Jewel cabinet

Institution

Royal Collection Trust

Object description:

This jewel cabinet is a proud dynastic statement incorporating the Queen’s favourite image of the Prince, the Royal and Saxe-Coburg arms, and portraits of their six children born before 1851. Designed in the form of a large reliquary, the cabinet was Elkington’s most important exhibit at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace. Plaques of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert signed DECKELMANN (for Andreas Deckelmann, 1820-82) and Wustlich (for Otto Wustlich, 1819-96) respectively; one medallion dated MDCCCLI. Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010.

Object/Work type:

jewel cabinets

Cultural Heritage type:

Furnishings (hierarchy name)

Location:

London - United Kingdom

Object measurements:

97.0 x 132.0 x 81.0 cm (parts .a and .b together)

Designing

Ludwig Grüner (1801-1882) (Artist)

Material/Technique: [None]

Production

Henry Pierce Bone (1779-1855) (artist)

Robert Thorburn (1818-85) (artist) After

Leonard Wyon (metalworker)

Elkington Mason & Co. (active 1842- 1861) (manufacturer)

Andreas Deckelmann (1820-92) (artist)

Otto Wüstlich (1819-86) (artist)

Date: 1851

Place: England; London

Material/Technique: Oak, electro-formed and silver-plated white metal, enamelled copper, porcelain

Provenance

Prince Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-61) (Acquirer)

Material/Technique: [None]

Subject/theme:

Prince Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, Albert, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg, Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Source: Royal Collection Trust