Lot Details
Lot 169
Royal Interest: Continental Silver Bowl
Matthias, first half 19th century
The circular lobed body with panels of chased and engraved flowers, the underside engraved "EA Fs", for Ernst Augustus, King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland. Diameter 8 1/4 inches (21 cm), approximately 16 ounces.
On the death of King William IV of England in 1837, his brother Ernst Augustus, Duke of Cumberland inherited the Throne of Hanover which under Salic law his niece Victoria could not inherit. This separated the two thrones which had been ruled by the Hanoverian Kings since George I ascended the English throne in 1714. Ernst Augustus took most of the Royal silver with him to Hanover engraving it "EA Fs" for Ernst Augustus Fidekommis to mark it as silver which was part of his entailed estate as opposed to that inherited by his niece as Queen of England.
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