Lot 47

Berkshire, Aldermaston.- Keyser (Charles Edward) Aldermaston Court Visitors Book, watercolour title and 101 pages of accomplished watercolours and signatures, of views and interiors of Aldermaston Court and its surrounding countryside, signed by the architect Brightwen Binyon, signatures of visitors, including:  Agnes Keyser (mistress of Edward VII), full straight-grained morocco with gilt decoration, 1894-1929.

Hammer Price: £2,400

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Berkshire, Aldermaston.- Keyser (Charles Edward, stockbroker and authority on English church architecture, 1847-1929) & Mary Emma Keyser. Aldermaston Court Visitors Book, 2 watercolour plans of Aldermaston Court bound before title, watercolour title, 2 watercolour and calligraphic preliminary pages and 101 pages of accomplished watercolours and signatures, of views and interiors of Aldermaston Court and its surrounding countryside, Aldermaston Mill, Aldermaston Village and church, some signed by the architect Brightwen Binyon or his initials (also signed as a guest), Amelia A Henning and Frederick E Robertson, signatures of visitors, including: Agnes Keyser (mistress of Edward VII, 1852-1941), other members of the Keyser family, members of the Sperling family, Shand, Bagnall, Holland-Hibbert, Phipps, Ricardo etc., 2 calligraphic items commemorating the Golden Wedding of Charles Edward & Mary Emma Keyser loosely inserted, later bookplate of Peter West on front free endpaper, handsomely bound in full straight-grained brown morocco with gilt decoration and lettered direct "Aldermaston Court Visitors Book 1894" with red onlays on the initials on upper cover, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., folio (340 x 272mm.), 1894-1929.

⁂ Aldermaston Court was built for Daniel Higford Davall Burr and designed by the architect Philip Hardwick. The estate was bought by Charles Keyser in 1893 for £160,000, a stockbroker with an interest in church architecture. Keyser's attention was drawn to Aldermaston by his sister Agnes Keyser, a long term friend of Edward VII who said that the court reminded her of her stay at Sandringham House. Part of the grounds later became RAF Aldermaston and today houses the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

Description

Berkshire, Aldermaston.- Keyser (Charles Edward, stockbroker and authority on English church architecture, 1847-1929) & Mary Emma Keyser. Aldermaston Court Visitors Book, 2 watercolour plans of Aldermaston Court bound before title, watercolour title, 2 watercolour and calligraphic preliminary pages and 101 pages of accomplished watercolours and signatures, of views and interiors of Aldermaston Court and its surrounding countryside, Aldermaston Mill, Aldermaston Village and church, some signed by the architect Brightwen Binyon or his initials (also signed as a guest), Amelia A Henning and Frederick E Robertson, signatures of visitors, including: Agnes Keyser (mistress of Edward VII, 1852-1941), other members of the Keyser family, members of the Sperling family, Shand, Bagnall, Holland-Hibbert, Phipps, Ricardo etc., 2 calligraphic items commemorating the Golden Wedding of Charles Edward & Mary Emma Keyser loosely inserted, later bookplate of Peter West on front free endpaper, handsomely bound in full straight-grained brown morocco with gilt decoration and lettered direct "Aldermaston Court Visitors Book 1894" with red onlays on the initials on upper cover, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., folio (340 x 272mm.), 1894-1929.

⁂ Aldermaston Court was built for Daniel Higford Davall Burr and designed by the architect Philip Hardwick. The estate was bought by Charles Keyser in 1893 for £160,000, a stockbroker with an interest in church architecture. Keyser's attention was drawn to Aldermaston by his sister Agnes Keyser, a long term friend of Edward VII who said that the court reminded her of her stay at Sandringham House. Part of the grounds later became RAF Aldermaston and today houses the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

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