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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION CENTERPIECE FROM THE ROYAL HOUSES OF MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN AND HANOVER

MARK OF WILHELM LAMEYER & SOEHNE, HANOVER, CIRCA 1904

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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION CENTERPIECE FROM THE ROYAL HOUSES OF MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN AND HANOVER
MARK OF WILHELM LAMEYER & SOEHNE, HANOVER, CIRCA 1904
The White Horse of Hanover on a shaped rectangular plinth, supported on four rectangular blocks each with scrolling acanthus feet surmounted by the heraldic bull of Mecklenburg, each side applied with festoons and cartouches, two depicting Cupid and Venus, one with a monogram beneath a crown, the other with an inscription, the realistically modeled ground under the horse inscriped with the motto NEC ASPERA TERRENT, the plateau shaped oval on acanthus and scroll feet, the border pierced with shamrocks, thistles and roses, two sides applied with the Royal arms of Mecklenburg impaling those of Hanover, two sides with applied cartouches, one with monogram beneath a crown and one engraved 7 June 1904, marked on plinth and on plateau, the plateau with wooden backing
The plateau approx. 35 in. (89 cm.) long, 33 in. (84 cm.) high overall; 649 oz. (20,180 gr.) weighable silver

Provenance

Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882-1945) and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland (1882-1963) then by descent
With Geza von Habsburg

Lot Essay

This commemorative sculpture was presented to the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin as a wedding gift from the people of Hanover. The cartouche on the plinth reads, Dem Hohen Fürstenpaare zur Vermälungsfeier dargebracht von getreuen Hannoveranern 7. Juni 1904 (To the Princely couple on the occasion of their wedding celebration, offered by loyal Hanoverians, 7 June 1904).

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