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PRINCESS HENRY OF BATTENBERG'S CHRISTENING-PRESENT A VICTORIAN SILVER PORRINGER AND COVER

MARK OF GEORGE NATHAN AND RIDLEY HAYES, CHESTER, 1899

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PRINCESS HENRY OF BATTENBERG'S CHRISTENING-PRESENT
A VICTORIAN SILVER PORRINGER AND COVER
MARK OF GEORGE NATHAN AND RIDLEY HAYES, CHESTER, 1899
In the Charles II style, tapering cylindrical and on a short spreading foot, the lower body chased with leaves, with two scroll handles, the detachable cover with three shell and scroll feet, the base set with a Charles II half crown dated 1680, engraved with an inscription below an initial 'H' and a Royal coronet, marked near handle and on cover
6 7/8 in. (17.2 cm.) wide over handles
15 oz. (470 gr.)
The inscription reads 'FROM HIS GREAT-AUNT AND GODMOTHER BEATRICE'.

The initial is that of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.

Provenance

A christening gift to Prince Henry from his godmother Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944), the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Lot Essay

Princess Henry and her mother Queen Victoria were the only godparents able to attend the christening in person. Princess Henry of Battenberg was born Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She married Prince Henry of Battenberg in 1885 after whom Prince Henry of Gloucester was named. Princess Beatrice was widowed on her husband's death in 1896 from a fever caught on an expedition to the Asante in West Africa. She was a close companion of her mother's and edited her diaries after her death.

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