Royal interest

Royal interest, a George III silver two-handled bowl and cover,
by Robert Garrard I, London 1805,
circular form, rope border, engraved with the Coronet for a Princess of the Blood Royal over 'AS' and the Royal Crown over 'RC', scroll handles, to underside scratch lettering 'EA.' over 'Fs.', on a collet foot, the domed pull-off cover with knop finial, engraved with matching cyphers, diameter 14.8cm, total approx. weight 15.5oz.

Provenance:
The Barry Lock Collection.
Purchased from Mary Cooke Antiques Ltd, London, 17 March 2018.

The ciphers are those of Her Majesty Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), Consort of King George III, and H.R.H. Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), the Queen’s sixth child.

This bowl was originally made for Queen Charlotte, later passing to Princess Augusta Sophia, said to be the favourite daughter of King George III. Upon her death, her possessions were divided between her siblings and this bowl was inherited by her brother Ernest Augustus (1771-1851), King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland and Brunswick-Luneburg. The initials on the base of the bowl stand for 'Ensti Augusti Fideikommis Sum', King of Hanover.