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Octagonal salt
Mark ascribed to: Hermann Sander (master by 1691)
German (Hanover)
About 1708–10
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Silver, parcel-gilt
Dimensions
Width: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number2006.759
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
Marked on underside of foot: lion rampant in shield (guild mark of Hanover); DD crowned, within shield; maker's mark of Hermann Sander [Scheffler 1431].
InscriptionsInventory number and weight engraved on underside: "S: Z: No: 10. 1. 2 1/2." [all in script]". Engraved on base: electoral arms (1698-1714) of George Louis, Elector of Hanover, later George II.
ProvenanceAbout 1708/1710, George Louis (b. 1660 - d. 1727), Elector of Hanover, later George I, King of Great Britain (r. 1714 - 1727) (original commission); by inheritance within the family to George III (b. 1738 - d. 1820), King of Great Britain and Elector and King of Hanover [see note 1]; 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 2]; 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] In 1816, the Elector of Hanover assumed the title of King.
[2] 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] In 1816, the Elector of Hanover assumed the title of King.
[2] 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.