Lot 1082 | KPM | Serving dish from the "Dinner Service for the Berlin Palace"

SERVING DISH FROM THE "DINNER SERVICE FOR THE BERLIN PALACE".

KPM. Berlin.

Date: Around 1770.
Technique: Porcelain, decorated with colors and gold.
Description: Model "Reliefzierat". The rim, indented six times, is circumferentially decorated with a
curved gold-leaf border as well as a fine tendril and rocaille relief, tapering pointedly
into the smooth surface of the center. The three smooth surfaces between the relief
pendantives each decorated with a bouquet of flowers, the relief surfaces each with a
butterfly. In the center a large, polychrome bouquet of flowers.
Measurement: Ø 31cm.
Mark: Sceptre mark, 3 impressed. Dealer's label "A. Popoff & Co - Rue Cambon Paris".

Literature:
- Lorenz, Angelika (ed.): Berliner Porzellan 1763-1850, Glanz und Eleganz auf Tischen und Tafeln, exhib. cat. Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte September 24, 2006 to January 7, 2007, Münster 2006, pp. 66 and 76-78.

The plate presented here was part of a service ordered by Frederick the Great in 1768 for his palace in Berlin. 36 sets were delivered in the same year, in 1773 a further 72 dinner plates were ordered.
The colourful "natural flowers and few insects" that the king wanted for his new porcelain were intended to make the guests at the table feel transported to an exquisite garden. In contrast to other services in the "Reliefzierath" style, the relief elements in this design are not emphasised with gold or colors. The large surfaces of white porcelain radiate brightly, creating a light, graceful, even spring-like impression.