MARY OF TECK: (1867-1953) Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1910-36, wife of King George V. Signed Christmas greetings card by Queen Mary, the small 8vo folding card featuring a colour illustration to the cover, being a reproduction of a painting depicting a cottage with a large floral garden in the foreground, entitled Home and Beauty, signed by the Queen in blue fountain pen ink to the inside beneath a printed greeting and with an additional note and date in her hand, '& grateful thanks for your charming present from Mary R, 1945-6'. Accompanied by the original registered envelope hand addressed by the Queen to Frank Partridge at Bond Street and signed by her with her initials ('MR') to the lower left corner, postmarked at Buckingham Palace, 18^th December 1945. Together with a fountain pen ink signature ('Victoria Mary of Teck') of the Princess, with a few additional words and the date 1891 in her hand, on an 8vo sheet of printed stationery from White Lodge, Richmond Park. Small area of paper loss (repaired) to the upper left edge, not affecting the text or signature. G to VG, 2

 

Frank Partridge (1875-1953) British art and antiques dealer who received the Royal Warrant as Purveyors of Fine Art to Queen Mary and whose family business still exists in London today.