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A pair of Berlin KPM porcelain gilt armorial topographical two-handled vases of 'Französischen Form'

ONE WITH PFENNIGMARKE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE BESIDE ORB ABOVE KPM IN RED, ONE WITH SCEPTRE ABOVE KPM IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE ABOVE ORB ABOVE KPM IN FAINT RED, 1843-1849

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A pair of Berlin KPM porcelain gilt armorial topographical two-handled vases of 'Französischen Form'
ONE WITH PFENNIGMARKE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE BESIDE ORB ABOVE KPM IN RED, ONE WITH SCEPTRE ABOVE KPM IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE ABOVE ORB ABOVE KPM IN FAINT RED, 1843-1849
The ovoid body reserved with a cartouche depicting Schloss Demerthin, the other with a Von Klitzing'sche Bauernhaus, the reverse with the Von Klitzing coat-of-arms, the leaf handles scrolled, on square plinth (minor wear to gilt)
31 cm. high (2)

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Lot Essay

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, probably Sèvres. From 1832 it was produced in nine different sizes.
The Von Klitzing family, was bestowed with the rights on the Estate of Demerthin, near Kyritz and Wusterhausen, in the Brandenburg Prignitz, by Friedrich der Jüngere, Markgraf of Brandenburg, in 1438. Demerthin was owned by the Von Klitzing family till 1945, when Brandenburg was occupied by the Soviets and the Noble Estates were confiscated.

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