Property from the Estate of
BERNICE RICHARD
A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND LINER ON STAND
细节
A GEORGE III SILVER SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND LINER ON STAND
MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1799
Oval, on oval base with gadrooned rim, the part-fluted body with gadrooned rim and applied band underneath, with two leaf-clad upswept handles, the tapering cover fluted and with removable coronet finial, the stand oval with gadrooned rim, with plain liner, the tureen and stand engraved with Royal armorials, the cover with Royal Badge, with EA Fs and EDC engraved under base, marked on base, stand, cover and liner and with inventory numbers and scratch weights
length over handles 19in. (48.2cm.); 205oz. (6376gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1799
Oval, on oval base with gadrooned rim, the part-fluted body with gadrooned rim and applied band underneath, with two leaf-clad upswept handles, the tapering cover fluted and with removable coronet finial, the stand oval with gadrooned rim, with plain liner, the tureen and stand engraved with Royal armorials, the cover with Royal Badge, with EA Fs and EDC engraved under base, marked on base, stand, cover and liner and with inventory numbers and scratch weights
length over handles 19in. (48.2cm.); 205oz. (6376gr.)
来源
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), fifth son of George III
The extensive collection of silver known as the Cumberland Plate which was sold by the Duke of Brunswick in 1924 is legendary among collectors. Comprising not only silver commissioned by Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland, but also English royal silver from the early eighteenth century and plate made in Germany for the Hanoverian electors, its wealth of documentation makes it a valuable resource for silver scholars.
The Duke of Cumberland succeeded to the Crown of Hanover in 1837 on the death of his brother William IV. Of all Queen Victoria's "wicked uncles" he was perhaps the most unpopular of the six Royal Dukes, largely on account of his professed dislike of "liberal notions," and his departure from England was the subject of considerable rejoicing. He immediately dismantled the Hanoverian Constitution and, while it might be charitable to compare his absolute rule in Germany with those of the enlightened despots of the previous century, his approach to kinship was more paternalistic than enlightened, and he could not be regarded in any way as a patron of the arts.
Ernest Augustus took with him to Hanover a considerable quantity of the Royal plate, some of it dating from the time of the Stuarts, to add to the plate already at Herrenhausen. A claim was made by Queen Victoria for the return of certain of the Royal plate and jewels, which was successfully ignored for much of her reign. The initials E.A.Fs. stand for "Ernest Augustus Fidekommiss," or "held in trust" and were probably added to his plate shortly before his death in 1851. The use of those initials to signify entailed property was common practice among the German ruling houses and should not be seen as a unique instance as has been suggested. For example it appears as FiDC on a set of dinner plates, Berlin, 1821-1841 (The Patiño Collection, Christie's, New York, October 28, 1986, lot 244) and on table silver engraved with the arms of Mecklenberg-Schwerin in a private collection. In Roman law Fidei Commissum is a bequest which a person makes by begging his heir or trustee to transfer something to a third party.
On the death of Ernest Augustus, his son, George Frederick, succeeded to Hanover but was deposed during the Seven Weeks War in 1866. The Prussian troops sacked Herrenhausen but failed to find the Royal plate, which had been hidden in a vault in the grounds and covered with lime and debris. (see E. Alfred Jones, "The Duke of Cumberland's Collection of Old English Plate," The National Review, January, 1920, pp. 679-685). Subsequently the family used the title Duke of Brunswick. A significant portion of the Hanoverian plate was dispersed by Crichton Bros. in 1924 and 1925.
Plates and dishes, also commissioned by the Duke of Cumberland were sold in these Rooms, April 14, 1994, lots 362-365, and April 12, 1988, lot 153.
The extensive collection of silver known as the Cumberland Plate which was sold by the Duke of Brunswick in 1924 is legendary among collectors. Comprising not only silver commissioned by Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland, but also English royal silver from the early eighteenth century and plate made in Germany for the Hanoverian electors, its wealth of documentation makes it a valuable resource for silver scholars.
The Duke of Cumberland succeeded to the Crown of Hanover in 1837 on the death of his brother William IV. Of all Queen Victoria's "wicked uncles" he was perhaps the most unpopular of the six Royal Dukes, largely on account of his professed dislike of "liberal notions," and his departure from England was the subject of considerable rejoicing. He immediately dismantled the Hanoverian Constitution and, while it might be charitable to compare his absolute rule in Germany with those of the enlightened despots of the previous century, his approach to kinship was more paternalistic than enlightened, and he could not be regarded in any way as a patron of the arts.
Ernest Augustus took with him to Hanover a considerable quantity of the Royal plate, some of it dating from the time of the Stuarts, to add to the plate already at Herrenhausen. A claim was made by Queen Victoria for the return of certain of the Royal plate and jewels, which was successfully ignored for much of her reign. The initials E.A.Fs. stand for "Ernest Augustus Fidekommiss," or "held in trust" and were probably added to his plate shortly before his death in 1851. The use of those initials to signify entailed property was common practice among the German ruling houses and should not be seen as a unique instance as has been suggested. For example it appears as FiDC on a set of dinner plates, Berlin, 1821-1841 (The Patiño Collection, Christie's, New York, October 28, 1986, lot 244) and on table silver engraved with the arms of Mecklenberg-Schwerin in a private collection. In Roman law Fidei Commissum is a bequest which a person makes by begging his heir or trustee to transfer something to a third party.
On the death of Ernest Augustus, his son, George Frederick, succeeded to Hanover but was deposed during the Seven Weeks War in 1866. The Prussian troops sacked Herrenhausen but failed to find the Royal plate, which had been hidden in a vault in the grounds and covered with lime and debris. (see E. Alfred Jones, "The Duke of Cumberland's Collection of Old English Plate," The National Review, January, 1920, pp. 679-685). Subsequently the family used the title Duke of Brunswick. A significant portion of the Hanoverian plate was dispersed by Crichton Bros. in 1924 and 1925.
Plates and dishes, also commissioned by the Duke of Cumberland were sold in these Rooms, April 14, 1994, lots 362-365, and April 12, 1988, lot 153.
出版
The Connoisseur, November, 1924, p. 253: "Of late eighteenth-century work, attention must be drawn to a pair of soup tureens, with covers and stands, made by Robert Salmon in 1792; the lower part of the tureen is covered with shallow flutings, the handles sweep down to the lower part of the bowl; the stand has finely modelled acanthus leaves at its ends. For beauty of outline, combined with technical skill, these objects would be hard to beat"
展览
Crichton Bros., London, 1924, "Old English Silver from the Duke of Cumberland's Collection"