
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
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Head of Department, Director

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Provenance:
The Twinight Collection (purchased from Seidel & Son in 2005)
Literature:
S. Wittwer, Raffinesse & Eleganz: Königliche Porzellane des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Twinight Collection, New York (2007), no. 132
Exhibited:
Berlin, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Schloss Charlottenburg, Rafinesse & Eleganz - Königliche Porzellane des frühen 19. Jahrhunders aus einer amerikanischen Privatsammlung, 28 July-4 November 2007;
Vienna, Liechtenstein Museum, Die Sammlung Cohen. Porzellane der grossen Manufakturen 1800-1840, 16 November 2007-11 February 2008;
Paris, Musée national de la céramique à Sèvres, Sèvres - Vienne - Berlin, Ors et décors : 1800-1850, 26 March-13 July 2008;
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Refinement & Elegance - Early Nineteenth Century Royal porcelain from an American private collection, 9 September 2008-19 April 2009
The service for the Duke of Wellington represents one of the greatest technical and artistic achievements of the Berlin manufactory in the first half of the 19th century. See W. & I. Baer, Das Tafelservice der KPM für den Herzog von Wellington (1988), for a comprehensive discussion of the service, most of which is still displayed at Apsley House in London. The service included 36 such golden beakers, which were intended for jelly or ice; see W. & I. Baer, op. cit., ill. 46 for other examples.