A Berlin KPM porcelain cup with faux micromosaic decor - image-1
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Lot 131 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain cup with faux micromosaic decor

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.500 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KPM porcelain cup with faux micromosaic decor

Unidentified model decorated with finely painted depictions of birds in raised octagonal reserves. Blue sceptre mark with blue enamel dash above, gold sickle mark. Localised wear to the gilt interior, no saucer. H 6.5 cm.
1803 - 1813.

The decorative element named in the files of the Berlin manufactory as the so-called "Viennese border", which is partly used on this cup, seems, according to Samuel Wittwer, to have been devised by the porcelain painter Jean Ernest Clauce after a study trip he undertook on behalf of KPM in order to find inspiration among the competing manufactories and to be able to continue to meet the contemporary taste of the early 19th century.

Literature

A similarly decorated plate in the collection of Richard B. Cohen, illus. in Wittwer (ed.), Raffinesse & Eleganz Königliche Porzellane des 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Twinight Collection New York, New York-Munich 2007, no. 33.