ROYAL INTEREST: AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION EWER
ROYAL INTEREST: AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION EWER

MARK OF WILLIAM EATON, LONDON 1839

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ROYAL INTEREST: AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION EWER
Mark of William Eaton, London 1839
in the Cellini-style, decorated overall with birds, animals and mask faces, amongst a matted background of strapwork, foliage, the handle formed as a female caryatid, the inscription engraved around the base of the neck, and dated around the foot, 29.5cm (11 5/8in) high, 38oz.
See illustration above, and Front Cover
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The Times Court Circular of the following day (Tuesday, July 7th 1840) records the presence of Prince Albert at the christening of the infant daughter of Lord and Lady Grosvenor (Duke of Westminster) at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street.