Lot 36 , A KPM Berlin Long-leaf Protea botanical specimen plate, c.1806-9

A KPM Berlin Long-leaf Protea botanical specimen plate, c.1806-9, finely painted with a titled botanical study ‘ Protea Longifolia Cape de bonne esperance’, after a design by the French botanist Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1757-1808), on a pale pink ground, the border with brown camaieu vine wreath on a pale caramel ground, underglaze blue sceptre mark, grey enamel line date code and red enamel decorator’s mark for Johann Friedrich Schultze, 24cm diameter

cf. a very similar KPM Berlin botanical plate in the Met Museum, New York, Object Number: 2020.254.3, the painting attributed to Johann Friedrich Schultze.
£300-500

Sold for £1,200