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127 - UNITED KINGDOM (Royal Family). Set of 13 items. 1911-1995. D…
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UNITED KINGDOM (Royal Family). Set of 13 items. 1911-1995. Description on www.alde.fr. . Coronation Gala Dinner. Small menu printed on card, Hotel Cecil, 22 June 1911, headed by a portrait of the royal couple. . CROWNING OF GEORGE VI. 4 menus. - Luncheon of 12 May 1937, Maison Prunier (London), double leaf in-4, illustrated in colour, tricolour cord. Wine list. Autographed signatures, including that of Simone Barnagaud-Prunier. - Dinner of 12 May 1937, Kensington Palace Mansions, double sheet small in-4, illustrated with a trumpet on horseback surmounted by the royal arms on a flag. - Menu for 11 May 1937, Kensington Palace Mansions, illustrated double sheet in-8. - Menu 1937, Royal Windsor, double sheet in-8 illustrated. . GEORGE VI. Menus on the occasion of his visit to France. 1938. 2 items. * Menu. Souvenir of the Dinner offered by the President of the Republic to LL. MM. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 19 July 1938. Cardboard 44 x 25 cm. This meal included eleven different glasses per guest! Two champagnes dating from 1895 and 1900, the birth years of the sovereign and her husband, King George VI, were offered at the request of President Lebrun. * Invitation card for the Gala Evening of 29 June 1938 at the Théatre National de l'Opéra in honour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (no name of addressee). . Luncheron. Visit of Deputation from Le Havre, Country Borough of Bournemouth, 22 August 1946. Double ff. in-12. Signatures of some guests on verso of first f. Souvenir menu of the meal served on 16 May 1948. Restaurant La Tour d'Argent. Tribute to Her Gracious Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Double folio in-12, photograph pasted on the back of the first page, signatures of the royal couple. . Programme. City of Toulouse. Tribute to His Excellency the British Ambassador and Lady Harvey, 25 April 1951. In-4 oblong, 4 pp. illustrated by Migotto, waffle cover, red and blue ribbons under wax seal. . CORONATION OF ELIZABETH II. Invitation card from Consul J. Butler to the Prefet de Corrèze for the Evening on the occasion of the Coronation of Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953. Double sheet in-8, portrait of Elizabeth II. . Visit from Queen Mother Elizabeth (1957). Small typewritten menu, gilded royal coat of arms. Jointly 5 place cards decorated with gilded royal arms, and one place card, handwritten, President René Coty. . Théatre National de l'Opéra. 8 April 1957. Soirée offered by Monsieur le Président de la République in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 8 pp. in-4 illustrated with costumes by Cassandre for "Le Chevalier et la Damoiselle", cover with a winged cockerel and "R.F.", tricolour cordon. . Luncheron to His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. Mansion House, 12 May 1961, 8 pp. in-8, illustrated cover, two-coloured cord. . MENU of the INTERNATIONAL BANQUET for the SILVER JUBILEE of the QUEEN OF ENGLAND on 12 May 1977 in Southend-on-Sea (Essex). In folio (36 x 27 cm), [4] pp. in cover illustrated with the British Royal Arms in colour and title in black lettering, white cordon (trace of label on cover). First title page decorated with photographic portraits of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh in medallions within a silver border. The menu, on the third page, is surrounded by photographic portraits of the chefs who volunteered for this banquet (the evening was organised for the benefit of H.M. the Queen of England and was attended by 320 guests): 3 English chefs, 4 Belgian chefs, 4 French chefs, 1 Italian chef and 2 American chefs (+ the master sommelier and the master cheesemaker), under the responsibility of Maître-Queux Arthur A.J. VANDENBROUCK. . Guildhall Banquet 6th May 1995 to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the end of the War in Europe. Menu on silk, 48 x 34 cm, fully decorated, gilded lace frame, burgundy leather case.
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