JANET
CLARKE
Specialist in Gastronomy
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VICTORIA (1819-1901, Queen of Great
Britain) | |
| EDWARD
VII (1841-1910, King of Great Britain) & ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925,
his Queen) | |
 | EDWARD
VII. HMY Osborne. Diner du 4 Aout, Cowes. 1879 [14414] HMY Osborne. Diner
du 4 Aout, Cowes, 1879. Dinner on board the Royal Yacht Osborne. Deckle edge,
7x4½ inches with Prince of Wales blue embossed feathers atop the yacht
cypher at centre. Staining to bottom and r.h. edges, damage to verso where card
sometime removed from an album. Elaborate dinner of several courses including
Muligatawny (soup), Ris de Veau, petits pois, Poulet Saute a la Stanley, Parfaits
aux Fraises. The Osborne, a wooden paddle-wheeled yacht was much loved by the
Prince and Princess of Wales and used for Cowes week and many cruises both to
the Mediterranean and to Denmark for shooting parties. £65.00 |
 | EDWARD
VII . HMY Osborne. Cowes. 1879 [14415] HMY Osborne. Diner du 6 Aout, Cowes.
1879. Dinner on board the Royal Yacht Osborne. Deckle edge, 7x4½ inches
with Prince of Wales blue embossed feathers atop the yacht cypher at centre. Staining
to top and r.h. edges, damage to verso where card sometime removed from an album.
Elaborate dinner of several courses including *Saumon Sce. Genevoise, Creme de
Volaille a l’Indienne, Boeuf Rote, Gateau Ponche, Glace d’Abricots. The Osborne,
a wooden paddle-wheeled yacht was much loved by the Prince and Princess of Wales
and used for Cowes week and many cruises both to the Mediterranean and to Denmark
for shooting parties. *(It was reported earlier that week in The Times that Princess
Louise had landed 9 salmon and had had them sent down from Scotland to various
members of the Royal Family including The Prince of Wales so the dish listed here
must have been that very fish.) £65.00 |
 | EDWARD VII . HMY Osborne. Plymouth. 1879 [14416] HMY Osborne. Plymouth. Luncheon du 25 Aout, 1879. unch on board the Royal Yacht Osborne. Deckle edge, 7x4½ inches with Prince of Wales gilt embossed feathers atop the yacht cypher at centre. Staining to bottom and r.h. edges, damage to verso where card sometime removed from an album. A fairly simple meal of several dishes including Le Saumon, Hashet Venaison, Grouse roti, Compote de Fraises. It is likely that the Salmon, Venison and Grouse were sent down from Balmoral. The Osborne, a wooden paddle-wheeled yacht was much loved by the Prince and Princess of Wales and used for Cowes week and many cruises both to the Mediterranean and to Denmark for shooting parties. Later that evening he gave a dinner party on board then transferred to his yacht Hildegarde for Dartmouth, where both Prince Albert Victor of Wales and Prince George (Later King George V) were studying at Britannia Royal Naval College. £65.00 |
 | EDWARD
VII . HMY Osborne. (Hildegarde). 1879 [14417] HMY Osborne. (Hildegarde).
Dartmouth. Luncheon du 27 Aout, 1879. Lunch on board the Royal Yacht Osborne.
Deckle edge, 7x4½ inches with Prince of Wales blue embossed feathers atop
the yacht cypher at centre. Staining to bottom and r.h. edges, damage to verso
where card sometime removed from an album. A fairly simple meal of several dishes
including Petites Truites Marinee, Kari de Volaille, Grouse rotie, Tarte de Cerises
a l’Anglaise. T.R.H. had transferred from the Osborne to the Hildegarde
the previous evening sailing to Dartmouth where their sons Prince Albert Victor
and Prince George (later King George V) were studying at Britannia Royal Naval
College. The Hildegarde was a 112-ton racing schooner that served as the
first royal yacht owned by the Prince of Wales. She was built by Nicholson at
the Gosport Naval Yard in 1874. £65.00 |
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(EDWARD VII ) Programme of Music, Windsor Castle, June 19th. 1902 [14956]
Card, 8x5 inches. Life Guards 2 embossed in gold, programme printed in blue within
an orange and black border, lightly foxed else very good. Band of His Majesty’s
Second Life Guards conducted by Charles Hall Bandmaster 1896 - 1921. The Queen
had attended Ascot in the afternoon but in the build up to the Coronation the
King’s health prohibited him from attending many of the celebrations including
a Torchlight Dance held later in the evening. £40.00 Coronation Postponement. Originally scheduled for 26 June of that year eventually took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 9 August 1902. |
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(EDWARD VII ) Programme of Music Windsor Castle, Royal Horse Guards, January
27, (1908) [14955] Gilt edge card 7x4½ inches, gilt cypher, text in blue within a gilt border v.g. Royal Horse Guards ( "The Blues") band conducted by Charles Godfrey, Bandmaster for more than 35 years. No year date but most probably to be 1908 when a large Dinner Party was held at Windsor for the birthday of His Imperial Majesty the German Emperor Wilhelm II and attended by many German Royals and regimental representatives. £40.00 |
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EDWARD VII). MENU CARD. Grand Hotel, Marseilles. November 11th. 1905. [14957] Folding card, 6½x4½ inches, with royal coat of arms embossed in red on front, menu and English and French anthems printed in blue inside. A band of foxing to front and split to fold else good. Dinner given to celebrate the King’s 64th. Birthday (which was, in fact, the 9th. November) by the patriotic English residents of Marseilles., The meal reflects the admiration for the Royal Family: Potage Balmoral; Paupiettes de Soles a la Victoria; Poularde Edouard VII; Filet d’Agneau Alexandra; Fiasins d’Ecosse Truffes; Salade Buckingham; Glace a la Royale. The King himself celebrated his birthday at Sandringham with a party of friends shooting during the day with dinner and a performance in the evening. £35.00 |
| GEORGE
V (1865-1936, King of Great Britain) | |
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GEORGE VI (1895-1952, King of Great
Britain) | |
| ELIZABETH II (b. 1926-2022, Queen of Great Britain) & PHILIP (Duke of Edinburgh, 1921-2021) |