Lot: 2962
Date of sale: 3. Thu Apr 2025
Soup plate from the service for Grand
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Soup plate from the service for Grand Duke Georg Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1799-1860), KPM Berlin, c. 1832 – 37, red imperial orb mark, 1st choice, painter’s mark, model 1054, antique glaze. A strelitzia vine on imitation lapis lazuli around the banner. In the mirror the coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Strelitz flanked by a bull and griffin, framed by the chain of the Order of the Black Eagle, crowned by a purple underlaid crown, oak leaves below and the virtue written on a blue ribbon: ”THUE RECHT UND SCHEUE NIEMAND.”, Ø 24 cm, literature Cf. Köllmann/Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, vol. II, Munich 1987, no. 328, p. 470. Grand Duke Georg Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was married to Marie Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel and brother of Marie Luise of Prussia. The Strelitzia flower was named after Charlotte Sophia Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)
Category: Watches
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