Royale offrande des Vignerons et Maisons de Champagne
au Roi George V et à la Reine Mary d'Angleterre :
le plus ancien verre à champagne
dans un écrin "Art-Déco" de 1935
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To their Most Excellent Majesties |
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King George the Fifth and Queen Mary
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MAY it please Your Majesties. WE THE PEOPLE OF CHAMPAGNE engaged in the production of that wine which bears the name of our Province of France, humbly offer our unanimous and heartfelt Congratulations upon the happy and auspicions Occasion of the TWENTY FIFTH anniversary of Your Majesties Accesion to the Throne.
AND IT IS our great honour and privilege to beg Your Majesties to accept as a mark of the very deep sense of respectful admiration which we bear towards You A SILVER AND ENAMELLED CASKET containing a CHAMPAGNE GLASS OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WORKMANSHIP one of the very earliest glasses made in England for the consumption of sparkling Champagne, and the oldest now in existence. We also offer a book of reference authenticating it.
WE PRAY NOW and at all times, that Your Majesties may be spared and strengthened in health and happiness for many years and that the blessing of Almighty God may bring continued Peace and Prosperity alike to Your Majesties, Your Country and Your Subjects. |
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Given AT REIMS FRANCE this Twenty Sixth day of April in the Year of Our Lord
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty Five - and signed - |
Au nom des Maisons de Champagne dont les noms suivent :
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Giesler
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Ayala
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George Goulet
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Henry Goulet
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Chauvet Frères
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Delbeck
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Lecureux
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Prieur
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Massé
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Edmond Roussin
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Les Vignerons de Champagne
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La Corporation des Tonneliers et Ouvriers de caves de Champagne
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Grouprement des verriers de Champagne
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Négociants en bouchons de Champagne
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