Dinner plate from the dinner service with dark... Lot 2968

Dinner plate from the dinner service with dark blue ribbon for Frederick the Great, KPM Berlin, c. 1786, English smooth shape, the mirror polychrome painting with flowers and calices, on the flag gold contoured underglaze blue ribbon, entwined by gold etched laurel garland in counter swing. Gold rim, Ø 24 cm, The service with the blue band, modeled after decorations of the royal French manufactory, was the last service commissioned by Frederick the Great in July 1786, it could only be completed after his death and delivered to King Frederick William III, Lit. Berliner Porzellan 1763-1850, Glanz und Eleganz von Tischen und tafeln, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kultur Münster, January 2007, p. 81