2 Kosta Boda glass vases design Bertil Vallien, signed at bottom
Lot van 2 Kosta Boda glazen vazen ontwerp Bertil Vallien, onderaan gesigneerd
H 31 - 41 cm
Very colourful Costa Boda vase in glass paste with decor of bucks by Bertil Vallien, marked
Zeer kleurrijke Costa Boda vaas in glaspasta met decor van bokken van Bertil Vallien, gemerkt
H 19.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert green and clear cut crystal vase, signed and with original label
Val Saint Lambert groen en helder geslepen kristallen vaas, getekend en met origineel etiket
H 23.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert clear and green cut crystal Art Deco vase, marked 1052 PU (pièce unique)
Val Saint Lambert helder en groen geslepen kristallen Art Deco vaas, gemerkt 1052 PU (pièce unique)
H 25 cm
Val Saint Lambert green and clear cut crystal vase, signed VSL PU (pièce unique)
Val Saint Lambert groen en helder geslepen kristallen vaas, getekend VSL PU (pièce unique)
H 30.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert clear and green cut crystal Art Deco vase, signed
Val Saint Lambert helder en groen geslepen kristallen Art Deco vaas, getekend
H 24 cm
Collection of 4 green and clear cut crystal vases Val Saint Lambert
Lot van 4 groen en helder geslepen kristallen vazen Val Saint Lambert
H 22.5 - 26.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert clear and burgundy cut crystal vase, signed and numbered 60/75
Val Saint Lambert helder en bordeauxrood geslepen kristallen vaas, getekend en genummerd 60/75
H 32 cm
Val Saint Lambert a set of 3 red and clear cut crystal vases
Val Saint Lambert lot van 3 rood en helder geslepen kristallen vazen
H 15.5 - 19.5 - 20.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert red and clear cut crystal vase, numbered, signed and with original label
Val Saint Lambert rood en helder geslepen kristallen vaas, genummerd, getekend en met origineel etiket
H 15.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert collection of crystal animals in clear and coloured crystal
Val Saint Lambert lot van kristallen dieren in helder en gekleurd kristal
H 5.5 - 24 cm
6 coloured crystal glasses Val Saint Lambert, with original label
Lot van 6 gekleurde kristallen glazen Val Saint Lambert, met origineel etiket
H 22 cm
Val Saint Lambert clear and plum brown cut crystal vase design Charles Graffart 1947
Val Saint Lambert helder en pruimenbruin geslepen kristallen vaas ontwerp Charles Graffart 1947
H 35 cm
Val Saint Lambert, clear and orange cut crystal vase, design Charles Graffart 1930s
Val Saint Lambert, helder en oranje geslepen kristallen vaas, ontwerp Charles Graffart jaren '30
H 30.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert 2 clear and blue cut crystal vases, one signed
Val Saint Lambert 2 helder en blauw geslepen kristallen vazen, één getekend
H 20 - 25.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert brown and clear cut crystal vase by Joseph Simon and green and clear cut crystal Art Deco vase, one signed
Val Saint Lambert bruin en helder geslepen kristallen vaas door Joseph Simon en groen en helder geslepen kristallen Art Deco vaas, één getekend
H 19.5 - 22 cm
Val Saint Lambert 2 green and clear cut crystal Art Deco vases, one signed
Val Saint Lambert 2 groen en helder geslepen kristallen Art Decovazen, één getekend
H 17 - 23.5 cm
Collection of Val Saint Lambert, red and clear cut crystal bowl and decanter and clear cut perfume bottle
Lot Val Saint Lambert, rood en helder geslepen kristallen kom en karaf en helder geslepen parfumfles
H 22.5 - 24 & H 8.5 Diam. 20 cm
Val Saint Lambert clear and blue cut crystal vase model OMER, signed and numbered 90/50/150
Val Saint Lambert helder en blauw geslepen kristallen vaas model OMER, getekend en genummerd 90/50/150
H 28 cm
Val Saint Lambert, 2 clear and green cut crystal Art Deco vases, one signed
Val Saint Lambert, 2 helder en groen geslepen kristallen Art Deco vazen , één getekend
H 26 - 30.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert lidded coupe and bowl on foot in green and clear cut crystal
Val Saint Lambert dekselcoupe en schaal op voet in groen en helder geslepen kristal
H 15 - 19.5 & Diam. 12.5 - 22 cm
Val Saint Lambert, 3 clear and green/blue and brown cut crystal Art Deco vases, one signed and one with original label
Val Saint Lambert, 3 helder en groen/blauw en bruin geslepen kristallen Art Deco vazen, één getekend en één met origineel etiket
H 14.5 - 15.5 - 22.5 cm
Val Saint Lambert a set of 2 crystal vases, signed and numbered 113/150 and signed and numbered 60/100
Val Saint Lambert lot van 2 kristallen vazen, getekend en genummerd 113/150 en getekend en genummerd 60/100
H 17 - 26 cm
Multi-layered acid etched vase signed VSL for VAL SAINT LAMBERT monogrammed JS for Jacqueline SIMON circa 1970
Meerlagige zuur geëtste vaas getekend VSL voor VAL SAINT LAMBERT monogram JS voor Jacqueline SIMON circa 1970
H 30.5 cm
2 multi-layered acid-etched vases signed VSL for VAL SAINT LAMBERT monogrammed JS for Jacqueline SIMON circa 1970
2 meerlagige zuur geëtste vazen getekend VSL voor VAL SAINT LAMBERT monogram JS voor Jacqueline SIMON circa 1970
H 20 - 23 cm
Soliflore vase in yellow and brown marbled glass paste signed Daum Nancy
Soliflore vaas in geel en bruin gemarmerde glaspasta gesigneerd Daum Nancy
H 45.5 cm
VAL SAINT LAMBERT, 1927, very rare mouth-blown cut crystal vase 'LEOPOLDVILLE' with a decor of partially metallised silver by electroplating. Atelier of Modeste DENOEL
VAL SAINT LAMBERT, 1927, zeer zeldzame mondgeblazen geslepen kristallen vaas 'LEOPOLDVILLE' met een decor van gedeeltelijk gemetalliseerd zilver door galvanisatie. Atelier van Modeste DENOEL
H 20 cm
Val Saint Lambert collection of crystal ornaments, paperweight, miniature Borodin coupe
Val Saint Lambert lot van kristallen sierstukken, presse-papier, miniatuur Borodin coupe
H 5 - 13 cm
René Lalique 'Rennes' vase in frosted and polished glass, design 1933, marked Lalique France
René Lalique 'Rennes' vaas in mat en gepolijst glas, ontwerp 1933, gemerkt Lalique Frankrijk
H 12.5 cm
Acid-etched convex vase Delatte, signed and 2 crystal parrots Val Saint Lambert, marked
Zuurgeëtste bolle vaas Delatte, getekend en 2 kristallen papegaaien Val Saint Lambert, gemerkt
H 17 - 18.5 cm
Collection of miscellaneous, 18th century French plates, pewter plate, mortar, boxes and lorgnettes in tortoiseshell, box in book form and Makkum tile
Lot varia, 18e eeuwse Franse borden, tinnen bord, vijzel, doosjes en lorgnettes in schildpad, doos in boekvorm en Makkum tegel
provenance: Ertbuer Castle, also 'Rooman d'Ertbuer Castle' Lochristi
provenance: Kasteel Ertbuer, ook 'Kasteel Rooman d'Ertbuer' Lochristi
Cup for Frederik IV. King of Denmark and Norway
Discolored, slightly streaky glass with cut and matt finish. Smooth plate base, faceted hollow baluster stem, conical dome. The crowned ligature monogram F4 on the front, engraved "VIVAT REX DANIAE" on the reverse, both motifs in a wreath of olive blossoms. Olive blossoms around a lens on each side. H 26 cm.
Brandenburg and/or Lower Silesia (Schreiberhau/Szklarska Poreba), 1699 - 1730.
Frederik IV. (1671 - 1730) was the eldest son of King Christian V of Denmark and his wife Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel. During his reign (from 1699), the Great Northern War took place, for which he allied himself with August II, King of Saxony and Poland, and Tsar Peter I. The war ended victoriously in 1720. It is possible that the cup was created for this occasion.
In her essay, Susanne Netzer published a Brandenburg glass with the initials C5, for the father, King Christian V, from the Nationalmuseum Lyngby collection. On the basis of other goblets with cut and polished decorations illustrated in the catalog section, she also suspects a possible production in Bohemia. The cut of the goblet presented here can clearly be localized to Schreiberhau/Szklarska Poreba and may even be attributed to the hand of Hans Christoph Richter.
Literature
Cf. Keisch/Netzer, "Herrliche Künste und Manufacturen", Berlin 2001, fig. 9, p. 71 and nos. 131 ff. See also cat. No. 162.
See also Zelasko, Baroque and Rococo in the Hirschberg Valley. Stein- und Glasschnitt 1650 - 1780, Passau 2014, no. 157, a goblet from the Passau Glass Museum, c. 1700, cut by Hans Christoph Richter.
Jam or ambrosia bowl with coat of arms
Decolored glass with cut, high, low and matt cut, gilding. Plate base with a wreath of olive blisters on the underside, stem and faceted nodus. The bottom with a gadrooned elliptical bowl with gilt foliate scrolls in high relief. Finely cut decoration: an alliance coat of arms to the front, a chinoiserie to the back, fruit on the sides above rocaille consoles. Chips to the foot rim, rubbed in places to the outer gold rim. H 13.5 cm.
Schreiberhau (Szklarska Poreba), Preußler glassworks Weißbach, attributed to Samuel Schneider, 1760 - 70.
Literature
Cf. Zelasko, Baroque and Rococo in the Hirschberg Valley. Stone and glass carving 1650 - 1780, Passau 2014, cat. No. 267.
Cup with the coat of arms of Imperial Count Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim
Discolored glass with cut and frosted edge. Plate base with a wreath of olive blisters on the underside, ribbon work on the top. Faceted solid shaft, faceted dome. H 17.6 cm.
Schreiberhau (Szklarska Poręba), Preußler glassworks Weiberberg, attributed to around 1730.
Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim was born in Mainz in 1674, the son of a high-ranking civil servant, and embarked on a clerical career at an early age. He received his first benefice at Würzburg Cathedral in 1683. After studying at the universities in Würzburg and Mainz, he traveled to Italy. His uncle, Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn, entrusted him with diplomatic duties. In 1700, he became provost of St. Alban's Cathedral in Mainz, followed by posts at Würzburg and Bamberg Cathedrals. One of Emperor Joseph I's first official acts was to appoint him Imperial Vice-Chancellor in 1705. In 1706, Frederick Charles had the Schönborn Palace in Vienna built by Lucas von Hildebrandt, who later also oversaw the extension of the Blue Court in Laxenburg. After the death of his uncle in 1729, he succeeded him as Prince-Bishop of Bamberg, shortly after which he received the second office in Würzburg. His reign is characterized by the construction or renovation of almost 100 church buildings and palaces, the most famous of which are the Würzburg Residence and Münsterschwarzach Abbey. He died in Würzburg in 1746.
King Frederick II's sister, Margravine Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, characterized him in her memoirs as follows: "The man we are talking about here was educated in Vienna. His great abilities helped him to the post of Imperial Chancellor, an office he held for a long time. When the bishoprics of Würzburg and Bamberg became vacant due to the death of their bishops, the court in Vienna used this opportunity to reward Schönborn for his services and was able to exert such an influence on the election that he was appointed administrator and bishop of these two bishoprics. He can rightly be considered a great genius and a great politician. His character also corresponds to this last quality; for he is false, treacherous and cunning; his nature is arrogant, his mind not attractive, because he is too pedantic; yet one gains sympathy with him on closer acquaintance, and especially if one seeks to learn from him. I was so happy to gain his favor. We often had conversations that went on for four or five hours. I was never bored; he introduced me to many things I knew nothing about. It was fair to say that he had a universal mind. There was nothing we didn't talk about together." (Source https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/wvbayreu/memoiren/chap018.html)
Literature
Cf. cat. Molded and jest glasses, cut and polished glasses of the 17th and 18th centuries. From the glass collection of the Mainfränkisches Museum Würzburg, Würzburg 1992, cat. No. 108, on the coat of arms ibid. Cat. No. 143.
Cup with mirror monogram EBF
Discolored glass with frosted cut and small spherical blowholes. Rounded plate foot, pierced baluster stem with massive ball-shaped lower wall, conical bowl. H 15.2 cm.
Saxony, 18th century.
Provenance
Swedish collection.
Literature
Cf. Haase, Saxon Glass. Geschichte Zentren Dekorationen, Leipzig-Munich 1988, cat. No. 276.
Cup with the coat of arms of Imperial Count Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim
Discolored glass with matt cut. Plate foot with two stylized leaf motifs, incised polygonal shaft and spherical mode, bulbous conical bowl at the bottom. Verso the mirrored ligature monogram CFS under a princely hat, flanked by palm fronds. H 22 cm.
Thuringia, around 1730 - 40.
Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim was born in Mainz in 1674, the son of a high-ranking civil servant, and embarked on a clerical career at an early age. He received his first benefice at Würzburg Cathedral in 1683. After studying at the universities in Würzburg and Mainz, he traveled to Italy. His uncle, Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn, entrusted him with diplomatic duties. In 1700, he became canon of St. Alban's Cathedral in Mainz, followed by posts at Würzburg and Bamberg Cathedrals. One of Emperor Joseph I's first official acts was to appoint him Imperial Vice-Chancellor in 1705. In 1706, Frederick Charles had the Schönborn Palace in Vienna built by Lucas von Hildebrandt, who later also oversaw the extension of the Blue Court in Laxenburg. After the death of his uncle in 1729, he succeeded him as Prince-Bishop of Bamberg, shortly after which he received the second office in Würzburg. His reign is characterized by the construction or renovation of almost 100 church buildings and palaces, the most famous of which are the Würzburg Residence and Münsterschwarzach Abbey. He died in Würzburg in 1746.
King Frederick II's sister, Margravine Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, characterized him in her memoirs as follows: "The man we are talking about here was educated in Vienna. His great abilities helped him to the post of Imperial Chancellor, an office he held for a long time. When the bishoprics of Würzburg and Bamberg became vacant due to the death of their bishops, the court in Vienna used this opportunity to reward Schönborn for his services and was able to exert such an influence on the election that he was appointed administrator and bishop of these two bishoprics. He can rightly be considered a great genius and a great politician. His character also corresponds to this last quality; for he is false, treacherous and cunning; his nature is arrogant, his mind not attractive, because he is too pedantic; yet one gains sympathy with him on closer acquaintance, and especially if one seeks to learn from him. I was so happy to gain his favor. We often had conversations that went on for four or five hours. I was never bored; he introduced me to many things I knew nothing about. It was fair to say that he had a universal mind. There was nothing we didn't talk about together." (Source https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/wvbayreu/memoiren/chap018.html)
Literature
For an identical goblet, albeit with a lid, see cat. Molded and jest glasses, cut and polished glasses of the 17th and 18th centuries. From the glass collection of the Mainfränkisches Museum Würzburg, Würzburg 1992, cat. No. 143.
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Round lidded tureen with fantasy birds under trellises
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Modeled after a Sèvres form. Decorated on two sides with domestic birds on terrain islands, framed by flower-covered trellises. The rims painted blue, as are the four rocaille feet, with a blue gold-contoured band around both branch handles. Struck base with faintly recognizable blue Swords mark. H 24, W 29 cm.
Meissen, around 1760 - 63.
It can be assumed that the tureen was made at the same time as the dinner service for the Prussian minister Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein. However, the Dulong model, painted with domestic birds, was chosen for this service.
Literature
Cf. the tureen and platter from the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection, illustrated in cat. Blütenlese, Berlin-Munich 2018, no. 111, verst. Lempertz Berlin auction 1169 on April 24, 2021, lot 3.
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Pair of dinner plates from the dinner service for King Frederick II with Indian birds, flowers and fruit
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gold rim. Marseille model. Blue swords mark, wheel numbers 22 and 56, one small chip to the stand ring. D 23.8 cm.
Meissen, around 1760.
Literature
In his article "hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verferttigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret" - Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan (Keramos 208 / 2010, p. 50), Wittwer mentions a "Taffel-Service mit erhabenen Bluhmen Crodesko Schildern, in selbe Indianische Vögel, Bluhmen und Früchte, golden Rand gemahlt.", which Frederick II ordered in Meissen at the beginning of 1760.
There are various archival documents relating to the service in Dresden, Meissen and Berlin, the most interesting of which would be Geh. StA Berlin SPK, I HA Geheimer Rat, Rep. 36, No. 1928, fol. 8r-31v, "Specifikation, derer von der Fabrique zu Meissen für Se. Mayth. the King", consisting of 79 boxes from no. 1 to 79. Box no. 1 contained the first large lot for the service, which was followed by numerous subsequent deliveries.
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Dessert plate from the dinner and dessert service for King Frederick II with Indian birds, fruit and flowers
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gold rim. Model with openwork basket rim. Blue swords mark, wheel number 22. Minimal chips under the stand ring. D 23.3 cm.
Meissen, around 1760.
Literature
In his article "hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verferttigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret" - Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan (Keramos 208 / 2010, p. 50), Wittwer mentions a "Taffel-Service mit erhabenen Bluhmen Crodesko Schildern, in selbe Indianische Vögel, Bluhmen und Früchte, golden Rand gemahlt.", which Frederick II ordered in Meissen at the beginning of 1760. This plate here belongs to the dessert service.
There are various archival documents relating to the service in Dresden, Meissen and Berlin, the most interesting being Geh. StA Berlin SPK, I HA Geheimer Rat, Rep. 36, No. 1928, fol. 8r-31v, "Specifikation, derer von der Fabrique zu Meissen für Se. Mayth. the King", consisting of 79 boxes from no. 1 to 79. Box no. 1 contained the first large lot for the service, which was followed by numerous subsequent deliveries.
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Dinner plate from the "Japanese dinner service" for King Frederick II.
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gold rim. Model with curved fluted rim. Yellow mosaic edge, framed by fine purple rocailles. The riser shelf painted enamel blue. A landscape island with a turtle-like animal in the center. Blue Swords mark, impressed number 56. Restored rim chip between 4 and 5 o'clock, some glaze rubbing. D 24.4 cm.
Meissen, 1762/63, the model by Johann Joachim Kaendler.
During the Seven Years' War, the Prussian King Frederick II visited the Meissen modeller Johann Joachim Kaendler to personally inform him of his wishes for a service with his own drawings. In 1961, Otto Walcha published a memorandum by Kaendler dated November 11, 1762, which refers to the Japanese service. It shows that Frederick II gave Kaendler a French silver plate as a model, but also provided precise details of the decoration: "As far as the painting is concerned, this service should be painted yellow with mosaic on the rim and the inside edge should be somewhat glinde as usual with beautiful blue, so that the yellow is highlighted. For each bowl and plate, Your Royal Majesty has ordered that an Indian animal and bird be ground in beautiful proportions, such as camels, elephants, renoceros, panther-animals, baboons, monkeys, ostriches, casuaries, various pappagoyas and other Indian animals and birds (...)". This note was countersigned by Frederick II.
The "most bizarre of all" service was intended for the Chinese House in Sanssouci Park, completed in 1764, and originally consisted of 96 plates and 72 dessert plates as well as four tureens and a dozen serving dishes. It is no longer possible to reconstruct how many of these were completed before the Peace of Hubertusburg. The plates and bowls are now scattered in numerous museums and collections, some of them only in fragments. Most of the pieces are in the possession of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation.
Literature
Cf. cat. Königliche Eleganz Preußische Pracht, 250 Jahre Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin KPM, Düsseldorf 2013, no. 6.
Cf. Walcha, Frederick II's last important porcelain order in Meissen, in: Keramos 12/1961, p. 31 ff.
Cf. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Rhinoceros and Panther Animal. A rediscovered tureen from Frederick the Great's "Japanese Service" in Meissen. Erich Köllmann on the occasion of his 75th birthday, in: Keramos 94/1981, p. 17 ff.
The pieces in the Schloss Charlottenburg Collection have been published several times, for example in Wittwer, "hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verferttigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret" Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan, in: Keramos 208/2010, p. 64 ff.
Cf. cat. Triumph of the Blue Swords. Meissen porcelain for the nobility and bourgeoisie 1710 - 1815, Dresden 2010, no. 299.
S.a. Lempertz Berlin auction 1169 on April 24, 2021, lot 1, another dinner plate from this service, formerly Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild collection, deceased. Christie's Geneva on May 9, 1988, lot 164, then Renate and Tono Dreßen collection.
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Dessert plate with fruit and flowers from a service for King Frederick II.
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gold rim. Unidentified model with openwork and six-pass rim. Blue swords mark. Slightly rubbed, one firing crack and a short crack through the outer rim. D 30.5 cm.
Meissen, around 1760.
Literature
Cf. Baer/Baer/Grosskopf-Knaak, From Gotzkowsky to KPM. Aus der Frühzeit des friderizianischen Porzellans, Berlin 1986, p. 145, item 17, a "Teller, mit durchbrochenem Blumen Rande, von königlicher Bestellung" in the KPM warehouse in August 1763, presumably a subsequent delivery to the service from Meissen.
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Dinner plate from a dinner service for King Frederick II.
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gold rim. Gotzkowsky model. Painted with natural flowers in the mirror and the four reserves of the flag. Blue swords mark, wheel number 22. D 24 cm.
Meissen, around 1762/63.
Literature
The service is mentioned in Wittwer, "hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verferttigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret" - Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan, Keramos 208 / 2010, p. 51, as a "Tafel-Service mit Gotzk: erhabenen Bluhmen ausgezackten Rand in Schildern natürl. bluhmen Gold Rand gemahlt".
Another plate from the service verst. Lempertz Berlin auction 1105 on April 21, 2018, lot 49.
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Lidded tureen on presentoire from the dinner service for King Frederick II.
Porcelain, overglaze decoration in purple camaieu and several shades of green, gilding. Model Neu-Ozier. Painted with two-tone flower arrangements, the rim edged with gold foliage. A girl sitting between flowers and strawberries on the lid. Blue swords mark, underneath the plate a leno mark H. Tureen h 16, plate w 34.6 cm.
Meissen, 1760.
Literature
Cf. Wittwer, "hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verferttigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret" - Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan, Keramos 208 / 2010, fig. 33, a round bowl from the dinner service for Charlottenburg Palace.
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Round bowl from the Vestunen service for King Frederick II.
Porcelain. French design model. Blue swords mark, turner number 36. Minimal chips to the stand ring, one to the rim. D 30 cm
Meissen, 1763, the model by Johann Joachim Kaendler.
After the peace treaty of Hubertusburg between the Prussian, Austrian and Saxon royal families in February 1763, the Seven Years' War was finally over and people looked forward to more peaceful times. On the occasion of the regained peace, Frederick II commissioned the Meissen manufactory in November of the same year to produce one of the most extensive and personal services with around 60 place settings and lavish figural table decorations. Kaendler's work report of November 11, 1763, published by Samuel Wittwer, states: "First of all, Your Royal Majesty requests a completely new table service with antique hanging vestments, which are attached to d'amour's heads and are raised flat, for which Your Royal Majesty has given a drawing in his own hand; [....The decoration is to consist of beautiful flowers, such as roses, poppies, carnations, hyacinths, poplars, tulipans, monstroses, in particular also with beautiful auriculas well arranged, whereby Your Royal Majesty has graciously ordered that never more than 2 flowers are to be painted on a plate or bowl, and that they are to be arranged proportionately and with consideration so that the colors do not clash. It has also been ordered that this service shall be called the Vestunen Servis." (op. cit., p. 68 f.) The name of the service has become history through this written source. The word vestunen = festoons refers to the flower garlands that decorate the vessels and plates, the shaping of which can be described as the most elaborate stage of production.
Only very few pieces from the service are known. The Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld owns a tureen and a roasting dish, while the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg owns two warming bells and the centerpiece described in detail by Kaendler. The Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts has two of the dessert or fruit baskets from former Hohenzollern property as well as an unpainted flat plate. In the Dresden Porcelain Collection there is one of originally 240 flat dinner plates. The five-piece centerpiece of the figurative table decoration for the Vestunen service has been preserved in the Munich Residence Museum; the king wanted it undecorated. Before the Second World War, the Potsdam City Museum possessed one of the 20 warming bells; it is considered a war loss.
We would like to thank Mr. Dag Nabrdalik for the text contribution.
Literature
For a detailed history of the service, see Wittwer, "hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verfertigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret" - Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan, in: Keramos 208/2010, pp. 67 - 74.
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Pair of round lidded tureens with Watteau painting
Porcelain, camaieu decoration in iron red, sea green, gilding. Model 674, royal smooth. With shell handles and a large sculpted rose blossom as a lid knob. Both vessels decorated with four courtly couples on terrain islands and flower bouquets, the figure motifs after Antoine Watteau and others. Blue sceptre mark, incised III, impressed numbers. The rose pommels restored, minor gold wear. H 23.5, w 28.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1775 - 80.
The service with iron-red absorbent cotton painting has not yet been attributed to a patron or recipient. A plate probably belonging to the same service was sold in the Lempertz Berlin auction on 2nd May 2015 as lot 48.
Provenance
Acquired from Daniela Kumpf, Wiesbaden.
West German private collection.
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Dessert plate from a royal dinner service
Model 337, antique decoration with piercing. A large bouquet of field flowers in the center. Gilt rim and cut-out flowers, with a delicate green band under the rim. The flowers on the basketwork outlined in purple. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark. One restored rim chip. D 25 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1770.
The yellow dinner service for the Potsdam City Palace, commissioned and delivered in 1770/71, used a slightly modified version, namely with a completely pierced rim, of the model developed for the Breslau service. The elaborate design of this dessert plate suggests a royal commission from the same period.
Provenance
Tielebier-Langenscheidt Collection, deceased Lempertz Berlin auction 1030 on May 24, 2014, lot 84.
Berlin private collection.
Literature
Cf. Lenz, Berlin Porcelain. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 2nd vol., Berlin 1913, ill. 369.
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Saucière from the 2nd Potsdam dinner service
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 189, relief decoration. The spandrels on the rim underlaid in light green, the rocailles and trellises gilded, attached flower festoons. The interior with scattered flowers in early polychrome. Blue sceptre mark. Small over-decorated firing cracks. H 8.8, W 19 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1767.
Provenance
West German private collection.
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Dinner plate from the 2nd Potsdam dinner service
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 189, relief decoration. The six spandrels on the rim underlaid in sea green, the rocaille reliefs and trellises gilded. In the center a bouquet in early polychrome. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark. Little wear. D 26.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1767/68.
Frederick II ordered the dinner service from which this plate originates for the New Palace in Potsdam in 1767. A first tranche was presented to the king in 1767. The repeat order with the "addition of 36 envelopes" was placed on January 31, 1768 and delivered on October 27 of the same year.
In contrast to the first Potsdam service, the second, the so-called Green Table Service, was paid for from the royal coffers. The invoice provides us with a terminus ante quem, which proves the date of delivery after production, July 3, 1767. By 1913, when Georg Lenz's two-volume work went to press, there were no longer any pieces of this service in royal possession.
Provenance
From German aristocratic ownership, deceased. Lempertz Berlin auction 1047 on May 2, 2015, lot 34.
Berlin private collection.
Literature
On the order and delivery, see Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, p. 15.
See also ibid. Plate 19, fig. 81.
See also cat. Kronschatz und Silberkammer der Hohenzollern, Berlin-München 2010, ill. 40, p. 61, the loans from the Freunde der Preußischen Schlösser und Gärten e.V.
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Dinner plate from the dinner service for the Berlin Palace
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 189, relief decoration. A bouquet in the mirror, alternating small flower arrangements and butterflies around the rim. Gilt foliage edge. Blue sceptre mark, press mark K3. A small restored rim chip, scratches. D 24.6 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1768.
In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porcelain manufactory to produce a service of "36 Couverts" for the Berlin Palace. It was to be "colorfully painted with natural flowers and a few insects along with a golden edge". The service was delivered in the same year, on December 17. In March 1773, the service was supplemented by a subsequent delivery of "72 dinner plates etc.".
Provenance
From the first delivery for King Frederick II.
Literature
Cf. Lenz, Berlin Porcelain. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, pp. 15 f.
See ibid. vol. 2, fig. 367.
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Openwork plate from the dessert service for the Berlin Palace
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 189, relief decoration with openwork. A bouquet in the mirror, scattered flowers and butterflies above the riser and banner. Gilt foliage edge. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark K. A horizontal glaze crack on the base. D 25.7 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1768.
In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porcelain manufactory to produce a service of "36 Couverts" for the Berlin Palace. It was to be "colorfully painted with natural flowers and a few insects along with a golden edge". The service was delivered in the same year, on December 17. In March 1773, the service was supplemented by a subsequent delivery of "72 dinner plates etc.".
Provenance
From the first delivery for King Frederick II.
Most recently Berlin private collection, acquired from the art trade in 2008.
Literature
Cf. Lenz, Berlin Porcelain. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, pp. 15 f.
See ibid. vol. 2, fig. 368.
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Oval tureen from the dinner service for the Berlin Palace
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 189, relief decoration. Matching lid with kneeling putto emptying a cornucopia of flowers. Extremely finely painted with small flower arrangements and butterflies, the handles painted purple and sea green. Gold etched foliage edge. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark K 13. Minimal chips to the upper rim, under the handle and the flowers. H 19, W 28 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1768.
In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porcelain manufactory to produce a service of "36 Couverts" for the Berlin Palace. It was to be "colorfully painted with natural flowers and a few insects along with a golden edge". The service was delivered in the same year, on December 17. In March 1773, the service was supplemented by a subsequent delivery of "72 dinner plates etc.".
Provenance
From the first delivery for King Frederick II.
Literature
Cf. Lenz, Berlin Porcelain. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, p. 15 f.
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Table mirror from a Frederician toilet service
Porcelain, coloured overglaze decoration, predominantly in sea green and light purple, gilding, ebonized wood, mirror glass. Model 161, fired in several pieces, mounted on the wooden support with screws. Folding stand at the back. Smooth break in the left side strip, restorations to individual leaf edges, the tip of the rocaille grid at the top and the flowers in her hair. H 59.5, W 38.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, circa 1768.
Three other versions of this rare table mirror are known to date: 1. the example published by Lenz in 1913, "gold, pink and green painted", formerly owned by Margarete Oppenheim (1857 - 1935). 2. the example published by Köllmann, then in the Karl-Heinz Wadsack collection, painted green, yellow and enamel blue. 3. the unstaffed example that appeared in the Orangerie auction in 2017.
Lenz mentions several mirrors that were delivered to the king in the achivalic tables with the excerpts from Frederick II's treasury accounts. The first were delivered in 1767, proudly recorded with the comment "Two mirror frames, one 14 1/2 feet high, 3 feet wide, and the other 12 1/4 feet high, 3 feet wide, made and delivered to the king's utmost satisfaction to the new palace at Sans Souci."
Under the date of delivery on 18.6. 1768 is the entry "2 compl. colorful gemd. Toilets with natural flowers and gold mosaic pp.". On December 21, 1768, the manufactory delivered "3 compl. toilets all white, each consisting of 2 candlesticks, 1 mirror, 1 large, 2 medium square toilet boxes, 2 poudre tins, 2 large, 2 medium, 2 small tins for pomade pp., 2 spirit bottles, 2 needle plates, 2 small, 2 large brushes, 1 washbasin together with 1 watering can and 1 soap ball tin". A few years later, with delivery on 25.7. 1774, there is also "1 complete toilet and mirror of 39 pieces with colorful natural flowers and gold edging".
The popularity of these sets as prestigious gifts gives an idea of how important the daily ritual of body care and maquillage was at court. Wigs and powders created a uniform, well-groomed appearance that concealed revealing physical flaws and overly individual features. Every member of the royal court underwent this "grande toilette" procedure, which also included elaborate dressing. All of this took up a large part of the day.
Lavishly forged silver toilet sets came into fashion in France under King Louis XIV. From the end of the 17th century, the Augsburg silversmiths produced large boxes with numerous pieces of furniture, which were distributed throughout Europe as orders or gifts. The first individual pieces made of porcelain or with porcelain handles were produced by the royal Meissen manufactory from the early 1730s. After the Seven Years' War and the takeover of the Berlin porcelain manufactory by Frederick II, toilet vessels and objects were also produced there to meet the needs of the court.
Literature
See Lenz, Berlin Porcelain. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, ill. 588.
Cf. Preußische Akademie der Künste zu Berlin (ed.), Meisterwerke aus den preussischen Schlössern, Berlin 1930, no. 115.
Cf. Köllmann/Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, illustrated book, Munich 1987, no. 605, deceased. Christie's London, May 1, 2002, lot 45.
Cf. auction Orangerie Berlin on November 30, 2017, lot 336, an unpainted white example.
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Dinner plate from the dinner service for the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Porcelain, apple green background, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 674, royal glaze. In the center a bouquet with a large chrysanthemum surrounded by three flowering branches. The relief rim decorated in green and gold. Blue sceptre mark. D 24.9 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1775.
The plate comes from a dinner service of which 19 pieces are in the possession of the Hessische Hausstiftung. Today it is assumed that it was a gift from Frederick II to his namesake, Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel (1720 - 1785). The Landgrave fought on the side of Prussia in the Seven Years' War, was a recipient of the Order of the Black Eagle and married the Prussian Princess Philippine Auguste Amalie (1745 - 1800) in 1773.
Provenance
Acquired from a private collection in 2006.
Berlin private collection.
Literature
Cf. cat. "... in the interest of the general public". New acquisitions of the Hessische Hausstiftung (1981 - 2006), Eichenzell 2006, cat. No. 15.
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Dinner plate from the royal dinner service with purple flowers
Porcelain, pink/light purple camaieu decoration, gilding. Model 631, English glaze. In the mirror an extremely finely painted bouquet with a large rose, around the flag a golden basket border, attached flower garlands. Blue sceptre mark. Minor glaze wear and scratches. D 24.6 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1780 - 82.
This elegant dinner service "painted with a purple bouquet of flowers in the center, festoons on the rim, and a wide gold mosaic border" was ordered on August 12, 1780 according to Frederick II's exact specifications and delivered on January 21, 1782. It comprised only 18 place settings and was therefore intended for the king's private invitations.
Provenance
Last Berlin private collection, acquired in 2008.
Literature
Illustrated in Wittwer, Unbekannte Schätze aus Berliner Privatsammlungen, in: Keramos 221 / 2013, p. 35 ff., fig. 21.
Cf. Lenz, Berlin Porcelain. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, p. 16.
Cf. ibid. 2nd vol., fig. 703, the round bowl from the dinner service, Bavarian National Museum Munich Collection.
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Oval tureen from the dessert service for the Princess of Orange
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 337 Antikzierat. Finely painted with large roses, flowers in relief next to the handles. Blue sceptre mark, press number 35, figurative pommel and flower decoration restored. H 24.5, W 33 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1770.
The service is mentioned in the archival tables published by Georg Lenz in 1913. Under the date of delivery, 22.12.1770, is the entry "Deßert service (8 dozen plates pierced around the rim, 16 confect leaves, 10 fruit baskets, 4 jelly bowls, 2 cream tureens and saucers) gift from the King to the Princess of Orange painted with rose bouquets and richly gilded".
King Frederick II's niece, Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia (1751 - 1820), was married to Prince William V of Orange, governor of the Netherlands, on October 4, 1767. She gave birth to a son in 1769, who died shortly afterwards, and a daughter, Friederike Luise Wilhelmine, the Dutch hereditary princess, on November 28, 1770.
The second tureen is in the collection of the SPSG Berlin-Brandenburg and in the ceramics collection in the Belvedere at Charlottenburg Palace. Other parts of the service are now in the porcelain collection at Schloss Fasanerie Eichenzell near Fulda, formerly owned by King William I of Orange, and some dessert plates are in the ceramics collection at Het Loo Castle near Apeldoorn.
Literature
See Lenz, Berlin Porcelain. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, p. 15 in the archival tables.
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Dinner plate from the dinner service for General Ernst Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gold-tipped rim. Model 189, relief decoration. Decorated with finely painted colored scattered flowers. Blue sceptre mark. Chip to the base ring. D 26.4 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1766.
Ernst Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué (1689 - 1774), born in The Hague, was a close confidant of King Frederick II from his time as crown prince. With a brief interruption, when de la Motte Fouqué was in Danish service, he accompanied the king until his death in 1774. Lempertz has already auctioned off several pieces from the dinner service that Frederick II ordered for his friend as one of the first gifts from his porcelain manufactory in December 1766.
Provenance
Berlin private collection.
Literature
For the order, see the archival tables in Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, p. 15 and fig. 82.
See also Nabrdalik, Das Berliner Tafelservice für Friedrich Ehrenreich von Ramin - Zu einem "Tafel-Service vom radirten Dessein, für 24 couverts" mit dem Dekor "natürliche Vögel und blau angespitzter Rand", ein Geschenk Friedrichs des Großen an den Gouverneur von Berlin, in: Keramos 221/2013, p. 117 ff., fig. 6 f.
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Dessert plate from a dinner service for Prince Henry
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, brown rim. Model 189, relief decoration with break-through. Very finely painted natural flowers and three insects in the center. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark. D 24.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1765.
A service with a capuchin brown border and flower painting has survived from the court of Prince Heinrich (1726 - 1802) at Rheinsberg Palace. For his festive dinners, the prince ordered a place setting that came close to that of his brother, King Frederick II, without competing with it. It is considerably more simply painted than the service for the Berlin palace, which was made at the same time.
Provenance
Berlin private collection.
Literature
Cf. Ponert, Berlin Museum Kunstgewerbe I Keramik, Berlin 1985, cat. No. 142.
Cf. Wittwer, Prinz Heinrich und das Porzellan, in: Cat. Prince Henry of Prussia. A European in Rheinsberg, Munich-Berlin 2002, p. 467 ff., cat. No. VII.53.
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Pair of dinner plates from a dinner service with native birds
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 301, new glaze. Finely painted depictions of birds on branches and a landscape island, surrounded by numerous insects. Blue sceptre mark, impressed number. Gold rim somewhat rubbed. D 24.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1780.
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Two deep plates for Count Podewils
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Unidentified model after Meissen. Curved rim with sculpted gilded shells. Decorated with Indian flowers and the coat of arms of Count von Podewils. Blue sceptre mark, press number 23, minor wear. D 24.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1775.
Heinrich von Podewils (1695 - 1760) received an extensive Meissen service as Prussian envoy to Saxony in 1740/41. Subsequent deliveries were made both in Meissen and Berlin after the count's death.
Provenance
West German private collection.
Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin KPM
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Round bowl from a dinner service for the French envoy François Barthélemy
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 631, English glaze. Around the rim a golden fond strip with a blue vine tendril in reserve technique. In the center a large arrangement of roses, poppies and red grapes. Blue sceptre mark, impressed number 19, incised II. D 31.8 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1780.
In the Conto Book (Pretiosa 1, period: 1791 - 1798) of the royal orders in the historical KPM archive in Potsdam, the following entry can be found under the date September 12, 1795:
"For the French envoy Mr. Barthelemy (...) in Basel, to complete a Tafel. Service by Dessin Englischglatt, painted with (...) colorful natural flowers and fruits (...), on the board a light blue vine tendril in ½ inch wide golden background (...)".
This was an addition to an extensive dinner service that the French envoy had received from the Prussian king some time before. François Barthélemy played a decisive role in the negotiations between France and Prussia and in the conclusion of the Peace of Basel.
A larger set of this service was auctioned at Christie's in London on October 6, 1980 under lot 93. The Victoria & Albert Museum holds the only dessert plate known to date. Through the donation of Albrecht Schütze, five pieces of the service, two large round plates, two dinner plates and a salt shell, entered the collection of the Berlin City Museum. In addition, a saucer bowl with decorated shell handles from a private collection in Westphalia became known to a wider public through a special exhibition and the accompanying published catalog. All these porcelains undoubtedly belong to the dinner service for the French envoy François Barthélemy, which he received from the Prussian King Frederick William II in recognition of the conclusion of the peace treaty, the so-called Peace of Basel.
We would like to thank Mr. Dag Nabrdalik for this information.
Provenance
Acquired by King Frederick William II at the Berlin Academy Exhibition in 1788.
Last in a private collection in Berlin since 2007.
Literature
An oval platter from the same service in cat. Berlin Porcelain. Splendor and Elegance of Tables and Tables 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, cat. No. 97.
Two further round bowls verst. Lempertz Cologne auction 864 on November 19, 2004, lot 5 and Lempertz Berlin auction 1169 on April 24, 2021, lot 174.
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Oval platter from the last dinner service for King Frederick II.
Porcelain, cobalt blue underglaze decoration, colored overglaze decoration, etched gilding. Model 631, English glaze. A large, finely painted bouquet of roses, tulips and primroses in the center, surrounded by three calices. A gold-contoured blue ribbon around the flag, entwined with a gold laurel leaf wreath. Blue sceptre mark, impressed number 23, incised III. Restored chip to the right edge of the handle. W 49.7 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1786.
Not even four weeks before his death on August 17, 1986, Frederick II ordered three large dinner services, each with 72 dinner plates etc., from his porcelain manufactory. Under the date 20.7.86, Georg Lenz lists the service from which this roasting platter comes: "painted with natural colorful bouquet of flowers, on the board a dark blue band entwined gold engraved laurel tendrils and gilded edge". The service cost 4018 Reichstaler. It was produced at least in part, but was not delivered to the court.
Provenance
Most recently Berlin private collection, acquired in 2013.
Literature
For the order, see the archival tables in Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, p. 16.
See also ibid. vol. 2, fig. 783.
Cf. Baer, Ein wiederentdecktes Tafelservice Friedrichs des Grossen. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der spät-friderizianischen KPM-Service, in: Spiegelungen, Mainz 1986, pp. 185-204.
See also cat. Berlin Porcelain. Splendor and Elegance of Tables and Tables 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, cat. No. 63.
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Dinner plate from the last dinner service for King Frederick II.
Porcelain, cobalt blue underglaze decoration, colored overglaze decoration, etched gilding. Model 631, English glaze. A finely painted bouquet of field flowers in the center, surrounded by three calices. A gold-contoured blue ribbon around the flag, entwined by a gold laurel leaf wreath. Blue sceptre mark, impressed number 19. D 24.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1786.
Not even four weeks before his death on August 17, 1986, Frederick II ordered three large dinner services, each with 72 dinner plates etc., from his porcelain manufactory. Under the date 20.7.86, Georg Lenz lists the service from which this dinner plate comes: "painted with natural colorful bouquet of flowers, on the board a dark blue band entwined gold engraved laurel tendrils and gilded edge". The service cost 4018 Reichstaler. It was produced at least in part, but was not delivered to the court.
Provenance
Last Berlin private collection, acquired in 2008.
Literature
For the order, see the archival tables in Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, p. 16.
See also ibid. vol. 2, fig. 783.
Cf. Baer, Ein wiederentdecktes Tafelservice Friedrichs des Grossen. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der spät-friderizianischen KPM-Service, in: Spiegelungen, Mainz 1986, pp. 185-204.
See also cat. Berlin Porcelain. Splendor and Elegance of Tables and Tables 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, cat. No. 63.
S.a. Lempertz Berlin Auction 1105 on 21 April 2018, lot 126, the plate from the collection of Prof. Dr. Gisela Zick.
Four deep and six shallow plates from a Parisian dinner service
Porcelain, overglaze decoration in limited polychromy, gilding. Coloured arabesques around the rim, a stylized blossom in the center of the mirror, painted in black and white camaieum. Without mark. D approx. 24.3 cm.
Manufactory Locré et Russinger, attributed to the 1770s.
In 1772, the Parisian Jean-Baptiste Locré (1726 - 1810) founded a porcelain manufactory in Paris together with Laurentius Russinger (1739 - 1810), a native of Höchster, which produced hard-paste porcelain in the German style. The factory mark with two crossed arrows is registered on July 14, 1773. Locré sold the manufactory to Russinger in 1787.
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Pair of deep plates from a royal dinner service
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gold rim. Model 1113, conical. Around the rim a narrow wreath of natural flowers, an insect. Blue sceptre mark, enamel blue dash, red 25, impressed number23. D 23.1 cm.
Berlin, KPM, late 1790s.
Literature
Cf. Ponert, Berlin Museum Kunstgewerbe I Keramik, Berlin 1985, cat. No. 149 f.
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Dessert plate with overturned flower basket from the dinner service for Charlottenburg Palace
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 674, king-smooth with palmette opening. In the center of the mirror on a landscape island the depiction of the overturned flower basket in front of a rose tendril, surrounded by calicots. The opening outlined in gold, blue flowers around the warp edge, a small gold serrated edge around the inner edge. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark. D 24.9 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1770 - 72.
On January 18, 1770, Frederick II ordered by cabinet decree a "table service, new smooth, for 30 envelopes, for Charlottenburg (...) painted in the center a basket with flowers, on the edge blue garlands. Gold ornaments and edge". The service was delivered on August 6, 1772. An identically decorated dessert plate with precisely placed calices and the small gold edging from the emperor's possession at the time is illustrated by Lenz.
Provenance
Berlin private collection, acquired from private ownership in 2008.
Literature
For the order, see the archival tables in Lenz, Berliner Porzellan. Die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763 - 1786, 1st vol., Berlin 1913, p. 15 and fig. 295.
Cf. cat. Berlin Porcelain. The Splendor and Elegance of Tables and Tables 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, cat. No. 58.
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Plate with fruit still life and classicist border
Porcelain, stone-grey, pink and yellow ground, colored overglaze decoration. Model 1113, conical. In the center of the mirror a round still life of peaches, blackberries, currants and pea pods framed with a pearl bar. Around the rim an elaborate border of different colored fonds and six reserves around enamel blue arabesques. Blue sceptre mark, impressed number. D 24.8 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1790 - 95.
Provenance
Berlin private collection, acquired 2006.
Literature
Cf. cat. Frederick William II and the Arts. Prussia's Path to Classicism, Berlin 1997, cat. V. 57, ill. p. 503, one of ten plates "mit differenten Mahlereyen en Medaillon und Borduren", today in the Belverdere SPSG.
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Plate with bouquet of chrysanthemums and Kalitten
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 1113, conical. Brown outlined gold stripes around the rim, framing a wreath of currant fruits and leaves. Blue sceptre mark, impressed number 27. D 24.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1790 - 1800.
The plate possibly comes from a dinner service given by King Frederick William II to his mistress Wilhelmine Countess von Lichtenau (1752 - 1820).
Provenance
Lempertz Berlin auction 1018 on October 12, 2013, lot 91.
Berlin private collection.
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Plate from the dinner and dessert service for Prince Henry of Prussia
Porcelain, sea green ground, colored overglaze decoration, gilding. Model 881, Kurland pattern. A large central bouquet of field flowers, surrounded by three calices. The relief decoration heightened in gold on a green background. Blue sceptre mark with underglaze blue underline, impressed number 36. D 24.6 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1791.
Literature
Cf. cat. Frederick William II and the Arts. Prussia's Path to Classicism, Berlin-Brandenburg 1997, cat. No. V 46.
See also Wittwer, Prinz Heinrich und das Porzellan, in: Prinz Heinrich von Preußen. A European in Rheinsberg, Berlin 2002, cat. No. VII.55.
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Seven pieces from a classicist dinner service
Porcelain, color fund in light purple and sea green, contours in dark brown, gilding. Model 1113, conical. Two deep plates, four dinner plates and a glass cooler. All pieces decorated with purple palmettes outlined in black as a border, each with two narrow green fond stripes and a central gold-engraved medallion. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark. Gold rubbing. Plate D 24 resp. 24.2, glass cooler H 13.1, W approx. 30 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1790.
Literature
A plate from the same service illustrated in Westhoff-Krummacher, Berliner Porzellan aus Privatbesitz, Münster 1991, cat. No. 135.
See also the larger lot from the same service verst. Lempertz Berlin auction 1193 on May 7, 2022, lot 121.
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Five dinner plates and three soup plates from a dinner service with oak leaf border
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration. Model 1054, antique smooth. In the center a bouquet of field flowers, each surrounded by three calicots. Blue sceptre mark with underglaze blue underline, impressed numbers. Dinner plate D 24.5, soup plate D 23.3 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1790s.
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Dinner plate from the dinner service for Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration. Model 1113, conical. A rosette in the center, entwined with rose tendrils, surrounded by four calices. An oak leaf wreath around the rim. Blue sceptre mark, enamel blue line, painter's mark and impressed mark. D 24.3 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1793.
For his marriage to Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz on December 24, 1794, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm received a service "with a garland rosette and small calices together with a green oak leaf wreath around the rim", paradigmatic for the classicism of KPM under King Friedrich Wilhelm II and groundbreaking for the production of the following years.
Literature
Cf. cat. Frederick William II and the Arts. Prussia's Path to Classicism, Berlin 1997, no. V.58.
Cf. cat. Berlin Porcelain. The Splendor and Elegance of Tables and Tables 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, cat. No. 140.
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Small classicist tureen with saucer
Porcelain, colored overglaze decoration. Model 1113, conical. Decorated with bouquets of field flowers and calicots, around the rims oak leaf edge with cross bands in grisaille between purple stripes. Matching lid with berry pommel. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark. Tureen h 10.5, bowl w 20.6 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1790 - 1800.
The small tureen probably comes from a dinner service given to Karl Georg August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, in 1791.
Provenance
West German private collection, deceased. Lempertz Berlin auction 1084 on May 3, 2017, lot 352.
Berlin private collection.
Literature
For the model, see cat. Berlin Porcelain. Splendor and Elegance of Tables and Tables 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, cat. No. 130.
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Six different bowls from a dinner service with a classicist medallion
Porcelain, three-colored overglaze decoration in sea green, eggplant and sepiacamaieu, gold rims. Model 881, Kurland pattern. Blue sceptre mark, one gold dot, press number 19, incised size marks. Two bowls, H 5.5 and D 24 cm. Two bowls D 28 cm. One bowl with D 31.5 cm. One bowl with D 39.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1790.
Literature
Cf. cat. Berlin Porcelain. Splendor and Elegance of Tables and Tables 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, cat. Nos. 139 and 141.
Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin KPM
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Dinner plate from a dinner service with a classicist medallion
Porcelain, three-colored overglaze decoration in sea green, eggplant and sepiacamaieu, gold edging. Model 881, Kurland pattern. Blue sceptre mark, press number 19. D 24.8 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1790.
Provenance
Berlin private collection.
Literature
Two further pieces from the dinner service in cat. Berlin Porcelain. Splendor and Elegance of Tables and Tables 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, cat. Nos. 139 and 141.
Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin KPM
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Plates with decorative designs
Porcelain, lapis lazuli blue background with gold highlights, gilding. Model 1054, antique smooth. Alternating bands around the rim, probably intended as decorative suggestions from the manufactory. A golden rosette in the center. Blue sceptre mark, black painter's mark, press number 22. D 24.5 cm.
Berlin, KPM, early 19th century.
Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin KPM
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Cup with relief portrait of Princess Luise and saucer
Porcelain, biscuit porcelain, lapis lazuli blue background with gold highlights, brown contour stripe, etched matt and shiny gilding, shiny gold background. Cylindrical model with claw feet. Blue sceptre mark, brown imperial eagle mark, brown I and black star (UT). Cup H 13.3, UT D 18.2 cm.
Berlin, KPM, c. 1825, the model of the relief support after Leonhard Posch.
The bisque relief depicts Princess Luise of Prussia (1808-1870), Princess of the Netherlands from 1825. Leonhard Posch made the bust portrait in profile to the left in 1825, the year and on the occasion of the marriage of the princess to Wilhelm Friedrich Karl, Prince of the Netherlands.
The portrait is backed by a high oval medallion with a gold-etched vermicelli ground. The handle, the inside of the cup and the three claw feet are completely covered in bright gold. The magnificently designed cup indicates a royal order. It is possibly connected to the wedding service for 50 people, consisting of many 100 pieces, which the bride's father, King Frederick William III of Prussia, gave to his youngest daughter as a wedding present in 1825. In addition to the early painter's mark, the fact that Posch's design is dated 1825 also suggests that the cup was made at the same time as the dinner and dessert service.
Literature
See Forschler-Tarrasch, Leonhard Posch 1750 - 1831 Porträtmodelleur und Bildhauer, Berlin 2002, cat. No. 41.
Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin KPM
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Plate with Cestius pyramid in micromosaic technique
Porcelain, matt Prussian blue ground and light peach ground, colored overglaze decoration, etched gilding. Model 1113, conical. Flag with matt blue ground, on it two filigree leaf wreaths. In the center a round reserve in a gold-etched frame around a fine micromosaic painting depicting the Pyramid of Cestius and the Porta San Paolo in Rome. Blue sceptre mark with enamel blue dash, brown painter's mark and press number 25. Minor wear. D 24.2 cm.
Berlin, KPM, after 1803.
Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin KPM
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Plate with Ponte Lucano in micromosaic technique
Porcelain, stone-grey and jasper-red background, colored overglaze decoration, relief and etched gilding. Model 1113, conical. Five hexagonal reserves with imitation pietra dura on the rim, with etched antique leaf tendrils in between. The mirror filled with imitation stone, probably red jasper, around a round reserve with a finely painted view in micromosaic painting. Blue sceptre mark, gold f, impressed mark. D 24.2 cm.
Berlin, KPM, around 1800.
Literature
Cf. Wittwer (ed.), Refinement & Elegance. Königliche Porzellane des 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Twinight Collection New York, Munich 2007, cat. No. 24 and the illustration of the model used by KPM by Jacques Mérigot.
Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin KPM
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Dinner plate from the dinner service for Friedrich Günther Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Porcelain and biscuit porcelain, overglaze decoration in black and purple, matt and shiny gilding. Model pearl plate no. 3, with turned edge in matt gilding. The double-headed eagle on the top of the rim. Dated 1835 in gold on the underside. Blue sceptre mark with KPM, red imperial orb mark, black H, impressed mark. D 25 cm.
Berlin, KPM, 1835.
Friedrich Günther von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1793 - 1867) was reigning prince from 1807 and married Auguste von Anhalt-Dessau (1793 - 1854) from 1816. The reason for ordering the dinner service is not known. However, in 1835, the principality joined the German Customs Union, which was dominated by Prussia. It is therefore quite possible that the prince ordered the service for this occasion.
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