A German silver bowl with the arms of Ernest Augustus King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Brunswick-Lüneburg K.G., dated 24 December 1835

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Description

Johan George Hossauer, Berlin, circa 1835
488gr, diameter 21.5cm

circular with reeded rim, engraved with the arms of Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland K.G., the underside inscribed December 24 1835, stamped Hossauer Berlin and with standard 12 loth only

Catalogue Note

This appears to have been a Christmas present to or from the Duke of Cumberland

Ernest Augustus King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (1771-1851) succeeded his brother King William IV as King of Hanover in 1837. He married his first cousin Frederica Caroline Sophia Alexandrine, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841). His only son George Frederic Alexander Carl Ernest Augustus (1819-1878) succeeded his father as George V King of Hanover. George lost his eyesight in his childhood as the result of an accident. Ernest Augustus and his wife both died at Herrenhausen (Hanover).

Details:
-For a portrait of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Brunswick-Lüneburg (1771-1851), after George Dawe, please see lot 1706