$85 USD Offers ConsideredQueen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Enameled Beaker
Collectibles:Metalware:Queen Victoria:Diamond Jubilee Beaker:Enamel
Here's a beautiful piece of British royal memorabilia. It is an enameled metal beaker celebrating the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. In late 1896, Victoria surpassed King George III as England's longest-reigning monarch. She asked that all celebrations be put off until her the celebration of her 60th year on the throne the following year. The celebration on 22 June 1 1897 included a six mile procession by the Queen across the city of London. In her journal, she later wrote, "No one ...