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QUEEN VICTORIA. A JEWELLED ROYAL PRESENTATION BROOCH, PROBABLY ENGLISH, 1869

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Auction Closed

July 14, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

QUEEN VICTORIA. A JEWELLED ROYAL PRESENTATION BROOCH, PROBABLY ENGLISH, 1869

 

circular, the portrait miniature of Queen Victoria painted on ivory, after a photograph by The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. Ltd., framed by a border of gold-mounted ogee-shaped diamonds, the reverse engraved with the presentation inscription 'To VALAL Gleichen / from her godmother / and great aunt Victoria R / 2nd January 1869', surrounding a lock of dark brown hair behind glass, apparently unmarked, in an associated leather case by Joseph Heming & Co, 28 Conduit St, London

2.5cm., 1 in. diameter

This lot contains ivory. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with CITES licence applications where a buyer elects to either collect or arrange their own shipping, nor will Sotheby's assist with the international movement of ivory by air, either as freight or through hand carry.

Countess Victoria Alice Leopoldine Ada Laura Gleichen (28 November 1868 – 10 September 1951), familiarly known as 'Valda,' was the second daughter of Prince Victor zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Count Gleichen (1833-1891) and his wife, Laura Wilhelmina (1833-1912), daughter of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour (1787-1870). Count Gleichen was a son of Queen Victoria's older half sister, Princess Feodore of Leiningen. Countess 'Valda' was married by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Chapel Royal, St. James's on 5 December 1905 to Lt. Col. Percy Wilfred Machell (1862-1916): 'At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, this morning, the marriage took place of the Countess Victoria Gleichen and Mr. Percy Wilfred Machell. . . . The bride was accompanied by her brother, Colonel Count Gleichen, who gave her away. Her wedding dress was of white and silver moire antique trimmed with silver embroidery and full Court train, over which a veil of old Brussels lace hung from the shoulders. The tulle veil, edged with silver, which fell over her face, covered a coronet of orange blossoms...' (The Westminster Gazette, London, Tuesday, 5 December 1905, p. 5b)