.4 cm.
1768.

In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porcelain manufactory to produce a service with 36 place settings for Berlin Palace. It was to be "colourfully painted with naturalistic flowers and a few insects along with a golden border". The service was delivered in the same year. In March 1773, the service was supplemented by a subsequent delivery of "72 dinner plates etc.".

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin.

Literature

The order is listed in the archival tables in Lenz, Berliner Porzellan, Berlin 1913, vol. I, p. 15 f.