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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND PLATE
Lot 37 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (lot 37)

A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND PLATE

CIRCA 1837-48, BLUE MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE AND IRON-RED ORB MARKS, IMPRESSED 22, PAINTED I

Closed20 October 2011

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND PLATE
CIRCA 1837-48, BLUE MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE AND IRON-RED ORB MARKS, IMPRESSED 22, PAINTED I
Finley painted with a view of a young maiden aiding another that has fallen into a lily pond, within a gilt octagonal surround, a band of stiff-leaf tips at the cavetto, the border with a ribbon and flower garland between 'pearl' bands
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter

Part of a service made for Friedrich Franz II. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, delivered between 1837 and 1848.

Specialist note

The present plate comes from a service given by Friedrich Wilhelm III to his nephew and godson, Friedrich Franz of Mecklenburg. The service was given over a period of eleven years, starting Christmas 1848, and Friedrich Franz continued to receive it from Wilhelm IV after Wilhelm III passed away. For a further discussion and other plates from this service in the Twinight Collection, see S. Wittwer, Raffinesse & Eleganz, Munich, 2007, pp. 430-431, no. 149.