Louise - Square
Needle Case
Patent
Design Details
Needle Case Type: |
Flat-Names |
Patent/Registered to: |
William Avery - Redditch Manufacturer |
Patent/Design Representation #: |
Mechanical Patent #: Double version of 1473 (Fig. 17) |
Patent/Design Registration Date: |
May 21, 1870 |
Location of Patent/Design Registration: |
British Library - Business and Intellectual Property Centre - London
|
Reference #: |
1870-1473 |
Dimensions: |
4.1 x 4.9 |
Material: |
Brass |
Name Variations: |
a) W. Avery & Son - Redditch
b) Cook, Son & Co - London
c) Edward Cox - Westbourne Grove
d) Hayes, Crossley & Co. - Alcester & London
e) Hutton & Co - London
f) S. Thomas & Sons- Redditch
g) W. Whiteley - Westbourne Grove |
Other Variations: |
a) With patterned interior
b) With plain interior |
Additional Photographs
Front detail and back
Front partially open and back partially open
Interior patterned decoration details
Interior with decoration and with plain interior (photo from eBay)
Cox signature detail and Hutton signature detail (photos from eBay)
Thomas signature detail (photo courtesy of Sandi Falconer) and Hayes, Crossley signature detail (photo from eBay)
Whiteley signature detail and Cook signature detail (photos from eBay)
Facts
Queen Victoria’s fourth daughter and sixth child, Louise Caroline Alberta, was born in 1848 in Buckingham Palace. She was named after
her paternal grandmother who died when her father, Prince Albert, was only 12 years old. Louise was artistically talented and the Queen
allowed her to attend the National Art Training School as a young girl. She was nicknamed “Little Miss Why” by other members of the royal
family because of her wit, intelligence and inquisitive nature. When Louise was 13 years old her father died and the family went into
mourning.
History
At age 22 Louise fell in love with John Campbell, heir to the Dukedom of Argyll. Argyll is a region located in western Scotland.
Queen Victoria agreed to the marriage even though this was the first time in over 350 years that the daughter of a sovereign married a British
subject; in 1515 King Henry VIII’s daughter Mary Tudor married the Duke of Suffolk. Part of the reason for the Queens approval was
political, a suggested suitor from Denmark would antagonize Prussia and a suitor from Prussia would be unpopular in England. They were
engaged at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in 1870 and married in Windsor Castle near London in 1871.
Miscellaneous
Louise’s husband was chosen to be the new Governor General of Canada in 1878 and they moved to Ottawa where they lived until 1883. The
province of Alberta, Canada as well as the area now known as Lake Louise were named after her. After returning to the UK Louise lived the
rest of her life in Kensington Palace where she died in 1939 at age 91.
