A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PATE-SUR-PATE DOVE-GREY AND CELADON GROUND CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

BLUE SCEPTRE, IRON-RED ORB AND MONOGRAM MARK, GILT 59., VARIOUS IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MONOGRAM, CIRCA 1895

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PATE-SUR-PATE DOVE-GREY AND CELADON GROUND CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
BLUE SCEPTRE, IRON-RED ORB AND MONOGRAM MARK, GILT 59., VARIOUS IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MONOGRAM, CIRCA 1895
Finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with a classical maiden seated in a klismos chair inscribing a tablet, the pink and celadon panelled side enriched with scroll-work and rosettes
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diameter (2)

Lot Essay

See Erich Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan 1763-1963, Braunschweig, 1966, Vol. II, Tafel 243 and p. 327 for an illustration of a similar charger and Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration, 1849-1992, London, 1992, p. 192 for a discussion on the monogram. Also compare anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 31 October 2000, lot 42.

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