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Large silver teapot from the noble proberty:
PRINCELY HOUSE OF WIED (Germany)
1925, silver 800
1. Description:
Large Historicism teapot. Standard silver mark 800, including maker's mark.
Weight: Approximately 550g
Height: 22,5cm
Standard silver mark 800, unknown master mark on it.
Germany, around 1925.
Condition: Very good condition. Pictures are part of the description.
Provenience: Princely House of Wied (Germany; southern Germany).
2. Background information about the noble House of Wied:
The County of Wied (since 1784 Principality of Wied), named after the tributary of the river Wied on the right bank of the Rhine, was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in the area of the Westerwald and the present-day district of Neuwied. It existed from about the beginning of the 12th century until 1806 and continued to exist from 1815 to 1848 as a feudal lordship within Prussia.
In the course of its history, it was divided and reunited several times between the different branches of the Wied count's house. The upper county was located around the centers of Dierdorf and Runkel on the Lahn River, the residence of the lower county was Altwied Castle until 1653, then the town of Neuwied until 1848. The dynasty belongs to the high nobility. Among the most famous representatives of the Princely House is Prince Maximilian Alexander, born in 1782, who followed in the footsteps of Alexander von Humboldt with his two great journeys to North and South America from 1815 to 1817 and from 1832 to 1834.
The most significant representative for older German history is Hermann V. von Wied (1477-1552), who was archbishop and elector of Cologne from 1515 and additionally bishop of Paderborn from 1532. Since about 1540 he had turned to Protestantism, and between 1542 and 1547, with the support of the estates, he tried to introduce the Reformation in Cologne, which failed due to the resistance of the cathedral chapter and the emperor.
Princess Elisabeth (1843-1916) had some success in her time as a writer under the pseudonym "Carmen Sylva." In 1869 she married Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who had been King of Romania since 1858.
Prince Wilhelm (1876-1945) accepted the crown as Prince of Albania in 1914, but had to leave the country after only a few months following the outbreak of the First World War.
Friedrich August Maximilian Wilhelm Carl 8th Prince zu Wied (1961-2015), married to Isabelle Princess zu Isenburg from Birstein, was "Head of the House" until March 2015, based at Neuwied Palace. He was succeeded by his eldest son Franz Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Maximilian (* 1999) as titular 9th Prince zu Wied.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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