A MID-VICTORIAN EBONY, LEATHER, AND SILVER-BOUND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM CIRCA 1880,...
The front cover mounted with a molded ebony panel, centered by a gilt-thread Prussian Royal crown and the initials 'VR' and with silver clasp, the interior with gilt-tooled front and back pages lined with burgundy watered silk, enclosing thirty gilt-edged pages with black and white photographs of the countryside and mainly English country seats in the West country, including: Hardwick Grange, Hawkstone, Sundorne Castle, Attingham, Leaton Knolls, Wroxeter Church, Longner Hall, Haughmond Abbey, Berwick House, Pitchford, Acton Reynald Hall, Wynnstay, Condover Hall (including two interior views), Llanerchydol Hall, Lutwyche, Apley Park, Powis Castle, Montacute (including six interior views), Barrington Court, and Glastonbury Abbey; each photograph labelled underneath in black ink, the front page with typed paper label 'PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM WITH SILVER CLASP (FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF QUEEN VICTORIA)', the lock with maker's mark of George John Parry
31⁄4 in. (8 cm.) high, 183⁄4 in. (47.5 cm.) wide, 143⁄4 in. (37.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly the property of Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa (1840-1901), later German Empress and Queen of Prussia.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 April 2009, lot 168.
Acquired from the above sale.
Lot Essay
The Prussian Royal crown and lettering 'VR' indicate this photograph album was undoubtedly made for Princess Victoria Adelaide, eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She became briefly German Empress and Queen of Prussia in 1888 by her marriage to German Emperor Frederick III whom she married in 1858.
The maker's mark of George John Parry was first recorded for the manufacturing firm of John Dyus & Co. at 28 & 29 New Charles Street, EC [7.6.1877] (J. Culme, The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1987, p. 132).
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The front cover mounted with a molded ebony panel, centered by a gilt-thread Prussian Royal crown and the initials 'VR' and with silver clasp, the interior with gilt-tooled front and back pages lined with burgundy watered silk, enclosing thirty gilt-edged pages with black and white photographs of the countryside and mainly English country seats in the West country, including: Hardwick Grange, Hawkstone, Sundorne Castle, Attingham, Leaton Knolls, Wroxeter Church, Longner Hall, Haughmond Abbey, Berwick House, Pitchford, Acton Reynald Hall, Wynnstay, Condover Hall (including two interior views), Llanerchydol Hall, Lutwyche, Apley Park, Powis Castle, Montacute (including six interior views), Barrington Court, and Glastonbury Abbey; each photograph labelled underneath in black ink, the front page with typed paper label 'PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM WITH SILVER CLASP (FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF QUEEN VICTORIA)', the lock with maker's mark of George John Parry
31⁄4 in. (8 cm.) high, 183⁄4 in. (47.5 cm.) wide, 143⁄4 in. (37.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly the property of Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa (1840-1901), later German Empress and Queen of Prussia.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 April 2009, lot 168.
Acquired from the above sale.
Lot Essay
The Prussian Royal crown and lettering 'VR' indicate this photograph album was undoubtedly made for Princess Victoria Adelaide, eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She became briefly German Empress and Queen of Prussia in 1888 by her marriage to German Emperor Frederick III whom she married in 1858.
The maker's mark of George John Parry was first recorded for the manufacturing firm of John Dyus & Co. at 28 & 29 New Charles Street, EC [7.6.1877] (J. Culme, The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1987, p. 132).
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