Live Auction 7819Property from the Collection of HRH The Prince George, Duke of Kent KG, KT, and HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent CI, GCVO and their families
Lot 211

A MALAYSIAN BREAKFAST TEA-SERVICE

20TH CENTURY

Closed20 November 2009

Price Realised

GBP 1,375

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A MALAYSIAN BREAKFAST TEA-SERVICE
20TH CENTURY
Comprising a teapot, sugar bowl and cream jug, the teapot with horn handle, all with part horn finials, chased with basket-weave ornament, on shaped wood stand with openwork frame, fitted with two ceramic tea-cups and saucers, the base with plaque engraved with presentation inscription, marked on bases
the stand 17. 3/8 in. (44.2cm.) wide
The inscription read 'PRESENTED TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MARINA DUCHESS OF KENT BY TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PUTRA PRIME MINISTER. MALAYSIA. OCT 1964'.

Specialist note

Prince Abdul Rahman Putra (1903-1990) was Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya in 1955 and became the Federation's first Prime Minister when the state was granted independence in 1957. He was seventh son and twentieth child of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, 24th Sultan of Kedah (1881-1943).