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CIRCA 1815, UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE MARK, GILDER'S 2 (?) MARK IN GOLD, PRESSNUMMER 16 AND INCISED // TO FOOTRIM
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A Berlin topographical cabinet plate
Circa 1815, underglaze blue sceptre mark, gilder's 2 (?) mark in gold, Pressnummer 16 and incised // to footrim
The centre painted with Das Cadettenhaus zu Berlin. inscribed in black script to the reverse, within a broad gilt band chased with scrolls, the salmon-pink border gilt with a band of vases and palmettes linked by scrolling foliage within a gilt line rim (very slight flake to centre)
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) diam.
Circa 1815, underglaze blue sceptre mark, gilder's 2 (?) mark in gold, Pressnummer 16 and incised // to footrim
The centre painted with Das Cadettenhaus zu Berlin. inscribed in black script to the reverse, within a broad gilt band chased with scrolls, the salmon-pink border gilt with a band of vases and palmettes linked by scrolling foliage within a gilt line rim (very slight flake to centre)
9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) diam.
Literature
Erich Köllmann and Margarete Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan (Munich 1987), Vol. I, p. 200, fig. 119.
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