CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest sister of the Wilhelm II, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen)
New Year's card signed and dated, attractively printed in colours
and inscribed "Wishing you a Happy New Year" within a wreath of white petalled flowers, and on the back "for dear Nanna", Mrs Mary Ann Wakelin, Nanny from about 1860 to the family of Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia, later Empress Frederick, no place, 3rd January
tiny abrasion on verso touching one letter
Item Date:
1879
Stock No:
53705
£160
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CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest sister of the Wilhelm II, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen)
New Year's card signed and dated, attractively printed in colours
and inscribed "Wishing you a Happy New Year" above a spray of roses, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
53706
£160
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[CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria's Grandchild)
Unsigned cabinet photo by Theodor Prumm,
showing her half length, seated, reading, 6½" x 4½", no place, (Berlin), no date,
slightly faded
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
36358
£575
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CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, the Kaiser's sister) & Gertrude Emma WAKELIN (b. 5th May 1860 at Hanbury, Staffordshire, daughter of Mrs Mary Ann Wakelin, Nanny from about 1860 to the family of Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia including Wilhelm II)
Album leaf signed and affectionately inscribed in English to Gertrude,
with sentiments on the 2 sides about Time (in German, 'The future draws slowly towards us, the present flies past like an arrow, the past stands still for ever'), and, in English, about Trust, Rashness and Youth, with 2 further leaves from Gertrude's album, including 1 side in German inscribed by Anna Popper, quoting Goethe and Rückert, and 1 side with the verses '... Trust in God, and do the right', signed A.M. Byng, also some delightful verses about the pupils soon to leave the 'Stiftung' (boarding school), founded by the Empress Augusta at Charlottenburg in 1872, and apparently in the hand of one of them, Monica Owen, headed "The old english Colony ... In this old Stift how happy we ... And now all go and leave but me / In Brandenburg's sandy heather", recalling "the park, the Schlosses towers / The Flora, the dirty Spree" and "the stove so large and white / where many a pleasant english chat / our sorrows put to flight !", ending "our dear old 'Colony' ", Gertrude has added in pencil the names of 10 pupils including herself, then describes the verses as "Spontaneous combustion of Miss M. Owen, aided by devoted friends", with a pictorial notice showing the school, the path down to the river, the chapel and the Empress' simple room, in an elaborate border, together 7 sides 8vo., Neues Palais, Potsdam and Charlottenburg, no date. and 8th - 13th June
the view of the school laid down and a little torn, but with minimal loss
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
51394
£175
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CHARLOTTE
(1803-1880, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, daughter of Friedrich Christian I)
Autograph address panel in German to Crown Princess Victoria
of Prussia, Mainz, note of year
trimmed, small blank corner defect
Item Date:
1871
Stock No:
17820
£20
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