A Berlin KPM porcelain Easter egg with the Royal Palace in Berlin - image-1
A Berlin KPM porcelain Easter egg with the Royal Palace in Berlin - image-2
A Berlin KPM porcelain Easter egg with the Royal Palace in Berlin - image-1A Berlin KPM porcelain Easter egg with the Royal Palace in Berlin - image-2

Lot 91 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain Easter egg with the Royal Palace in Berlin

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 4.000 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM porcelain Easter egg with the Royal Palace in Berlin

Porcelain egg decorated with a view of Berlin Palace with the equestrian monument to the Grand Elector in a gilt surround, labelled on the reverse. Unmarked. H 7.4 cm.
Berlin KPM, after 1842, the motif based on a painting by Carl Daniel Freydanck.

Provenance

Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.

Literature

Illus. in cat. Blütenlese, Berlin-Munich 2018, no. 140. The painting upon which the motif of this Easter egg is based is housed today in Charlottenburg Palace (cf. cat.: Carl Daniel Freydanck 1811 - 1887 Ein Vedutenmaler der Königlichen Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin KPM, Berlin 1987, no. 8).