Lot 76 D α

A Berlin KPM porcelain tray with "ponceau" Watteau figures from a coffee service

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.400 €

A Berlin KPM porcelain tray with "ponceau" Watteau figures from a coffee service

Model no. 217 Blue sceptre mark. With minor, inconspicuous chips to the tips of the handles. H 5, W 36.2 cm.
Around 1771 - 1776.

Literature

Cf. Lenz, Berliner Porzellan Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, vol. 1, Berlin 1913, illus. 174. Cf. also the Archival Tables, p. 18 ff, the entries for Dejeuners on 12.2.1773 and 1.4.1776.
S.a. another identical but smaller tray in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, in Lessmann/Braesel/Dück, Berliner Porzellan aus eigenen Beständen, Hamburg 1993, cat. no. 62 ff.