A Berlin KPM porcelain “apothekenbüchse” pot-pourri vase with a portrait of Friedrich II
A Berlin KPM porcelain “apothekenbüchse” pot-pourri vase with a portrait of Friedrich II
Model no. 574, with original lid. Decorated with two oval medallions framed by laurel wreaths, that on the front face containing a portrait of Friedrich II facing left wearing the badge of the Order of the Black Eagle and a tricon; that on the reverse with a trophy still life. The shoulders and rim of the lid picked out in gilding and clover flower wreaths. Blue sceptre mark, incised III. With a restored crack to the lid and base of the finial. H 35.5 cm.
C. 1780.
Provenance
In the collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen since 1999.
Literature
Cf. Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. 2. illus. 559, a similar example with Friedrich II in a breastplate without the tricorn formerly housed in the collection of "Frau M. Oppenheim, Berlin".
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A Berlin KPM porcelain “apothekenbüchse” pot-pourri vase with a portrait of Friedrich II
Model no. 574, with original lid. Decorated with two oval medallions framed by laurel wreaths, that on the front face containing a portrait of Friedrich II facing left wearing the badge of the Order of the Black Eagle and a tricon; that on the reverse with a trophy still life. The shoulders and rim of the lid picked out in gilding and clover flower wreaths. Blue sceptre mark, incised III. With a restored crack to the lid and base of the finial. H 35.5 cm.
C. 1780.
Provenance
In the collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen since 1999.
Literature
Cf. Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. 2. illus. 559, a similar example with Friedrich II in a breastplate without the tricorn formerly housed in the collection of "Frau M. Oppenheim, Berlin".
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