A Berlin KPM porcelain vase with a portrait of Empress Augusta - image-1
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Lot 287 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain vase with a portrait of Empress Augusta

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 4.410 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin KPM porcelain vase with a portrait of Empress Augusta

Model no. 2187 with Renaissance style handles, fired in three parts and screw-mounted. Painted with a bust of the empress in an oval reserve. Blue sceptre mark with round eagle mark, brown stamped imperial orb mark, impressed marks. H 60.5 cm.
Around 1860, model by Julius Wilhelm Mantel, the painting after 1871.

The portrayed woman, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811 - 1890), was married to Crown Prince Wilhelm in Charlottenburg Palace in 1829, who reigned as Prussian King Wilhelm I from 1861 and as Emperor from 1871.