A GERMAN ROSE GOLD TRAVELLING COUVERT

Lot 16
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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ID 992760
Lot 16 | A GERMAN ROSE GOLD TRAVELLING COUVERT
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£ 20 000 – 30 000
A GERMAN ROSE GOLD TRAVELLING COUVERT

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1730

Hanoverian drop pattern, comprising a knife with pistol handle and steel blade, a three-prong fork and a spoon, with rat-tail bowl, each engraved with initial F and later with EAFs, the steel blade stamped with cutlers mark 'Schmalstich'

The knife 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) long, the fork 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long, the spoon 7 1/2 (19 cm.) long

weighable gold 4 oz. 19 dwt. (154 gr.)

The initial F is presumably for Prince Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), eldest son of King George II (1729-1760) and father of King George III (1760-1820).





Provenance

Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751), eldest son of King George II (1729-1760), then by descent in the Royal family of Great Britain and Hanover until the death of King William IV in 1837, at which time the two kingdoms became separate under different monarchs,

Prince Ernst Augustus, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and King of Hanover (r.1837-1851), fifth son of King George III of Great Britain and brother of King William IV, by descent to his son,

George V of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1819–1878) and King of Hanover until 1866, by descent to his son,

Ernst Augustus II, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1845–1923) until 1919, then by descent to his son,

Ernst Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick (1887–1953), by descent to his son,

Ernst Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987), by descent to his son,

Acquired privately by the present owner.
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