A Berlin KPM porcelain plate from a dinner service for the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel - image-1

Lot 75 Dα

A Berlin KPM porcelain plate from a dinner service for the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.638 € (incl. premium)
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A Berlin KPM porcelain plate from a dinner service for the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel

Model no. 674. Painted in the centre with a bouquet with a large chrysanthemum surrounded by three flowering sprigs. The rim picked out in green and gold. Blue sceptre mark. D 24.9 cm.
Around 1775.

This plate comes from a dinner service of which 19 pieces are now in the possession of the House of Hesse Foundation. It is now thought to have been a gift from Frederick II to his namesake, Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel (1720 - 1785). The landgrave fought on the side of Prussia in the Seven Years' War, was a recipient of the Order of the Black Eagle and married the Prussian princess Philippine Auguste Amalie (1745 - 1800) in 1773.

Provenance

Acquired in 2006 from private ownership.
Berlin private collection.

Literature

Cf. cat. "... im Interesse der Allgemeinheit ergänzen". Neuerwerbungen der Hessischen Hausstiftung (1981 - 2006), Eichenzell 2006, cat. no. 15.