STAMP OF WILHELM LAMEYER, HANOVER, CIRCA 1878, 900 STANDARD

细节

A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER FOUR-PIECE GARNITURE
STAMP OF WILHELM LAMEYER, HANOVER, CIRCA 1878, 900 STANDARD
In the historicist style, comprising: a large shaped oblong plateau with curved ends, applied with crowned Royal monograms in oval cartouches, the border with neoclassical motifs of scrolls and palmettes, the lobed mirrored plateau applied with floral swags held by shields bearing the Royal arms of Hanover and Denmark; the pair of tazze with circular base on four paw feet, applied with garlands, the centre applied with the arms of Hanover and Denmark below royal crowns and initials T and EA, the stem with Germanic putti emblematic of Literature, Painting, Music, Commerce, Carpentry, Mining, Agriculture, and Transport, the bowl with Hanover Horse handles, the plateaux with wood core, stamped underneath and on stems
the plateau 54 in. (137 cm.) long; the tazze 13 in. (33 cm.) high
weight of the tazze 181z. (5,630 gr.)
The arms and initials are for Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland (1845-1923) and Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853-1933), youngest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark (1808-1906).

来源

Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland (1845-1923).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York, 23 October 2003, lot 102.

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拍品专文

Ernest Augustus was the eldest son of George V, King of Hanover, and Queen Marie, daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He became head of the House of Hanover on the death of his father in 1878, although the kingdom had been annexed by Prussia in 1866 and his father deposed. He married in 1878 Thyra, youngest daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark, and sister of Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, wife of King Edward VII and also the Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicolas I of Russia.

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