KPM, saucer "Wars of Liberation", 1913, porcelain, glazed, Prussian blue ground, polychrome painting, gold staffage, laurel wreath running around the rim, gold heightened grisaille painting on the mirror, Depiction of the retreating quadriga with the inscription "Paris am 31sten März 1814" (allegory of the invasion of the Allied Powers in Paris), underglaze blue sceptre mark on the base, red imperial orb mark and red anniversary mark for the 150th anniversary in 1913, d: 1.5 cm. Anniversary 1913, D: 13.5 cm. Provenance: Werner Collection, Neunkirchen. Limit 45,-

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