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PRINCE RICHARD, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S BIRTHDAY AND CHRISTMAS TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
A ROYAL GEORGE V AND GEORGE VI SILVER TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE
MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, THE KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP 1934, THE REMAINDER 1946
Details
A ROYAL GEORGE V AND GEORGE VI SILVER TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE
MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, THE KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP 1934, THE REMAINDER 1946
Each piece melon-fluted, each piece engraved with an initial 'R' below a Royal duke's coronet, comprising: a kettle, stand and lamp; a teapot; a coffee-pot and a hot-water pot; a sugar-bowl; a cream-jug and a pair of sugar-tongs, each piece fully marked, with a card inscribed by Queen Mary 'For Richard from Grannie Mary Christmas 1947'
the kettle, stand and lamp 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
gross weight 146 oz. 16 dwt. (4,561 gr.)
The inscriptions relate to birthday and Christmas gifts from Queen Mary to H.R.H. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
The initial is that of H.R.H. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, THE KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP 1934, THE REMAINDER 1946
Each piece melon-fluted, each piece engraved with an initial 'R' below a Royal duke's coronet, comprising: a kettle, stand and lamp; a teapot; a coffee-pot and a hot-water pot; a sugar-bowl; a cream-jug and a pair of sugar-tongs, each piece fully marked, with a card inscribed by Queen Mary 'For Richard from Grannie Mary Christmas 1947'
the kettle, stand and lamp 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
gross weight 146 oz. 16 dwt. (4,561 gr.)
The inscriptions relate to birthday and Christmas gifts from Queen Mary to H.R.H. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
The initial is that of H.R.H. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
Provenance
Given to H.R.H. Prince Richard, 2nd Duke of Gloucester by his grandmother Queen Mary (1867-1953) as birthday and Christmas gifts between 1946 and 1949, and then by descent.
Property from the Estate of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG., KT., KP.; Christie’s, London, 26-27 January 2006, lot 59.
Property from the Estate of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG., KT., KP.; Christie’s, London, 26-27 January 2006, lot 59.
