A large faience plaque with a portrait of Frederick II - image-1

Lot 8 Dα

A large faience plaque with a portrait of Frederick II

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.000 € (incl. premium)

A large faience plaque with a portrait of Frederick II

Depicted in three-quarter view, the moulded rim with two drilled holes. With a black inventory no. on the reverse (?) Lg 464. White glaze with regular craquelure, rim chips. H 45.5, W 30.5 cm
Potsdam, 2nd half 18th C.

Literature

Cf. a similar piece in the Potsdam Museum in Peibst/Mauter, Barock-Fayencen, Berlin 1994, illus. no 75, p. 189 and 214.
Another of these tiles sold in Lempertz Berlin auction 922 on 24th May 2008, lot 10.