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Lot 152

A Berlin KPM small box and cover, circa 1840

3 July 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

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A Berlin KPM small box and cover, circa 1840

Elaborately decorated in matt and polished gilding with moulded scrollwork cartouches enclosing a matt Prussian blue ground reserved in white finely shaded in grey with a putto and his dog one one side and stylised flowers on the other side, the sides with flowering trees, elaborate trellis panels and a gilt pinecone finial on the cover, 9cm long, 7.2cm high, sceptre mark in underglaze-blue, orb and KPM mark stencilled in red

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A similar box sold at Lempertz, Berlin, 24 April 2021, lot 82, where it was noted that it may have been a private present during the period known for its royal gifts, either meant as an etui or an addition to a previous toilette set.

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