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MARK OF BENJAMIN AND JAMES SMITH, LONDON, 1809
Details
A set of four George III silver-gilt entrée-dishes
Mark of Benjamin and James Smith, London, 1809
Cushion-shaped and with ribbon-tied reeded vine borders, the centres each engraved with Royal Ducal arms, marked on sides
10½in. (26.8cm.) high
138oz. (4,303gr.)
The Royal arms with a label for difference are for H.R.H. Prince Ernst Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), later King of Hanover, fifth son of King George III of Great Britain and brother of King William IV. (4)
Mark of Benjamin and James Smith, London, 1809
Cushion-shaped and with ribbon-tied reeded vine borders, the centres each engraved with Royal Ducal arms, marked on sides
10½in. (26.8cm.) high
138oz. (4,303gr.)
The Royal arms with a label for difference are for H.R.H. Prince Ernst Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), later King of Hanover, fifth son of King George III of Great Britain and brother of King William IV. (4)
Provenance
H.R.H. Prince Ernst Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1777-1851), later King of Hanover, almost certainly thence by descent to his great-grandson
H.R.H. Ernst Augustus, Duke of Brunswick Lüneburg (1878-1923)
Purchased by Gluckselig of Vienna, circa 1923, and sold to
Crichton Brothers, London, 1923
H.R.H. Ernst Augustus, Duke of Brunswick Lüneburg (1878-1923)
Purchased by Gluckselig of Vienna, circa 1923, and sold to
Crichton Brothers, London, 1923
Special notice
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