January 2014 Auction Ends Thursday, January 30th, 5pm Pacific

Queen Victoria Silver Photo Frame by Wright & Davis, Circa 1898

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/30/2014

Silver photo frame gifted by Queen Victoria to one of her great-grandchildren. Pocket frame is engraved diagonally across the cover, ''From Great Grandmama V.R.I. 24th May 1899''. Case opens with a sliding cover decorated with an applied gold design to the upper left. Inside is an oval-shaped photo of the Queen. Case bears the maker's mark of W. R. Wright for Wright & Davis, and a British hallmark. Measures approximately 3'' x 2'' x 0.25''. Near fine. With provenance from Sotheby's 1987 Geneva, Switzerland sale of the Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor.