A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE FROM THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND SERVICE

MARK OF WILLIAM ELEY & WILLIAM FEARN, LONDON, 1806; THE KNIVES MARK OF MOSES BRENT, LONDON, 1806

Details

A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE FROM THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND SERVICE
Mark of William Eley & William Fearn, London, 1806; the knives mark of Moses Brent, London, 1806
Hourglass pattern, each handle engraved with monogram EAFs and EDC, the other side with a Royal crest, Garter Motto and Duke's coronet, comprising:
Twelve dessert spoons
Twelve dessert forks
Twelve dessert knives with silver-gilt blades
Twelve fruit knives with steel blades
Six sugar spades
fully marked
85oz. (2654gr.) (54)

Provenance

H.R.H. Ernest August, 1st Duke of Cumberland, 5th son of George III (1771-1851); King of Hanover after 1837

Lot Essay

The monogram EDC of this and the preceding lot is for Ernest, Duke of Cumberland and EAFs for Ernest August Fidekommiss (i.e. held in trust). These initials appear to have been engraved on all pieces left in Hanover in the Royal possession there on Victoria's accession to the English throne. A portion of this same dessert service by Eley and Fearn, comprising 35 pieces, was in the collection of Sir Harold Wernher at Luton Hoo, and sold at Christie's, New York, April 21, 1998, lot 189.

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HRH Prince Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851)
National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Eminent Personages of the Nineteenth Century, 1833

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