A Berlin KPM painted micromosaic porcelain pl ...
A Berlin KPM painted micromosaic porcelain plate made for the royal court
Model no. 1054. Decorated to the centre with three finely painted faux-micromosaic bouquets of Continental flowers in marble vases against a pale blue background reserved within a gilt frame with trompe l'oeil gemstones on a field of faux-lapis lazuli. The burnished gold border decorated with four Prussian eagles and laurel sprigs, two reserves with birds, and one with a crown on a cushion.
The underside decorated with gilt anthemion alternating with botanical names, the first letters of which spell the names Albrecht, Charlotte, and Marianne. Blue sceptre mark, impressed LI, incised III. D 24.3 cm.
1831.
** Provenance
Sotheby´s Amsterdam 31st October 2006, lot 446.
** Exhibitions
Raffinesse & Eleganz - Königliche Porzellane des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, Berlin, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Schloss Charlottenburg, 28th July - 4th November 2007
Die Sammlung Cohen. Porzellane der grossen Manufakturen 1800 - 1840. Wien, Liechtenstein Museum, 16th November 2007 - 11th February 2008
Refinement & Elegance - Early 19th-Century Royal Porcelain from an American private collection, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 9th September 2008 - 19th April 2009
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A Berlin KPM painted micromosaic porcelain plate made for the royal court
Model no. 1054. Decorated to the centre with three finely painted faux-micromosaic bouquets of Continental flowers in marble vases against a pale blue background reserved within a gilt frame with trompe l'oeil gemstones on a field of faux-lapis lazuli. The burnished gold border decorated with four Prussian eagles and laurel sprigs, two reserves with birds, and one with a crown on a cushion.
The underside decorated with gilt anthemion alternating with botanical names, the first letters of which spell the names Albrecht, Charlotte, and Marianne. Blue sceptre mark, impressed LI, incised III. D 24.3 cm.
1831.
** Provenance
Sotheby´s Amsterdam 31st October 2006, lot 446.
** Exhibitions
Raffinesse & Eleganz - Königliche Porzellane des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, Berlin, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Schloss Charlottenburg, 28th July - 4th November 2007
Die Sammlung Cohen. Porzellane der grossen Manufakturen 1800 - 1840. Wien, Liechtenstein Museum, 16th November 2007 - 11th February 2008
Refinement & Elegance - Early 19th-Century Royal Porcelain from an American private collection, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 9th September 2008 - 19th April 2009
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