A BERLIN (SCHUMANN) TOPOGRAPHICAL CHOCOLATE-CUP, COVER AND SAUCER with a loop handle and a conical finial, painted with a named view of Die Universitätin Berlin within a moulded and gilt rectangular scroll cartouche, the fluted white ground enriched with gilt scrolls, flowers and diaper-pattern (very slight wear to gilding), blue SPM and eagle marks, gilt script, circa 1860

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A BERLIN (SCHUMANN) TOPOGRAPHICAL CHOCOLATE-CUP, COVER AND SAUCER with a loop handle and a conical finial, painted with a named view of Die Universitätin Berlin within a moulded and gilt rectangular scroll cartouche, the fluted white ground enriched with gilt scrolls, flowers and diaper-pattern (very slight wear to gilding), blue SPM and eagle marks, gilt script, circa 1860

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The Berlin University was founded in 1810 under the Minister of Culture, Karl von Altenstein and was housed in a converted palace. Cf. a Berlin KPM plate painted with the same view, sold in these Rooms, 17th June 1994, lot 514

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