KPM !! Rare Antique 1840-1895 Krister Porzellan Manufaktur Fine Porcelain Cake Plate

RARE ANTIQUE 1840 - 1895 KRISTER PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR (KPM) GERMAN FINE PORCELAIN CAKE PLATE - PATTERN 594

A RARE ANTIQUE FINE PORCELAIN CAKE PLATE MANUFACTURED BY KRISTER PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR BETWEEN 1840 - 1895 WHEN THE GREEN SCEPTER MARK ABOVE "KPM" WAS USED BY THE FIRM. (https://www.invaluable.com/blog/kpm-porcelain-marks/)   THE CAKE PLATE IS DESIGNED WITH FLUTED VERGE, GOLD TRIM EMBOSSED HANDLES AND A SCALLOPED RIM AND HAS BEEN DECORATED IN KPM's PATTERN 594 WHICH DISPLAYS AN ATTRACTIVE PATTERNING OF PURPLE FLORAL SPRAYS WITH SPRAYED GOLD ALL ALONG THE RIM AND HANDLE EDGES

THE FIRM CAN TRACE ITS ESTABLISHMENT BACK TO 1761 WHEN JOHANN ERNST GOTZOWSKY ACQUIRED THE PORCELAIN FORMULA, RAW MATERIALS AND MOLDS FROM AN EXISTING FIRM WHICH CEASED MANUFACTURING.  HE BEGAN MANUFACTURING IN BERLIN AND SOLD THE FIRM TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA FREDERICK II IN 1763 WHO THEN RENAMED THE FACTORY KONIGLICHE PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR, BECOMING KRISTER PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR IN THE 1800's.  IN 1918 THE MONARCHY ENDED AND AS A RESULT THE FIRM WAS RENAMED STAATLICHE PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : STAMPED UNDERNEATH IN GREEN WITH THE SCEPTER MARK ABOVE "KPM"

CONDITION : IN PERFECT CONDITION THE CAKE PLATE HAS NO CRAZING, CHIPS, CRACKS OR DAMAGES

SIZE : 3.4cm HEIGHT OF HANDLES.....3.2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....13.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....22.6cm DIAMETER OF RIM.....23.7cm HANDLE EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE

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