Duke of Wellington’s Regiment. A silver plated bottle coaster

A pleasingly simple bottle coaster with a Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment connections. The 4½ ins [11 cm] silver plaated bottle coaster has a beaded rim and a central engraved personal armorial crest of a demi lion holding a grenade abov the inscription MAJOR J. H. DAVIS REGMENTAL SECRETARY 10 AUG. 1959 – 30 JUNE 1976. It is in very good condition and has a small maker’s mark which we have been unable to read clearly. Although we have described this as a bottle coaster it is equally happy accommodating a magnum [shown in a picture, jun3/1

Provenance: After the amalgamation of the regiment to form the Yorkshire Regiment in 2006 a large quantitry of officer’s mess silver and other regimental decorative items was disposed of, particularly by territorial battalions. We bought quite a quantity subsequently and other items of silver and a few prints and paintings are still available on the website.