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Plate
Mark ascribed to: Andreas Hornung (German, about 1661–1701)
German (Hanover)
about 1725
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number2006.710
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
Marked on outer edge of plate: lion rampant in shield (guild mark for Hanover); "A" [block letter]; unidentified maker's mark (AHD within shield), possibly associated with Andreas Hornung [Scheffler 1429a]; DD crowned.
InscriptionsInventory number engraved on underside of rim: "S. Z [or 2]: No: 242."
Engraved on rim: arms of George Louis, as Elector of Hanover from 1698 (later George II).
Engraved on rim: arms of George Louis, as Elector of Hanover from 1698 (later George II).
ProvenanceAbout 1725, 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, 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 belongs to a set of 13 dozen table plates that were added to the Hanoverian silver "Service E" in 1724 and 1725.
[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 belongs to a set of 13 dozen table plates that were added to the Hanoverian silver "Service E" in 1724 and 1725.
[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.