Porcelain Easter Egg Flacon with View of Berlin

PORCELAIN EASTER EGG FLACON WITH VIEW OF BERLIN.

KPM. Berlin.

Date: 19th century.
Technique: Porcelain, enriched in colours and gold.
Description: Ovoid shape with brass mounting and plug in the shape of a royal crown. Oval, gold-framed
reserve on the front. In it veduta of the Berlin City Palace, viewed from the
Kurfürsten-bridge, with equestrian statue of the "Great Elector" Friedrich Wilhelm of
Brandenburg. Around the plug a field filled with blue scale decor, overlaid and delimited
by rocaille borders and floral decorative elements in gold.
Measurement: Height including the plug 8,5cm.
Mark: Without recognisable marks.
Condition C, crown of the plug is chipped.

The equestrian statue of the Great Elector, which is a monument to Elector Friedrich
Wilhelm of Brandenburg (1620-1688) from the House of Hohenzollern, is an important work of
Baroque sculpture and was a popular motif of the KPM for its Berlin views. The model,
begun in 1696 by Andreas Schlüter, was cast by Johann Jacobi in 1700 and erected on the
Kurfürsten-Bridge at the Berlin Palace in 1703. Due to the danger posed by the increasing
air raids during the Second World War, the equestrian statue was brought to safety and
later re-erected in the Court of Honor of Charlottenburg Palace in 1952. In connection
with the present reconstruction of the Berlin City Palace, the return of the monument to
its original location in Berlin Mitte is currently being discussed.
Condition Report: Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
Germany: 26,89 Euro plus 5,11 Euro VAT
EU: 46,22 Euro plus 8,78 Euro VAT
Worldwide: 92,44 Euro plus 17,56 Euro VAT
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