SET OF 4 KING EDWARD VIII VINTAGE TUMBLER DRINKING GLASSES
THEME: ON 1 SIDE OF EACH GLASS IS SCRIPT FONT IN BLUE AND GOLD SAYING "E VIII R" WITH A CROWN ABOVE IT IN GOLD. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF EACH GLASS, ALL IN GOLD, ARE THE WORDS "KING EDWARD VIII" AND AN ELABORATE COAT OF ARMS. WHICH APPEARS TO BE AN OVAL BELT BUCKLE STRAPPED FRAME WITH LATIN WRITING IN IT AND THE PORTRAIT OF KING EDWARD VIII. A CROWN WITH A CROWNED LION STANDING ON IT ON TOP, A UNICORN IN CHAINS ON THE RIGHT, ANOTHER CROWNED LION ON THE LEFT. THE LION AND THE UNICORN ARE STANDING ON BANNERS WITH LATIN WRITING, ACROSS THE BOTTOM ARE 3 THREE LEAF CLOVERS AND A FLORAL DESIGN.
EDWARD VIII (EDWARD ALBERT CHRISTIAN GEORGE ANDREW PATRICK DAVID) WAS KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE DOMINIONS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND EMPEROR OF INDIA. FROM JANUARY 20, 1936 UNTIL HIS ABDICATION ON DECEMBER 11, 1936. EDWARD WAS THE ELDEST SON OF KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY. KING EDWARD VIII IS KNOWN AS "THE KING THAT NEVER WAS."
SIZE: 5 1/2" HIGH, 2 1/4" BASE,
CAPACITY: 12 OZ
CONDITION: EXCELLENT, VERY LITTLE SIGN OF USE OF WEAR, SOME VERY LIGHT SCUFFING TO THE TOP GOLD TRIM RING ONLY ON SOME OF THE GLASSES