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Lot 185 Dα

A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a Prussian hussar

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 2.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 2.500 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KGM porcelain plaque with a Prussian hussar

Dated lower right "- 26 - 6 - 49. -", impressed eagle mark and 7P. H 20.2, W 17.7 cm.
Lead-free "Gesundheitsgeschirr" (health porcelain), painted 1849.

The officer depicted here could be Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia (1797 - 1888), later King and from 1871 Emperor Wilhelm I. The horseman wears the uniform of the Leib-Garde-Husaren-Regiment of Friedrich Wilhelm IV, a regiment that was founded in 1815 and existed until the time of the Republic.

Literature

For more on this type of porcelain see Tlustek, Berlin bleifrei. Frühe Pioniere der Gesundheitsbranche, Berlin 2016, in: https://www.stadtmuseum.de/objekte-und-geschichten/berlin-bleifrei. Lead-free glaze was first produced in France in the late 18th century under the name "Hygiocerames". In 1818, KPM founded a sister firm, "KGM", specialised in the production of this ware based on the banks of the Spree to the west of the Tiergarten.