461 - Two armorial plates, KPM Berlin and manufactory with crowned monogram mark

Two armorial plates, KPM Berlin and manufactory with crowned monogram mark Porcelain, glazed, polychrome and gilt decoration. 1) Large plate, on the rim a small crowned coat of arms: in blue a silver rampant lion, in the chief three gold stars, the shield edged in gold, above it a gold crown of rank; the rim with one blue line and one gold line, on the base an underglaze blue crowned monogram mark. Age-appropriate condition, gold line and blue line partly rubbed. D. 25 cm. 2) Plate by the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, in the well a full coat of arms: on a silver shield a diagonally placed brown branch with three green oak leaves, on the barred helmet with red and gold wreath a gold crown of leaves and above it as crest a badger on a branch before a tuft of oak leaves, the mantling in red and silver. On the rim a crowned monogram of two interlaced letters, the rim with a broad gilt border, on the base the blue sceptre mark. Age-appropriate condition, coat of arms and gilt border rubbed. D. 18.5 cm. Armorial services were commissioned as individual orders for noble houses and bourgeois families until the early 20th century; the manufactories employed their own heraldic painters for this purpose. The crown of rank follows a fixed system: the number of pearls distinguishes the ranks of nobility. The crown above the monogram of the smaller plate is executed with seven pearls.