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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT DESSERT SERVICE EIGHT FORKS, TEN SPOONS, A SERVING SPOON AND TWELVE SORBET SPOONS WITH MARK OF FRANTZ PETER BUNSEN, HANOVER, CIRCA 1790, FIFTEEN FORKS, THIRTEEN SPOONS AND TWELVE SORBET SPOONS WITH MARK OF JOHANN CHRISTIAN PETER NEUTHARD, HANOVER, CIRCA 1820, ONE DESSERT SPOON WITH MARK OF JOHANN JACOB GOTTLIEB MATTHIAS, HANOVER, CIRCA 1841 Plain thread pattern, each engraved with the Royal cypher 'GRIII' beneath Royal crown, marked on stems and with later French control mark, comprising: Twenty-four dessert spoons Twenty-three dessert forks Twenty-four sorbet spoons A serving spoon, Twenty-four silver-gilt knives, with filled handles and silver-gilt blades Twenty-four cheese knives, with filled handles and steel blades stamped with a cutler's mark or 'Schmalstig' or 'Ritzinger' weighable silver 115 oz 18 dwt. (3,605 gr.) The cypher is that of King George III (1760-1820) of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover. Provenance King George III (1760-1820) of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover, by descent in the Royal family of Great Britain and Hanover until the death of King William IV in 1837, when the two kingdoms separated under two monarchs. Ernest Augustus, 1st Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (r. 1837-1851), fifth son of King George III of Great Britain and brother of King William IV, by descent to his son George V of Hanover, 2nd Duke of Cumberland (1819–1878) and King of Hanover until 1866, by descent to his son Ernest Augustus II, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland (1845–1923), Glückselig und Sohn in 1924, Crichton Brothers of London, Rothschild collection.