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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 29, 2016 | Christie's | London | OPULENCE .Silver . Gold Boxes . 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art | 318 | $****** - ****** | A SET OF FOUR GERMAN ROYAL SILVER SALT-CELLARS AND FOUR GERMAN ROYAL SILVER SALT-SPOONS |
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9.8 cm (3.88 in)
The salt-cellars: from the ‘E’ service of Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover and King George I of Great Britain (1660-1727) and by descent in the Royal family of Great Britain and Hanover until the death of King William IV in 1837, when the two kingdoms separated under two monarchs.
Ernest Augustus, 1st Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (r.1837-1851), fifth son of King George III of Great Britain and brother of King William IV and by descent to his son
George V of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Cumberland (1819–1878) and King of Hanover until 1866 and by descent to his son
Ernest Augustus II, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland (1845–1923) and then by descent.
Purchased privately by the present owner.
The salt-cellars recorded in the 'Inventory of Silver of the Royal and Electoral Court’, Hanover, 1747', p. 31 section 5 as four of ‘2 dozen salt-cellars 26 lbs [sic] 5 ½ loth’ [approx 8 oz. 5 dwt. each].
Each on octagonal base and with circular gilt bowl, engraved with the Royal arms of Hanover below an elector’s bonnet and within plumes and flanked by initials G[eorg] L[udwig] C[hurfürst], each marked underneath with maker’s mark only, further engraved with inventory numbers ‘S[ervice]:2 No.14’; ‘S[ervice]:2 No.22’; ‘S[ervice]:2 No.23’ and ‘S[ervice]:2 No.24’; with four German silver salt-spoons, with Celle town mark only, each Hanoverian pattern with gilt shovel-shaped bowl, engraved with initials GR II below Royal British crown, each marked on handle
33 oz. 7 dwt. (1,037 gr.)
The arms and monogram are those of Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover (r.1708-1727) and King George I of Great Britain (r.1714-1727), as Elector-Designate of Hanover between 1692 and 1708.
The initials on salt-spoons are those of King George II of Great Britain (r.1714-1727).
