A Berlin KPM porcelain plate from the dessert service for Berlin Palace - image-1

Lot 72 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain plate from the dessert service for Berlin Palace

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 756 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KPM porcelain plate from the dessert service for Berlin Palace

Model no. 189 with pierced decor. Painted with a bouquet in the centre surrounded by scattered flowers, moths and a gilt etched laurel border. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark K. A horizontal crack to the glaze on the base. D 25.7 cm.
1768.

In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porcelain manufactory to produce a service of "36 place settings" for the Berlin Palace. It was to be "colourfully painted with naturalistic flowers and a few insects along with a golden border". The service was delivered in the same year, on 17th December. In March 1773, the service was supplemented by a subsequent delivery of "72 dinner plates etc."

Provenance

From the first delivery to King Friedrich II.
Most recently in a Berlin private collection, acquired on the art market in 2008.

Literature

Cf. Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, vol. 1, Berlin 1913, pp. 15 f.

See ibid. vol. 2, fig. 368.