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KPM Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin

Founded 1763

Elongated confectionary bowl in the form of overlaid orange leaves - likely from the service of Grand Duke Paul of Russia. 1776

Porcelain, coloured overglaze painting, gold decoration. 4,5 × 29,5 × 22,5 cm (1 ¾ × 11 ⅝ × 8 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  KPM Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin. Elongated confectionary bowl in the form of overlaid orange leaves - likely from the service of Grand Duke Paul of Russia. 1776.

Estimate:

EUR 2,500

 

- 3,000

USD 2,840

 

- 3,410

Sold for:

2,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 02.06.2016

Information

Porcelain, coloured overglaze painting, gold decoration. 4,5 × 29,5 × 22,5 cm (1 ¾ × 11 ⅝ × 8 ⅞ in.). Sceptre mark in blue underglaze; imprinted mark: 13. Minimal abrasion to the gold.

Related literature regarding the leaf bowls in Catherine's service: Georg Lenz: Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs der Großen 1763-1786, Berlin 1913, vol. 2, plate 86, ill. 344 and 346 (copies in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Inv.-nos.: ГЧ 2992, 2995, 2996 and 2999).

Comparable objects: leaf bowls without butterflies: Kunstgewerbemuseum – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Inv.-nos.: Hz 471 and 472 (formerly Hohenzollern Museum).

Related literature regarding first of Paul's services: Von Sanssouci nach Europa. Geschenke Friedrichs der Großen an europäische Höfe, exh. cat., Potsdam 1994, cat. no. 21.1, p. 125ff..

Minimal abrasion to the gold

Until 2014 collection Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920–2014), Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire

Auction catalogue: Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire Sale, Sotheby's, London, 2. March 2016, Los 39

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