Lot Essay
This egg commemorates the birth of Wilhelm II, the future Kaiser, in 1858 in the palace of Charlottenburg, Berlin E. Kollmann, Berliner Porzellan (München 1987), p.636 ill.655.
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1858
Details
A Berlin topographical commemoration metal-mounted Easter egg and stopper
1858
(Osterei) gilt and painted in colours with a view of Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, further thickly applied with gilt scrolls and the cypher of Wilhelm II, the crown-shaped stopper connected with a screw mount to the body and further with a late Meissen stand
11cm high
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1858
(Osterei) gilt and painted in colours with a view of Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, further thickly applied with gilt scrolls and the cypher of Wilhelm II, the crown-shaped stopper connected with a screw mount to the body and further with a late Meissen stand
11cm high
See illustration (2)
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Please note that this egg should be dated late 19th century, although Berlin porcelain literature by Mrs. Jarchow dates these eggs circa 1850.