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RD 388857
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Design representation for RD 388857, registered by Burtles, Tate & Co. on 20 March 1902.
Photo copyright Paul Stirling & TNA.
Presumably, a commemorative vase? (based on St. Edward's Crown) for the coronation of Edward VII and his wife Alexandra as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Empire originally scheduled to take place at Westminster Abbey on 26 June 1902. However, the ceremony was postponed at very short notice, because the King had been taken ill with an abdominal abscess that required immediate surgery, and the coronation eventually took place on 9 August 1902.
Incidentally, although the crown is made of solid gold, up until George V’s coronation it was set with paste stones and enamel mounts. In 1911, for the coronation of George V, the crown was permanently set with semi-precious stones, and the imitation pearls were replaced with gold beads, which were plated with platinum.
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