A BERLIN (K.P.M.) APRICOT AND BRIGHT-BLUE GROUND SERVING SET

CIRCA 1876, BLUE SCEPTRE AND SEAL MARKS, IRON-RED DECORATOR'S ORB

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) APRICOT AND BRIGHT-BLUE GROUND SERVING SET
Circa 1876, blue sceptre and seal marks, iron-red decorator's orb
In the Italian Renaissance Revival style, finley painted with mythic beauties and grotteschi divided by fantasy masks and braziers, comprising: a teardrop-shaped pot and cover with serpent spout and gaping winged mask terminal, the handle as an elongated goat skull and horns, the similarly conceived sugar-bowl and cover and cream-bowl and cover applied with shields suspended from chains, the conforming oval two-handled tray moulded with three implacements
18¼ in. (46.4 cm.) wide, the tray (7)

Lot Essay

The present example or an identical example was exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. See Edward Strahan's Illustrated Catalogue of The Masterpieces of the International Exhibition 1876, Gebbie & Barrie, Philadelphia, 1876, p. 215. and The Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition, The Journal, 1876, London and New York, p. 28.

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