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Lot 315
  • 315

A Berlin botanical plate 1817-1823

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 EUR
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Description

  • diam. 24cm
finely painted with lilies of the valley (Convalaria majalis), the gilt rim with scrolling foliage reserved on a cream ground, sceptre mark in underglaze-blue, painter's marks - in iron-red, impressed 22 and III, very minor restoration to rim

Catalogue Note

For a discussion of the fashion for such botanical studies on Berlin and other porcelain, see: W. Baer & H.W. Lack, Pflanzen auf Porzellan, exhibition catalogue, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, 1979 and W. Baer, I. Baer et al., Das Flora Danica-service 1790-1802, exhibition catalogue, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin 1999-2000.