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Description: | Silver cigarette box, commemorating the Battleship HMS 'King George V' (1911), given to King George V (1865-1936) by his mother Queen Alexandra (1844-1925).
The silver box is rectangular with feet at the corners and has a hinged lid. The lid and all four sides are decorated with relief panels showing: HMS 'King George V' super dreadnought (top); ships of the Armada in action(front); Blake's ship 'St George' off Santa Cruz (back); Tudor Royal Standard as at the time of the Armada (the left side); contemporary Royal Standard (right side). The box has a boxwood lining with a removable wooden division.
The box was given to the NMM by Queen Mary after George V's death. Inside is a note on black-bordered notepaper with George V's monogram: 'This silver box was made by the celebrated jeweller and silversmith Carl Faberge in St Petersburgh and was given to King George V by Queen Alexandra - it is to be kept in the Museum at Greenwich. 1936'.
Contains two notes.
caption: Cigarette box | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Queen Alexandra King George V 1911 (HMS) King George V cigarette boxes St George 1622 (British navy) Consort of King-Emperor Edward VII | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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