Asta Bidspirit | Imposing surtout de table, Berlin,

Imposing surtout de table, Berlin, KPM, 19th century - in biscuit and white, blue and golden porcelain, comprising a pair of large cake stands (h. 30 cm; d. 52 cm) characterized by four marble horses whose tails ideally support the large plate decorated in the center with the interlaced FL monogram under crown for the Grand Duke Friedrich I and the Grand Duchess Luise von Baden; a stand with the same monogram (h. 44 cm; d. 33.5 cm), with support modeled after three female caryatids holding a composition of fruit and bunches of grapes on their lap, on a stepped octagonal base; five stands (h. 36 cm; d. 21 cm) two of which characterized by a male figure in the round and the others by a female figure also in the round: all support a plate with a perforated edge and rest on a base octagonal; four wine coolers (h. 32 cm; maximum d. 33 cm) with handles of female caryatids with loose hair emerging from roots and holding a bunch of grapes: on the globular body there are two masks in relief, the head of a satyr opposite to that of a satyr; a candlestick (h. cm. 38) with a stem of three female herms on an octagonal base. Some pieces have the initials E F painted in black or blue inside, underglaze blue scepter mark; KPM underglaze red cruciger mark above KPM (defects and restorations).Prov.: 3 pieces with adhesive label Sotheby's, Die Grossherzogliche Sammlung Baden, Baden-Baden, 17 Oktober 1995, Katalogband VI, nn. 4868 and 4962