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Property from T.R.H. The Dukes of Gloucester
A GEORGE V SILVER SEVEN-PIECE TEA-SERVICE
MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, 1925-1935
Details
A GEORGE V SILVER SEVEN-PIECE TEA-SERVICE
MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, 1925-1935
Fluted pear shaped, comprising: a tea kettle, stand and lamp, two teapots, two milk-jugs, a two-handled sugar bowl and a tea-caddy with hinged cover, each engraved with the initial 'H' within the Garter motto and below a Prince's coronet, the larger teapot engraved with inscription on base, marked underneath, the kettle stand on rim, each stamped 'GARRARD & CO LTD / ALBERMARLE ST LONDON.W.'
the tea kettle 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high
gross weight 145 oz. 6 dwt. (4,521 gr.)
The initial is that of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974).
The inscription reads 'PRESENTED TO / THE LADY ALICE MONTAGU-DOUGLAS-SCOTT / ON THE OCCASION OF HER MARRIAGE / TO / H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G., / BY THE TENANTRY ON THE BUCCLEUCH ESTATES, / ESKDALE, LIDDESDALE, BRANXHOLM, BOWHILL, / EILDON AND ECKFORD AND OTHER FRIENDS / IN LANGHOLM AND DISTRICT. / 6TH NOVEMBER 1935.'
MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, 1925-1935
Fluted pear shaped, comprising: a tea kettle, stand and lamp, two teapots, two milk-jugs, a two-handled sugar bowl and a tea-caddy with hinged cover, each engraved with the initial 'H' within the Garter motto and below a Prince's coronet, the larger teapot engraved with inscription on base, marked underneath, the kettle stand on rim, each stamped 'GARRARD & CO LTD / ALBERMARLE ST LONDON.W.'
the tea kettle 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high
gross weight 145 oz. 6 dwt. (4,521 gr.)
The initial is that of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974).
The inscription reads 'PRESENTED TO / THE LADY ALICE MONTAGU-DOUGLAS-SCOTT / ON THE OCCASION OF HER MARRIAGE / TO / H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G., / BY THE TENANTRY ON THE BUCCLEUCH ESTATES, / ESKDALE, LIDDESDALE, BRANXHOLM, BOWHILL, / EILDON AND ECKFORD AND OTHER FRIENDS / IN LANGHOLM AND DISTRICT. / 6TH NOVEMBER 1935.'
Provenance
A wedding present from the tenants of the Buccleuch Estates to TRH the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, November 1935.
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Adrian Hume Sayer