Princess Mary's gift tin 1914

[Jerry B]

[Mark Holden]

Here are a couple that have been framed by proud owners or their relatives.

Happy Xmas

Mark

[ynot]

These were vastly underrated a few years ago, unfortunately this (for me at least) is no longer the case. I've never managed to buy the writing kit, pipe or lighter and probably never will.

Tony

[CBH]

The Queen had one next to her during her Christmas speech . A brass one so i guess there never was a silver one .
Merry Christmas everyone .
Cheers

[jase770]

Wow....awesome gilding. I did not know that they were made in several different die patterns. I was just comparing mine with yours and noticed that Mary's profile is slightly different, as in her hair. I always find out something interesting on this forum. :-) You guys rock!

[ynot]

Ade you've seen this before .. it's rough, .. and I think WW1 .. Princess Alexanda gift tin.
(If anybody has further details on this tin, I would be interested ..)

G.

Gary,
Not quite your tin but these were on ebay the other week so a good possibility that your tin had the same or similar contents.

Here's the auction link but it'll disappear soon WW1 Queen Alexandra Christmas 1914 NOT Mary OR Boer | eBay

Tony

[Adrian Stevenson]

I sold this one at work last year. The sadly unnamed sailor served on HMS Exeter.

Cheers, Ade.

[bananamafia]

Great Job Ade ...Now , there's one other VERY helpful site that we should mention as it covers the 7 variations of Boxes that were produced back then. It can be found here --

The Princess Mary Christmas Gift 1914

Mr. Hinckley did a fantastic Job documenting how they differ and what to look for. He even created a graph.

Hi guys, sorry to revive an old(ish) thread, I knew that there were variations in the boxes, but didnt know what to look for until i stumbled upon this thread.

As the link above is now defunct i wondered if anyone knows if the type number denotes later productions? I.E would a type 7 be produced later than a type 2 etc...

Heres my type 6 (i think)

[Adrian Stevenson]

I suspect the numbers are simply collectors terms and do not reflect production sequences.

I have a couple of good examples coming up next month at work.

Cheers, Ade.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Just added the bullet pencil to my collection.