A large, rare and impressive German 19th century Berlin KPM…
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A large, rare and impressive German 19th century Berlin KPM porcelain exhibition urn vase and cover, the ornate ovoid body finely hand painted to the front with a formal garden setting including dancing figures, ladies-in-waiting and a musician; the reverse with an elaborate floral spray; all-over relief acanthus, rocaille, foliate and ribbon decoration. An ormolu mount allowing the body to swivel upon the pedestal, the conforming cover with sculpted roses surmounting. Height 88 cm, minor professional restoration, c.1880.

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  • Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.
  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
  • Acanthus - A stylized leaf motif, one of the primary decorative elements of classical Greek and Roman architecture, derived from the genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Mediterranean area. It is a common element in classical Greek and Roman design, and is often seen in Corinthian and Composite order columns and used as a decorative element in English, European and Australian furniture, particularly on the curve of a leg, and as decoration for a corbel.
  • Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.

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