CIRCA 1820, UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE MARK, BLUE ENAMEL TRIANGLE AND ORANGE DOT AND LINE MARKS

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A Berlin (KPM) matt blue-ground pot-pourri vase and cover
Circa 1820, underglaze blue sceptre mark, blue enamel triangle and orange dot and line marks
The front applied with a white biscuit relief portrait by Leonhard Posch of Princess Louise of Prussia in profile to the right against an oval gilt vermiculé medallion, the ground on the reverse with gilt ciselé decoration with a tazza of fruit supported by large fronds of scrolling foliage issuing further scrolling foliage, the lower part with a gilt band of berried myrtle, the waisted circular foot edged with gilt ciselé down-turned stiff leaves on a richly gilt square plinth base, the domed cover with twelve circular apertures within a broad gilt band rim, the pierced basket finial enclosing a large aperture (restored section to finial, chip to underside of plinth corner at back, areas of very slight wear to gilding)
9¾ in. (25 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Princess Louise of Prussia (1808-1870) was the fifth child of Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia. She married Prince Frederick of the Netherlands in 1825. A profile portrait of her, made by Posch when she was younger, appears on the plaque of the Prussian Royal family sold in these Rooms on 3rd November 1997, lot 220.

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