A Berlin KPM porcelain blaker decorated by Franz Aulich

A Berlin KPM porcelain blaker decorated by Franz Aulich

Model no. 3153, fired in three parts and mounted. Painted in "weichmalerei" style with a central red and yellow tulip flanked by white azaleas. The rocaille surround with floral appliques painted with a large butterfly beside a putto in relief holding a drapery, a fanciful bird below and a cornucopia of flowers on the left. Signed "FAulich" lower right. With faint blue sceptre mark on the reverse, model no., various impressed marks, incised 2. With an old stapled repair to the upper section, various restorations and losses to the floral appliques. H 80, W 54 cm.
After 1888.

Literature

For the design sketch by Aulich illus. in the KPM archives see Dietz, Blühende Zeit der KPM. Die Weichmalerei auf Porzellan. Die Sammlung Hassan Sabeth, Petersberg 2013, p. 133.