Lot 213
  • 213

Royal: A set of seventeen German silver plates with the monogram of Queen Adelaide of England, Stuttgart, circa 1815

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases, nine by Eberhard Sick, four stamped Kellenbach, two with maker's mark F.B., one stamped Foehr, one with maker's mark Hvl (Rosenberg no. 4655)
  • Silver, gilt
  • diameter 9 1/4 in.
  • 23.5cm
circular, with anthemion borders, the rims engraved with initial A under a crown

Provenance

Princess Gerta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duchess of Saxony
Sotheby's, London, June 26, 1975, lot 125.

Condition

scratches from use, overall good
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Catalogue Note

The initial is that of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of King William IV of England.