An Art Deco Berlin KPM porcelain tea pot - image-1
An Art Deco Berlin KPM porcelain tea pot - image-2
An Art Deco Berlin KPM porcelain tea pot - image-1An Art Deco Berlin KPM porcelain tea pot - image-2

Lot 335 Dα

An Art Deco Berlin KPM porcelain tea pot

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 900 € - 1.200 €
Result: 4.032 € (incl. premium)

An Art Deco Berlin KPM porcelain tea pot

'Japan' or 'Japanischer Frühling' model. Decorated throughout with stylised flowering sprigs and with a flower bud finial. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, overglaze blue painter's signature "FLAD", impressed marks. H 14.5, L 27.5 cm.
Model presumably designed by Theodor Schmuz-Baudiss in 1919, the decor by Adolph Flad in 1923.

Literature

Cf. Gronert, Porzellan der KPM Berlin 1918-1988, vol. I, p. 116, where a smaller version of the teapot is illustrated and the original design.