Two KPM porcelain dishes from a dinner service with the Iron Cross

Two KPM porcelain dishes from a dinner service with the Iron Cross

Model no. 1054. The wells decorated with the Iron Cross, the borders with fine oak wreaths entwined by purple ribbons. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummers 14 and 25, incised marks. H of salad bowl 4.4 cm, D 21 cm, W of oval dish 44 cm.
The porcelain late 18th C., the Iron Cross motif presumably added shortly after 1813.

The Prussian military order of the Iron Cross was established on 10th March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III and awarded to numerous soldiers and civilians who had served directly or indirectly in the German campaign against Napoleon. In this example, the motif has been added to an earlier piece of porcelain in the style of the generals' services made for the princes of Prussia.

Provenance

Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.

Literature

Cf. cat. Berliner Porzellan 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, no. 140, the dinner service with “garland rosettes and small insects alongside a green oak wreath border” produced in 1793 for Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm displays identical motifs along the rim.