The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

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An Elizabeth II silver six-piece tea and coffee set, Gerald Benney, London, 1968/70/71

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March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

An Elizabeth II silver six-piece tea and coffee set

Gerald Benney, London

1968/70/71


textured between plain bands, with hinged covers, comprising:

teapot

coffee pot

hot water jug

hot milk jug

cream jug

sugar bowl; and a napkin ring matching inscribed JOHN, maker's mark R.B, London, 1981

coffee pot and hot water jug inscribed 'TO JOHN AND PATRICIA FOR THEIR SILVER WEDDING 26TH OCTOBER 1971', above facsimile signatures 'Mummy/Dodo, Dickie/Daddy, Pammy, David', also stamped Gerald Benney, London

Coffee pot 25cm. high

4623gr, 148oz 12dwt

John Ulick Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne and Patricia Edwina Victoria, daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife, Edwina, Countess Mountbatten were married on 26 October 1946 at Romsey Abbey, Hampshire. Besides relatives and friends of the bride and groom, the guests included the King, in naval uniform, and Queen, in a pale grey outfit with hat to match and platinum fox furs. The bridesmaids were the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, Princess Alexandra of Kent and the bride's younger sister, the Hon. Pamela Mountbatten. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury took the service.


The facsimile signatures on the tea and coffee set are:


Mummy/Dodo = (Mother of 'John'). Doreen Geraldine Browne, who in 1919 married Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne.


Dickie/Daddy = (Father of 'Patricia'). Louis Mountbatten, Ist Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979)

Pammy and David = (Sister and brother-in-law of 'Patricia'). Lady Pamela Mountbatten and her husband, David Hicks. They were married on 13 January 1960.