Mr- E. Bezar writes, that the Prince of Wales's visit to Kashmir reminds him of the fact that in the 'fifties the then Maharajah made a present to the late Queen Victoria, of what was probably the most valuable article of domestic utility ever made. It was a sold bed>stead, valued at £300.000, as' well as a dozen' ivory chairs. "I well remember fleeing in the illustrated .London News, a sketch of the bedstead, and the Qiieen and Prince Consort viewing it."Messrs. Vine and Wilson will se!l furniture on VVHiiwl»y, »t 10..JQ »,m., ut No, 102, lillite-it. /
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 8
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