EARLY PAIR OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S KNICKERS
[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Nineteenth Century French lawn linen pair of knickers or 'bloomers'
reaching almost to the knee, 30" waist with drawstring, length 28" (max.), with a ¾ inch flounce and three smaller ones at the legs, small embroidered monogram on waistband of crowned 'VR' and '19', no date but circa
Item Date:
1840
Stock No:
55989
£7500
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Fine handwritten menu for dinner at Osborne - "Her Majesty's Dinner"
listing the courses in French - listing the soup, fish and meat courses with the vegetables and desserts and a side table of cold meats, 1 side 8vo with a vignette of Osborne at the head with VR in the gold border, 1 side 8vo., Osborne, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
34915
£375
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Fine impression of the Queen's etching of her niece,
Princess ADELHEID (1835-1900, daughter of the Queen's elder half-sister Feodora, 1807-1872, née Princess of Leiningen, and Ernst, 1794-1860, from 1825 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg), with initials V.R. and date etched in the image, showing her full length in profile seated on a rock, her left hand to her chin, feet crossed, the whole pose skilfully drawn giving her a thoughtful look, together with a contemporary engraved portrait of Princess Adelheid, at about the same age, half length, full face with a lovely smile and holding a rosebud, titled in English, 3½" x 2¾" oval in margins 7" x 5", the etching 6" x 4",
Item Date:
1840
Stock No:
55055
£3250
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[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Fine Large Cotton Napkin
with beautifully embroidered crowned VR approximately 2½" x 3¾", the crown is in great detail and the letters have attractive ornamental feathering, the napkin 20¾" x 20" neatly folded in four, no date, circa
in excellent condition
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
55780
£1250
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[VICTORIA
(1840-1901, Empress Frederick of Germany, eldest child of Queen Victoria) & Emperor FREDERICK III (1830-1888)]
Fine Large Unsigned Pair of Portraits Engraved by D.J. Pound,
the former from a drawing by Pound, the latter from a photograph by Mayall, showing her standing three quarter length, full face, with an unaffected gaze, in a gorgeous silk off-the-shoulder dress edged with lace and fur, and wearing a jewelled circlet backed by a short white veil, pearls at neck and wrist, ribbons at the shoulders, with the letterpress account of her life to date, emphasizing her upbringing by the Queen away from stifling court protocol (which she was heartily to dislike in Prussia) and her amiable and unaffected manner, with stories from her early life and at Balmoral, the engraving of the Prince shows him seated, three quarter length, three quarter face with only a light moustache and beard, a firm but not unpleasing military gaze, in full dress including the Garter Star, holding on his right knee his plumed helmet bearing the Prussian eagle, each engraving 8½" x 6¾" in margins 15¾" x 11¾", from the Illustrated News of the World, together 8 sides (5 blank) 15¾" x 11¾", [London], no date but recently married on 25th January
neatly disbound, lacking letterpress for Prince Frederick
Item Date:
1858
Stock No:
66242
£150
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