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拍品专文
This small table carries a purported history on board two notable ships - the Royal yacht of Caroline of Brunswick first, and the celebrated HMS Victory thereafter; while this information has not been verified, the table's weighted stem and recessed carry-handle would suggest it could be intended for a ship. The importance of the Royal Yacht and the Royal family's `Aquatic Excursions', such as to Weymouth Bay to visit King George III's brother, the Duke of Gloucester, was much celebrated (T. Dalton, British Royal Yachts, 2002, p. 92).
Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (daughter of George III's eldest sister Augusta) was conveyed to England on the Princess Augusta Yacht in 1795 for the marriage to her cousin, George, Prince of Wales and later George IV, but the union was a disastrous one and the Royal couple separated following the birth of their daughter Charlotte in 1806. Caroline sailed to the continent in 1813 and entered a self-imposed exile in Italy. When George became King in 1820, she returned to assert her position as Queen while he tried to dissolve the marriage and prevented her from being crowned which endeared her to the public who viewed her as a wronged wife.
The HMS Victory is the Royal Navy's most famous warship which served as the flagship of Vice-Admiral at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The ship was re-commissioned for later roles until 1812 and was saved by the nation in 1922.
Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (daughter of George III's eldest sister Augusta) was conveyed to England on the Princess Augusta Yacht in 1795 for the marriage to her cousin, George, Prince of Wales and later George IV, but the union was a disastrous one and the Royal couple separated following the birth of their daughter Charlotte in 1806. Caroline sailed to the continent in 1813 and entered a self-imposed exile in Italy. When George became King in 1820, she returned to assert her position as Queen while he tried to dissolve the marriage and prevented her from being crowned which endeared her to the public who viewed her as a wronged wife.
The HMS Victory is the Royal Navy's most famous warship which served as the flagship of Vice-Admiral at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The ship was re-commissioned for later roles until 1812 and was saved by the nation in 1922.