DATED 1895, BLUE SCEPTRE ABOVE C MARK, IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED P(AUL) MIETHE 1895

Paul Carl Miethe (1864-1914) joined the Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1883, he received permanent employment as flower painter. In 1894, the year before the present lot was painted, he became K.P.M.'s director of painting.