Double-lipped sauceboat

Balthasar Friedrich Behrens (German, 1701–1760)

1744

Object PlaceGermany

Medium/TechniqueSilver

DimensionsOverall: 10.5 x 18.7 x 23.3 cm (4 1/8 x 7 3/8 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Accession number2006.733

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ClassificationsSilver

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InscriptionsEngraved on underside of sauceboat: "S.E." [in block letters] and "No. 6" [in script]. 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.