A ROYAL GEORGE V AND GEORGE VI SILVER TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE
MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, THE KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP 1934, THE REMAINDER 1946
Each piece melon-fluted, each piece engraved with an initial 'R' below a Royal duke's coronet, comprising: a kettle, stand and lamp; a teapot; a coffee-pot and a hot-water pot; a sugar-bowl; a cream-jug and a pair of sugar-tongs, each piece fully marked, with a card inscribed by Queen Mary 'For Richard from Grannie Mary Christmas 1947'
the kettle, stand and lamp 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
gross weight 146 oz. 16 dwt. (4,561 gr.)
The inscriptions relate to birthday and Christmas gifts from Queen Mary to H.R.H. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
The initial is that of H.R.H. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
A ROYAL GEORGE V AND GEORGE VI SILVER TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE
MARK OF SEBASTIAN GARRARD, LONDON, THE KETTLE, STAND AND LAMP 1934, THE REMAINDER 1946
Each piece melon-fluted, each piece engraved with an initial 'R' below a Royal duke's coronet, comprising: a kettle, stand and lamp; a teapot; a coffee-pot and a hot-water pot; a sugar-bowl; a cream-jug and a pair of sugar-tongs, each piece fully marked, with a card inscribed by Queen Mary 'For Richard from Grannie Mary Christmas 1947'
the kettle, stand and lamp 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
gross weight 146 oz. 16 dwt. (4,561 gr.)
The inscriptions relate to birthday and Christmas gifts from Queen Mary to H.R.H. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
The initial is that of H.R.H. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.