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RETAILED BY ASPREY, LONDON, CIRCA 1915
Details
QUEEN MARY'S OPERA GLASSES
A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS MOUNTED AND CROCODILE LEATHER 'LA MIGNIONNE' OPERA GLASSES
Retailed by Asprey, London, Circa 1915
In the form of a purse with gilt-tooled monogram 'VM' below a crown, marked to the interior Asprey, London
4. 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) wide
Together with a red leather silver-gilt mounted cylindrical pen container, circa 1900 applied with a monogram 'VM' below a crown for Queen Mary when Princess of Wales, embossed retailer's mark Vickery, 181 & 188 Regent St. W; and a red leather jewel box with the gilt tooled crest of H.M. King George V when the Duke of Cornwall and York (3)
A PAIR OF GILT-BRASS MOUNTED AND CROCODILE LEATHER 'LA MIGNIONNE' OPERA GLASSES
Retailed by Asprey, London, Circa 1915
In the form of a purse with gilt-tooled monogram 'VM' below a crown, marked to the interior Asprey, London
4. 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) wide
Together with a red leather silver-gilt mounted cylindrical pen container, circa 1900 applied with a monogram 'VM' below a crown for Queen Mary when Princess of Wales, embossed retailer's mark Vickery, 181 & 188 Regent St. W; and a red leather jewel box with the gilt tooled crest of H.M. King George V when the Duke of Cornwall and York (3)
Provenance
H.M. Queen Mary (1867-1953). H.M. King George V (1865-1936) when Duke of Cornwall and York.
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Sale room notice
Please note that the quantity of this lot is 3 and not as printed in the catalogue.