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ROYAL. TWO GOLD CRAVAT PINS, ENGLISH, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

July 14, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

ROYAL. TWO GOLD CRAVAT PINS, ENGLISH, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY


the first with the cypher of King Edward VII, the initials ER set respectively with turquoise half beads and split pearls below an enamelled royal crow, in contemporary brown leather case, the lid gilt-stamped with a royal crown, the interior silk gilt-stamped: 'COLLINGWOOD & Co. / TO THE ROYAL FAMILY / 46 CONDUIT St. / LONDON.' 1902-1910; the second with gold disc terminal applied with the initials AW in monogram below a coronet and within a garter inscribed 'HONI . SOIT . QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE,' the motto of the Order of the Garter, the reverse stamped '18,' in contemporary leather case, probably 1889; a third cravat pin, the cinquefoil terminal set with small rubies and diamonds with a pearl at the centre, in contemporary morocco case, circa 1880; a fourth with a flower, its petals of rubies and the centre a pearl, apparently unmarked, in a velvet-lined case by Watchmakers & Jewellers, Croydon & Sons, Ipswich; the fifth with a pearl terminal surmounted by rose diamond borders framing pink enamel around the engraved letter M below crown, in an associated case by Shapiro & Co

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The cypher on the second cravat pin is that of Prince Albert Wilhelm Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and a grandson of Queen Victoria, who was invested a Knight of the Order of the Garter on 8 August 1889.


Osborne, Isle of Wight, Thursday, 8 August 1889. ‘The Queen conferred the Order of the Garter to-day upon his Royal Highness Prince Henry of Prussia. His Royal Highness took leave of her Majesty and the Royal Family after luncheon, and proceeded on board the Irene, preparatory to sailing with the German fleet this afternoon.’ (The Morning Post, London, Friday, 9 August 1889, p. 5e)