Soup plate from the service for Grand Duke George Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1799-1860), KPM Berlin, c. 1832 - 37, red imperial orb mark, 1st choice, painter's mark, model 1054, antique smooth. Around the flag strelitzia tendril on imitation lapis lazuli. In the mirror the coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Strelitz flanked by bull and griffin, surrounded by the chain of the black eagle order, crowned by purple underlaid bow crown, below oak leaves and virtue written on a blue ribbon: ''THIEVE RIGHT AND SHAME NO ONE.'', Ø 24 cm, Literature Cf. Köllmann/Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, vol. II., Munich 1987, No. 328, p. 470. The Grand Duke Georg Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was married to Marie Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel and brother of Marie Luise of Prussia. The flower Strelitzie received its name after Charlotte Sophia Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)