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"THE HOMAGE VASE", An engraved two-handle ovoid vase celebrating Queen Mary, 1937

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

January 8, 10:37 AM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

"THE HOMAGE VASE", An engraved two-handle ovoid vase celebrating Queen Mary, 1937


engraved with the monogram MR within a ribbon tied wreath cartouche between drapery swags suspended from a crown, the handles engraved with national flowers, the reverse inscribed HOMAGE above an extensive inscription, engraved mark 13 of 36

height: 14.5cm; diameter: 9cm


Inscribed to the reverse "HOMAGE/QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND/BORN MAY 26TH 1867/TO WHOM THE NATION/OWES A DEBT OF/GRATITUDE GREATER/THAN A SINGLE/GENERATION/CAN UNDERSTAND/OR LATER ONES/REPAY".


The design for the Homage vase is recorded in the Archives of Thomas Goode in the Volume deditaed to the commemorative wares produced for the Coronation of Edward VIII, no. 17. The first vase was presented to H.M. Queen Mary.