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A PAIR OF GERMAN ROYAL SILVER BEER-MUGS AND COVERS
Lot 322

A PAIR OF GERMAN ROYAL SILVER BEER-MUGS AND COVERS

MARK OF FRANZ PETER BUNSEN, HANOVER, 1766

Closed29 November 2016

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A PAIR OF GERMAN ROYAL SILVER BEER-MUGS AND COVERS
MARK OF FRANZ PETER BUNSEN, HANOVER, 1766
Each tapering and on spreading foot, the detachable cover with baluster finials, with scroll handles, engraved with initials GR below the Royal British crown, each marked underneath, further engraved with underneath and on cover bezels with numbers ‘No. 1’ and ‘No.2’ and underneath with numbers and scratchweights ‘No. 1 35[loth]’ and ‘No.2 35 1/4[loth]’

7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
32 oz. 5 dwt. (1,004 gr.)
The initials are those of King George III of Great Britain (r.1760-1820).

King George III of Great Britain (r.1760-1820) and by descent in the Royal family of Great Britain and Hanover until the death of King William IV in 1837, when the two kingdoms separated under two monarchs.
Ernest Augustus, 1st Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (r.1837-1851), fifth son of King George III of Great Britain and brother of King William IV and by descent to his son
George V of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Cumberland (1819–1878) and King of Hanover until 1866 and by descent to his son
Ernest Augustus II, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland (1845–1923) and then by descent.
Purchased privately by the present owner.