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A Berlin KPM porcelain Royal deep plate from the Grand Duke of Courland service and a set of six similar plates

THE DEEP PLATE CIRCA 1790, BLUE SCEPTRE MARK AND IMPRESSED 12, THE SET OF SIX LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE SCEPTRE MARKS ABOVE A RED ORB AND KPM, IMPRESSED W ABOVE 3 AND PAINTER'S MARKS TO FOOTRIM

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A Berlin KPM porcelain Royal deep plate from the Grand Duke of Courland service and a set of six similar plates
THE DEEP PLATE CIRCA 1790, BLUE SCEPTRE MARK AND IMPRESSED 12, THE SET OF SIX LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE SCEPTRE MARKS ABOVE A RED ORB AND KPM, IMPRESSED W ABOVE 3 AND PAINTER'S MARKS TO FOOTRIM
The centre painted with a bouquet of flowers and scattered butterflies, the border moulded with a band of gilt drapery on a green ground within a band of moulded gilt beads and a gilt line rim (the deep plate with a small polished and regilded chip to the rim and three chips to the footrim)
The deep plate 23.8 cm. diam., the set 25.2 cm. diam. (7)

Provenance

From the Rudolf von Gutmann Collection.
And thence by descent.

Special notice

Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

See E. Köllmann and M. Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, Munich, 1987, Vol. II, p. 458, fig. 305 for an ice-pail with the same pattern, and Vol. I, p. 156 for a description. The pattern, known as the 'Kurländer Muster', is one of the best examples of the neoclassical style. It was probably inspired by ornaments on silver.

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