A late Victorian inkwell- Royal Interest
£688
Auction: Day Two: 09 December 2020 | From 10:00
Description
Stokes & Ireland Ltd, London 1901, of oval form with gadrooned border, two globular cut glass ink wells, each engraved M surmounted by a crown for Maud of Wales, VA, CI, GCVO, GCStJ, flanking a stamp box engraved XMAS 1902
Dimensions
Width: 22.5cm, weight (all in): 15.9oz
Footnote
The inkwell features the crest of Maud of Wales, VA, CI, GCVO, GCStJ who was Queen of Norway through marriage to King Haakon VII.
She was the youngest daughter of the British King Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark. Maud of Wales was the first queen of Norway in over five centuries who was not also queen of Denmark or Sweden.
This is believed to be a gift
G S. May Esquire Private Collection.