THE QUEEN'S COLLECTION OF-SILVER.
Ihc Queen has just decided to house the collection or rare old silver, that she has lately commenced collecting, at lork Cottage for the present, ami arrangements for- a fitting display are ??1«. ben, S n,a M-. Her Wsty has taken considerable interest in this fascinating hobby for some years past but • -l a t "2* llrttil Bho P«'d her- recent visit to the venerable Grand Duchess Augusta of Meeklenborg Strelitz that she really determined to commence collecting upon anything like a lar<*c scale Lpon that occasion Her Royal Highness gave to uer tnvonte nieco some exquisite specimens of old German silver and tiiese really form the nucleus of the collection Her Majesty has since then received further presents of old silver rora among others, Queen Alexandra! the King and Queen of Spain, and Queen Amelia of Portugal. She does not regard mere value, as the first consideration, so much as reallv quaint specimens or workmanship; and some of her possessions are quite tiny, but exquisitely modelled. Prominent among ner collection are some specimens of native workmanship that Her Majesty wrought home with her from India at the begmmng <,f the present vear. Her Majesty is likely to receive considerable additions to her hobby this Christmas, when, among others, the King and the lnncc of "Wales both proposed to offer her gifts <,f this character.—The Gentlewoman.'
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Evening Star, Issue 15139, 22 March 1913, Page 4
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