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A rare KPM porcelain lithopane of Samuel Colt
17 November 2008, 10:00 PST
San FranciscoUS$7,000 - US$10,000
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Find your local specialistA rare KPM porcelain lithopane of Samuel Colt
The oval plaque die pressed with a Victorian portrait of Samuel Colt seated in a chair by a table holding a percussion revolver in his right hand and a compass in his left. The base of the reverse side stamped with the KPM mark over KPM/460/Z.
Condition: Very Good. Evidence of a recent expertly repaired S-shaped break transverse across the lower part of the plaque.
Condition: Very Good. Evidence of a recent expertly repaired S-shaped break transverse across the lower part of the plaque.
Footnotes
Samuel Colt commissioned 111 portrait plaques directly from KPM (Koenigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur) in 1855 for presentation as gifts. Per C.F. Wappenhans, Colt's agent in Berlin, five plaques had very minor carbon spotting (including the present example which has a small carbon spot on his right shoulder). Currently, six other examples are known to have survived (3 in public institutions and 3 in private hands).
Literature:
Houze, Herbert G. Samuel Colt's Porcelain Transparencies The Magazine Antiques, April, 2006.