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MARK OF WILLIAM FRISBEE, LONDON, 1810
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A set of ten George III Royal silver dinner-plates from the Cumberland Service
Mark of William Frisbee, London, 1810
Each shaped circular, with gadrooned border, engraved with the Royal Arms with Royal Duke's coronet above, the reverse engraved 'EDC' and 'EA. Fs.', each marked on reverse
9¾in. (25cm.) diam.
263oz. (8,190gr.)
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.
The initials on the reverse of the plates stand for 'Ernst, Duke of Cumberland' and 'Ernst Augustus Fidekommiss' which translate reads 'The entailled estate of Ernst Augustus'. (10)
Mark of William Frisbee, London, 1810
Each shaped circular, with gadrooned border, engraved with the Royal Arms with Royal Duke's coronet above, the reverse engraved 'EDC' and 'EA. Fs.', each marked on reverse
9¾in. (25cm.) diam.
263oz. (8,190gr.)
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.
The initials on the reverse of the plates stand for 'Ernst, Duke of Cumberland' and 'Ernst Augustus Fidekommiss' which translate reads 'The entailled estate of Ernst Augustus'. (10)
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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