Noble & Private Collections
Noble & Private Collections
Property of Duchess Marie von Württemberg, née Princess zu Wied (b. 1973)
An important pair of Berlin (K.P.M.) Royal two-handled ice pails, covers, liners and stands, circa 1825 | Wichtiges Paar königliche Eiseimer, KPM Berlin, circa 1825
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October 18, 01:07 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
An important pair of Berlin (K.P.M.) Royal two-handled ice pails, covers, liners and stands, circa 1825
finely painted with four scenes from Lalla Rûkh, with various gilt floral and foliate borders, sceptre marks in underglaze-blue, printed eagle and KPM mark in iron-red, decorator's marks.
together with two plinth stands, probably from the Princess Louise service.
Overall Height 20 1/2 in.
52 cm
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Wichtiges Paar königliche Eiseimer, KPM Berlin, circa 1825
Almost certainly, two of the four glacières gifted by Friedrich Wilhelm III (1770-1840), King of Prussia (1797-1840) to his nephew Prince Frederik of the Netherlands (1791-1881), and his daughter Princess Louise of Prussia (1808-1870) on the occasion of their wedding in 1825;
Possibly, their daughter Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841-1910), whom married William, Prince zu Wied (1845-1907);
Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma zu Wied, née Württemberg (1877-1965), daughter of King Wilhelm II of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and spouse of Prince William Frederick zu Wied (1872-1945);
and thence by descent to Duchess Marie von Württemberg
Samuel Wittwer, Refinement & Elegance, Early Nineteenth-Century Royal Porcelain from the Twinight Collection, New York, 2007 Munich, p. 403, listed.