Large serving dish
Johann Wilhelm Voigt I
about 1716
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsDiameter: 35.9 cm (14 1/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number2006.809
ClassificationsSilver
InscriptionsEngraved on underside of dish: "C" and inventory no. "N. 11W. 6M. 1 3/4 L [in script]."ProvenanceAbout 1716, Ernest Augustus (b. 1674 - d. 1728), Duke of York and Albany; 1728, upon the death of Ernest Augustus, taken to the Hanoverian silver chamber and passed by inheritance from George II (b. 1683 - d. 1760), King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover; by inheritance to his grandson, 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.
