ID 1126388
Lot 23 | AN IMPORTANT ROYAL GERMAN GOLD TRAVELING COUVERT
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
LATE 17TH CENTURY, APPARENTLY UNMARKED
Each engraved with cypher EA within palm fronds and below an elector's bonnet, comprising:
A rectangular spice box with reeded border, the sliding cover opening to reveal two internal compartments
A tablespoon with trefid terminal and rat-tail
A table fork with trefid terminal
A table knife with tapering square handle, the steel blade with cutler’s mark
A teaspoon with trefid terminal and rat-tail
3 1⁄8 in. (8 cm.) long, the spice box; 9 ¼ in. (23.3 cm.) long, the table knife
9 oz. 18 dwt. (308 gr.) weighable gold
Provenance
Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince Bishop of Osnabrück (1629-1698), by descent to his son,
Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover and King George I of Great Britain (1660-1727), 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, to,
Ernest 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,
Ernest Augustus II, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale until 1919 (1845–1923), by descent to his son,
Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick (1887–1953), by descent to his son,
Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) , thence by decent.
Purchased privately by the present owner.
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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