Kunsthaus Lempertz
Preußen Auktion
Started 24 Apr 2021 11:00 CEST (10:00 BST)
Poststr. 21-22 Berlin 10178 Germany
Lot Description
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The scalloped rim decorated with a yellow mosaic border framed by fine purple rocailles, the lip in enamel blue. The centre of the well decorated with a rabbit-like creature nibbling on a shrub. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's no. 65. With scratches and minor wear to the glaze. D 24.3 cm. 1762/63 ...[more]
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Decorated with Continental birds in water landscapes framed by floral arbours and a fruit and flower still life in the centre. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's number 22 (plate) and 61 (dish). Minor scratches, the gilt edges redone. D plate 25.2, D dish 21.8 cm. C. 1760 - 63. Both pieces originat ...[more]
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Decorated with Dulong relief and finely painted on either side of the tureen, the lid, and the well of the platter with fanciful exotic birds beneath floral arbours. The rims picked out in blue, the handles entwined by blue and gold ribbons. The finial formed as a bitter orange.
Blue crossed swords ...[more]
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“Prussian musical design” décor. The well decorated with naturalistic flowers surrounded by six gilt-rimmed cartouches with trophies and musical instruments alternating with flowers in relief. Green scale pattern borders. Blue crossed swords mark, illegible impressed mark.
With a rim chip and minor ...[more]
5 The border decorated with garlands and scattered flowers, the well with an exotic bird beneath an arbour on an earth mound base. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's number 61. D 24.4 cm. C. 1760 - 65. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
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With purple scale pattern décor and floral garlands to the border. The well painted with a large bouquet of wild flowers. Blaumarke Schwerter, Dreherzeichen 61. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's mark 61. D 24,1 cm. 1762/63. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Illus. in cat ...[more]
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Pierced border with forget-me-not décor alternating with floral garlands in gilt rimmed cartouches. The well decorated with grapes and plums in a scalloped cartouche. Blue crossed swords mark. The gilding partially retouched. D 24 cm. 1762. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literatu ...[more]
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Naturalistically formed leaf-shaped dish, the well decorated with realistic veining in relief and iron red “indianische blumen” to the centre.
Blue crossed swords mark. W 26.1, D 21.1 cm. C. 1761/62. In 1760, King Friedrich II ordered a service with “mathematical instruments”
from Meissen for Jean- ...[more]
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Large dish with pierced border. The wells decorated with “indianische blumen” in iron red, the pierced rims decorated with iron red flowers in reserves alternating with three shell motifs. Blaumarke Schwerter, Drehernummer 22. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's no.
22. Minor firing cracks to the pie ...[more]
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In “Prussian musical design”. Decorated with “indianische blumen” in iron red surrounded by six gilt rimmed cartouches with trophies and musical instruments alternating with flowers in relief. The iron red border with gold scale-pattern décor. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's number 36, incised ma ...[more]
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The Meissen porcelain handles decorated with “Prussian musical design” mouldings. Unmarked. The vermeil mountings later. L of handles 7.9 and 8.5 cm. The porcelain handles Meissen, c. 1761/62. In 1760, King Friedrich II ordered a service with “mathematical instruments” from Meissen for Jean-Baptist ...[more]
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Neu-Dulong model, decorated in the centre with a bundle of fruit and flowers, the border with berries and flowers in reserves. With a narrow gilt lace border. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's number 22. D 25.4 cm. 1760. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Various pieces f ...[more]
13 Model no. 189. The well decorated with a bouquet of wildflowers surrounded by scattered blooms. Blue sceptre mark, incised mark 2 and I. Minimal wear to the gilding. D 26.4 cm. C. 1766. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
14 Model no. 189 with pierced border. The well decorated with a bouquet of wildflowers and grasses, the lip and rim with flowers and moths. Blue sceptre mark, incised X, impressed mark K and 3. D 24.5 cm. C. 1773. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
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Possibly model no. 502, based on a design by Sèvres. Baluster-shaped vase with foliate rim extending to form the handles. Blaumarke Zepter, geritzt IIIII. Blue sceptre mark, incised mark IIIII. Minor wear to the gilding, a restored chip to the tip of one leaf. H 16.5 cm. C.
1785. Provenance Collect ...[more]
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Model no. 379. Figural group depicting a standing woman in classical attire holding a golden trumpet, a set square and an architectural plan in her upraised hand. Beside her, a gentleman sits facing right wearing a pale purple justacorps and a grey cap beside a drawing board and a crouching monkey h ...[more]
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Model no. 920 with Neuzierat mouldings. The relief moulded rim decorated with gilt etched mosaics and roses. The centre of the well with a finely painted depiction of Clymene mourning at the grave of her son Phaeton. The grave monument, crowned by an urn and an inscription, is surrounded by the sist ...[more]
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Model no. 233. Formed as a flaming heart with a drapery handle and original lid with a flame finial and original saucer. Decorated throughout with putti at play among cumulus clouds. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark o. Minor restored chips to the basal ring of the cup and rim of the saucer, a resto ...[more]
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Model no. 574, with original lid. Decorated with two oval medallions framed by laurel wreaths, that on the front face containing a portrait of Friedrich II facing left wearing the badge of the Order of the Black Eagle and a tricon; that on the reverse with a trophy still life. The shoulders and rim ...[more]
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Round, patinated cast iron plaque with a bust of the Landgrave in uniform wearing the Iron Cross and an ermine drapery. With an indistinct engraved inscription to the reverse. Slightly mottled. D 16.2 cm. Preußische Gießereien, around /after 1821. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
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Oval portrait plaque depicting the queen facing right wearing a turban and a chemise with a high lace collar. Blue sceptre mark, incised model no. 9732a, indistinct year letter. Signed below the sleeve "Heinr. Bettkober fecit/ d´apre La Natur a Berlin/ 1798". H 21.8, W 17.9 cm. 20th C. Provenance ...[more]
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Facing portraits of both kings in moulded frames with gilded laurel motifs. Blue sceptre marks. Engraved with the signature "J. G. Müller fec 1785" beneath King Friedrich's sleeve. Minor wear to the gilding. D 14.1 cm. Around/after 1785/86, the models made by Johann Georg Müller. Provenance Collect ...[more]
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Oval plaque with a moulded surround. With a label on the reverse listing the princes and princesses depicted, namely the nine surviving children of Friedrich Wilhelm III and Queen Luise. Impressed sceptre mark and K.P.M. With minor firing cracks to the frame between 10 and 11 o'clock. H 19.9, W 16.5 ...[more]
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Biscuit porcelain bust mounted on a glazed base. Impressed horse mark, W and No3, the base with blue F mark and incised 3. Slightly discoloured, the base restored. H 19 cm. 1781. Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig and Lüneburg (1721 - 1792) became Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel in 1735. In 1741, ...[more]
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The Voltaire relief model no. 916, inscribed "IMMOR/TALIS" and with blue imperial eagle mark in a circle and impressed mark Z. H 16.5 cm, produced 1847 – 49. The Marquis d´Argens relief model no. 1063 with blue sceptre mark and impressed mark Z. Both faces restored, the nose tips replaced. H 16.5 c ...[more]
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A rare bust of the Prussian king on a cobalt blue ground. He wears an ermine drapery and the badge of the Order of the Black Eagle.
Blue eagle mark in a circle. With minor firing cracks, the tips of the moustache chipped. H 19 cm. Includes a miniature bust of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher after a de ...[more]
27 Biscuit porcelain busts on glazed bases. Impressed bindenschild marks, year stamp 860, pressnummer 86. H 13.5 and 13 cm. Vienna, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, 1860. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
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Model no. 1186 with original saucer. Decorated with a portrait of King Friedrich II with a war drum and an anthropomorphic lion supporting a tablet recording the dates of his birth and death in a Neoclassical surround. The well decorated with a further medallion inscribed with a Latin hymn and the d ...[more]
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The three conjoined handles symbolising the alliance entwined with a chain and oak sprigs inscribed "Fr. Wilhelm III.", "Alexander I."
and "Franz II." The well of the saucer inscribed: "Laßt lauten Jubel Schallen/ Der Wütherich ist gefallen/ Durch Gott und Ihren Arm."
Incised mark 4. Two restored ch ...[more]
30 Clear glass cup with gilded rim, hollow baluster-form shaft and bubble inclusions. H 17.1 cm. Includes a second goblet. Lauenstein, attributed to Glashütte Osterwald, after 1768. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
31 With bubble inclusions and engraved with the crowned monogram WR II. H 20 cm. Attributed to Lauenstein, late 19th / early 20th C.
Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
32 Decorated with three floral swags, three small still lifes and the inscription “Gesundheit, Glück und Freude” (health, happiness and joy).
The décor attributed to Bohemia/Czech Republic, c. 1800 - 1810. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
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Cylindrical clear cut glass beaker with floral décor. H 9.5 cm. Meistersdorf/Mistrovice or Antoniwald/Antonínov, attributed to Franz Anton Riedel, c. 1810. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Cf. Pazaurek/von Philippovich, Gläser der Empire- und Biedermeierzeit, Braunschwei ...[more]
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Model no. 674. The rim and lip decorated with garlands of roses hung from opulent ribbons, the well painted with an arrangement of forest fruits. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummer 3(?). A small restored rim chip. D 24.6 cm. C. 1775. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Cf. cat. ...[more]
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Model no. 674. The wells painted with rabbits in landscapes. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark 0 3. Some minute restorations to the rims between 5 and 6 o'clock, tiny chips to the floral appliques. 1775. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Cf.
two other dessert plates from ...[more]
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Model no. 674. Decorated with naturalistically rendered flowers. Two plates with blue sceptre mark, underglaze blue R and one plate with red imperial orb mark, various impressed marks and painter's marks. With a fine hairline crack and one chip to the rim of two plates.
C. 1775 and late 19th C. Pr ...[more]
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Model no. 881. The wells decorated with roses, the borders with cornflowers. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummer 61. The gilt borders redone. D 24.5 and 24.7 cm. C. 1795. As mistress of crown prince and later King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, the commoner Wilhelmine Ritz (1752 – 1820, née Enke) was ...[more]
38 Model no. 1054. Blue sceptre mark, illegible impressed mark, incised III to the basal ring. D 24 cm. C. 1790. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
39 Model no. 631 with pierced rim. The well decorated with scattered flowers. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummer 13. D 24.7 cm. C. 1780/85.
Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Cf. cat. Berliner Porzellan 1763 - 1850, Münster 2006, no. 87.
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Model no. 881 with “Kurländer” pattern décor. Octagonal plate painted with roses along the border and lip. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, iron cross, year letter O, impressed marks 2 and E, various painter's marks, red owner's monogram W II and 1915. D 24.1 cm. The porcelain 1913, the de ...[more]
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Octagonal model with pierced rim. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummer 16, one plate incised I. With a very fine hairline crack to the outer rim of one plate. D 22.5 cm. C. 1790. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Cf. Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan 1763 - 1963, Braunschweig 1966, ...[more]
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Model no. 1113. The well decorated with a bouquet of roses, anemones and forget-me-nots. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummer 24, incised III. A restoration to the rim between 3 and 7 o'clock. W 33.4, D 26.4 cm. C. 1790 - 95. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature About the service ...[more]
43 Unidentified octagonal model. The pierced outer surface picked out in seladon green, the handles and rim in gold. Blue sceptre mark, impressed no. 21, incised III. H 8.5, W 21.9 cm. C. 1790. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
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Model no. 1054. The borders decorated with an oak wreath entwined with a purple ribbon, the centre with a delicate rose arbour motif.
Blue sceptre mark, brown imperial eagle mark, impressed marks. Minor wear to the décor. D 24 cm. 1823 - 32. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literat ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. All pieces decorated with oak leaf borders and bouquets. Blue sceptre mark with underglaze blue dash, pressnummers.
D 24.2 – 24.4 cm. C. 1790. Provenance The plates purchased from Galerie Koller Auktionen in Zurich, 2001, lot 2003 (six plates listed).
Collection of Renate and Tono D ...[more]
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Model no. 1054 and “en vase” model. All pieces decorated with foliate medallions surrounded by bands of colour and beading. Blue sceptre mark, impressed 27 and one plate impressed B, both cups incised II and one cup with pressnummer 3. A minor restoration to the rim of the plate. D of plate 23.9 cm. ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The wells decorated with the Iron Cross, the borders with fine oak wreaths entwined by purple ribbons. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummers 14 and 25, incised marks. H of salad bowl 4.4 cm, D 21 cm, W of oval dish 44 cm. The porcelain late 18th C., the Iron Cross motif presumably added sh ...[more]
48 Model no. 216 with pierced Ozier moulded rim. Blue sceptre mark, impressed with an arrow or no. 7 in the basal ring. D 23.2 cm. 1772.
Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
49 Model no. 301. Decorated in the centre with a bouquet of naturalistic flowers. Blue sceptre mark, incised III, pressnummer 22. Minor wear to the gilding. W 39.2 cm. C. 1780. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
50 Model no. 216. Blue sceptre mark, impressed and incised marks. D 23.7 cm. C. 1790. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
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Model no. 301 with pierced rim. All pieces decorated with the characteristic upturned basket of flowers and gilt rocailles. Three plates with blue sceptre mark, sauce boat with blue sceptre mark and circle, dinner plate with underglaze blue E, red imperial orb mark, various impressed and painter's ...[more]
52 Model no. 631. The shell handles picked out in blue and gilt. The centre decorated with a dense bouquet of roses, the rim with scattered carnations. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummer 26, incised II. W 45.3 cm. C. 1780. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
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Unidentified bell-shaped model with rosette handle and original saucer, both pieces decorated with camellias and narcissi. Blue sceptre mark and circle mark (saucer) and blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, various impressed and painter's marks. Mid-19th C.
Provenance Collection of Renate and ...[more]
54 Model no. 1113. The borders with etched gilt tracery. Blue sceptre mark, brown imperial eagle mark, iron red painter's mark. Some wear to the gilding of the borders. D 24.9 cm. C. 1823 - 1832. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
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The border painted with three naturalistic bouquets of flowers. Blue bindenschild mark, 137 in ochre, pressnummer 45, year letter 821. A scratch in the glaze of the well. D 24.3 cm. Vienna, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, Matthias Niedermayer period, 1821, painted by Josef Geyer. Provenance Collect ...[more]
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Model no. 1115. From a later addition to the service with coloured grapevine décor. Blue sceptre mark over KPM, red imperial orb mark, pressnummer 34, incised III, blue enamel owner's monogram FWR. Three areas along the rim ground down and partially retouched. D 24.7 cm. C. 1840. Provenance Collect ...[more]
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Unidentified model. Decorated in the famille rose colour palette with large lotus leaves and gold chrysanthemums. The well of the plate painted with a delicate dandelion flower. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, year letter L? (the sauce boat) and B, and impressed mark M and 3 (the plate), b ...[more]
58 Model no. 1113. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummer 25, incised 2. D 23.2 cm. 19th C., décor by a hausmaler. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Illus. in cat. Blütenlese, Berlin-Munich 2018, no. 137.
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Model no. 1113. The well decorated with a large depiction of a heather sprig surrounded by a border of the same flower. Labelled with the plant's origin to the underside “Cap de bonne espérance”. Blue sceptre mark, blue enamel dash above, gilt dot, pressnummer, incised III. The ground retouched. D 2 ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The border decorated with a dense band of dog roses, gilded lip suspending a delicate palmette border below it. Blue sceptre mark, brown imperial eagle mark, pressnummer 32, incised III, grey painter's mark I. D 24.5 cm. 1825. To celebrate her marriage to Prince Friedrich of the Net ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The border decorated with a wreath of flowers and foliage of the lachenalia genus. The gilt lip surrounding gilt etched palmette border. Blue sceptre mark, brown imperial eagle mark, pressnummer 25, incised III, black painter's mark Roman numeral I. D 24.4 cm. 1825. To celebrate he ...[more]
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Model no. 1005, “Medicis/Rhedensche Sorte, Nr. 1”. Fired in two parts and screw-mounted. Decorated all around with a band of naturalistically rendered dahlias, passion flowers, morning glories and other blooms. The upper rim with a gilt etched laurel border. Blue sceptre mark, brown imperial eagle m ...[more]
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Model no. 1113. The border painted with vine tendrils surrounding a central depiction of the ancient Greek god beside a sacrificial column holding a thyrsus in his upraised left hand. Blue sceptre mark with enamel blue dash above, pressnummer 27, incised III in the basal ring. D 24.2 cm. C. 1803 - 1 ...[more]
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Model no. 1113. The well painted with a scene of Mount Vesuvius by night entitled “Eruption de Vesuve l'an 1779”. Blue sceptre mark with underglaze blue dash below, pressnummer 21. D 24.5 cm. Late 18th C. This rare and dramatic depiction was probably based on an engraving. The nocturnal volcanic er ...[more]
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Comprising an oval tray, a teapot and coffee pot with lids, sugar box with lid and one cup and saucer. The rims decorated with broad purple borders and Neoclassical ornament, each piece painted with female allegories in classical attire holding various attributes. Blue sceptre mark, the tray with + ...[more]
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Unidentified model inspired by the form of the ancient Greek lekythos. With etched laurel and ivy leaf décor throughout. Blue sceptre mark, enamel blue Mars symbol mark, black owner's mark K.P.C. Some inconspicuous scratches. H 15.7 cm. C. 1815 - 20. Prince Carl of Prussia was the third son of Frie ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The well decorated with a painted pietra dura rosette surrounded by gilt arabesques on salmon pink ground. The border painted with micromosaic butterflies in six small oval reserves. Blue sceptre mark, iron red dash below, grey circle (?), pressnummer 22, three incised dots. D 24.8 c ...[more]
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Model no. 1113. The well decorated with a scene of four soldiers on the battlefield firing a cannon against a background of gunpowder smoke. The border painted with six Russian eagles with the shield of Saint George alternating with six lyre and cornucopia motifs. Blue sceptre mark, blue dash above, ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The border with a wreath of strelitzia flowers on a ground of faux lapis lazuli, the well decorated with the coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Strelitz bearing their motto: "THUE RECHT UND SCHEUE NIEMAND." D 24.1 cm. C. 1832 - 37. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literatu ...[more]
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Unidentified round model. The well painted with a small coat-of-arms surrounded by the belt of the Order of the Garter above a bracket supported by two lions. The borders with fine Neoclassical tendril décor. Blue sceptre mark. The entire rim restored. H 3.4, D 18 cm. C.
1817/18. The central coat-o ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The well decorated with a Neoclassical helmet in bronze-coloured camaieu picked out in gilt. The border with an oak and laurel wreath entwined by a yellow ribbon. Blue sceptre mark, iron red dash, gold and brown astrological symbol of Mars, pressnummer 16, incised III. D 24.6 cm. C. ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The well painted with a large black cross picked out in silver and surrounded by a broad oak and laurel wreath entwined with black and red ribbons. Blue sceptre mark and K.P.M., red imperial orb mark, brown circle, pressnummer 34, incised III. D 24.8 cm. C. 1837 - 44. The general's ...[more]
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Unidentified round model. The well decorated with a still life of the Iron Cross and a copper coin commemorating the soldiers who fought in 1813/14 surrounded by a wreath of oak and laurel. Blue sceptre mark, iron red dash below, red dot, pressnummer 25, two incised dots. Minor retouches or stains t ...[more]
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Model no. 1113. The well decorated with the Iron Cross, the border with a laurel wreath entwined by black and pale red ribbons and the comital coat of arms in an oval reserve. Blue sceptre mark, impressed mark L and two dots. D 23.5 cm. C. 1817. In honour of his services in the battle of Kulm and N ...[more]
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Unidentified angular model. The well decorated with the Iron Cross, the border with a laurel wreath entwined by black and pale red ribbons and the comital coat of arms in an oval reserve. Blue sceptre mark, two red dots, incised marks. H 5, W 23.4 cm. C. 1817. In honour of his services in the battl ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The well decorated with the black cross picked out in silver framed by a broad wreath of oak and laurel leaves entwined by a discoloured black ribbon. The upper section with his coat of arms in an gilt oval surround. Blue sceptre mark, with discoloured black (formerly red) dash, blue ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The border tastefully decorated with bands of blue and salmon pink, the well painted with a labelled depiction of the Mausoleum of Queen Luise of Prussia, built in 1810. Blue sceptre mark, red enamel dash below, incised III, pressnummer 22. With a Y- shaped hairline crack on the under ...[more]
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Unidentified bell-shaped models with rosette handles and original saucers. With portraits of Friedrich Wilhelm III and Landgrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Hessen-Homburg in oval gilt surrounds. Blue sceptre marks, incised marks. The upper part of the rosette handle
reattached, including an unmarked saucer. ...[more]
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Urbino vase model screw-mounted to an octagonal base. Biscuit porcelain vase decorated on the display side with a lady in classical garments wearing a column shaped crown accompanied by two amoretti holding a model of the Parthenon and Cologne Cathedral.
Gold arrow mark, impressed marks. Restoration ...[more]
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Antikglatt model with beaded rim. The well decorated with a depiction of Strasbourg minster, labelled in black on the reverse. Blue sceptre mark, red dash below, t in black, pressnummer 25, incised with three dots. D 24.7 cm. 1823. On occasion of the marriage of his daughter Princess Charlotte of P ...[more]
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Antikglatt model with beaded rim. The well decorated with a reproduction of Louis Ammy Blanc's "Die Kirchgängerin vor der Westfassade des Kölner Doms". Blue sceptre mark, impressed sceptre mark and K.P.M., red imperial orb mark, blue mark I. Minor retouched wear to the gilding of the centre due to s ...[more]
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Unidentified bombé-form model with emerald green ground and matte and polished gold décor, painted intaglios, scallop shells and coral branches. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark. H with lid 7.5 cm. C. 1840. This elaborately painted little box is one of the most precious objects produced by ...[more]
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Antikglatt model with beaded rim and gilt etched palmettes. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, the earlier plate with enamel blue painter's mark and purple owner's monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm IV, the later plate with year letter C, impressed mark M and 3, and K.P.C. in black. A restored ch ...[more]
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Perlfriestasse model, with original saucer. Painted with a framed depiction of the bridge leading to Berlin Palace with the equestrian monument to the Grand Elector on the left. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, pressnummers. After 1842, the motif based on a painting by Carl Daniel Freydanck ...[more]
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The bell-shaped cup painted with a view of a castle (possibly Neu-Augustusburg) and dated 1826 – 1841 in the frame. The milk jug with a view of the Siebengebirge seen over the Rhine river, dated 1837 – 1840. The sugar box (without lid) with a view of the Leibniztempel in Hanover and the Teetempel in ...[more]
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Porzellan, farbiger Aufglasurdekor, Vergoldung. Modell Antikglatt mit Perlrand. Spiegelfüllendes Motiv, Blick über die Havel auf die Pfaueninsel. Um die Fahne antikische Goldblattranken. Blaumarke Zepter, braune Reichsadlermarke, hellblaues v, Ritzzeichen. D 24,3 cm.Berlin, KPM, um 1825.Anlässlich i ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The well finely painted with a depiction of a stag in a wooded mountain landscape, the border with gilt acanthus motifs.
Blue sceptre mark, red dash, black astrological symbol of Venus, pressnummer 22, incised III. D 24.8 cm. 1815 – 21. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreße ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The well painted with a motif from Ovid's Metamorphoses, the border with gilded tendrils on purple ground. Blue sceptre mark, iron red dash below, L in red, pressnummer 22, incised III. D 24.8 cm. 1817 - 1821. In the catalogue of the Hessische Hausstiftung, Markus Miller mentions th ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. The well painted with a reproduction of a painting, possibly after Dirck Hals. The gilt border decorated with etched trelliswork and hunting trophies in six reserves. Blue sceptre mark, brown astrological symbol of Mars, pressnummer 16, incised III. With a rim chip to the underside a ...[more]
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Medici vase design, fired in two parts and screw-mounted. The bulbous, pierced lower section with two handles resting upon a fluted, parcel-gilt base. The body formed from a lithophane fired in one piece and slightly flaring towards the rim. Depicting scenes in four reserves surrounded by a meander ...[more]
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Porcelain egg decorated with a view of Berlin Palace with the equestrian monument to the Grand Elector in a gilt surround, labelled on the reverse. Unmarked. H 7.4 cm. Berlin KPM, after 1842, the motif based on a painting by Carl Daniel Freydanck. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. L ...[more]
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Porcelain egg decorated with a view of the “New Museum” and the granite bowl in a gilt surround, labelled on the reverse. H 5.8 cm.
Circa/after 1831. The New Museum, today known as the Old Museum, with its imposing colonnade facade facing the Lustgarten was built between 1825 and 1830 by Karl Fried ...[more]
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Porcelain egg decorated with a view of the equestrian monument in a gilt surround, labelled in black to the reverse. Unmarked. H 6.2 cm. The porcelain Royal Berlin, after 1851, decorated by a hausmaler. The equestrian monument with its massive stepped plinth was designed by Christian Daniel Rauch a ...[more]
94 Painted with a wreath entwined with the collar of the order above the Iron Cross. With metal mountings and stopper. Unmarked. H c. 9.5 cm. 1914 – 18. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
95 Egg-shaped porcelain bottle with metal mountings, painted in the round. The gravestone inscribed “ORLEANS”. Unmarked. H c. 9 cm.
C. 1900. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Illus. in cat.: Blütenlese, Berlin-Munich 2018, no. 144.
96 Painetd in “weichmalerei” style picked out in gilt relief. With gilt metal mountings and stopper. Unmarked. H 10 cm. C. 1900. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Illus. in cat.: Blütenlese, Berlin-Munich 2018, no. 142.
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Egg-shaped bottle with original stopper formed as the imperial crown. Monogrammed WII in relief on the reverse. H 10 cm. C. 1910. In 1907, Emperor Wilhelm II purchased the Achilleion Palace, which had been built on the Greek island by the Austrian Empress Elisabeth in 1890. Provenance Collection o ...[more]
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Egg-shaped bottle with stopper formed as the imperial crown. Monogrammed WII in relief on the reverse. Unmarked. Restored. H 9.5 cm. Berlin KPM, after 1888. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Illus. in cat.: Blütenlese, Berlin-Munich 2018, no. 141.
99
Model no. 337. With raised gilt décor and purple scale pattern with floral garlands. The rims entwined by purple ribbons, the centres decorated with rich bouquets. Inscribed in gold on the reverse: “SR. HEILIGKEIT PAPST PIUS XI ZUM GOLDENEN PRIESTER- JUBILAEUM DIE DEUTSCHE REICHSREGIERUNG”. Blue scep ...[more]
100
Model no. 337. One deep dish and three cake plates in the style of the service for Breslau city palace. Blue sceptre mark, various impressed marks. One of the small plates with a chip to the basal ring. D 24.6, 22.3 to 22.5 cm. 19th / 20th C., decoration by a hausmaler. Provenance Collection of Ren ...[more]
101
Model no. 337. Oval dishes with rocaille handles, the wells decorated with naturalistic bouquets and insects. Blue sceptre mark, year letter Xi with four dots, further impressed marks. W 25.4 and 25.6 cm. 1939, the décor by a hausmaler. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
102 Decorated with moths and scattered flowers. Blue crossed swords mark, pressnummer 2, printed owner's monogram of Wilhelm II and 1894. The rim partially ground down, the gilding retouched. W 26.5 cm. 1894. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
103
Model no. 633. The well finely painted with a depiction of two Chinoiserie figures flying kites. The rim with gilt tendrils and flowers in iron red. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, year letter theta, pressnummer 83. D 24.2 cm. 1933. The original service, known as the
“Japanese service for ...[more]
104
Model no. 433. Comprising three dinner plates, a leaf-shaped dish, one coffee cup and one mocca cup with saucers. Decorated in iron red with bouquets and Prussian eagles with imperial insignia. One dinner plate with coloured bouquets. All rims decorated with identical broad gilt tendril borders. Blu ...[more]
105
With original saucer. The saucer decorated with a red and black ribbon surrounding the central inscription "1914 1915". Blue crossed swords mark, incised I and 6 (cup), pressnummer 113 (cup). The saucer with a restored breakage. 1915. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
106
Model no. 1054. The border decorated with the crossed flags of the German emperor and the high admiral of the imperial navy, the well with the coat-of-arms of Wilhelm II with the imperial eagle on a gilded shield surrounded by the collars of the Order of the Black Eagle and the Order of the Garter b ...[more]
107 Unidentified models with pad feet, each with original saucer. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, black and underglaze blue (to the blue cup) iron cross, various impressed marks and painter's marks. C. 1914 - 1918. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
108
Model no. 631. The rim and lip richly decorated with alternating tendril designs, the well with a small baronial coat-of-arms bearing two beehives. Blue sceptre mark with U, red imperial orb mark, impressed mark and brown painter's mark. D 24.2 cm. C. 1890/1900.
Provenance Collection of Renate and ...[more]
109
Model no. 189. With gilt rocaille reliefs, gilt scale-pattern décor and floral garlands. The well painted with an opulent bouquet and a banderole inscribed “SPERNIT PERICULA VIRTUS” (bravery scorns danger) between the head of a greyhound and a conjoined monogram T (or I) CE. Blue sceptre mark with F ...[more]
110
Model no. 2319. Rounded bombé form box with original lid. Finely painted with a depiction of the recumbent Venus upon a red drapery amid clouds, accompanied by her son Cupid. The edges and side faces with relief gold tendrils. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, impressed mark P and 2, gold p ...[more]
111
Model no. 5573. Decorated throughout with maple leaves, laurel wreaths and garlands. Blue sceptre mark, impressed model no. 5573, impressed mark M and year letter E (?) with a dot. H 13.8 cm. C. 1900 - 1905, this model produced in March 1897. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Litera ...[more]
112
Model no. 631. The well painted with a bouquet of purple morning glories. Blue sceptre mark above KPM, red imperial orb mark, I in gilt, enamel red conjoined owner's monogram FWR with a star, pressnummer 34. D 25.4 cm. 1837 - 1844. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
113
Unidentified scalloped model. The well decorated with two naturalistically painted quinces surrounded by flowers and foliage. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, pressnummer 1, underglaze blue, purple, and black painter's marks. Minor scratches to the glaze on the reverse. D 21 cm. C. 1900. ...[more]
114
Parcel gilt silver beaker with a moulded rim. Decorated with embossed and chased acanthus foliage surrounding 20 17th century brandenburg and Brunswick-Lüneburg coins. The base inset with a coin dated 1698. With a later dedication engraving to the underside
“:v:K: G.G.v.S. d. 10ten July 1767“. H 7. ...[more]
115
Parcel gilt silver beaker with a moulded rim. Decorated with embossed acanthus foliage surrounding 36 Brunswick-Lüneburg and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel coins. The base inset with a Brunswick-Lüneburg taler dated 1710. With an engraved dedication below the rim
“J. C. Gibes A. D. Wiedon 1715“. H 15 cm. ...[more]
116
Parcel gilt silver beaker with a moulded rim, the outer surface inset with 22 Brunswick-Lüneburg Andreas taler dated between 1708 and 1713 amid regency décor. The display side decorated with a plaque bearing the engraved coat-of-arms of the Meerkat family,
monogrammed IWM. The base inset with a furt ...[more]
117
Wooden box of oval section painted with red and black lacquer, the designs picked out in colours and gold and silver powder. Decorated with various animals including a fox, a deer, and a dog amidst shrubbery and birds perching in trees. H 9.3, W 17.4, D 12.7 cm. Berlin, attributed to Andreas Völcker ...[more]
118
Parcel gilt silver beaker formed from a rubel coin, the outer surface with a rhyming engraved inscription “Von Rubel hat man mich gemacht, Zum Denckmahl Zorndorffs blutiger Schlacht / Zorndorff den 25. Aug. 1758 Vivat Fridrich II Koenig in Preussen”. The base inset with a quarter rubel bearing a por ...[more]
119
Gouache on ivory. Portraits of Kings Friedrich II and Friedrich Wilhelm II in Prussian uniforms wearing the badges of the Order of the Black Eagle. Mounted as a pendant in a swivel setting. 2 x 1.7 cm. Total H 3 cm. German school, c. 1780. This portrait of Frederick the Great (Berlin 17712 - Potsda ...[more]
120
Embroidery in silken threads on silk with hand made lace trimmings, linen lining and wrought iron mountings. Small bag embroidered with a scene of a bird flying towards the sun. Defective. H 13, W 9 cm. Including a pelmet embroidered with an imperial eagle, H 43, W 161 cm. Mid-18th C. According to ...[more]
121
Gouache on ivory. 1. Depicting Duke Ludwig von Mecklenburg-Schwerin in a breastplate, wearing the blue ribbon of the Danish Order of the Elephant. 2. Depicting Hereditary Prince Ludwig von Mecklenburg-Schwerin against a landscape. In the original crowned repoussé silver gilt surround, with a contemp ...[more]
122
Oil on canvas. 143 x 108,5 cm. Provenance Sale Christie's, Amsterdam, 24.3.1999, lot 3. - Private collection, Berlin. Exhibitions Schwerin, 1954, no. 148. Während man jahrelang davon ausging, dass es sich bei diesem Porträt um Sophie Charlotte von Preußen (1668-1705) handelt, ist man sich heute s ...[more]
123
Walnut, burr walnut, palisander, mahogany and other veneers on softwood, inlaid with ivory, tortoiseshell, brass, and walnut, lined with wallpaper. Three-drawer chest of serpentine section. With brass mountings at the angles, the drawer fronts each with different veneers inlaid with small ivory moti ...[more]
124
Gilt and burnished bronze, iron, steel, and silver-plated copper. Pedestal clock with glazed windows resting on harpy feet. Horizontal dial with Arabic and Roman numerals on a bronze relief ring. The central alarm dial with an acanthus rosette and black hands in a copper surround. Fire-gilt chain an ...[more]
125
The iron red “indianische blumen“ in the centre surrounded by depictions of trophies alternating with flowers in relief within reserves. The border with gold scale pattern decor on iron red ground. D 26.5 cm. 1761/62. In 1760, King Friedrich II ordered a service with
“mathematical instruments” from ...[more]
126
The iron red “indianische blumen“ in the centre surrounded by depictions of trophies alternating with flowers in relief within reserves. The border with gold scale pattern decor on iron red ground. A firing crack to the underside. D c. 26.5 cm. 1761/62. In 1760, King Friedrich II ordered a service ...[more]
127
Large plate with pierced rim. Decorated with “indianische blumen“ in iron red in the centre, the border with flowers alternating with shell motifs in reserves. With a restored rim chip. D c. 25.5 cm. 1763. Production of dessert plates for the royal dinner service began in 1763.
The plates should be ...[more]
128
The wells decorated with a design of “indianische blumen”, the edges with gilt scale pattern over an iron red ground. Blue crossed swords mark. One dish with minor firing cracks. H 5.4, W 21.2, D 18.1 and 18.5 cm. C. 1761/62. In 1760, King Frederick II ordered a service decorated with "Mathematical ...[more]
129
The well painted with naturalistic flowers surrounded by depictions of trophies and musical instruments in reserves. With green scale pattern borders. Small insects painted over minor firing flaws. D c. 24.5 cm. 1761. In 1760, King Friedrich II ordered a service with
“mathematical instruments” from ...[more]
130
Modell 189, Reliefzierat. Tasse und zugehörige UT. Um die Ränder exakter grüner Schuppendekor, die Zierate vergoldet. Fein bemalt mit Amoretten auf Wolken und Blütenkränzen. Blaumarke Zepter, Presszeichen K. Saucer restored. C. 1770. Provenance Private collection, Berlin.
131
Slender baluster form vase encrusted with polychrome floral appliques. The lid with corresponding decor and crowned by a figure of a standing putto with a basket of flowers on a stone beside him holding bouquets of flowers in both hands. Restored firing crack at the height of the putto's thigh, some ...[more]
132 Model no. 122. Decorated with cherubs flying amidst clouds. The borders with gilded trellis pattern and garlands. C. 1770.
133
Model no. 16. Comprising a coffee cup and a tea cup and two saucers from the same service. The borders with purple mosaic designs, the bodies decorated with figures in landscapes, presumably after motifs by Nicolaes Berchem. 1763 – 65. Provenance Private collection, Berlin.
134
Model no. 633, with original scalloped saucer. Decorated with the initial H formed from garlands of coloured flowers flanked by two naturalistic bouquets, the rims with purple scale pattern and trelliswork. Blue sceptre mark, incised II, I in purple. C. 1770. Provenance Rhenish collection, auctione ...[more]
135
Model no. 633. With original lid with rose finial and saucer. Decorated with two amoretti holding the floral initial. The rims with purple scale pattern and gold trellis motifs. Blue sceptre mark, incised III (to the cup), pressnummer 59? (to the saucer), Z5 in purple (all three pieces). C. 1775. L ...[more]
136 Model no. 1186. The borders decorated with purple and gilded scale pattern designs. C. 1775. Provenance Christie's London, A Century of Berlin, 1st May 2002, lot 74. Rhenish collection. Lempertz Berlin auction 1065 on 30th April 2016, lot 88. Private collection, Berlin.
137
Model no. 16. Comprising a coffee pot, teapot, tea caddy and sugar box (all pieces with lids), cream pourer, a quatrefoil dish, slop bowl, five coffee cups, four tea cups and 15 saucers. All pieces finely decorated with blue bouquets and gilt rims. Minor restorations. H coffee pot 23 cm, D slop bowl ...[more]
138 Model no. 217. Comprising a tray, teapot, milk jug and sugar pot with lids, and a cup and saucer. All pieces decorated with finely painted birds perching on branches surrounded by insects. Minor restorations, the lid of the teapot associated. W tray 37 cm. C. 1778.
139
Model no. 606. Comprising a coffee pot with lid and four cups and saucers. Decorated with purple scale pattern borders and pairs of Continental birds perching on branches. H coffee pot 20.6 cm. C. 1770. Provenance West German private collection. Lempertz Berlin auction 1127 on 6th April 2019, lot ...[more]
140 Model no. 217. With original lid. Minor losses to the green and yellow pigment. H 12.8 cm. C. 1770. Provenance Private collection, Berlin.
141 Model no. 257. Minor rim chips. H 13 cm. C. 1765. Provenance Private collection, Berlin.
142
With Dulong relief and fruit decor. Blue crossed swords mark to the inner rim. Restored over a crack, minor firing cracks. D 24.6 cm. C.
1760. The Prussian king Frederick the Great commissioned several services in early 1760. Alongside the exceptional service commissioned as a gift for Jean Baptist ...[more]
143
Model no. 189. Decorated with three small bouquets of flowers surrounding a larger central bouquet. Minor losses to the gilding of the rim. D 30.9 cm. 1773. In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porcelain manufactory to produce a service with 36 place settings for Berlin Palac ...[more]
144
Model no. 189. Decorated with three small bouquets of flowers surrounding a larger central bouquet. Minor losses to the gilding of the rim. D 34.5 cm. 1773. In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porcelain manufactory to produce a service with 36 place settings for Berlin Palac ...[more]
145
Model no. 189. Decorated with three small bouquets of flowers surrounding a larger central bouquet. Inconspicuous Y-shaped firing crack in the mass that has been filled with glaze but not retouched. The rim re-gilded. D 24.4 cm. 1768. In January and February 1768, Frederick II commissioned his porc ...[more]
146
Ormolu wall lights cast in several pieces and screw-mounted. Designed as rocaille scrolls hung with floral garlands, the branches with foliate drip pans. A soldered repair to the central branch. H c. 52 cm. Attributed to Berlin/Potsdam, Johann August Nahl the Elder, c.
1745. Provenance Private coll ...[more]
147
Tri-coloured gilt softwood brackets designed as dragon-like creatures surrounded by pierced flowering sprigs and rocailles. With repairs and retouches. H 62, W 37 cm. Mid-18th C., in the manner of Johann August Nahl the Elder and Johann Christian Hoppenhaupt the Younger.
148 Model no. 16. Decorated with trellis designs and figural scenes after engravings. H 11.3 cm. C. 1768. Provenance Private collection, Berlin.
149
Model no. 122. One side decorated with a town crier pointing towards a map, observed by a peasant woman with two children and a boy with a squirrel perching on a stick. The other side with a peasant couple dancing to music played on a hurdy gurdy and a violin. The original lid with two peasant scene ...[more]
150 Brush and grey ink. 21,5 x 15,5 cm each. Framed. Both signed lower right: D. Chodowiecki. Both pieces after Boucher, entitled in brown ink and signed by Chodowiecki.
151
A very rare and important allegorical figure depicting a standing shepherd leaning against a tree stump and lighting a pipe, with a burning torch held beneath his right foot and carrying a set of bellows and a tobacco bag on his back. The finely painted figure stands on a triangular rocaille base. B ...[more]
152
Blue mark W to the back of the base. Chips to the clothing, wings and base, with yellowed restorations. H 10.2 cm. Berlin, Wegely, 1751 - 57. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Literature Cf. Zick, Berliner Porzellan der Manufaktur von Wilhelm Caspar Wegely 1751 - 1757, Berlin 1978, ...[more]
153 Depicting Arlecchino and Hanswurst on angular plinths. Blue sceptre marks. With breakages to the slapsticks. H 8.8 cm. C. 1780.
Literature Cf. Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. 2, illus. 420, the figure of Hanswurst with model no. 685.
154
Depicting various professions: A painter, a gardener, and a hatter with corresponding attributes. Blue sceptre marks. With small breakages to the watering can and the brush, a minor restoration to the plinth of the painter. H 8.8 cm. Provenance The Tielebier collection, auctioned by Lempertz Berlin ...[more]
155 Model no. 304. Blue sceptre mark to the back of the base. A restored breakage around the knees, some minor chips. H 9.5 cm. C. 1770.
Literature Cf. Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. 2, illus. 409.
156 Model no. 80. Depicting a monk with a basket of eggs, poultry and a bundle of wheat sheaves concealing a young lady. Blue sceptre mark. The chicken's beak chipped. H 8.8 cm. C. 1780. Literature Cf. Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. 1, illus. 199.
157
Two porcelain pin holders with metal mountings. One formed as a baby in swaddling clothes (model no. 58), the other of tapering form with a pincushion inside. Unmarked. Ohne Marken. H 7.8 and 6.5 cm. C. 1770 - 80. Literature The baby model published in Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. 1, illus. 192.
158 Unidentified model depicting a standing man wearing a crown of feathers and carrying a club over one shoulder. Blue sceptre mark. Top of the club broken off. H 22 cm. C. 1780.
159 Model no. 305. Blue sceptre mark to the back of the base, impressed marks. The head reattached, one hand replaced, restored chips. H 8.8 cm. C. 1770. Literature Cf. Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. 2, illus. 407.
160 Model nos. 790 and 789. Blue sceptre mark. Some leaves broken off, but included. H c. 23.5 cm. After 1871.
161 Diameter 16.5; H 8.5 cm, weight 294 g. Marks of Johann Bernhard or Martin Friedrich Müller, c. 1750.
162 Interior gilt twist-fluted ladle, the handle decorated with rocaille ornament. L 38.5 cm, weight 352 g. Berlin, marks of Martin Friedrich or Johann Bernhard Müller, c. 1770.
163 Diameter 13.5; H 11 cm, weight 340 g. Marks of Pierre Contenot, c. 1750.
164 Model no. 582. Blue sceptre mark. One ear broken. H 7.2 cm. C. 1780. Literature Cf. Lenz, Berlin 1913, vol. 2, illus. 430.
165
Of bulbous section with twist-fluting and curved wooden handles. Decorated with rocaille designs and flowers, the lid with corresponding decor and a small flowering sprig finial. H 10 cm, weight 239 g. Marks of Friedrich Jacob Stoltz, c. 1765/70. Literature Cf. a hot
chocolate pot by this master in ...[more]
166 Bombé form box of four pierced supports. The slightly domed lid decorated with finely chased flowers. H 13.5; W 23.5; D 18 cm. Weight 1,022 g. Marks of Christoph Conrad Meyer, c. 1757 - 70.
167 Rounded baluster-form sugar caster decorated with shellwork and roses. The pierced upper section with a small flower finial. H 17.5 cm.
Weight 174 g. Marks of Martin Friedrich or Johann Bernhard Müller, 1770 - 76.
168 Rectangular box with a slightly domed lid decorated with a finely chased bouquet. With original lock and key. W 16.5; D 11.5; H 8.5 cm, weight 666 g. Marks of Christian Friedrich Müller, 1767 - 70.
169 Coffee pot and hot milk jug with curved wooden handles and finial. Decorated with rocaille scrolls and shellwork. H 27/19 cm. Total weight 836 g. Marks of Jacob Albrecht Küsel, c. 1760.
170 Model no. 631 with pierced rim. The well decorated with a bouquet of roses. Minor restorations to the rim. D dish 24.3 cm. Plates 24.4 and 24.5 cm. C. 1785. Provenance Private collection, Berlin.
171 Model no. 193. Decorated with “indianische blumen“. D c. 23.5 cm. 1770 – 80. Literature Further plates published in Barsewisch, Unterglasurblaue Malerei, in: Keramos 121/1988, illus. 55.
172 Model no. 216 with pierced rim. D 23.2 cm. 1773. Provenance Private collection, Berlin. Literature Cf. cat. Berliner Porzellan, Münster 2006, no. 61.
173 Model no. 674. The well decorated with a posy of roses, narcissi, and primulas. Blue sceptre mark, pressnummer 13, incised IIII. D 39 cm. C. 1785. Literature Cf. Lenz, Berlin 1913, illus. 782.
174
Model no. 631. The border decorated with a blue grapevine design, the centre with a large bouquet of flowers surrounded by insects.
Minor wear to the glaze of the ground. D 39.1 cm. C. 1780. In the account book (Pretiosa 1, period: 1791 - 1798) recording royal orders in the historical KPM archives ...[more]
175
Model no. 301. The well painted with a bouquet of quince, gooseberries and chrysanthemums, the border with fine floral garlands. D 30.8 cm. 1775. Literature Cf. Lenz, vol. 1, Berlin 1913, Archivalische Tabellen, p. 16: For a service delivered on 4.9. 1775 described as follows, "Tafel-Service à 24 C ...[more]
176
Model no. 1113 with pierced rim. Finely decorated with a bouquet of wildflowers surrounded by buzzing insects. D 24.8 and 24.9 cm. C.
1793. This is probably a plate from the table and dessert service for the Frankfurt banker Johann Jakob Willemer (1760 - 1838), to be dated 1793. The Prussian King F ...[more]
177
Model no. 881. With gilt relief decor on celadon green ground. The well painted with a bouquet of wildflowers. A breakage to the basal ring, minor wear to the glaze. W 46 cm. 1791. In 1791 King Frederick William II ordered a "Table and Dessert Sevice gem. mit bunten natrl. Feldblumen und kleinen Ca ...[more]
178 Model no. 1186 with original saucer. Blue sceptre mark, incised II, pressnummer 32 (to the cup) and 36 (the saucer), 24 and 44 in iron red. 1795/1800.
179
Model no. 809. Decorated with a design of floral garlands around the upper section and three bouquets below. Some minor, localised losses to the enamel decor. 1813 – 1817. Literature Cf. a dessert plate from the dinner service with the same decor in cat. Kronschatz und Silberkammer der Hohenzollern ...[more]
180
Model no. 631. Round dish of openwork basket weave design picked out in purple and seladon green. The handles formed as branches, the well painted with a depiction of a blackbird on a branch. Blue sceptre mark, impressed and incised marks. Retouches to both handles. H 9, W 21.6 cm. Literature A des ...[more]
181
Unidentified model. Comprising a coffee pot with lid, a sugar box, a milk jug, and twelve cups and saucers. Blue sceptre mark, the cups and saucers with brown eagle marks, 55 in red, impressed and incised marks. The lid of the sugar box lost, three saucers with yellowed restorations over small chips ...[more]
182 A pair of elegant fluted two-flame candelabra with urn finials. H 31 cm. Weight 1,329 g. Marks of Christian Ludwig Kuhfeldt, 1786 – 88.
183
Model no. 1113. The motif depicted on a chocolate brown ground. The border decorated with pale blue draperies on yellow ground. D 24.5 cm. C. 1780 – 1800, the motif after Francesco Bartolozzi. The print by John Ogborne after the motif by Francesco Bartolozzi was published in London in 1783 by John ...[more]
184 Model no. 1054 with pierced rim. The well painted with a delicate flower-shaped medallion of foliate design. Restored. D 24.2 and 24.3 cm. 1795. Provenance Private collection, Berlin.
185
Inscribed „PELEUS“ to the back of the plinth. Depicted seated on a stone in a purple and ochre drapery. H 15.6 cm. C. 1790 - 1800, the model tentatively attributed to Johann Carl Friedrich Riese. Provenance Private collection, Berlin. Literature Cf. the omphale in the Kunstgewerbemuseums Berlin (i ...[more]
186 The fluted shaft hung with festoons supporting two curved branches. H 49 cm, weight 2556 g. Marks of August Ferdinand Gentzmer, c.
1790.
187 Oil on canvas (relined). 67.5 x 59 cm. Provenance Private collection, Berlin. This portrait is based on a work by Johann Christof Frisch depicting the King in three-quarter length which is now kept in the Deutsches Historisches Museum.
188
Model no. 809, with original saucer. The oval reserve containing a portrait of the king inscribed “FRIED.WILHELM. KOENIG v.
PREUSSEN“. The well of the saucer painted with royal insignia. 1786 – 97. Literature An identical cup from the collection of Prof. Dr.
Erich Köllmann was auctioned by Lempertz ...[more]
189
Oil on canvas (relined). 36 x 28 cm. Certificate Prof. Dr. Helmut Börsch-Supan, Berlin, 27.10.2020. Provenance Süddeutsche
Privatsammlung. Das uns vorliegende halbfigurige Portrait zeigt Luise in weißem Chemisenkleid, den Kopf im Profil nach links gedreht.
Ein kornblumenblaues Tuch umschlingt sie ...[more]
190
Solid mahogany and mahogany veneer and boxwood on softwood and oak, the gold embossed black leather writing surface and the brass mouldings replaced. Angular table with one drawer resting on tapering fluted supports. The top can be adjusted via a spring mechanism. With restored shrinkage cracks to t ...[more]
191
Solid mahogany and softwood, replaced textile upholstery and cover. The moulded apron resting on tapering moulded legs, the back legs connected to the curved armrests. The backrest with a pierced central baluster-form panel and concave terminal. Stamped as palace inventory “Paretz”. The apron reinfo ...[more]
192
Model no. 1113. The well painted with a reproduction of a painting by Carlo Cignani, the lip with gilt embellished faux lapis lazuli.
Labelled “Joseph.” on the reverse. Blue sceptre mark with a blue enamel dash above, 28 in gold, incised III. Red owner's mark “B-C”, red lacquered inventory no. 406/? ...[more]
193 Model no. 113. The well painted with a copy of a painting in an angular reserve on gold ground, the border with celadon green ground. D 24.3 cm. C. 1803 – 1813.
194
Model no. 1054. The well decorated with a copy of the painting, the lip and rim with foliate tendrils. Blue sceptre mark, incised III and L, brown painter's mark. Blaumarke Zepter, geritzt III und L, braunes Malerzeichen. D 24.4 cm. C. 1815 – 20. The opulent gilding and the subject fit very well i ...[more]
195
Model no. 1113. Decorated with four female figures holding floral wreaths and palm fronds on a pale yellow ground. The lip in pale purple, the border with a gold and green palmette frieze. D 24.2 cm. C. 1803 – 1813, presumably based on a motif by Michelangelo Maestri. Provenance Rhenish private col ...[more]
196 Model no. 1308. Decorated with a design of grasses, forget-me-nots and wheat in the fleurs en terrasse manner. Minor wear to the gilding. 1803 – 1813.
197 Model no. 1054. Decorated with a flowering peony sprig. Scratches to the gilding. D 24.4 cm. 1823 – 1832.
198 Model no. 1113 with pierced rim. The border decorated with a design of fruiting grapevines in three colours. W platter 23.9. D plate 24.3 cm. C. 1810. Literature Cf. cat. Kronschatz und Silberkammer, Berlin 2010, illus. 47.
199 Model no. 1084. The border decorated with gilt tendrils, the well painted with a bouquet of naturalistic flowers. One plate with two minor restorations to the rim, two with minor restored chips to the basal rings. D c. 22.5 cm. 1823 – 1832.
200
Unidentified models decorated with blue morning glories. With pierced two-part insets. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, red jubilee mark for 1763 - 1913, year letters L and M, impressed marks, numbers in black. W 63.5 cm. The platters 1913, the insets 1926.
Literature For more on the earli ...[more]
201
Model no. 1054. The well painted with a view of the village church of Stralau, modern day Friedrichshain, on the banks of the river Spree. Inscribed on the underside “Die Kirche zu Stralow“. Gilding retouched. D 24.4 cm. 1823 – 1832. Further plates from this topographical service were auctioned by ...[more]
202
Model no. 1054. Decorated with a depiction of an imposing Baroque building with a tiled roof in an etched gold surround. Gilding retouched. D 24.3 cm. 1823 -1832. The view almost certainly shows the former two-storey building Unter den Linden 4, a 16-axis palace built before 1820. Until 1849 it hou ...[more]
203
Model no. 1054. Decorated with a view of the northern city gate of Berlin with figures in the foreground, inscribed on the underside “Das Rosenthaler Thor in Berlin“. Gilding retouched. D 24.3 cm. 1823 -1832. Further plates from this topographical service were auctioned by Sotheby´s London in their ...[more]
204
Model no. 1054. Decorated with a view of a Neo-Gothic pavillion on the banks of the river Spree. Gilding retouched. D 24.3 cm. 1823 - 1832. Further plates from this topographical service were auctioned by Sotheby´s London in their auction "Style for a Nation" on 9th July 1997, lot 53 ff.
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Model no. 1054. Decorated with a view of the tents in Tiergarten in an etched gold surround. Inscribed on the underside “Die Zelte bei Berlin“. Gilding retouched. D 24.4 cm. 1823 -1832. Further plates from this topographical service were auctioned by Sotheby´s London in their auction "Style for a N ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. Decorated with a view of the building in Unter den Linden with figures. Inscribed on the underside “Das
Commandantenhaus in Berlin“. Gilding retouched. D 24 cm. 1823 -1832. Further plates from this topographical service were auctioned by Sotheby´s London in their auction "Style for ...[more]
207
Model no. 1054. Decorated with a view of the village and farmlands on the outskirts of Berlin, inscribed on the underside “Spandow von Tegel aus gesehen“ (Spandau viewed from Tegel). Gilding retouched. D 24.1 cm. 1823 – 1832. Further plates from this topographical service were auctioned by Sotheby´ ...[more]
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Model no. 1054. Decorated with a view of the marble statue of the Hussar general Hans Joachim von Zieten that was erected in 1794 by Johann Gottfried Schadow. Inscribed on the underside “Der Wilhelms-Platz in Berlin“. Gilding retouched. D 24.4 cm. 1823 -1832.
Further plates from this topographical ...[more]
209 Model no. 1054. Decorated with a view of the castle of Britz and the former village church, in the foreground a peasant scything.
Inscribed on the underside “Das Dorf Britz“. Wear to the gilding. D 24.4 cm. 1823 -1832.
210
“Antikglatt“ model. Decorated with a view of the residential palace with figures in the foreground. Inscribed on the underside “Coburg“. D 24.4 cm. After 1832. The Baroque complex, built on the site of the Renaissance building in 1699 after it burnt down, was extended in the Gothic Revival style by ...[more]
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Antikglatt model with beaded rim. The well painted with a wooded landscape and a view of the castle in the left background. Blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, painter's marks, pressnummer 32, incised III. D 24.3 cm. 1832 - 37. Literature Three additional plates from the service with views of ...[more]
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Unidentified model. The well painted with the black cross picked out in silver within a broad wreath of oak and laurel entwined by red and black ribbons. Minor wear to the glaze. H 6. D 26.5 cm. 1815 – 1821. The service for the younger "brother of Sr: Majesty", Prince Wilhelm (1783 - 1851) was deli ...[more]
213
Porcelain tondo with glazed front and the separately fired original porcelain oak leaf surround. Depicting Queen Luise and King Friedrich Wilhelm III alongside seven of their nine surviving children: Friedrich Wilhelm, Wilhelm, Carl, Albrecht, Luise, Alexandrine and Charlotte, and their nephew Fried ...[more]
214 214 Prunkvolle Berliner Deckenkrone
215
Ormolu and cut glass candlestick with a semi-circular base and five curved branches with pierced drip pans and nozzles. On the reverse in the centre a tree, as richly hung with cut glass droplets as the candle sconces. H 44.5, W 46.5 cm. Berlin, Bronzewarenfabrik Christian Gottlob Werner & Gottf ...[more]
216
Red stained veneers (possibly walnut), solid maple and maple veneer, boxwood veneer on oak and softwood, the gold embossed green leather writing surface presumably original. Fold-out writing surface, the top of the cabinet can be opened via a spring mechanism.
Containing two compartments that can be ...[more]
217
Solid mahogany and veneer, maple veneer on softwood, bi-coloured giltwood, brass mountings. The trefoil base with screw-mounted pad feet supporting three carved dolphins and the central hexagonal shaft. The top with an indentation in the centre surrounded by a pierced curved apron. The brass mountin ...[more]
218 Baluster form candlestick with a grapevine frieze on a square base. H 26 cm. Weight 339 g. Marks of George Friedrich Fournier, 1819 - 32.
219
Mahogany veneer on softwood, ormolu mountings, replaced white marble top. Six-drawed corpus resting on four fluted supports, with a central pull-out writing surface. Some bronze mountings replaced, the feet truncated. Size without mirror H 137, W 103.5, D 48 cm.
Berlin, attributed to Johann Gottlob ...[more]
220
Mahogany and plum veneer on oak, solid pear and softwood, gilt bronze and brass mountings, biscuit porcelain panels (possibly Wedgewood) in cut steel surrounds, replaced white marble top. Angular desk on four tapering supports. The lower section with two doors and a central fold-down writing surface ...[more]
221
Solid walnut (possibly stained) and walnut and mahogany veneer on softwood. The round, finely woven basket set into a veneered wooden ring supported by three curved legs terminating in anthropomorphic lion's heads and paw feet on a tripod base. With minor losses to the veneer and one open shrinkage ...[more]
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Cast zinc with shimmering blackish brown patina. Depicting Odysseus sitting on a stone wrapped in a drapery fastened over his right shoulder, holding a shortsword in his hand and wearing a cap and sandals. The stone inscribed “ODYSSEUS” in Greek, the plinth engraved “A. MEVES FOND. BERLIN.” A small ...[more]
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Solid mahogany and mahogany veneer on softwood. The central hexagonal baluster resting on three angular foliate clasped scroll supports. Some screws replaced/lost, signs of wear to the scroll feet. H 72.5, D 112 cm. Prussia, attributed to a Berlin workshop, c.
1820. Fischbach Palace, located in mod ...[more]
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Model no. 1005, Medici form vase. Fired in two parts and screw-mounted. The display side painted with a couple in classical attire extending their hands over a sacrificial stone inscribed in gold with the dates “1785“ and “1835“. The reverse with an oval medallion inscribed “Zum freundlichen Andenke ...[more]
225 Three-flame candelabrum with a tapering faceted shaft resting on a hexagonal base. H 51 cm. Weight 2,403 g. Marks of Heinrich Wilhelm Ludwig Wilm jun., 1819 – 36.
226 Waisted shaft with a palmette frieze resting on a square base. H 27 cm. Weight 668 g. Marks of Johann Christian Samuel Kessner, c.
1820. Provenance Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.
227 Bulbous baluster form shaft resting on a filled square base. H 24 cm. Marks of George Friedrich Fournier, c. 1830.
228
Round, scalloped dish with a broad rim decorated with stylised acanthus and shellwork, with the crowned coat-of-arms of the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Stamped with the inventory no. 77 on the underside. D 30 cm. Weight 946 g. Marks of Johann George Hossauer, c. 1837. This plate originates from ...[more]
229 Slightly bombé form teapot with hinged handles and fluting. The finial formed as a flower. The rechaud resting on four serpentine supports. H 33 cm. Total weight 1,722 g. Marks of Johann George Hossauer, 1842 – 47.
230
Unidentified model. The handle bases and the finial formed as gold-scaled dolphins with entwined tails. The mouldings decorated with gold-flecked faux lapis lazuli ground. A restored chip to the fish tail on the lid. H coffee pot 16.5 cm, D slop bowl 20.6 cm. After 1832.
Provenance Private collecti ...[more]
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Neoclassical bowl with a gilt interior resting on a gilded base. The outer surface finely decorated with gilt etched foliage and lyre motifs.
H 8.8. D 14.3 cm. C. 1820. Provenance Private collection, Berlin. Literature Cf. the green ground and the identical laurel decoration on a small vase from t ...[more]
232
1. Depicting the facade of the “Zeughaus“ on the right and the palace bridge and Lustgarten on the left. 2. Depicting the “Neue Packhof“
and the iron bridge on the left and the Lustgarten on the right. 11.4 cm x 15.4 cm, with the later giltwood frame c. 21 cm x 25 cm. C.
1838 – 42. Both porcelain p ...[more]
233
Unidentified model. Painted with a view of the building in Unter den Linden framed by a gilt edged cymation and Prussian blue border. D porcelain 35.3, with the giltwood frame D 41.7 cm. Mid. 19th C., decorated by a “hausmaler“. Literature A second example auctioned by Lempertz Berlin, auction 937 ...[more]
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Model no. 1617. Fired in two parts and screw-mounted. Painted with labelled views of the Neue Palais in Potsdam and Charlottenhof in Potsdam in angular reserves. A restored breakage to the collar. H 54.3 cm. 1841 – 1844, the decoration presumably painted by a manufactory employee after hours after p ...[more]
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Model no. 1113. Decorated with Berlin street views labelled "Die Waßmans Str: in der Nacht vom 18=19. März 1848." "Die Nacht vom 18. zum 19. März an der Jäger u. Friedrichstr." "Barikade in der Friedrichstraße." "Barikade am Alexanderplatz." D c. 21.2 cm. 1844 – 1847, the decor “hausmalerei“ after ...[more]
236
Model no. 1617. Fired in two parts and screw-mounted. Painted with an atmospheric nocturnal scene of the Berlin State Opera with St.
Hedwig's Cathedral in the background on the display side and the Prussian coat-of-arms of Berlin in a gilt rocaille surround with the black Prussia eagle, the red Bran ...[more]
237
Minor chips. H 47, W 44 cm. With the later ebonised wood plinth H 58 cm. Eduard Mayer (1812 - 1882), Rome, 1845. Eduard Mayer (1812 - 1881), who came from the Hunsrück region, probably began his training with Christian Daniel Rauch in around 1835. From 1840 to 1842 he worked in Paris under Pierre-J ...[more]
238 Two-part lamp comprising a dish below and a lithophane cloche above with views in three segments. A small, patinated crack inside the cloche. H 13 cm. After 1850. Provenance Private collection, Berlin.
239
Pompeii style decorative table made from solid walnut and walnut veneer on softwood with porcelain panels. Fluted central shaft on tripod supports terminating in zoomorphic feet, the top inset with 12 porcelain panels painted with illustrations of climbing plants surrounding a central panel with a S ...[more]
240 “Glockenform“ model with original saucer. Painted with a portrait of the Evangelical theologian in grisaille polychromy. After 1830, the depiction based on a work by Franz Krüger, “hausmalerei“.
241
With an associated but matching saucer. Painted with an unusual scene of a Jewish man petitioning a landowner in an interior with a bust of Tzar Alexander I over the mantle. Chips to the feet. The porcelain Russian or Bohemian/Czech, Schlaggenwald/Horní Slavkov, c. 1820. We consulted with Thomas G ...[more]
242
Chalk pastels on camel coloured laid paper.. 38.7 x 26.2 cm.. Gerahmt. Provenance Private collection, Berlin. Carl Devrient came from a family of silk merchants in Berlin whose offspring included numerous well-known actors - most prominent of which was Ludwig Devrient, an uncle of the man portraye ...[more]
243 The tapering handle with a dog nose terminal. Engraved below with the monogram “FWR“ in a laurel wreath beneath the Prussian royal crown. In a later fitted case. L 21.5 cm. Weight each 69 g. Potsdam, attributed to Johann Jacob Müller, c. 1790.
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Oil on canvas (relined). 49 x 58 cm.. Carl Steffeck attended the Berlin Art Academy whilst he was still in school, and was there officially accepted in Franz Krüger's master class at the age of 19. Steffeck's lifelong preference for horse painting probably goes back to this early teachings under Kr ...[more]
245
Black patinated cast iron, steel and gold. Necklace comprised of 19 quatrefoil links suspending a small medallion with a depiction of the Madonna della Sedia and a large cross. The earrings with quatrefoil cast iron pendants and gold hooks. The two bracelets comprised of eight links and two-part ros ...[more]
246
Black patinated cast iron. Comprised of 15 finely pierced links and a clasp formed as a pair of hands. The three oval links decorated with allegories of day and night after Bertel Thorvaldsen and a group of amoretti. The reverse decorated with a vine leaf frieze. L 45 cm.
Berlin, attributed to Siméo ...[more]
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Eisenguss, schwarz patiniert, Gold. Aus neun mit winzigen Ringen verbundenen Einzelteilen, äußerst fein durchbrochen ziseliert.
Goldbügel. Winzige Roststellen. L 7,8 cm.Berlin, zweites Viertel 19. Jh.ProvenienzSammlung C. Lith.ZustandRestauriert.Black patinated cast iron and gold. Mobile pendant ear ...[more]
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Black patinated cast iron and gold. Comprised of six separate finely chased and pierced motifs connected by tiny rings. With gold hooks.
L 7.5 cm. Berlin, Siméon Pierre Devaranne, c. 1840. Provenance The C. Lith collection. Literature Cf. cat. Die Königliche Eisen- Giesserei zu Berlin 1804 - 1874, ...[more]
249
Black patinated cast iron. Comprising six pierced links, the central rosette flanked by S-shaped foliate motifs, connected by rings. The spring clasp impressed with the signature “Devaranne”. L 16.5 cm. Berlin, Siméon Pierre Devaranne, 2nd quarter 19th C. Provenance The C. Lith collection. Literat ...[more]
250
Black patinated cast iron and steel wire, polished steel. Comprised of four oval links with spiral motifs and connecting rings. The small clasp with a polished steel appliqué of a female bust. L 18 cm. Attributed to Berlin, 1820 - 30, the small relief bust based on a design by Leonhard Posch. Prove ...[more]
251 Black patinated cast iron and gold. Finely pierced flower design. The pin replaced in gold. The pin replaced in gold. H 3.4 cm. Berlin, 2nd quarter 19th C. Provenance The C. Lith collection.
252
Black patinated cast iron, steel rings. Comprised of six delicate pierced links connected by rings. The large central rosette flanked by two foliate motifs and two oval motifs, the semi-circular link fitted with a hooked clasp. Four pieces impressed with the signature
“Devaranne à Berlin” on the rev ...[more]
253
Finely spun black patinated cast iron wire, cast iron and gold. With three oval cameos in gold-backed surrounds connected by finely woven cast iron bands. The gold clasp with a small oval cameo. L 49 cm. Berlin, c. 1815 - 20. Provenance The C. Lith collection.
Literature Cf. Schmidt, Der preußisch ...[more]
254 Comprised of a strand of seven oval and two round cameo medallions in crimped gold surrounds connected by fine chains, the gold clasp with a further cameo. L 41 cm. Attributed to Berlin, c. 1810 – 20.
255
Black patinated cast iron and gold. The necklace comprised of 13 pierced oval shaped links, three of which with gold-backed
Neoclassical motifs, ten with rosebuds, the gold clasp with a putto riding a lion after an ancient cameo. The earrings with gold hooks and gold-backed oval plaques with central ...[more]
256
Black patinated cast iron. Designed as a strand of 17 pierced links, eight of which formed as butterflies, and a clasp formed as a pair of hands. L 43 cm. Berlin, attributed to Siméon Pierre Devaranne, c. 1840 - 50. Provenance The C. Lith collection. Literature Cf. cat. Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 19 ...[more]
257
Black patinated cast iron. The brooch suspending three chased foliate pendants. The similarly designed belt buckle with an iron wire loop, hook, and a further pin-shaped loop on the opposite side. Engraved with the signature "Devaranne" on the back of the brooch. The copper pin presumably a later ad ...[more]
258
Black patinated cast iron. Designed as a finely pierced row of lancet arch motifs upon a narrow curved band with a palmette frieze. W 15 cm. Berlin, attributed to Johann Conrad Geiss, c. 1820 - 30. Provenance The C. Lith collection. Literature Cf. cat. Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, no. 270.
259 Black patinated cast iron. Designed as a finely pierced quatrefoil motif with a central rosette. H 4.5 cm. Berlin, 2nd quarter 19th C.
Provenance The C. Lith collection.
