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Berlin KPM

( German, est.1763)

A Berlin KPM porcelain tea service with faux micro-mosaic decor

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Materials:

porcelain

Size Notes:

H of teapot

Description:

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Markings:

Blue sceptre mark, some pieces with additional painter's marks and various impressed marks.

Condition:

Minor restorations to the corners of the sugar pot's lid, a retouched chip to the teapot's spout.

Literature:

Illus. in: Köllmann / Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, vol. II, Munich 1987, illus. 462, with a fourth cup. The "missing" cup from this service now kept in the Twinight collection, illus. in cat.: Raffinesse & Eleganz, Munich 2007, no. 25. Here also two further services in this style (Nos. 27 and 28).

Provenance:

Formerly collection of G. and H. Rohloff, Berlin. Auctioned by Christie's London, A Century of Berlin, 1st May 2002, lot 110.

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