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Candlestick
Marked by: Conrad Hermann Mundt (German, active 1709–1728)
German (Hanover)
about 1726
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number2006.654
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
Marked on outer edge of foot rim: lion rampant in shield (guild mark for Hanover); "B" [block letter]; maker's mark of Conrad Hermann Mundt [Scheffler 1442].
InscriptionsInventory number engraved on underside of base: "No: 12. [in script]".
Engraved on base: arms of George Louis, as Elector of Hanover from 1698 (later George II).
Engraved on base: arms of George Louis, as Elector of Hanover from 1698 (later George II).
ProvenanceAbout 1726, George I (b. 1660 - d. 1727), King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover (original commission) [see note 1]; by inheritance within the family to George III (b. 1738 - d. 1820), King of Great Britain and Elector and King of Hanover [see note 2]; by inheritance to his son, George IV (b. 1762 - d. 1830), King of Great Britain and Hanover; by inheritance to his brother, William IV (b. 1765 - d. 1837), King of Great Britain and Hanover; 1837, by inheritance to his nephew, Ernst Augustus I (b. 1837- d. 1851), King of Hanover [see note 3]; by inheritance to his son, George V (b. 1819 - d. 1878), King of Hanover; by inheritance within the family, through the Princes of Hanover, to Ernst Augustus V (b. 1954), Prince of Hanover. 2004, private foundation, United States; 2006, given from this private foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2006)
NOTES
[1] This candlestick may belong to the set of 12 table candlesticks added to the Hanoverian "Service E" by George I in 1724 and 1725 or, more likely, to the set of 30 new table candlesticks made for the service in 1726 and 1727.
[2] In 1816, the Elector of Hanover assumed the title of King.
[3] Because by Salic law a woman could not inherit the throne of Hanover, upon the succession of Queen Victoria of England in 1837, the crown passed to the oldest surviving son of George III.
NOTES
[1] This candlestick may belong to the set of 12 table candlesticks added to the Hanoverian "Service E" by George I in 1724 and 1725 or, more likely, to the set of 30 new table candlesticks made for the service in 1726 and 1727.
[2] In 1816, the Elector of Hanover assumed the title of King.
[3] Because by Salic law a woman could not inherit the throne of Hanover, upon the succession of Queen Victoria of England in 1837, the crown passed to the oldest surviving son of George III.