An oval Berlin KPM porcelain tureen and cover from the dinner service for Berlin Palace
An oval Berlin KPM porcelain tureen and cover from the dinner service for Berlin Palace
Model no. 189. Original lid with finial formed as a kneeling putto pouring flowers from a cornucopia. Finely decorated with small bouquets and moths, the handles picked out in purple and aquamarine. Blue sceptre mark, impressed K and 13. Minor chips to the upper rim, below the handle and to the flowers. H 19, W 28 cm.
1768.
In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porcelain manufactory to produce a service of "36 table 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 order for King Friedrich II.
Literature
Cf. Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, vol. 1, Berlin 1913, p. 15 f.
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An oval Berlin KPM porcelain tureen and cover from the dinner service for Berlin Palace
Model no. 189. Original lid with finial formed as a kneeling putto pouring flowers from a cornucopia. Finely decorated with small bouquets and moths, the handles picked out in purple and aquamarine. Blue sceptre mark, impressed K and 13. Minor chips to the upper rim, below the handle and to the flowers. H 19, W 28 cm.
1768.
In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porcelain manufactory to produce a service of "36 table 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 order for King Friedrich II.
Literature
Cf. Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, vol. 1, Berlin 1913, p. 15 f.