Lot 207
British Royalty - Collection of Memorabilia, Including Silk Stockings Made For Queen Victoria. This eclectic collection includes a variety of invitations and programs for royal events, as well as a pair of black silk stockings made for Queen Victoria woven by John Meakin and embroidered by Anne Berkin with the royal cipher "V R" surmounted by a crown. The invitations and programs, many of them colorful and decorative, include: an 1876 reception of the Prince of Wales; admittance to the 1894 opening of the Tower Bridge by the Prince of Wales; the Official Programme of the Funeral Precession of Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria, 1901; King Edward VII's Coronation Dinner, 1902; a Colonial and Indian Reception; a 1925 invitation to view the King (George V) and Queen (Mary) laying the foundation stone of Lloyd's new building; "The Ceremonies to be Observed at the Royal Coronation of…King George the Sixth and Queen Elization…1937"; a program for the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten, R.N.; the coronation of Elizabeth II; and a 1953 First Day Cover commemorating the coronation of Elizabeth II and numerous other invitation to invents in honor of royalty. Estimate Value $800 - 1,000
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