A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED ROYAL PRESENTATION CUT GLASS CLARET JUGS, CIRCA 1869

the spouts 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 l 750 standard with maker's mark 'KB' -- 12½in. (32cm.) high overall

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

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 Kaiser-to-be 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 - it is recorded that The person who was closest to Wilhelm in his early childhood was, however, an Englishwoman, his nurse Emma Hobbs. Hobbs left the German Royal service to return to Britain to marry Mr. Grisson in 1869, whose son Charles became a Master Mariner.

Condition Report

Fine overall condition.

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