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Illustration 11: The letter authorizing the naming of Alexandra Ware.
As some readers may find the writing style a little difficult to read, we have transcribed it below. We would be interested however to know the name of the Lady in Waiting who wrote this letter.
As some readers may find the writing style a little difficult to read, we have transcribed it below. We would be interested however to know the name of the Lady in Waiting who wrote this letter.
June 22nd 1918
1, Sussex Square,
Hyde Park, W.2.
Paddington 1882.
Dear Mr Gray
Her Royal Highness Princess Arthur of Connaught desires one to say that she will be very pleased to allow the Pottery to be called Alexandra Ware.
She asks one to thank you very much for the present of the caddie, which she is pleased to have as a souvenir of her visit to Hanley
Yours sincerely,
E. F. (indecipherable)
Lady in Waiting
1, Sussex Square,
Hyde Park, W.2.
Paddington 1882.
Dear Mr Gray
Her Royal Highness Princess Arthur of Connaught desires one to say that she will be very pleased to allow the Pottery to be called Alexandra Ware.
She asks one to thank you very much for the present of the caddie, which she is pleased to have as a souvenir of her visit to Hanley
Yours sincerely,
E. F. (indecipherable)
Lady in Waiting