MARK OF ELKINGTON & CO. LTD., LONDON, 1894, AFTER THE MODEL BY JOSEPH EDGAR BOEHM

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A ROYAL VICTORIAN SILVER MODEL OF QUEEN VICTORIA ON AN EBONIZED WOOD BASE
MARK OF ELKINGTON & CO. LTD., LONDON, 1894, AFTER THE MODEL BY JOSEPH EDGAR BOEHM
Realistically modeled, the base applied VRI below a coronet and with presentation plaque engraved TO PRINCE EDWARD ALBERT OF YORK FROM HIS AFFECTIONATE GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND GODMOTHER VICTORIA R.I. JULY 1894, marked on base of figure and presentation plaque
22 1/5 in. (57 cm.) high overall, 141 oz. 8 dwt. (4,398 gr.)

Provenance

Presented to the His Royal Highness Prince Albert of York, later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, July 1894.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
Acquired by the ancestor of the present owner from the Villa Windsor, Paris, before 1997.

Literature

S. Menkes, The Windsor Style, MA, 1987, p. 58, 59 and 63 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

The present lot, a personal gift from Queen Victoria to her Great Grandson Prince Albert of York in July 1894 was undoubtedly intended to mark the birth and christening of the Prince. This lot was recorded in a photograph of the Duke of Windsor at his home in Paris. The Duchess of Windsor wrote 'This room represents the Duke's life', and lists the items of particular significance in the room including this 'silver statuette of Queen Victoria.' The statue is based on Joseph Edgar Boehm's famed commission to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, installed on Castle Hill at Windsor Castle. The gift of this silver statue by Queen Victoria to her infant godson was a powerful statement about the dynasty into which he was born.

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