Pair Victorian Silver Porcelain & Enamel Menu Stands ""Giralda""
SAMPSON MORDAN & CO, London 1897
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Fine quality pair Victorian porcelain, silver and enamel Menu Stands of photo frame form with leather easel backs. The silver frame enamelled with Maritime flags on a flag pole and the name of the steam yacht ""Giralda"". Engraved with contemporary presentation inscription to the original owner - Captain Harry McCalmont.
Central white porcelain panels to exhibit the written menus.
By Sampson Mordan, London, 1897.
Also engraved with the retailers mark : J Blount Thomas of Southampton.
Sold - £865.00
Condition
In very fine condition with no damage or repair
Dimensions
H
115 mm
(4.53 inches)
W
72 mm
(2.83 inches)
D
9 mm
(0.35 inches)
Weight
242.00 Grams
(7.78 troy ounces)
Country
England
Stock Code
TRS240516A
Medium
Silver, Porcelain & Enamel
Literature
SY 'Giralda', 1894.
This twin-screw yacht was built of steel in 1894 by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd at Govan for Colonel H L B McCalmont. The 'Giralda' was fully fitted out as a pleasure cruises, with electric lighting throughout. She was rigged as a three-masted schooner, and featured an awning-deck to provide protection for the passenger apartments. In 1898, the ‘Giralda’ was purchased by the Spanish Government, and was used as an auxiliary cruiser during the Spanish-American War. She served as Royal Yacht to the King of Spain from 1907 onwards, and was broken up in 1921.
