Lot 269

TWELVE ENGRAVED CRANBERRY GLASS TUMBLERS OF ROYAL / QUEEN VICTORIA INTEREST





Auction: Day One | Wed 12th Nov at 10am | Lots 1 to 338
Description
comprising nine ruby flashed tumblers engraved with a coronet, and three ruby glass tumblers engraved with a lion statant surmounting a dukes coronet, within a banner bearing the motto ‘HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE’, surmounted with a coronet, the body of each further engraved with stars (12)
Dimensions
approximately 9.5cm high
Provenance
This group of engraved cranberry glass belonged to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1st May 1850, Buckingham Palace, d. 16th January 1942, Bagshot Park, Surrey). He was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s seventh child and third son. Prince Arthur married Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia in 1879. They had three children, including Princess Patricia, who later became Lady Patricia Ramsay. The suite of glass has passed through the family via Lady Ramsay, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, by descent.




