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Double-lipped sauceboat
Marked by: Balthasar Friedrich Behrens (German, 1701–1760)
German (Hanover)
1744
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 10.5 x 19.4 x 23.2 cm (4 1/8 x 7 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number2006.731
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
Marked on underside of sauceboat: maker's mark for Balthasar Friedrich Behrens ("BEHRNS" enclosed in rectangle)[Scheffler 1445]; Hanover guild mark (prancing horse with "15" [Scheffler 1450]; "E" [block letter][Scheffler 1448].
InscriptionsInventory number engraved on underside of sauceboat: "S.E." [in block letters] and "No. 4" [in script].
Engraved on side, below handle: Hanoverian arms of Great Britain (in use 1714-1801).
Engraved on side, below handle: Hanoverian arms of Great Britain (in use 1714-1801).
Provenance1744, George II (b. 1683 - d. 1760), King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover (original commission) [see note 1]; by inheritance to his grandson, 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 12 sauceboats, delivered by Balthasar Friedrich Behrens to the Hanoverian silver chamber on September 16, 1744, and added to the royal silver "Service E."
[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 12 sauceboats, delivered by Balthasar Friedrich Behrens to the Hanoverian silver chamber on September 16, 1744, and added to the royal silver "Service E."
[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.