$26,250
A ROYAL BIRTHDAY GIFT FROM QUEEN VICTORIA & PRINCE ALBERT TO THEIR DAUGHTER, HRH THE PRINCESS ALICE (1843-1878) Swiss, retailed by Aubert & Klaftenberger, Watchmakers to The Queen & HRH Prince Albert, 157, Regent Street, London, No. 4782. Presented to HRH the Princess Alice by her parents, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as 12th birthday gift on 25th April, 1855. Very fine and historically important lady's gold pocket watch. Accompanied by a gold chain. C. Four-body, bassine, entirely foliate engraved, the interior of the back cover engraved 'To dear Alice from her affectionate parents Albert & Victoria R, April 25th 1855'. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the retailer's details. D. Gold with painted radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, foliate engraved border and foliate engraved center on an engine-turned ground. Black Breguet hands. M. Cal. 30 mm., 13', frosted gilt, bar caliber, two-train, 9 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Dial and movement signed Aubert & Co. Notes Geneve. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 8 mm. Princes Alice , b. 1843 – 1878, second daughter and third child of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert. A compassionate child, she was the bedside companion and care giver to her grandmother, Victoria. The Duchess of Kent during her final illness. Following her demise, Alice consoled her own distraught mother. This watch was a gift for her 12th birthday from her parents.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-09-18
