Lot 179 D α

A Berlin KPM porcelain botanical plate "Thymus villosus"

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €

A Berlin KPM porcelain botanical plate "Thymus villosus"

Model 1054, Antikglatt. Finely painted with the Portugese shrub on a pale peach-coloured ground bordered by a foliate motif in sepia. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark over K.P.M., pressnummer 22, incised III. Diameter 24.5 cm.
Circa 1823 - 32.

Literature

Cf. further plates from this service illus. in Wittwer (ed.), Raffinesse & Eleganz Königliche Porzellane des 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Twinight Collection New York, Munich 2007, cat. 67.