Lot 669
669
A Berlin bright-blue-ground topographical vase of Französischen form
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A Berlin bright-blue-ground topographical vase of Französischen form

CIRCA 1845, BLUE SCEPTRE AND KPM MARK

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A Berlin bright-blue-ground topographical vase of Französischen form
Circa 1845, blue sceptre and KPM mark
Finely painted with views of Das Brandenburger Thor zu Berlin and Das Schloss u.d.lange Brücke in Berlin., named in black to the inside of the neck, within rectangular panels with burnished gilt borders chased with geometric ornament, the gilt handles terminating in stylised foliage and palmettes, the cylindrical neck with a flared rim and the spreading foot both richly gilt, on a square white base enriched with gilt lines, the oviform body and foot linked by a gilt-metal collar (very minor rubbing to rim, handles and foot)
21 in. (53.5 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

The view of the Royal Palace and Long Bridge is taken from an oil painting by Carl Daniel Freydanck (1811-1887) executed in 1842, see Ilse Baer et al., op. cit. (1993), pp. 112-113. The Royal Palace was situated on the small island of Cölln in the centre of the Spree River in Berlin. The focal point of the bridge was an equestrian monument to Friedrich Wilhelm I by Andreas Schluter, this statue is now in the forecourt of the Charlottenburg Palace.

The Brandenburg Gate was designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans (1733-1808). Based on the Greek Propylaea, it was the first of its type in Berlin and Langhans was most probably inspired by the series of Parisian gates designed by Charles Nicholas Ledoux between 1784 and 1789.

According to the account book of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia this form was not developed from the antique but more probably from a French porcelain factory, perhaps Sèvres. From 1832 it was produced in nine different sizes.

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