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A LOUIS XVI SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TABLE SERVICE THIRTY-FIVE TABLE-FORKS, THIRTY-SIX TABLE SPOONS, THIRTY-SEVEN TABLE KNIVES AND TWO SERVING SPOONS, WITH MARK OF CLAUDE-AUGUSTE AUBRY, PARIS, 1783, THIRTY-SIX TABLE-FORKS AND THIRTY-SIX TABLE SPOONS WITH MARK OF FRANTZ PETER BUNSEN (BUNDSEN), HANOVER, CIRCA 1785, ONE FORK WITH MARK OF JOHANN CHRISTIAN PETER NEUTHARD, HANOVER, CIRCA 1825 Fiddle and thread pattern, each engraved with Royal cypher 'GR III' beneath Royal crown, marked on stems and with later French control mark, comprising: Seventy-two table spoons Seventy-two table forks Seventy table knives, with steel blades stamped 'Schmalstig' weighable silver 423 oz. 1 dwt. (13,159 gr.) The cypher is that of King George III (1760-1820), King of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector and later King of Hanover.
The table service comprised 144 sets of flatware made by Aubry and further 144 sets copied by Bunsen.
For large services such as King George III's service, Robert-Joseph Auguste sub-contracted the production of flatware to Claude-Auguste Aubry, Nicolas-Martin, Jean-Etienne Langlois and Pierre-Nicolas Sommé, although he often provided the design.
Claude-Auguste Aubry who was apprenticed to Jacques Duguay and Simon Gallien, and became master in 1758, specialised in flatware, working regularly for Auguste and providing amongst others a dessert service for Empress Catherine the Great.
Franz Peter Bunsen, born in Hanover in circa 1725, became master in 1754. In 1770 he was appointed Court Goldsmith and was chosen for the making of George III new royal service. It was initially thought that it would take four years to complete the service with both Auguste and Bunsen working at the same time, the later copying the former's work, however, the whole service was not finished until 1790.
SILVER FROM THE KING GEORGE III HERRENHAUSEN DINNER SERVICE
The silver dinner service made for King George III is considered one of the largest and most important services made in the late 18th century. King George III succeeded his grand-father George I as Elector of Hanover and was the first Hanoverian monarch to be born and educated in England declaring upon his accession 'I glory in the name of Briton'.
Although he never visited Hanover, George continued to take a personal interest in the prosperity of Hanover, and decided in 1770 to commission a dinner service that was appropriately grand and extensive. This very large service was in fact made up of the Hanoverian Service intended for 60 to 72 persons and the Hildesheim Service for 30 to 32.
In 1772 Robert-Joseph Auguste was chosen to make the 72 setting service later called in the archives 'Service A', and by January 1777 he had submitted his final drawings. As the first pieces were delivered and approved by the King, they were immediately copied by the Hanover court goldsmith Frantz Peter Bunsen using the high silver standard of 15 lot to match the Parisian standard, as the cost for Auguste’s pieces was prohibitive.
The first pieces were delivered in 1777 and after receiving the third delivery in 1782, the Lord Chamberlain, Heinrich-Julius Baron von Lichtenstein (1723-1789) enquired in a letter of 29 August about an order for plates and flatware confirming that he had chosen the border 'Nro. 2 à baguettes et rubans' and 'filets' for the flatware (see L. Seelig, The Silver Society Journal, 'The Dinner Service made for George III by Robert-Joseph Auguste and Frantz-Peter Bunsen, no. 28, 2012, p. 89). This flatware was part of the fourth delivery, by far the largest, made in September 1784; it comprised 216 plates, various dishes and 144 sets of flatware, the latter made by Claude-Auguste Aubry. The fifth and final delivery was made in July 1786 and comprised dish covers, pans, small covered pots and chafing dishes. At the same time, Bunsen, and after his death, his son were making copies, adding to the service until 1797.
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