A pair of Berlin dinner-plates from the Prince Wilhelm Service

CIRCA 1817, BLUE SCEPTRE AND KPM OVER IRON-RED ORB AND K.P.M. MARK, IRON-RED GILDER'S O, PRESSNUMMER 34 OVER IMPRESSED III TO ONE, BLUE SCEPTRE, PAINTER'S - IN ORANGE AND + IN BROWN AND PRESSNUMMER 22 TO OTHER

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A pair of Berlin dinner-plates from the Prince Wilhelm Service
Circa 1817, blue sceptre and KPM over iron-red orb and K.P.M. mark, iron-red gilder's o, Pressnummer 34 over impressed III to one, blue sceptre, painter's - in orange and + in brown and Pressnummer 22 to other
The centre with the Iron Cross in black edged with silver, within a broad garland of oak and laurel leaves tied by ochre and black ribbons, the border with a matt gilt band with burnished ornament of stylised leaves within gothic arches (the second with small chip to underside of rim and very slight rubbing to areas of well)
9.5/8 in. (24.6 cm.) diam. (2)

Sale room notice

One of the plates is a slightly later replacement.

Lot Essay

From the service made for Prince Wilhelm, the brother of Friedrich Wilhelm III, who commanded the Prussian army in the campaign against Napoleon. Friedrich announced his intention to present services to his victorious Princes and Generals in 1815. The service presented to Prince Wilhelm dates from 1817 (see Erich Kllman and Margarete Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan (1987), vol. II, pls. 311a, 311b and 312). Other pieces from this service were sold in these Rooms 11 October 1993, lots 211 and 212. For a portrait of the young Prince Wilhelm see lot 287.

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