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Auction: 26050 - Jewellery & Objets de Vertu
Lot: 67

ROBERT EDGAR STONE, A GEORGE VI SILVER CORONATION COMMEMORATIVE CHRISTENING SET
LONDON 1936
Comprising a napkin ring, egg cup and spoon, each designed in the Art Deco taste and embellished with applied crown motifs incorporating the date ‘1937’ and the initials ‘GVI’, commemorating the coronation of King George VI. The egg cup of plain rounded form with an elongated indented border to the pedestal and stepped octagonal foot, the napkin ring of quadrilateral form with convex curved front, and the spoon engraved ‘GVI’ to the stem and terminating in a crown-form finial.
Signed Robert Edgar Stone with the maker's mark 'RES'
London hallmarks
Retailed by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd.
Accompanied by the original fitted coronation presentation case, the exterior decorated with the royal cypher ‘GVIR 1937’ beneath a royal coronet, the interior bearing the retailer's mark: ‘By Appointment to H.M. The King’.
Gross weight: 107.21g

Shows light surface wear and handling marks commensurate with age and use. The hallmarks and engraved signature remain clear. The fitted presentation case exhibits expected signs of age and storage wear, and the item is offered in very good condition.


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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£100