Lot 55 D α

A pair of Berlin KPM porcelain candlesticks from a royal toilette service

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 6.300 € (incl. premium)

A pair of Berlin KPM porcelain candlesticks from a royal toilette service

Model no. 154. The ornaments picked out in puce, painted with naturalistic flowers. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark KO. One slightly slanting, minor chips to the flower appliques. H 24.7 cm.
Around 1765 - 68.

Provenance

Former G. and H. Rohloff collection, Berlin.

Literature

Cf. Lenz, Berliner Porzellan Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 – 1786, vol. 1, Berlin 1913, illus. 40 for an identical candlestick from the same service made for the Neue Palais in Potsdam.