German flowers

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German flowers on a KPM Berlin vase

A flower depiction on ceramics that looks even more natural than woodcut flowers is called German flowers . Like these, German flowers were also painted according to botanical models, but composed in a free and natural-looking way because they were easier to adapt to the shape of the dishes. This method of representation was popular from around the 1740s to the 1770s and was used, for example, as a decoration for Meißen porcelain . It is also known as "Berlin style" or "old flower painting".

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literature

  • Renate Eikelmann (ed.): Meissen porcelain of the 18th century. The Ernst Schneider Foundation in Lustheim Palace. Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-51905-9 , pp. 289-290.
  • Günther Sterba: Meissen tableware. History, production and decoration of the famous commercial porcelain. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-421-02950-4 , p. 134.