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Lot 1164 N‡α

A silver gilt service made for the Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 16:30 - Selected Works of Art
Estimate: 7.000 € - 9.000 €
Result: 11.160 € (incl. premium)
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A silver gilt service made for the Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Comprising teapot, coffee pot, milk jug, sugar box, and tray in the Rococo taste. The coffee- and teapot with ivory handles. All pieces engraved with the coat-of-arms of the Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in the band of the Order of the Garter with t H of coffee pot 17; L of tray 36; W 24.5 cm, total weight 1,766 g.
London assay mark for 1901, maker's mark of Charles Stuart Harris, Parisian guarantee stamp with Minerva and maker's mark "ASCANIO RB".

Friedrich Wilhelm II., Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819 - 1904), was married to Princess Augusta Caroline of Cambridge, Princess of England, Ireland, and Hanover (1822 - 1916), grand-daughter of the British King George III. The service appears to have been a present from the British royal family. Several silver gilt plates and items of cutlery by this master from the royal couple's personal dessert service have also survived.