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A Late 19th/Early 20th Berlin K.P.M. Porcelain Rectangular Plaque, ‘Gute Nacht’

Item # CC455

Finely painted after G. Hom with a three-quarter length portrait of a maiden holding a chamberstick and shielding the light with her hand.

Impressed K.P.M and scepter marks, in the original frame.

KPM is an acronym for Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, which translates to “Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin.” The company was founded in 1763 by Frederick II of Prussia, who bought the factory from its previous owner, Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky, in the wake of its bankruptcy. Frederick II greatly admired the factory’s “white gold,” a type of porcelain so fine and translucent that it closely mirrored the high-quality porcelain made in China. He invested large sums of money into the company and granted it the use of the royal scepter as its emblem. He also commissioned many KPM porcelain objects to be made in the Rococo style for his palace.

Plaque:
Height 15.5 inches / 39cm
Width 10 inches / 25cm

Frame:
Height 24.5 inches / 62cm
Width 19 inches / 48cm.

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