MAKER'S MARK WS, POSSIBLY FOR WILLIAM STROUD, LONDON, 1803

細節

A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER DINNER PLATES FROM THE CUMBERLAND SERVICE
MAKER'S MARK WS, POSSIBLY FOR WILLIAM STROUD, LONDON, 1803
Each of shaped circular section with a gadrooned rim, engraved with the Royal Arms, the backs engraved with scratchweights and inventory numbers as well as the initials EDC and EA over Fs - 10in. (25.4cm.) diameter, 215oz.
See Illustration and detail (12)

來源

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

注意事項

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拍品專文

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 translated reads 'The entailled estate of Ernst Augustus'.

A set of ten plates from the Cumberland Service by William Frisbee, London, 1810, also from Parham Park, were sold Christie's London, 15 June 2004, lot 61.