PAINTED KPM (BERLIN ROYAL PORCELAIN) PORTRAIT

Germany, circa 1870, a finely detailed hand-painted portrait of a stately gentleman attired in a black tunic, signed lower right in script 'Fr. Till, Dresden' (for Franz Till). The reverse bearing impressed factory marks KPM, scepter mark and cypher marks H / 237 158. Framed within what appears to be its original ebonized wood frame & velvet fillet. Dimensions, 9.25" high x 6.3/8" wide (sight), framed dimensions, 13" high x 10.5" wide. Provenance, the reverse showing remnants of a paper gallery label for 'HANNA WORKS OF ART', along with a location reference to The Whitney Building. Records show that several Detroit art galleries were owned either solely or in part by the Hanna family. Records for John Hanna Galleries show they operated from 1885 until 1962. There is little biographical information about the artist Franz Till, other than he is known to have executed several works for KPM (Berlin Royal Porcelain Factory) during the second half of the 19th century.