MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, 1910

细节

A George V silver Royal presentation tray
Mark of Sebastian Garrard, London, 1910
Oblong, with gadrooned borders, with two foliage-wrapped gadrooned handles, the centre engraved with the Prince of Wales' feathers and motto, the reverse engraved with a presentation inscription, marked on reverse, also stamped GARRARD & CO. LTD. HAYMARKET LONDON
29in. (73.5cm.) long
147oz. (4,600gr.)
The inscription reads, Edward Prince of Wales from his affectionate Parents George and Mary, on the occasion of his confirmation 24 June 1910.

来源

Presented to H.R.H. Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII, by his parents King George V (r.1910-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953)

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品专文

H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, in his memoirs A King's Story, 1951, relates that his parents King George and Queen Mary presented each of their children with various elements of a silver tea and coffee service for each birthday to build a complete set. In June, 1910, a few weeks after the death of his grandfather King Edward VII, the then Prince Edward was summoned from his cadetship at Dartmouth Naval College to spend his sixteenth birthday with his family at Windsor: 'In a conversation lasting but a minute, my father informed me that he had decided to create me Prince of Wales, which he did that day. Contrary to popular belief, the King's eldest son does not by right become Prince of Wales. If the King should decide that his first son was unfit to bear the title, he could withhold it. Next day I was confirmed by Dr. Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the private chapel of Windsor Castle.'(p. 76).