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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT CLARET JUGS
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT CLARET JUGS
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT CLARET JUGS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT CLARET JUGS

MARK OF JOHN BRIDGE, LONDON, 1830

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT CLARET JUGS
MARK OF JOHN BRIDGE, LONDON, 1830
The lobed bodies chased with acanthus foliage and applied with Bacchic masks and thrysi inspired by the Warwick vase, with vine tendril handle and detachable stopper with vine finial, the cover later engraved with the Royal crest within the Garter motto and with Royal Duke's crown above, the necks later engraved with the monogram of Queen Victoria within the Garter motto and Royal crown above, within scroll cartouche, each marked on body, cover and finial, each stamped on base 'RUNDELL, BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICIES REGIS LONDINI'
101/2 in. (26.5 cm.) high
gross weight 104 oz. (3,246 gr.)
The initials VR are for Queen Victoria (r.1837-1901), of Great Britain and Ireland.
The crest is for Prince George, Duke of Cambridge K.G., K.T., K.P. (1819-1904).
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Queen Victoria (r.1837-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland, by descent to her cousin,
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge K.G., K.T., K.P. (1819-1904).
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge K.G., K.T., K.P. etc., deceased; Christie's, London, 6 June 1904, lot 258 (£90 to Garrard).
With Garrard and Co., London.
A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 9 July 1997, lot 76.
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PRINCE GEORGE, DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE
Prince George spent much of his childhood in Hanover where his father was governor-general. He was sent to England in 1830 to live with King William IV and Queen Adelaide where he was privately educated by tutors. The Duke was destined for a career in the army from the age of nine when he was appointed a colonel in the Jäger battalion of the Hanoverian Guards. After the accession of Queen Victoria the Duke was made a brevet colonel in the British army and served in Gibraltar, England and Ireland. He most notably saw active service during the Crimean War in 1854, commanding the first division of the army and fighting at the battle of Alma where his horse was shot from under him. In 1856 he became general commanding-in-chief. He was to serve until his much resisted retirement in 1895.

The Duke was described as 'a bluff, fresh, hale, country gentlemen, with something of the vigorous frankness of the English skipper and something, too, of the Prussian martinet; industrious, punctual, rising early, seeking rest late, fond of life and its pleasures, of good dinners, good cigars, pleasant women, of the opera, of the play', Society in London, London, 1885, p. 19. It has been said that his tenure of office as Commander in Chief of the Army for 39 years was noticeable for his opposition to a number of Army reforms, however, he was a strong supporter of military education and founded the School of Military Music in 1857 and was a governor of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.

He married, in contravention of the Royal Marriage Act of 1772, in 1847, Sarah, daughter of Robert Fairbrother, a theatrical printer. She was a popular actress in burlesques and bore him three sons who adopted the surname FitzGeorge. The 2nd Duke died in 1904 when the dukedom became extinct. He had amassed a considerable silver collection, much of which was sold by Christie's later that year including the present and following lot.

Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, by John Lucas, (1807-1874) © National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images

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