
Sophie von der Goltz
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Frederick the Great ordered the 'Japanisches Service' for twenty-four covers in Summer 1769 for the Chinese Tea House in the grounds of Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. It was delivered in the Spring of 1770, but it was too cold to dine in the Chinese Tea House so it was used in Sanssouci Palace. The Chinoiserie scenes depicted were taken from prints after François Boucher and Jean Pillement. A bowl from the service is illustrated in E. Köllmann, Berliner Porzellan (1966), II, pl. 79, and a dessert plate in Köllmann (1966), I, no. 22. An écuelle, cover and stand from the service are the Gardiner Museum, Toronto. Another plate is the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg (J. Lessmann, Porzellan Glanzstücke der Sammlung des Museums für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (2006), p. 118).