A PAIR OF ROYAL WILLIAM IV/VICTORIAN SILVER ENTREE DISHES AND STANDS
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A PAIR OF ROYAL WILLIAM IV/VICTORIAN SILVER ENTREE DISHES AND STANDS

ONE EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON 1840; ONE ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1845

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A PAIR OF ROYAL WILLIAM IV/VICTORIAN SILVER ENTREE DISHES AND STANDS
ONE EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON 1840; ONE ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1845
Each shaped rectangular dish with shell and gadroon rim, the footed stand with leaf-clad reeded handles, with warmer and dish, each engraved on each side with a Royal garter motto, the domed covers with gadrooned edges and surmounted by a Royal Duke’s crest and coronet, engraved on each side with Royal Arms, the 1840 dishes engraved on one side with monogram VR, the cover engraved with Royal Arms of  Queen Victoria, marked under stands, liners, dishes, covers and finials

14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 227 oz. (7,060 gr.) weighable silver
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The 1840 entree dish: Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and George William Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904); the 1845 entree dish: George William Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), sold Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Old English and Foreign Silver and Silver-Gilt Plate of His Royal Highness, The Duke of Cambridge, sold Christie’s, London, 6-7 June 1904, lot 21 (part)

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George William Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) was the only son of Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1744-1850), and grandson of George III. He served for many years as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. He took seriously his duties as a member of the royal family, which were particularly heavy following the death of his cousin Queen Victoria's husband. In 1847, he secretly married the actress Louisa Fairbrother, who became known as Mrs. Fitz-George. Their children bore the name of Fitz-George. Another pair of entree dishes sold in these Rooms 19 April 2002, lot 358.

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