Realistically modeled, engraved on the base with an 'E' cypher within a Garter motto and below a Royal Duke's coronet, raised on an ebonized wood plinth mounted to the front with a heard engraved with a cross and the date JAN 14th 1892, and to the reverse with a matching cypher below a coronet, stamped on back ELKINGTON & CO.
12¹⁄₈ in. (31 cm.) high, overall

Property from the Estate of H.R.H. The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG., KT., KP.; Christie's, London, 26-27 January 2006, lot 105

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Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale was born in January 1864, the oldest child of the then Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria. As his brother Prince George of Wales was only 17 months younger, the two were largely raised and tutored together, including extensive travels as naval cadets. Despite rumors of homosexuality which persist to this day, Prince Albert Victor was engaged to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck in 1891. A year later, though, Prince Albert Victor fell ill with influenza and died on 14 January 1892.Princess Victoria Mary would go on to Mary his brother Prince George, later King George V.