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George III iron & leather bound trunk

£3,000.00

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An important English 18th century leather covered iron and bound royal trunk, with a domed top and brass stud work to the top and front . The interior still having its rare original 18th century paper lining and maker’s label by English maker William Robertson. 
English, Circa 1780
Maker-William Robertson

 

Height    77.5  cm

Width     106.5 cm

Depth     54.5 cm

 

 

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More Information.

The trade card shows the makers address as “The three trunks and two buckets No.14 New Bond Street, corner of Clifford Street, London”.
There are rare details of this maker and his famous trade card at the British museum. Please see link below provided by the British Museum-
 
 

Princess Amelia was born at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, on 7 August 1783, the fifteenth child and sixth daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte. She was their youngest child, being more than twenty years junior to George, Prince of Wales, their eldest. She was christened in the grand council chamber at St James’ Palace on 19 September by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

 

Amelia’s birth came after the deaths of the two youngest Princes, Alfred in August 1782 and the much-loved Octavius in May 1783. George III had been very attached to Octavius, and Amelia in some measure replaced him in her father’s affections. She became her father’s favourite child and when she was young, the King would sit on the carpet playing with her.

 
A pretty girl, Amelia grew to be tall and slender in person and graceful in demeanor. Like her sisters, her education was supervised by Lady Charlotte Finch and she was taught such academic subjects as English, French and geography as well as the accomplishments of a young lady – music, art and needlework. She became proficient on the piano and skilled at riding, her favourite pastime, but her frequent ill health prevented her from attaining as much as her sisters.
 
Unfortunately, Amelia’s health was never robust, and in 1798, when she was fifteen, she became ill with tuberculosis in her knee. By eighteen, she was also suffering from erysipelas, a painful bacterial skin infection also known as St Anthony’s fire. All kinds of treatments were tried including bleeding, blistering, leeches and sea bathing, as well as various remedies such as beef tea and calomel. Amelia grew progressively worse and returned again to Weymouth in 1808 with her sister Mary as her devoted companion and nurse. A bathing machine was adapted for her use so that she could bathe in the sea water without effort. Other days, she went sailing, being lifted up the side of the boat in a slung chair
 
When she realised that her life was ending, Amelia arranged for the Court jewelers, Rundell Bridge and Co, to prepare a ring as a final gift to her father, the ring was set with one of her jewels and a lock of her hair pressed under a small crystal window and was inscribed with the words “Remember me”. When the King visited her chamber, Amelia put the ring on his finger and her father promptly burst into tears.
 
Amelia sadly died at Augusta Lodge, Windsor, on 2 November 1810. On the 14th of November , the day of her funeral, every shop in Windsor was closed. The funeral procession was lit by torchlight and the Dean of Windsor led the service and the body was interred in St George’s Chapel at Windsor. The Countess of Chesterfield was the Chief Mourner, supported by Lady Halford, the Countess of Leicester and the Countess of Macclesfield.

 

 

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