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Beaker
Mark ascribed to: Andreas Hornung (German, about 1661–1701)
German (Hanover)
about 1725
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Silver, parcel-gilt
Dimensions
Height: 14.9 cm. (5 7/8); Diameter at rim: 11.7 cm. (4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number2006.738
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
Marked on underside of base: 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].
InscriptionsInventory number engraved on underside of beaker: "No: 7: [in block letters]".
Engraved on side: arms of George Louis, as Elector of Hanover from 1698 (later George I).
Engraved on side: arms of George Louis, as Elector of Hanover from 1698 (later George I).
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 beaker may belong to a set of 20 documented added to the Hanoverian "Service E" by George I, made 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 beaker may belong to a set of 20 documented added to the Hanoverian "Service E" by George I, made 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.