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MARK OF WILLIAM FRISBEE, LONDON, 1810
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A SET OF TEN GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DINNER-PLATES FROM THE CUMBERLAND SERVICE
MARK OF WILLIAM FRISBEE, LONDON, 1810
Each shaped circular, with gadrooned border, engraved with the Royal arms with a label for difference and below a Royal duke's coronet, marked underneath, further engraved 'EDC' and 'EA.Fs.'
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter
260 oz. 12 dwt. (8,106 gr.)
The Royal arms with a label of difference are those of H.R.H. Prince Ernst Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), later King of Hanover, fifth son of King George III and brother of King William IV.
The initials stand for 'Ernst, Duke of Cumberland' and 'Ernst Augustus Fidekommiss' which translates as 'The entailed estate of Ernst Augustus'
MARK OF WILLIAM FRISBEE, LONDON, 1810
Each shaped circular, with gadrooned border, engraved with the Royal arms with a label for difference and below a Royal duke's coronet, marked underneath, further engraved 'EDC' and 'EA.Fs.'
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter
260 oz. 12 dwt. (8,106 gr.)
The Royal arms with a label of difference are those of H.R.H. Prince Ernst Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), later King of Hanover, fifth son of King George III and brother of King William IV.
The initials stand for 'Ernst, Duke of Cumberland' and 'Ernst Augustus Fidekommiss' which translates as 'The entailed estate of Ernst Augustus'
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.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 June 2004, lot 61, ungilded.
Purchased by Gluckselig of Vienna, circa 1923, and sold to Crichton Brothers, London, 1923.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 June 2004, lot 61, ungilded.
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