A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SMALL REPRODUCTION OF THE VINTNERS' COMPANY STANDING SALT, MARK OF WAKELY & WHEELER, LONDON, 1911
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SMALL REPRODUCTION OF THE VINTNERS' COMPANY STANDING SALT
MARK OF WAKELY & WHEELER, LONDON, 1911
On square base resting on sphinx feet, the sides chased with figures representing the Virtues, the finial formed as a figure and vase, marked underneath and on cover and stamped '11', the interior of the salt with presentation scroll with coat-of-arms of the Vintners' Company and seal, in fitted presentation box
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high
8 oz. (248 gr.)
The presentation scroll reads 'These are to Certify that His Royal Highness Henry William Frederick Albert, Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, / Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, Baron Culloden, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and / Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, Member of His Majesty's Honorable Privy Council / was this day admitted into the FREEDOM of the Worshipful Company of Vintners, Honoris Causa. / Witness my hand this Twelfth day of March, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Six.'
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A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SMALL REPRODUCTION OF THE VINTNERS' COMPANY STANDING SALT
MARK OF WAKELY & WHEELER, LONDON, 1911
On square base resting on sphinx feet, the sides chased with figures representing the Virtues, the finial formed as a figure and vase, marked underneath and on cover and stamped '11', the interior of the salt with presentation scroll with coat-of-arms of the Vintners' Company and seal, in fitted presentation box
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high
8 oz. (248 gr.)
The presentation scroll reads 'These are to Certify that His Royal Highness Henry William Frederick Albert, Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, / Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster, Baron Culloden, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and / Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, Member of His Majesty's Honorable Privy Council / was this day admitted into the FREEDOM of the Worshipful Company of Vintners, Honoris Causa. / Witness my hand this Twelfth day of March, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Six.'
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Property from T.R.H. The Dukes of Gloucester
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