Fruit basket
FRENCH BASKET without foot
White
565,00€
Around 1820, the model master Karl Frederick Riese designed an elegantly curved FRENCH BASKET with an openwork rim for the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin. In one model variant, the basket was made without a foot; in the classic model variant, the basket was set on a fluted base with a square plinth. Another version shows the basket supported by three lion feet. The classical-style basket bowl is, like the
Show moreHistory
Around 1820, the model master Karl Frederick Riese designed a fruit basket for the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin. The outwardly curved basket bowl has a serrated rim and stands on a fluted base with a square plinth.
Product details
Product description
Product description
Around 1820, the model master Karl Frederick Riese designed an elegantly curved FRENCH BASKET with an openwork rim for the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin. One version of the basket was made without a foot.
In the classic model variant, the basket was set on a fluted base with a square plinth. Another version shows the basket supported by three lion's feet. Like the FRENCH vase, the classical-style basket bowl is inspired by a model form from Sevrès. In 1822, the Prussian King Frederick William III commissioned the Berlin manufactory to produce richly decorated French basket bowls as part of the wedding service for his daughter Alexandrine and Grand Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The fruit baskets are decorated with rich gilding and an ornamental band matching the plate flags.
The Prussian Princess Marie also received a dinner service made of Berlin porcelain for 50 people on the occasion of her engagement to the Bavarian Crown Prince Maximilian II. in 1842. It was a gift from the Prussian King Frederick William IV to his cousin. The eight French basket bowls were lavishly gilded and decorated with a decorative band of gold ornaments and scattered flowers on a blue Fond .
The Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin still offers the FRENCH BASKET without a foot today.
Impressions
