
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
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Provenance:
The Twinight Collection (purchased from Alan Hicklin in 2012)
From a service given in stages each Christmas between 1837 and 1848 by the kings of Prussia to Friedrich Franz of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (from 1842 Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II); firstly by his grandfather (and godfather), Friedrich Wilhelm III, and after 1840, Friedrich Wilhelm IV. The service eventually consisted of 50 plates, which were painted with views of Berlin and Potsdam as well as copies of well-known paintings. A similar service was given in 1842 by Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia to Crown Prince Maximillian of Bavaria (now in the Residenz in Munich). See S. Wittwer, Rafinesse & Eleganz (2007), no. 149, for two other plates from the service in the Twinight Collection.