BLUE SCEPTER MARK, MODELLED BY J.G. MULLER, CIRCA 1785

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A BERLIN BISCUIT PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF JOHANN WILHELM LUDWIG GLEIM
Blue scepter mark, modelled by J.G. Muller, circa 1785
The portrait of the poet and song-writer truncated at the neck, the name '.GLEIM.' moulded above along the right edge, the head within an integral frame hilt and chased as a ribbon-tied laurel wreath
5¾ in. (13.3 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

J. G. Muller worked at the Berlin factory 1785-89. For similar portrait medaliioins of Frederick the Great, see A Century Of Berlin, Porcelain from the The Dr.K.H. Wadsack Collection, Part II; Christie's, London, 8 October 2002, lots 152, 219.

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