A MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF OCCASIONAL TABLE FROM R.Y. ALBERTA

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A MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF OCCASIONAL TABLE FROM R.Y. ALBERTA
with oval top, turned uprights descending to cabriole legs and stretcher, with inset lacquered brass oval disc to top engraved H.M. Royal Yacht "Alberta" 1861-1912 surrmounted with a crown -- 19 x 38in. (48.5 x 96.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

The royal yacht Alberta, 370 tons, was built at Pembroke in 1863 and spent most of her life as tender to the principal royal yacht Victoria & Albert (II). Her other main function was to transport the Queen, her guests and any other visitors to and fro across the Solent when the Queen was in residence at Osborne. One of Alberta's last official rôles before she was laid-up was to carry Queen Victoria's body back from the Isle of Wight to the mainland for burial on 1^s^t February 1901.

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