A GEORGE III ROYAL SILVER-GILT EGG FRAME AND SIX CUPS

MARK OF EMES AND BARNARD, LONDON, 1809

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A GEORGE III ROYAL SILVER-GILT EGG FRAME AND SIX CUPS
MARK OF EMES AND BARNARD, LONDON, 1809
Oblong, on four winged shell feet, the basket-weave frame holding six vase-shaped cups, the handle with a bud finial, engraved under the base HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE K.G. FROM THE SALE JUNE 1904 COMMANDER IN CHIEF 1856-1895, together with six silver-gilt egg spoons, Eley, Fearn and Chawner, London, 1809, the cups and spoons engraved with the Royal badge, marked on frame, foliate washer, cups and spoons
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) long; 40 oz. 10 dwt. (1,272 gr.)

Provenance

His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., sold Christie's, London, 6-7 June 1904, lot 242 (to Spink)
Rosebery's, London, 14 March 2006, lot 657
With Alastair Dickenson, London

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Lot Essay

Caption:
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, by Henry Pierce Bone, 1827, Christie's images
Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), the seventh son of George III, was an important silver patron like his brothers the Dukes of York and Sussex. George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1818-1904), the only son of the 1st Duke, served for many years as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. Upon his death in 1904, the silver collection, including the present lot, was sold by Christie's.

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