A CONTINENTAL CASKET

A CONTINENTAL CASKET, London import marks 1895, maker William Moering, of plain oblong form supported on winged caryatids, all over chased and engraved with biblical scenes, the hinged interior applied with a plaque engraved "A Present from Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, to, Mr. Alexander, March 2nd 1907" 7 3/4" x 5", excluding supports, 3 3/4" high, 33ozs 19dwts (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated) NB. Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar (Lady Augusta Catherine Gordon-Lennox (1827-1904)) daughter of the 5th Duke of Richmond. In November 1851 she married morganatically Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar (1823-1902) and was created Gräfin von Dornburg. In 1885 Queen Victoria granted her permission to share her husband's princely title and henceforth she was known as Her Serene Highness Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar. Her sister Cecilia was the great-great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales through her daughter Rosalind.