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A George III gilt silver vinaigrette
the base engine-turned within a cast floral and foliate border, the cover chased with a portrait of Princess Charlotte, also within a cast floral and foliate border, the grill pierced and engraved with an urn and foliage, Lea and Co., Birmingham 1817 -- 3.6cms
the base engine-turned within a cast floral and foliate border, the cover chased with a portrait of Princess Charlotte, also within a cast floral and foliate border, the grill pierced and engraved with an urn and foliage, Lea and Co., Birmingham 1817 -- 3.6cms
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Further details
Princess Charlotte was the only child of the Prince of Wales, later King George IV. She married Prince Leopold George Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, afterwards King Leopold I of the Belgians, in 1816. She died in childbirth the following year. She was much loved and deeply mourned, not least by her grandfather, George III, and the news of her untimely death plunged the old King into a paroxysm of grief.