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Kettledrum

Kettledrum

Jacob Petersen (born in Arndahl, Norway, about 1790/91–1839, active in Hanover, Germany from 1822)
about 1830
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueSilver, vellum
DimensionsOverall: 50.8 x 63.5 cm (20 x 25 in.)
Weight: 15507.2 gm (547 oz.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number2006.814
On View
On view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1830, probably William IV (b. 1765 - d. 1837), King of Great Britain and Hanover (original commission); 1837, by inheritance to his nephew, Ernst Augustus I (b. 1837- d. 1851), King of Hanover [see note 1]; 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] 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.