Two Victorian three-piece christening sets and a Victorian two-piece christening set,
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Two Victorian three-piece christening sets and a Victorian two-piece christening set,
each in a plush and satin-lined fitted case, one of the former decorated with flowers and foliage, the other with bright-cut wrigglework borders, the two-piece set also with bright-cut decoration, George Adams, London 1858 and 1859, George Adams, London 1879 and H.& H. Lias, London 1868. (8)
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According to family tradition the first set originally belonged to Rajah Brooke, the second to Sir Frances Turner Palgrave, the last to the family of Hilda Forrest.