Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta, 1867-1953). Duchess of York 1893-1901 & Queen Consort to George V, 1910-1936. Autograph Letter Signed as Duchess of York, 'Victoria Mary', York Cottage, Sandringham, 25 May 1897, to Mrs [?]Charlesdown, thanking her for her 'kind thought in working such a charming little quilt for my small daughter, it is so pretty and will often be used', 2 pages on printed stationery with gilt-embossed monogram, 8vo, in an original double-glazed straight-grain morocco presentation desk frame with 'Victoria' (partly damaged) in relief at head of frame, stand in need of attention, 17.5 x 20.5 cm overall, together with three portraits of Queen Victoria, a cabinet card by Hughes & Mullins, a larger photogravure from a photograph by the same studio and a later reproduction photograph of Queen Victoria with her great-grandson Prince Edward of York The daughter referred to would have been Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) who had been born exactly one month earlier on 25 April at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta, 1867-1953). Duchess of York 1893-1901 & Queen Consort to George V, 1910-1936. Autograph Letter Signed as Duchess of York, 'Victoria Mary', York Cottage, Sandringham, 25 May 1897, to Mrs [?]Charlesdown, thanking her for her 'kind thought in working such a charming little quilt for my small daughter, it is so pretty and will often be used', 2 pages on printed stationery with gilt-embossed monogram, 8vo, in an original double-glazed straight-grain morocco presentation desk frame with 'Victoria' (partly damaged) in relief at head of frame, stand in need of attention, 17.5 x 20.5 cm overall, together with three portraits of Queen Victoria, a cabinet card by Hughes & Mullins, a larger photogravure from a photograph by the same studio and a later reproduction photograph of Queen Victoria with her great-grandson Prince Edward of York The daughter referred to would have been Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) who had been born exactly one month earlier on 25 April at York Cottage on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
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