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Striking elements are the winged pharoah masks, the winged lion supports and depictions of Egyptian gods, such as Babi the monkey deity in the central vignette.\r\n\r\nThe set belonged to King George III's son, Ernest Augustus (1771- 1851), Duke of Cumberland, later King of Hanover, and is nearly identical to another made in 1802-3 for the 'grand  service' of the Prince of Wales, later George IV (1762-1830). The tureen is engraved with the coat of arms and initials EAF for Ernest  Augustus Fidekommiss ('entailed to the estate of Ernest Augustus), a further mark of ownership as he refused to return the royal plate to  his niece in Great Britain, Queen Victoria. \r\n\r\nSir Arthur and Rosalinde Gilbert began collecting in the 1960s and over a period of 40 years formed one of the world’s great private collections of decorative arts. The collection consists of over 800 objects from the fields of European gold and silver, Italian mosaics and hardstone, portrait enamels and gold boxes. Sir Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996 to be housed at Somerset House, London, having previously been displayed at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). In 2008 the collection was moved to dedicated galleries in the V&A, where a selection has been on permanent display ever since.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Silver soup tureen and stand, the hemispherical body of the tureen has a winged bust in Egyptian head-dress and a classical frieze, the handles are in the form of the winged and crowned goddess Ephesian Artemis. 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On the underside of one of the stands are engraved the initials E.D.C. and on the other three E.A.Fs for Ernest Augustus Fidekommiss (entailed to the estate of Ernest Augustus).","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"When Ernest Augustus acceded to the throne of Hanover, Queen Victoria demanded the return of the royal silver from the palace of Herrenhausen but Ernest refused to oblige. He settled the matter by engraving the initials E.A.Fs on all the silver. 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Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover.  Crichton Brothers, London.  Mrs Fay Plohn, sale, Sotheby's, lots 89-90, October 15, 1970.  Lillian and Morrie A.  Moss, Memphis, Tennessee.  Purchased from David Orgell, Inc., Beverly Hills, 1975.\n\nOne of a set of four tureens, two large and two small, which magnificent examples of Egyptian revival silver. Egyptomania flourished in France after Napoleon's expedition to Egypt and in England after Admiral Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.  The decoration of these tureens draws on eighteenth century engravings by G.B.Piranesi after ancient vases and designs by the French sculptor Henri Auguste. ","historicalContext":"Intended for serving soup from the dining table of this royal Duke.","briefDescription":"Silver soup tureen and stand, London hallmarks for 1806-7, mark of Paul Storr","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jones, E. Alfred. 'The Duke of Cumberland's Collection of Old English Plate'. <u>The National Review</u>, January 1920, London, pp. 679-85; Schroder, Timothy, <u>The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver</u>, Los Angeles, 1988, pp. 358-363"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Tipping, H. Avray. 'The Silver Plate of the Duke of Cumberland', Parts I and II. <u>Country Life</u>, Vol. 56. London: Country Life Ltd,  November 1, 1924, pp. 681-3, November 8, 1924, pp. 701-3, fig. 2."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's and Parke Bernet 1970-71</u>, London; New York: Sotheby & Co. [etc.], pp. 300, 317."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Honour, Hugh. <u>Goldsmiths and Silversmiths</u>. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971, ill. p. 226; New York: G. Putnam's Sons, 1971."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Moss, Morrie. <u>The Lillian and Morrie A. Moss Collection of Paul Storr Silver</u>. 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