Unusual Early 19th Century BERLIN German Porcelain Mourning Can

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Unusual Early 19th Century BERLIN German Porcelain Mourning Can:
$73.99

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Unusual Early 19th Century BERLIN German Porcelain Mourning Can.

Large piece restuck, small chip to base. The tomb with the initials MG, to the left of the scene to the left with the gilt initials HXVR.

Approx 6.5 cm high.

This cup is an excellent example of porcelain painting and is in the highest standard of production. \'En mosaique\' decoration was held in such high regard that it attracted Royal favour. An order for Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia was placed on 20th January 1818 for a six-part déjeuner, \'Gemalt mit Vögel en mosaique in erh{abenen} Gold eingef{aßten} Schildern auch Vaschen in florent{iner} mos{aik} in blauen Schildern nebst mehrerer reicher Vergoldung, innerh{alb} die Becher auch Saanekanne Glanzgoldfond.\' (decorated with birds en mosaique in raised gold framed shields, also vases in Florentine mosaic in blue shields as well as much rich gilding, inside the beakers and cream jug also brilliant gold ground).

The faux micro-mosaic scenes on this cup can be identified as being taken from engravings in the two-volume work by the publishers J. Mérigot and R. Edwards, A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot. A publication was released in London in 1815 though the plates date to between 1796-1798. An example is still preserved today in the KPM archive.

The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin) (KPM) was founded in 1763 by Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great). Its actual origins, however, lie in three private enterprises, which, under crown patronage, were trying to establish the production of \"white gold\" (i.e. porcelain) in Berlin from the mid-18th century onwards.

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