507 - KPM Berlin Plate with Flower Bouquet, Neuglatt Form, Gold Rays and Purple Scrolls

KPM Berlin Plate with Flower Bouquet, Neuglatt Form, Gold Rays and Purple Scrolls Porcelain, polychrome painted and gilt, glazed. Plate by the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin, Neuglatt form, with a plain, shaped and scalloped rim and a gold edge. On the rim an encircling wreath of fine gold rays, between them purple rocaille decoration and small flowering sprays. In the well a bouquet of one large purple-red blossom together with pink and greyish violet blossoms with green foliage. On the base the underglaze blue sceptre mark and the red orb above KPM, beneath it a painter's signature and the number 9/50. A hanger is glued to the reverse. Good condition. D. 25.5 cm. The form was designed by Friedrich Elias Meyer the Elder in the years after 1765; its plain, unarticulated rim forms the counterpart to the relief forms of the manufactory and places the painting in the foreground. A service of this form was made in 1770/72 for Frederick II and Charlottenburg Palace. Hand-painted KPM pieces bear the mark of the executing painter on the foot ring.