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A pair of silver-mounted crystal Royal presentation claret jugs

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
A pair of silver-mounted crystal Royal presentation claret jugs, each with a globular diamond cut body and long facetted neck, applied with silver spouts with hinged lids and arched handles engraved alternately ‘To E. Hobbs from Henry and Waldemar, Princes of Prussia, 1869’ and ‘To E. Hobbs from Charlotte and Victoria, Princesses of Prussia, 1869.’ German, 750 standard, with maker’s mark ‘KB‘, 1869.

Provenance: The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by Doreen Smith, widow of Warden W. D. Smith in 1975.

Footnote: These claret jugs were presented as a gift to Emma Hobbs, the British nurse (nanny) who cared for Princess Victoria’s children (younger siblings of the future Kaiser Wilhelm II), grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Her duties included teaching them English and their customs. Whilst Wilhelm fought against his Anglophile parents, he couldn’t help reluctantly admiring his British family and was very proud to be Queen Victoria’s grandson. In fact it is recorded that the person who was closest to Wilhelm in his early childhood was, his nurse, Emma Hobbs. She left the German Royal service to return to Britain to marry Mr. Grisson in 1869, whose son Charles became a Master Mariner.

More Information

Origin:	Germany
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Glass, silver
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1869
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	741858

Dimensions

H.	12.5 in;
H.	31.75 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art