Lot Essay
The portrait of Queen Louise on this cup is after the portrait by Schröder. Queen Louise (1776-1810) was the much loved wife of Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia.
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CIRCA 1810, UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE AND BLUE ENAMEL DASH MARK, INCISED 5 V (?)
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A Berlin Royal portrait coffee-can
Circa 1810, underglaze blue sceptre and blue enamel dash mark, incised 5 V (?)
Painted with a portrait of Queen Louise in profile to the left with purple drapery about her shoulders within an oval gilt panel enriched with raised gilt dots and palmettes, on a striped ground of gilt bands between a band of simulated lapis lazuli and a salmon-pink ground band enriched with gilt palmettes and stylised flowers, the angular handle gilt and with a band of lapis (slight scratch to portrait and very slight rubbing to rim)
Circa 1810, underglaze blue sceptre and blue enamel dash mark, incised 5 V (?)
Painted with a portrait of Queen Louise in profile to the left with purple drapery about her shoulders within an oval gilt panel enriched with raised gilt dots and palmettes, on a striped ground of gilt bands between a band of simulated lapis lazuli and a salmon-pink ground band enriched with gilt palmettes and stylised flowers, the angular handle gilt and with a band of lapis (slight scratch to portrait and very slight rubbing to rim)
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