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Lot 116 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain basket from a service for Prince Henry of Prussia

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 3.625 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KPM porcelain basket from a service for Prince Henry of Prussia

Dessert basket model no. 881. Decorated with flying insects and gilding. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, incised B and 35. With minor restorations. H 19.9, W 27.5 cm.
1791-94.

Frederick William II ordered an extensive dinner service for his uncle Prince Henry of Prussia in 1791. The form followed a service ordered by Peter von Biron, the Duke of Courland, in the late 1780s. The manufactory's account book describes the service for Prince Heinrich, which encompassed 40 place settings, as follows: "A dinner and dessert service painted with naturalistic wildflowers in colours and small insects, alongside a green border and fully gilded ornaments" (SPSG, KPM-Archiv, Pret. 1, Contobuch 1791 - 1798, fol. 10). The delivery took place on 23rd December 1791.

Literature

Cf. Wittwer, Prinz Heinrich und das Porzellan, in: Prinz Heinrich von Preussen, Ein Europäer in Rheinsberg, Berlin 2002, p. 476, cat. no. VII. 55.
Cf. also cat. Berliner Porzellan 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, no. 137.
A further basket sold by Lempertz Berlin on 21st April 2018, lot 138.